Goodell: Why So Serious?

PINNO - On August 8th, 2006, Roger Goodell was chosen as successor to Paul Tagliabue as commissioner of the NFL. This title is no joke, as it is essentially the person who holds the most power in the Nation's most popular sport. Goodell is to the NFL what White Goodman is to Globo-Gym. Now, Tagliabue is one of the most beloved commissioners of all time, and is the closest thing to God we will see on planet Earth. He always seemed to make the right call, and always had a cool head. There was something special about him walking out at the NFL Draft to announce what team was officially "on the clock." There were obviously some criticisms of Tagliabue, but these mostly consisted of things like the revenue disparity between high and low revenue teams, or the fact that he does not have a large football background and lacks charisma. But most of these criticisms were benign and overall his rating as commissioner was excellent. However, after 17 years as commissioner he decided to hang it up, and in came younger, cockier, and former NFL intern, Roger Goodell.

Goodell started as an administrative intern when he was 21 for then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Many praised his rise through the administration to COO in 2001, especially considering his internship was gained through an extensive letter writing campaign on his part. After Tagliabue announced he was to retire, Goodell was ultimately the consensus vote as his replacement. However, it was soon clear to many that he was not going to take the same approach that Tagliabue did: a calm, judicial, and usually correct approach. Goodell took the tough guy approach. There had been some scandal off the field that year for sure. Adam Jones and Chris Henry had been the focus of poor off-field decisions, but the most harsh punishment we really saw from Tagliabue was a 4-game suspension. The players were not ready for Goodell's new 'NFL Personal Conduct Policy'. In his first serious player conduct moves, he suspended Chris Henry for 8 games of the 2007 season and suspended Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire 2007 season. Entire season! Are you kidding me? That was unheard of up to that point. Oh yeah, good idea Goodell, instead of letting a clearly troubled man be distracted from that life by the one thing he's good at, football, why don't you just suspend him for a year in hopes that he becomes a better man as opposed to going to a strip club with $40,000 worth of ones. (oh wait, he did do that(watch the link)).

A few months after these suspensions Goodell gets pissed off again and suspends Tank Johnson for 10 games of the 2007 season after he got in trouble with the law. 10 games? Thats like sitting down to watch a season of 24, but only watching hours 16 through 24 and still hoping you will get something out of it. Just recently in June, he suspended Dante Stallworth indefinitely. Way to go Goodell, you can't decide what to do so you just call it an indefinete suspension in hopes that everyone will eventually forget about Donte Stallworth and that he'll die on the street in 5 years with a Saints' helmet in his arms trying to convince other homeless people that he once upon a time was an NFL player. You're a dick, Goodell.

I didn't mind the way Goodell handled the Michael Vick situation for the past two years, but the call he made recently was outrageous. The Vick case is definitely a delicate one, as many Americans strongly believe he does not deserve to play in the NFL again. I am certainly not one of those people: Vick served a lot of time in jail for what he did, and now he needs to be back on the field doing what he was born to do. I thought Goodell understood that, until on July 27th, just a few days ago, he announced that Vick will be suspended the first six games of the upcoming season before he can play again. Why? Seriously, why? What is the point? He already hasn't played for two years and many fans will be critical of his return, so obviously it's going to be tough enough for him to get signed by a team. But yeah, just throw in a six game suspension just to chafe Vick a little. Six games? Why not 7, or 5, or 3 and 1/2. Be a little more arbitrary with the six games Goodell, oh wait, you can't be.

Alas, many have praised Goodell for his firm stance on player conduct, and perhaps it has scared players into being a little less reckless at clubs, bars, or whatever nightlife they attend to. However, I think Goodell's stance has been way too tough, and more of a Dictatorship than a Democracy. Ok Goodell, you were an intern in 1982, and you worked were way up so almost 30 years later you're the Commissioner of the NFL. Nice job, but just because you grinded to get where you are, doesn't mean you have to bring down Thor's Hammer to players in the NFL who need to be slapped in the face, not slapped with $500,000 fines and entire season suspensions. One more thing, is you're wife hot or not? Because I can't tell, and it's really starting to piss me off.

