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Flip Saunders - “The analogy I use about how we played in the first fourgames is being like when you’re stuck in quicksand. The harder you try to get out, the deeper you sink” (Link)

Shane Falco -”You’re playing and you think everything is going fine. Then one thing goes wrong. And then another. And another. You try to fight back, but the harder you fight, the deeper you sink. Until you can’t move… you can’t breathe… because you’re in over your head. Like quicksand”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28y5NTprYRI

A friend of mine pointed out that the look sported in the “Nike Second Coming” advertisements, is incredibly similar to the late 90’s Backstreet Boys.  I’m sure this was not done intentionally but it is funny.

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I noticed today that Yahoo added a couple of features which should make it easier to manage fantasy basketball teams.  On the players screen, players who are injured now have an INJ appear beside there name and on the team view, injured players have a small red and white cross by there names.  This should make it easer for casual fans to keep up with the league.

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Were sports fans forced to accept mediocrity in 2006?

After the World Series there was a lot written about whether the Cardinals were the worst World Series champ ever. (Example A and B) What I haven’t seen written is historically how did last year’s other champions the Steelers and Heat rank. This got me thinking were the Stealers, Heat, and Cardinals collectively the worst combination of championship teams ever?  My suspicions were that based on the aggregate winning percentage of the three teams last year would rank as either the worst year of champions of nearly the worst.

To test out my hypothesis I looked at the NFL, NBA, and MLB league results since 1990 and here is what I found.  Obviously the Cardinals had the worst record of any Word Series winning baseball team over the period.  They finished the season at 83-78, since 1990 the second worst team record wise to win the World Series was the 2000 New York Yankees 87-74.  In the NFL the 11-5 Steelers and the 2002 New England Patriots were the only teams with 5 losses to win the Super Bowl since 1990.  And in the NBA last year’s Miami Heat were only surpassed in losses by the 1995 Houston Rockets.

A look at overall records bears out that 2006 was collectively the worst year for champions since 1990. Furthermore by examining the composite winning percentages it becomes clear that not only was last year the worst but it was significantly worse than any other year over the period.

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A few random items relating to previous posts.

-It looks like A4H’s dream is about to come true. Today David Beckham announced he is coming to the US. (Fox Soccer)

-The NBA is reporting that the new Kobe Bryant jersey is once again its best seller.  It might be a good time to unleash the 24/8 concept.

-The Murphy 2007 movement came up short.  It’s not looking good for Murphy at the moment as he received only 9% of the votes this year.   However even if Dale never makes it to the Hall I will always remember him fondly because of this cool poster I had when I was a kid.

I’m trying to make a Ben Wallace image similar to the Kobe 24-8.   Currently this is what I have come up with. 

In reference to yesterday’s post. Here is a mock tee-shirt of the 24/8 concept.

With the number change this year a friend of mine came up with the 24-8 concept. 

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