Derrick Rose's absurd comments are not at all surprising

Here's what Derrick Rose said after practice yesterday (he's played in four of Chicago's eight games this season):

"I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out or whatever, but I think a lot of people don't understand that ... when I sit out it's not because of this year. I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball. Having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to, I don't want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son's graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. [I'm] just learning and being smart."

A really important meeting?  Is Rose limping?!

Why bother to try and earn the $18.9 million you're getting paid to play basketball this season when you have "meetings to go to" many years from now that you don't want to be "sore" during?

The outrage to Rose's statement is justified, but in all honesty we shouldn't be surprised.  This is a guy who chose not to be a hero and rejoin his team when they were up 1-0 on the Miami Heat in the 2013 playoffs--two months after he'd been medically cleared to play.

That "basketball is everything" commercial Rose made a year ago has now gone from "a little obnoxious and embarrassing" to "completely disgraceful."

It's also pretty funny/ironic Rose made these comments on the same day Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo talked about how pissed off he was to be held out of a game in Chicago.


RELATED: Derick Rose "won't rule out a playoff return." Hahahahahaha

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Wait, the Patriots didn't win this week?

The Patriots didn't win this past weekend.  Granted they had a bye, but it's the first time they haven't come away with a victory since this happened back in September:



It made my blood boil when Trent Dilfer said that (and probably Tom Brady's too).  I was kind of hoping Steve Levy would slap him across the face to knock some sense into him.

In case you missed it, here's Dilfer's admission of wrongdoing last week after New England waxed Denver and improved to an AFC-best 7-2.

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I'm not sure I believe Facebook when it tells me it can stop Ebola

The other day when I opened up Facebook on my computer this is what I saw:

So all Facebook needs to stop Ebola is a little help from me, huh?  I knew Zuckerburg was a smart guy, but I had no idea his website had become that powerful.  I also didn't realize that Facebook had diversified into the fighting-Ebola business in the first place.

I'm not convinced they actually need my money though.  Can't I just help the cause by posting #StopEbola as my status and tweeting that out a bunch of times?  I think if 10 million people do that simultaneously all those hashtags combined will kill the disease for sure.


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Awesome Old Song of the Week: "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls

If you want to debate with me on whether or not Wannabe qualifies as "old" I'll understand.  It came out in 1996 and became huge in the U.S. in 1997 (I like to make picks of the 20-years-and-older variety).

But, don't for one second try to tell me that it's not awesome.

Yeah, a lot of people may mock the Spice Girls now, but they sold over 100 million albums worldwide--making them the most successful female group ever.



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Who will win a game first: Sixers or Lakers?

The Philadelphia 76ers are 0-6.  After tanking last season, they drafted an injured guy (Joel Embiid) and traded for another pick who's playing in Europe for the next two years (Dario Saric).  Their plan is to stink again this season.

The Sixers are so lacking in talent that former Celtic castoff Chris Johnson even managed to earn himself a starting spot to begin the year.  I'm convinced Philly may be the worst team in NBA history.

The L.A. Lakers are 0-5.  It's their worst start since 1957, when they were the Minneapolis Lakers.  They have an aging Kobe Bryant and nothing else.  The Lakers' lottery pick, Julius Randle, broke his leg in the first game of the season and is out for the year.

The other night in a loss to the Suns, Kobe scored 39 points and registered only 1 assist.  He shot 14-37 (38%) from the floor, the rest of L.A.'s starters combined took just 35 shots.

So which club will finally win a game first?  Here are the upcoming schedules for each team:

The Sixers have a brutal road trip, then a home game vs. the Celtics.  Can they win that one?  Maybe in New York?  Or against Brooklyn?  In Minnesota?  Never?

The Lakers have a decent shot to beat Charlotte, but if they don't get that one they may not have another opportunity for a win until they host Denver, or Minnesota after that.  Could the Timberwolves be the squad that ends both teams' winless seasons?  My guess is the Lakers earn a W before Philly does, but either could end up without a victory through Thanksgiving.

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So now they put expiration dates ON eggs?

I was a little creeped out when I opened this carton of eggs the other day.  So that's where we're headed now?

I guess it's kind of cool and makes sense, and I'm sure it's probably a lot more useful than not.

But it also reminds me of some sort of weird far-off sci-fi movie future where the government controls our lives, everybody wears the same clothes and human clones are running around all over the place.

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Watching the Cavs stink so far is enjoyable

Last night Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz (yes the same Utah Jazz who finished with an identical 25-57 record as the Celtics last year) hit this buzzer-beater to knock off Cleveland:

Although in reality it never should have come to that, because LeBron was awarded a ridiculous three free throws to tie the game on the play before.

The Cavs are 1-3.  They could easily be 0-4.  Last night they had only 6 assists as a team (something no NBA club had done in a single game in over two years); by contrast Rajon Rondo had 15 all by himself.  The other day LeBron went scoreless in the second half, which has only happened four times in his career (pictured--and what does it say about him that 50% of those occasions came in playoff games?).

You can read a lot more about this in my weekly feature for HoopsHabit, Stat Central: What's Wrong With LeBron James And The Cavs?

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