Observations from a Mets Game

PINNO - Went to a Mets game last night. They were facing one of the best teams in baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Usually this might be a good ball game, but considering the Mets' lineup is worse than my diarrhea after eating two bean burritos, the game wasn't too competitive. Final score: 11-2. Regardless, still a great time at Citi Field, here are some random observations:

-It's hard to get excited about your team when Nick Evans is your starting left fielder and Livan Hernandez your starting pitcher (Livan has allowed 15 earned runs in two July starts).

-Randy Wolf is definitely a legal midget, there is no way he is taller than 4'11 and I will stand by that fact.

-Fernando Tatis hits a pop fly to 2nd Basemen Orlando Hudson. I'm pretty sure in the new Yankee Stadium it would have been a home run.

-Wow, Fernando Tatis is our starting 1st Basemen and is hitting 5th.

-Omir Santos's beard rivals that of Vince's in the premeiere of Entourage season 5.

-Instead of handing out a free Mets t-shirt at the game, they handed out "G-Force" trading cards. "G-Force" is the new Disney movie coming out soon about guinea pigs who are secretly government spies. Needless to say, I'm going the night it comes out.

-Reyes is at bat! Reyes is a bat! He's not injured anymore! Oh wait, that's Argenis Reyes, the tweener Triple-A/Major League infielder. He looks like a hispanic/uglier version of Mark Whalberg. p.s. never a good sign for the real Reyes (Jose) when in a response to why Reyes isn't playing, the owner sarcastically states: "his leg hurts."

-Luis Castillio came out to the song "Make Me Better" by Fabolous. My respect for Luis has changed as much as Clay Aiken's sexual orientation (never). But still, good song.

-The "Kiss Cam" might be the greatest thing they have to offer at Citi Field. During the middle of the 5th, they show random couples on the Globotron, and they have to kiss while the whole crowd watches. I have seen my share of funny Kiss Cam moments: two girls making out, two 80 year olds making out, but never have a seen a make out of this intensity. They showed a couple, and they just attacked each other's mouths with ferocity.

-Keith Hernandez is the greatest. When his 'Just for Men' add comes up on the Globotron and it shows his great black moustache, I just get all giddy inside. Similar to the way Ruben Studdard feels when someone tells him that they loved the album: "I'm Sorry for 2004".

-Orlando Hudson gets hit by a pitch around the pelvic region. A drunk fan blurts out "IT MUST HAVE HIT THE TIP". I chuckled.

-Joe Torre comes out to console Hudson. Great to see him. Miss him, even though I'm a Mets fan. He seems very happy with his decision to go to L.A.

-Ball Boy's favor girls/kids. If you're above the age of 16 and you are male, you will never get a ball tossed to you by a ball boy.

-When I was going to my seat, a girl held open the door for me. I was pleased that she had and said thank you, she was pleased that I had thanked so she smiled and said you're welcome. Everybody wins.

-During the game, the Mets dugout is a somber as Mark Cuban is after a full day goes by and he realizes: "I didn't piss anyone off today. Damn it."

-Jeremy Reed is as qualified to be in the MLB as Turtle from "Entourage" is to be a C.P.A.

-For those of you keeping tally: that is now two references from American Idol Season 2, as well as two Entourage references. Last season of Entourage premieres Sunday and I am quite excited.

-Manny doesn't give a shit about anyone and I love it. He wears #99 to chafe everyone, and I'm convinced his junk swings way below the knees. He's so good: 2-2 with 2 rbi's and two walks. So valuable.

-The only player on the Mets that would start in the Dodgers lineup is David Wright.

-The Mets have a lot of work to do.

So Close, Yet So Far

PINNO - I know many Americans were disappointed after the U.S.A. International Soccer Club blew a 2-0 lead to Brazil in the Confederations Cup, losing 3-2. I watched the whole game that promising Sunday afternoon, and it seemed as if American soccer finally had some swagger (especially after beating arguably the World's best, Spain, two days earlier). However, there are a few reasons why the U.S. got in front 2-0, and there were many reasons why most savvy soccer fans knew Brazil still was not going to lose.

The game started out relatively back and forth, and in the 9th minute, Clint Dempsey had a beautifully sleazy goal (watch the link, its sleazy). Brazil was left a tad befuddled, as was the rest of the world as to how that goal happened (their faces were similar to mine when I read that Marcin Gortat was a very desirable Free Agent for a lot of NBA teams).

