While We’re Waiting… Free Antawn, Abolish Mariotti, and Play Jawad
Written By: Scott | Category: Best of the Web | Comments: 13While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
Based on his record on the court, in the locker room and in the community, it is hard to find many better human beings in the NBA than Antawn Jamison. This is the era of athletes falling from grace; but for now, Jamison belongs up there. [...] All of that is why the Wizards now owe it Jamison to trade him and give him a chance with another team. They have been grasping on to this group for years hoping for health, luck and the right playoff seed. But for various reasons, much of it plain bad luck and a rising superstar in Cleveland, they haven’t gotten there. Now with the Arenas suspension and the Pollin death and the impending doom (DeShawn Stevenson called it a “black cloud” over the team), there are no more illusions. The dam has broken, it is over in Washington. [Brian Windhorst]
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Roberto Alomar agrees: “If Mariotti doesn’t want to vote, take the privilege away from him. He’s doing nothing but lowering the percentages of the players up for election, making it tougher for them to reach the required 75 percent. Who appointed this arbitrary, unprincipled king of principles gatekeeper? And does he imagine if we were voting for writers that he would even make the ballot? We all know this is just a publicity stunt. Mariotti is nothing if not a spotlight hound. He’s not the only writer to take a “principled” stand with a blank ballot over the years, and he’s not the only one who ought to have their voting rights re-examined. But he’s certainly the most annoying.” [James Bailey/Hardball Cooperative]
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Best catches by an Ohio State Buckeye… [Major League Jerk]
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Unleash the fury, Mitch: “If [Mitch] Talbot gets through camp healthy, I think the Indians will find a spot for him. I just have no idea where. It could be in the bullpen, opening the door for Aaron Laffey or David Huff in the rotation. For now, I’ll place him [in the rotation]. And for whatever reason, I see the Indians giving [Jeremy] Sowers (who, like Talbot, is out of options) one last chance to make it at this level.” [CastroTurf]
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CHINA!!! “Interesting Thing to Watch: If Jawad Williams gets four more minutes, he will have played more minutes this season than Tracy McGrady . . . who could very well be a starter in the All-Star Game! Crazy.” [The Wine and Goldrush]
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And finally, I wanted to use this space to point out that I was selected as the winner of yesterday’s BDL NBA Poetry contest. My submission was as follows:
Wolves to play Wizards
Rambis gets a bit nervous
Bulletproof rec specs
/needs bongos
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(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Author: Scott
Scott is a co-founder/editor of Waiting For Next Year who resides in Cleveland, Ohio. Feel free to follow him on Twitter or email him at scott@waitingfornextyear.com.Scott has written 2013 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
Jay Mariotti = fail.
Skip Bayless can’t believe Mariotti’s lack of sports journalism.
There really should be a minimum amount of minutes played to be considered for the All-Star game.
Wow, a “Road Trip” reference AND some beat-poetry? You, sir, are a Renaissance Man.
/repeatedly snaps fingers as applause
Baseball HOF voting is broken, and the writers who vote should have to keep their vote confidential.
That being said, I’m hoping beyond hope that Mr. Jamison comes to Cleveland.
Austin… Austin Massachusetts…
You mean Boston?
Yeah… that’s what I said…
Because it’s your dog!
That’s why they call it a shortcut. If it was easy it would just be “the way.”
@5
I love Road Trip and remember spitting my beer across the house when the dog said to tell that @$%(! to make some blueberry pancakes.
BUT..as much as I love Road Trip my money goes to Eurotrip.
“Huh.. this isn’t where I parked my car!” and “Vandersexxx!” are my personal favorites.
Eurotrip was written by two guys from my high school, which is why in the opening scene, the kids are graduating from Hudson High School.
And Mariotti is a jerk.
I think I posted this somewhere yesterday, but I’ll say it again since I thought of a way to connect it to a funny movie afterwards, and since we’re talking about funny movies and all – if the Wiz really want to shed some money and still stick it to the Cavs, they should go through with the Z-Jamison swap, but then NOT buyout Z. And in this scenario, the Wiz’s GM is played by Rick Moranis, aka Dark Helmet – “FOOLED YOU! I can’t believe you fell for that, man! That’s the oldest trick in the book!”
…which of course makes Ferry Lonestar, so when he goes to resign LBJ, may the Shwartz be with him…
Mariotto is what he is he’s just using his screen time all over ESPN to make his name known who really cares. Don’t even get me started on Skip Bayless and the other talking heads on that 4 letter network I mean it’s just not worth the time which is probably why I don’t tune in to these programs and when I do I don’t retain or care what I hear.
Get Antwan Jamison please!!!
Scotty doesn’t know.
I do believe it’s
“I can’t believe he’s so trustin,
when I’m right behind her thrustin”
@10
Fiona says she’s out shopping?
(Love that song; have it as a ringtone for one of my friends)
I’m still baffled as to why Blyleven with 287 wins, isn’t in the hall after 13 tries.