"The team that I'm going to go to, I think a lot of people will be shocked."

[galvatron3000]

SPURS, and I'll be shocked otherwise I won't be.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

In Greek is spelled Olympiakos, In English as you speak is spelled Olympiacos.

We strive to be as fluent as possible.

[monosylab1k]

Now now, mono... I know you're upset. Now come to the table and be a good little boy. I got your dinner right here.

Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry.

Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake...

I...
drink...
your...
milkshake!

I drink it up!

[Reggie Miller]

Stephon Marbury's quote from the Knicks-Lakers game, in which he bought a courtside seat to attend.

http://http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-sbknix175968046dec17,0,13913.story?track=rss



He probably has nothing set in stone with any team, but it made me think a little. On what team would it be a shock to see Marbury end up? The only team in the league that would absolutely shock me is San Antonio.

The Bad New Bears III: ing Up the Euro League.

Of course, for the overseas market, it would be called The Bad News Bears' European Vacation. I'm thinking cameos by Jack Klugman*, M.C. Hammer, Tim McCarver, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Toni Kukoc.

* Walter Matthau's corpse is not available for bookings at this time.

[Findog]

OK, the way I see it there are a couple of possibilities:
1. Teams which have a major hole at point guard
Washington, Miami, Minnesota, Portland, Oklahoma City, L.A. Lakers, Golden State, Sacramento, Houston, Memphis
2. Teams which could use a qualified backup at point guard:
New Jersey, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, Indiana, L.A. Clippers, Phoenix, Denver
3. Teams which have a solid/filled point guard rotation:
New York, Charlotte, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, San Antonio, New Orleans, Dallas, Utah

I think any of the teams in group 3 would be surprising. For teams in group 2, Boston (Eddie House), Orlando (Anthony Johnson), and Denver (Anthony Carter) have underwhelming backups who are nonetheless doing pretty well, and their teams are good enough that I'd say introducing a personality like Marbury's into the mix would be shocking.

So that leaves the Nets, the Raptors, the Sixers, the Pacers, the Clippers, and the Suns, all of which are borderline playoff teams, plus (from group 1) borderline playoff team Miami and contenders Portland, the Lakers, and Houston, along with (non-shocking) bottom-feeders Washington, OKC, Golden State, Sacramento, and Memphis.

Their current total obligations are as follows:
Blazers $82.4
Lakers 78.8
Rockets 77.3
Suns 75.2
Raptors 73.4
Pacers 70.0
Heat 69.7
Sixers 67.2
Nets 62.6
Clippers 58.8

Marbury has played for the Suns and the Nets before.

That's a very informative and well-thought out post, but did you realize it's devoted to Stephon Marbury? As in, that's a lot of keystrokes to spend on such an inconsequential topic. It's weird, that's a great post and a ty post, all at the same time.

[Findog]

Stop crying, you sniveling ass! Stop your nonsense. You're just the afterbirth, Eli. You slithered out of your mother's filth. They should have put you in a glass jar on a mantlepiece. Where were you when Paul was suckling at your mother's teat? Where were you? Who was nursing you, poor Eli - one of Bandy's sows? That land has been had. Nothing you can do about it. It's gone. It's had. You lose.

There Will Be Injuries To Yao and McGrady

[stretch]

Was he saying it in the sense that people will be shocked about where he will end up, or saying that people underestimate him and be shocked about how well he will play?