After U.S. was up 1-nil, Brazil began to attack. However, Tim Howard seemed to be up to every nifty, curvy, sketchy ball that Brazil played at him. By the way, isn't it weird not seeing Ronaldinho out there owning it for Brazil? I always loved him and it's weird to see him fade and not even be on the international team. Now Brazil has so many young players that I'm gonna have to learn to love/hate for the 2010 World Cup, but I digress.

Brazil is pushing, good defense by Beasley on Fabian and now the U.S. is on the counter. Jozy Altidore (my favorite, and he's my age) to Donovan, Donovan beautiful thru ball to Dempsey, Dempsey with an even better thru back to Donovan - Donovan stops, sets, and GOALLLLLLL! Boom goes the dynamite! What a great two man counter goal. This goal should be a video that young soccer players around the nation watch over and over. Good defense, unselfishness, spreading the field, and most importantly: a great finish by Donovan. The U.S. is up 2-0 and its the 26th minute. What's happening? Are we really about to beat out Spain in the semis and then Brazil in the Final to win the Confederations Cup? Who knew the answer to these questions at this point besides soccer God David Bekham? No one. All I knew is that there was something eery about this 2-0 lead, something that did not seem stable.

U.S. holds off Brazil for the rest of the half, and we can into half with an incredible solid 2-0 lead. I saw a lot of brown stains near the buttock's of American players on those white jerseys because I think every U.S. player was shitting themselves. Brazil's coach pretty much dissected every one of Bob Bradley's schemes at the half- which was clear by Brazil's domination in the second half.

I'll make this paragraph, on Brazil's three goals, easy on American soccer fans. Luis Fabiano single-handedly breaks down the U.S.'s poor, poor defense. He scores at the beginning of the second half not even a minute into it! In the 73rd minute, Fabiano gets the ball fed to him after two deflections (Howard had no chance) and scores easily. it seemed as if America had little hope. Everyone was expecting Brazil to score again, there was no way to stop it. And they did, 10 minutes later, in the 83rd minute (Lucio). Game, set, match.

Clint Dempsey was sobbing as the Americans were getting their second place medals, an achievement that, despite the tears, I'm sure he one of his teammates was proud of. No one would have guessed that America would beat Spain, let alone come close to beating Brazil in the Final. Brazil had 11 shots on goal compared to America's 4, they killed the U.S. in possesion time, and Julio Cesar only needed two saves compared to Howard's 8. Most who watched the 2nd half of the Final knew it was over long before stoppage time ended. However, this Confederations Cup showing gives America a lot of confidence for the World Cup in a year; and it also gives the U.S. more respect on a global level. "We're at the point where we don't want respect, we want to win," says Landon Donovan, who put the U.S. up 2-0 and is a fan favorite around the nation. Due to America's gutty performance, I finally believe that American soccer players think and more importantly know that they can hang with the big dogs.

The Five Most Underrated 2009 NBA Draftees

1. Terrence Williams (Nets). One of the best athletes in the draft, can defend very well and is a great passer. As Jay Bilas would say, he is "freakishly quick and abundantly lanky." More importantly, he wore a pink backpack around the Louisville campus, and he once told me that I looked like I was in a boy band (true story).

2. Brandon Jennings (Bucks): Was late to the draft and didn’t play in America last year, both of which make me like him less as a person, but not as a player.

3. Tyler Hansborough (Pacers): No one hated the nickname or the player “Psycho-T” more than me during his UNC tenure, but with solid physical attributes and a solid showing in his first summer league game (17 points), he seems promising as a role player. You would usually like a little more than a role player at the 13^th pick, but that’s the 2009 NBA Draft for you.

4. DaJuan Blair (Spurs): Always loved him at Pitt despite the fact he was on one of Georgetown’s biggest rivals. Tough, smart, physical, and played in the big east – could be a lot of value for the spurs if they’re trying to make a run.

5. Taylor Griffin (Suns): Just kidding, Taylor Griffin is going to suck in the NBA and was drafted solely because his last name is Griffin and he has a brother who isn’t too shabby. At least Taylor isn’t as ugly as the younger Griffin, so he’s got that going for him. But expect him to be a career NBDLer.

J.A....I Thought I Knew You

PINNO - Today, I got home from work and turned on P.T.I. at its usual 5:30pm eastern time. To my surprise, it was being hosted by not one, but two filler-hosts: Dan LeBetard and J.A. Adande. I'm a huge fan of Dan and I lean towards a positive view of Adande most of the time. However, this PTI episode changed my thoughts about him forever.

