Diary of a Mad Hoop Fiend
Basketball = My Life …. any questions?
Archive for April, 2009
April 26, 2009 at 11:09 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
I’ve grown increasingly unhappy with Yahoo’s services as far as Blog hosting. I am constantly receiving error messages and am having troubles with Tags not coming through, transfers not popping in properly and I have lost the ability to put YouTube videos on here at all – that was lost a long time ago.
I have sent Yahoo 2 notices of these issues already and have received NO answer from them.
I am considering drastic measures at this point and am looking heavily to move my blog to another site … possibly even starting up a domain to go along with it.
I have to do some research, but I am leaning heavily towards starting up a paid blog somewhere …. just not on Yahoo anymore …
April 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
So the NBA Regular Season is now over and my Spurs are in fifth place.
I won’t even bother with previews or anything more than simple predictions for this year cuz my Spurs aren’t looking too good right about now …
The only Prediciton that matters: NBA FINALS – my expected matchup – Lakers vs. Cavs.
San Anotnio has a SLIM chance of making it there, but with Manu being out and Timmy having problems with his knees, I’d say it’ll be hard for them to make it past the Lake Show in the Conference Finals, if they can make it past Los Mavs and The Hornets ….
As always and forever will be …. Go Spurs Go!
April 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Our Men’s League season came to a premature close last Monday (April 13) as well with a semi final loss to a team called Slip N Slide.
Quite frankly, I think we were outplayed. Simple and clear.
We were trounced by 15 but in reality it had less to do with what THEY did to us as a team and more to do with how WE played as an offensive unit. Bluntly, we couldn’t hit the backside of a barn. Our guards were cold and myself and Nate were the leading scorers with 14 and 11 respectively. …. Not to say that we can’t play, but when the two of us lead the way in scoring, it usually spells doom for us.
On the other team’s end, the basket was like 10 feet wide. Everything they threw up seemingly went in. It was ridiculous. And to their credit, they were able to isolate our weak spots and capitalize on them before we had a chance to close the gap. Defensively, they played a 2-3 zone – usually the hallmark of a lazy defensive team. But we were unable to make them pay for it as much as I would have liked.
We finished the season 11-3 and we went 2-1 in playoffs for a total W/L record of 13-4. Not bad. Not GREAT … but not bad. I’d say that it was a successful season regardless of the semi final melt down.
On the bright side, my most hated teams (Fort Garry and Rim Lickers) went down in the first round and the undefeated team (The Squad) lost in the semis as well, so I would say that I am happy with the results of this year no matter WHO wins now.
I am truly grateful to my guys for another fun season of basketball and I look forward to next year when we can come in fresh and try to keep building on this year’s success.
April 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Wow …. has it REALLY been over a month since I blogged last?
I know things are busy but this is ridiculous!
So our fantasy league is over and my Can-O-Whoop-Ass was crowned champion of this year's league on Yahoo.
I am glad to reclaim my title, but can't take full credit for it as I had a couple of assists dished to me from Nate, Dan, Jimmy and Kaiser. Without their help, I might have lost in the first round and we might have had a rookie win it ~shudder~
My Sportingnews Fantasy wasn't as productive. I only checked it every 2 or 3 weeks, but I still managed to end up in 30th place out of 60. Not bad since the top 9 or 10 teams were buying trades to help them win … By the way, that was the LAST time I ever do a friggin Pro League …. I can't believe people actually PAY Money to trade a virtual person ….
So now we're done for the year.
The long nuclear winter of the NBA off season looms for us now …… I can't wait til October …