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I hereby declare that no one (in portland at least) is allowed to make disparaging comments about Beckham's injury again.
The 6th richest man in the world and I were in the same room yesterday.
I was too nervous to say hello. Oh, and the Trailblazers beat the Nuggets.
Sun Ming Ming is gonna be famous!
They made a documentary about our giant friend, his dreams to play NBA basketball, and his successful surgery on his pituitary gland.
Let's watch! It's called Anatomy of a Giant, and it's playing on October 15, on "Discovery Health." Is this a channel anyone gets? Steve?
Anyone with a Spanish passport got in free to the Grizzlies-Raptors game. Pau Gasol and Jose Calderon are both Spaniards. And they LOVE each other: Check it out!
Also, if you give the Philadelphia 76ers a gun, they'll give you free tickets.
Personally, I'm not so sure the 76ers need more guns.
The Willamette Week has an article about Why Portland never gets the NBA All-Star Game.Paul Gerald writes, "No franchise other than Boston in the 30-team NBA has gone longer than Portland without the premier midseason game, and at least the Celtics had it in 1964."
"So why does the league skip Portland, spreading the game's cash and international cachet elsewhere? Lack of a big-time hotel."
With the NBA All-Star Game being "a $30 million boost for the local economy and a TV audience in 210 countries" it seems like the PDC plan for a convention-center big hotel is a great idea! Too bad Mayor Tom Potter "has been very skeptical of plans to use public money to build a new headquarters hotel at the Oregon Convention Center." according to the Oregonian.
Link of the day:
Robert Horry Saves the Day music video, a tribute to much-hated big-shot-hitter Robert Horry's basketball career in Los Angeles. Not recommended for Blazers or Kings fans.
I told you previously about Sun Ming Ming's health problems. This young man, who has not yet entered the workforce, or the NBA, for that matter, couldn't possibly pay for the innovative ultramodern surgery he would require.
But people stepped up, and Sun Ming Ming had successful surgery on the tumor that was pressing on his pituitary gland. The doctor says he should have a full and rapid recovery, and should see improvements to his endurance and fitness very quickly.
I would just like to say thanks to all of you who gave, and gave, and gave.
Shaquille O'Neal, most dominant center in the game of basketball, assisted Miami Beach police in apprehending a man who harassed and assaulted a gay couple last weekend.
The man, a passenger in a passing car, yelled at the couple, then got out and threw a bottle at them. No serious injuries were suffered.
The man returned to the car and rode off. Shaq, in hot pursuit, flagged down a police officer, who made the arrest.
Shaq is cool. Shaq is going to be a good sheriff.
AP story here.
Watching Sun Ming Ming from afar has been a little hobby of mine since I heard of him a few months ago. This is a Chinese basketball player who can dunk a basketball flat-footed. He's seven feet eight inches tall. Real tall, right?
He's 22 years old, trying to break into the NBA, but in tryouts with teams, they raised concerns about his stamina. It turns out he has a tumor pressing into his pituitary gland, which has helped create his ridiculous height, and also limits the production of testosterone, which affects his endurance. The man has a tumor, and it's going to kill him.
He needs surgery immediately, but it costs a hundred thousand dollars! We think of NBA players as rich dudes, but he is no NBA player yet. He's a Chinese basketball player that simply does not have a hundred thousand dollars.
Kind-hearted souls have started a fundraiser for him at SaveSunMingMing.com. I want this guy to live, and I want to see him in the NBA. He's a nice guy and a tall guy and he can dunk a basketball standing flat on the ground. Let's not let a tumor kill him off.
Thank you.
Lebron, Kobe, KG, Amare, Marbury, Wade, and many other awesome ballers are getting together in Houston this Sunday to play a benefit game for Katrina victims. This has all come together over the past few days. Kenny Smith is organizing this deal. He got everything donated, the stadium, TV time, a bunch of seats for hurrican victims.
It's gonna be on TNT, Sunday night at eleven pm, commercial-free. You can come over to my house and watch, gimme a call. Five dollar donation to Katrina victims at the door.