Word in yesterday that former Sonics Coach Bob Hill has signed a deal to coach the Tokyo Apache for the 2010-11 season.
Hill's decision comes on the heels of Lenny Wilkens decision to serve as a consultant to the South Korean national team, which followed Bob Weiss' foray into China with the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons, which followed Alton Lister's work with San Miguel Beer in the Philippine Basketball Association.
That's four nations that former Sonics have conquered (or Sonic coaches, anyway). And, with Clemon Johnson ensconsed at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, I think we can reasonably chalk up Russia as well. Because, you know, Clem can see it from his front porch.
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Friday, June 25
Thursday, January 21
Alton Lister's Analysis of the Philippine Cup
Seriously, with that headline, how do you possibly avoid reading the story? Three stoned sophomores at the University of Oregon playing mad-libs couldn't imagine stringing together seven more bizarre words than that.
Well, unless they included one of the clubs Lister expects to contend for the title: the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
Yes, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
It says something when the Talk 'n Text Tropang Texters aren't the most ridiculous-sounding team in your league, or that I haven't even mentioned that there's another team called Alaska (does this count towards Sarah Palin's international experience?), but, c'mon, that's one fantastic team name there, no? Let's have a look-see at their logo ...
Yep, that's just about the perfect Philippine Basketball Association logo you've got there, my friend. Crazy, nonsensical name? Check. Excessive adjectification? check. Appropriation of popular American team name? Check. Blatant rip-off of said team's logo and/or colors and/or both? Check, double-check, and triple-check.
Kind of makes one wonder, though, what would happen if NBA owners decided to use the same mentality with their clubs. You know, if we weren't so hung up on looking and sounding tough in our pro sports world, maybe the Lakers would become, oh, I don't know, the Los Angeles Tender Juicy Teenage Girl Lovers? Would the Knicks become the Mighty Strong Cable Layers? Would the Sonix become ...
Well, I'll let you finish that last one.
Well, unless they included one of the clubs Lister expects to contend for the title: the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
Yes, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
It says something when the Talk 'n Text Tropang Texters aren't the most ridiculous-sounding team in your league, or that I haven't even mentioned that there's another team called Alaska (does this count towards Sarah Palin's international experience?), but, c'mon, that's one fantastic team name there, no? Let's have a look-see at their logo ...
Yep, that's just about the perfect Philippine Basketball Association logo you've got there, my friend. Crazy, nonsensical name? Check. Excessive adjectification? check. Appropriation of popular American team name? Check. Blatant rip-off of said team's logo and/or colors and/or both? Check, double-check, and triple-check.
Kind of makes one wonder, though, what would happen if NBA owners decided to use the same mentality with their clubs. You know, if we weren't so hung up on looking and sounding tough in our pro sports world, maybe the Lakers would become, oh, I don't know, the Los Angeles Tender Juicy Teenage Girl Lovers? Would the Knicks become the Mighty Strong Cable Layers? Would the Sonix become ...
Well, I'll let you finish that last one.
Tuesday, March 17
Coach Lister
Word out of Manila is that former Sonic center Alton Lister is a "skills coach" for San Miguel Beer.
There are so many jokes to make with that sentence that it's almost not even fair to try.
It's a positive article, though, and Lister comes off as a modest man who appreciated his career in the league, without the standard ego-jock stuff you normally read.
Of course, the comments are filled with "remember when Kemp dunked on Lister in the playoffs"-type stuff. At what point does Alton Lister just come out and say, "Yes, I remember that. Yes, it sucks. But let me ask you - how many points did you score in the NBA?"
There are so many jokes to make with that sentence that it's almost not even fair to try.
It's a positive article, though, and Lister comes off as a modest man who appreciated his career in the league, without the standard ego-jock stuff you normally read.
Of course, the comments are filled with "remember when Kemp dunked on Lister in the playoffs"-type stuff. At what point does Alton Lister just come out and say, "Yes, I remember that. Yes, it sucks. But let me ask you - how many points did you score in the NBA?"
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