Anyone heard anything about this puke-inducing bug that's going around? I am not going to go into a lot of detail, but I'll tell you that it's real, and it's the reason TrueHoop might be a little less busy than normal today. In the meantime:
Posted online in the last few minutes, from this weekend's edition of the New York Times sports magazine PLAY, is a Chuck Klosterman article about the effect Kevin Garnett has had on the Celtics. There is a ton of interesting stuff, including Doc Rivers trashing the rumor that Minnesota's Kevin McHale traded Garnett to the Celtics at a discount because he hopes to one day run the Celtics as president. Brian Scalabrine had insight into what a teammate like Garnett can do for a team: "Do I think about myself differently? Absolutely. I can't speak for everyone on this team, but that is absolutely the case for me. There's a different sense of self-worth. When you're losing 18 games in a row, you look at yourself and say, 'What am I doing? What else can I do? What could I do differently?' And those things get you into even more trouble on the court. But if you can look at the rest of your team and think, 'All we have to do is do our individual roles and jobs, and we'll get wins' -- that takes away so much of the stress. Last year, I would sometimes go out of character, because everybody thought they should be doing more. I'd try to drive the lane and get a foul, which isn't something I should be doing."
The Sun-Sentinel's Ira Winderman misses the real Dwyane Wade, as do all those people who put the Heat on so much national TV: "Remember when Kobe Bryant vs. Dwyane Wade used to be a debate? This time, 17-0 Bryant at halftime. One-on-one defense totally has gotten away from Wade, who has spent the entire season hunting for steals. Someone needs to get him back on defensive track, even if it's Coach K at the Olympics."
SuperSonicSoul looks at the schedule and projects a bleak Sonic future: "I didn't know it was possible to destroy a 40-year-old business in the span of two years, but, well, when you've got Clay Bennett doing David Stern's dirty work, I guess anything is possible."
TrueHoop reader Marc emails a "I saw an NBA player in a restaurant" story in response to my Cheesecake Factory post: "I was born and raised in LeBron's hometown, Akron, Ohio and moved back here for Law School in 2005. We don't have a Cheesecake Factory here in Akron, but I think that my sighting might trump it. On Christmas Eve that year, three friends and I went to Olive Garden (we're all Jewish) because nothing else was open. We were sitting at the bar before dinner talking about LeBron James with the bartender, who claimed he came to Olive Garden all the time. So about 15 minutes after we sat down, in walks the King with his girlfriend, Savannah, and sat down about three tables away from us. I'm guessing that he gave his chef the night off, but come on ... Olive Garden on Christmas Eve? This guy's worth $100 million."
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