The first ten minutes of the episode start off swimmingly until they transitioned into the topic of Steve McNair. Before they discussed the impact his death has on his legacy, Adande blurts out to LeBetard: "you prob won't be able to cope with this next story, because you induce hatred everywhere you go." Like, ok Adande, random and unnecessary, but I don't hate you yet.

Then they get into the Steve McNair story. Dan states how the fact he was killed with (or by) a 20-year-old woman who is not is wife will negatively impact his NFL legacy. Adande counters by saying: "personal life off the field should never impact the way we view someone's career on the field." I somewhat disagree, but I think its an opinion and not an awful point by J.A, but next is what really gets me.

Dan makes the great point of how we never really have seen a death in this way by such a young and newly retired quarterback. Even if athletes die at a young age, it's rarely in the bizarre way McNair was found dead - in a condo that he owned, cheating on his wife, with gunshots in him. Even Sean Taylor's death was a sadder one because he actually was not doing anything wrong when he was shot. LeBetard continues to talk about how McNair will be remembered in two ways now, as opposed to just the great leader who was one yard away from potentially winning a Superbowl. So before the bell rings (which means the topic is over) Adande blurts out: "the way he died should not change the way we view him off the field either, tons of athletes do stuff like this and we do not view them as a differently." Really? Did you really just say that? So basically, even though McNair was found dead with a woman other than his wife and he got killed because of it, we still won't view him off the field differently? Um, I don't really have much else to go by in terms of knowing Steve McNair off the field. Even the great Jeff Fisher acknowledged the unfortunate circumstances of his death, realizing it would "taint his legacy." Do fans view Ray Lewis now as a scary freak after his murder allegations and not just a good linebacker? Yes. Jesus, J.A.

Afterwards, the PTI replacements got into a discussion about the late Michael Jackson. They talked about the memorial for him and his impact on the industry as well as the world which was all very nice. LeBetard not-so-gracefully states how we will remember Michael Jackson as not only the great performer, "but also for his weirdness." This is a point I agree with, as I do with roughly 67% of points made by Dan LeBetard. Adande's counter before the buzzer sounds: "well we would never talk about his weirdness if he wasn't the greatest performance I have ever since." First of all, well said, starting with we and ending with I. Second of all, are you saying that all very weird not-as-popular celebrities that have died are not remembered for their weirdness because they weren't great enough? Retarded, J.A. But it is Michael and he used to be black and you are black so I guess I'll let this one slide.

Then the replacement duo led by Shane Falco discusses tennis - girls tennis. Adande talks about Serena Williams and how he likes the fact that she sometimes doesn't take tennis too seriously because "if she was singly focused on tennis, she wouldn't last as long." Then he goes onto say "I'd much rather remember interesting people as professional athletes than these devoted wackos." Wait a second J.A., when you were talking about McNair, didn't you say what kind of a person he was has nothing to do with his professional career? Then you say you'd rather have enigmatic people over devoted athletes who always take their sport seriously? Do on the field and off the field character correlate or not? Make up your mind.

I was going to get into what J.A. said about Artest going to the Lakers, but it pissed me off too much to write about, so I'll take you to commercial brake where Adande says to Dan: "how about the way I'm wiping the floor with you in this edition of PTI." What does this accomplish, making you look like an idiot? Yes. Well done.

My favorite part of watching PTI is during commericals because during every commerical break they'll cut back to the PTI studio and show the guys joking around a little. This time, LeBetard and Adande we're singing some song (I didn't know what it was), but to my dismay/surprise, Adande actually has a very solid voice. Put one tally in your column, J.A.

After break, LeBetard breaks the irrelevant news that Chad 'OchoCinco' Johnson will be "tweeting" during games. He also talked about how twitter is a bad idea for athletes because many of them are stupid and will post regrettable statements. For example, after Michael Jackson died, Chad Johnson tweeted that "....this is just as sad as 9/11." Aggressive/retarded statement. I hate tweet, so does LeBetard, so does Ada-.....oh wait, he loves twitter. He's a huge fan: "twitter allows you to express anything you want about your emotion in 140 words or less." Sweet Adande. Then Adande goes for the finishing touch on me hating him, before commerical break: "I'm gonna tweet right now: kicking LeBetard's ass in toss-up. How about that?" How about SHUT UP J.A.. Kornheiser and Wilbon never claim that one of them is 'beating' the other, only occasionally joke about who made less mistakes. Not only that, but J.A. somehow mentioned three times in the same episode that he was kicking LeBetards ass on the show - which he wasn't, at all. He really makes me cringe.

