Something's Gotta Give Pretty Soon

That Knicks game was nice—-you can tell everyone wanted to make daddy happy-—but it doesn’t change the fact that these Nugz lost to the Knicks. Isiah won the war, y’all. It’s gross, I know.



Kenyon might be out. I hope Mike Wilks starts in his place. Coach Karl likes to keep his starting lineups petite, perhaps playing out his own body image issues out there on the court, for the world to see.



HYTOP NBA XMAS LIST – pleas to the basketball gods (or to the scientists who are fucking with the human genome) (note: these may be the same thing)

HyTop is currently praying for:

1. A quick little Asian point guard. Yao and Yi are cool and all, but Yuta Tabuse ain’t getting it done. Message to the Far East: Raise yr game. Tony Jaa might have the tools…



2. A white American with post moves: Look at the white bigs in the league right now: all Jeff Fosters, David Lees, Mark Madsens. Hustle, ‘deceptive’ athleticism, intensity, sure. But where are the damn post moves? Those are fundamentals, you know? White dudes are supposed to be good at fundamentals. I know Kevin Love is coming up at UCLA, but when a dude is like 6’8”, with weight problems and quickness issues, I’m gonna have to see it to believe it.



3. A true point guard 6’7” or taller. Yeah, me and the rest of the world, I know. But seriously, now that Lebron has decided that Global Icons need to put points on the board, we’re left with a one legged Shawn Livingston and not much else. (Wasn’t there a big Chinese fella with alleged PG skills? Sun Yue?) Livingston’s knee turning backwards just confirmed it: The gods hate tall point guards. Penny Hardaway: derailed by injuries. Jalen Rose: more effective as a scorer. George McCloud: not actually a good player, scraped by as a three point specialist. And Magic: well, you know how they got to him…Still, someone needs to come back. Men reach their greatest heights when they are challenging the infinite. (Full Disclosure: such a player would fit very nicely next to a certain pint-sized, declining shooting guard on the Nugs roster.)



4. An Englishman playing in the NBA. I mean a white dude, obviously, cuz J. Amaechi was English and the sun never sets on Luol Deng. I just think this would be funny. Bonus point if he’s good, or named Rupert or some shit like that.



5. A hook shot specialist. Like both hands, sweeping hooks, jump hooks, half hooks, sky hooks. Doesn’t even fuck with dunking or jump shots. Just full on hookin, 24/7. That would be fresh. Bonus points if he’s a small forward and is described by scouts as ‘smooth.’