Show Recap - Wednesday February 24, 2010

No sooner than he finished dropping daggers on the King and the Cavs, Carmelo Anthony played the “we’re not getting the respect we deserve card”. That’s where I typically bust out and saying nothing is more tired than cats saying they’re being disrespected. And that they should lead their team to something that matters before breaking out that card. But in this case, I’m not going to. ‘Melo’s’ right! They do deserve more respect. Well, at least his teammate J.R. Smith does.

Well his neck does. Check out my man’s ink! Awesome! Check out the Yankee logo right over his throat. Repping the ‘Big Apple’ on your Adam’s apple is hard! Respect, J.R. Now, if you can just get Derek Jeter to ink the Nuggets’ logo on his throat.

Even better, move over a few inches, and what do you have…a Transformer’s logo! Of course!!! The last thing you want is anything to take away from the Yankee logo on your throat and the only thing that can... More »

We kicked around the question on the JRIB forum yesterday…what would Kobe Bryant be like after missing 5 games and 18 days? Would he immediately morph back into the “Mamba” and kill it? Or, was there going to be too much rust to knock off for him to go assassin? Seems like a pretty ridiculous conversation now, doesn’t it?!

His first bucket back was from about 25 feet out, with a hack job, and a whistle! And-one…sucka’s! And then he finished what he started by knocking in a three ball with four seconds left after O.J. Mayo went “M.D.E.”, cinder-blocking his throws. Right, because everyone in the building didn’t know that was coming. Well, everyone except the five Grizz’ on the floor, who made sure the game’s best finisher got the best look possible! Because there was no switch on that pick. Yeah, because Philip was going to grease-board that three ball for Pau Gasol!

And even if he did, Bryant was going to shoot it and make it any... More »

Another day, another all-time ankle-breaking feature back cleans out his locker. First it was LaDainian Tomlinson in San Diego and now it's Brian Westbrook in Philly. And like I said yesterday about L.T., I’d love to say the same. But, as was the case with Tomlinson, I can’t. And there’s no shock here!

In the end, Westbrook gave them absolutely everything he had, maybe even more, but he was just too big a risk physically and had too big a cap number to bring back. But make no mistake, this cat, was the poster child for beating the system and proving people wrong. A guy who attacked the “Shield” with a chip on his shoulder and left countless tacklers grabbing air with some of the best shake of his generation!

The undersized, small school back, who ran a 4.5 coming out, but went on to be the sport’s most electrifying game-breaker for a couple of years. Andy Reid said it best yesterday…“Westbrook had no weaknesses.” He’s right! He was... More »

You ask any NBA coach or GM and they’ll tell you one of the most valuable assets a team can have, is one you just can’t buy. Chemistry! You can put five Hall of Famers on the floor, but if they don’t have chemistry, they don’t have rings. And the only teams that think it doesn’t matter…are the ones that don’t have it.

The question is, how do you get it? Is it a matter of players bonding in the off-season? Or, keeping close to one another on the road? Neither.

According to the New York Times, it’s all about players touching one another on the court. And the teams that do it most tend to have the most success: “good teams tended to be touchier than the bad ones. The most touch-bonded teams were the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, currently two of the league’s top teams; at the bottom were the mediocre Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Bobcats.” In other words bumping “knucks” and “knocking hips” is almost as... More »

Info & Stats: 2-Time Major Championships Winner | Star of new reality TV show “Being John Daly”.

Topics: Losing weight, new approach in life | Lap band surgery; weight loss | Feeling after losing 160 pounds | Eating a lot of bad things | Big issue with eating the worst thing in the middle of the night | Lap band, booze and beer | Not missing the beers | His golf game, retiring? | No regrets wasting his talent back in the day | Approach to the game today; pounding it out? | Answer in switching coaches; working on his game on TV | Parting of ways with Butch Harmon | Harmon needing the lap band | Not getting along with those who make up lies | Why Harmon lied about Hooters | How this reality show will be different from the one he has done before | Advice for Tiger Woods to get control back again | Did Tiger handle it the right way? | TV show air times | New music album | Writing the new album | Music keeping him grounded | Coming from the heart | The song: “You don’t know me” and it’s true meaning.

Info & Stats: Former Goaltender N.Y. Rangers | 13 Years played all with New York | 1994 Stanley Cup Champion | 3-Time Olympian | Olympic Silver Medalist | Spokesman for Private Equity Firm working for a Clean Environment.

Topics: Reaction to Team USA needing to get better to win a medal | Ryan Miller’s impact | Need to win 4 games in 6 nights against the best teams in the world | Canada back on track? | Big game for Roberto Luongo | Playing hockey back in 1994 for a championship | Walking away from the game | Working to connect the dots between performance and the environment | More info, search for: Environmental Capital Partners | Returning to school at Yale.

Info & Stats: Retired NBA Player | 3-Time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs | ESPN NBA Analyst

Bruce weighs in on Tim Duncan’s priorities: “He could care less about his stats if his team is doing well.”

Topics: Spurs being 35-6 | Totally different offense this season for the Spurs; their going through Manu Ginobili | Tim Duncan | Duncan is not selfish but determined | Tim is not about the Hoop la | Los Angeles Lakers | Kobe Bryant fighting his players from being complacent | Ron Artest still not knowing the Triangle offense | Kobe being a leader | Kobe’s teammates perception of him | Kobe’s game | Miami Heat | Doesn’t think the Heat will make it out of the East | Heat playing without some of their go to guys | Dwight Howard | Howard’s game | Kevin Garnett’s bite | Ray Allen | Allen still playing at a high level | Ray’s one of the best shooters ever | Ray’s work ethic |