Maybe Adande is just mad that he looks like a penguin - watch the show, it's true. Regardless, a sportscaster I once thought I knew and respected is now someone who will only generate negative thoughts in my mind. Don't worry J.A., I doubt this post will taint your legacy.

David Kahn: The Antichrist...As Well as Some Other Draft Thoughts

PINNO - I know the 2009 NBA Draft happened a few weeks ago, but considering it was: on my birthday, on the same day that Michael Jackson (and Farrah Fawcett) died, as well as the fact that it was the worst draft in terms of talent since 2000 – it still has some relevance and deserves to be discussed. Although this draft sucked in terms of talent, it still had as many plot twists as Kerry Kittles has career goals. If you want to read something a lot more educated and wittier than this post regarding the same subject, I highly recommend you read Bill Simmons's NBA Draft Diary:

Ok so the draft. This was a seven-pick draft. After the top seven guys, there is no one who catches my attention as an all-star; the Knicks getting the 8^th pick could not be more fitting or irking. We all knew the Knicks were going to get screwed, too. There was no surprise. It makes too much sense for the Knicks to get the 6^th or 7^th pick in the lottery so they can draft Curry, bring LeBron to NY in 2010, then win a Championship. Perhaps that prediction is extreme, regardless: the Warriors draft Curry (now Anthony Randolph can share a crying companion on the bench, Monte Ellis) and the Knicks get the boring, black version of David Lee. This is not Donnie Walsh’s fault, however. Jordan Hill was the best player available at 8. In most drafts he would be mid-first round, but in a draft when you have a player, Jrue Holliday, with 8 ppg as well as more turnovers than assists per game, projected to go top 10, this draft is clearly a different ballgame. (note: Jrue Holliday ended up falling down to the Sixers, or 76ers or whatever variation of "six" they call themselves, at the 17^th pick) (another note: The spelling of “Jrue” from “Drew” is something that Mrs. Holliday had to do after losing a bet to one of her friends that she could eat two buckets of KFC in under 90 seconds). Anyway, here’s whose fault it is that the Knicks got screwed, and I promise the title of this post will become relevant: it’s the fault of Sam Presti, Geoff Petrie, and my least favorite man in sports, David Kahn.

The three best players from this draft and in this order were Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio, and Stephen Curry (honorable mention: Johnny Flynn). Ever since the Laker’s awkward/retarded cousin got the first pick in the lottery, everyone, including all involved in Derek Huff’s boat trip in “Step-Brothers,” knew they were taking Griffin. Fine. Griffin’s gone, and fine, Rubio does not want to play in Memphis so the Grizzlies select Dikembe Mutombo negative 2.0. But now, Sam Presti, you have the chance to have the most exciting team in the NBA. Kevin Durant is the most underrated player in the league and is a top-3 talent. Jeff Greene is a very solid player who is only getting better. You already have sort of a position quagmire with these two players cause they’re both small forwards – too big to play SG and too skilled/skinny to play PF. You also have a natural SG who is playing point and does not really know how to pass. And just waiting to be picked by Presti is Ricky Rubio. The most exciting international player of my lifetime comes along, just old enough to buy porn (although I doubt he as ever needed to use his own hand to pleasure himself. Ever. Such a God.), would make the Thunder exciting, would make Durant want to stay, but no - Presti picks James Harden. Maybe Presti is a fashion guru and thought Rubio was dressed a little too conservatively at the draft, while in contrast; Harden had the most fly outfit by far, check it out. But seriously, Harden is a good player, but you don’t need him! Your team doesn’t need more shot takers, it needs a distributer! I cant hate on this pick as much as I’d like to, cause Harden is a G, and a lefty, and rocks number 13, as well as an old school beard. But still, retarded.

Ahhhhh Geoff Petrie, how nice of you to join us. So instead of taking Rubio, you take a 19-year old, with some questionable personal issues, who isn’t a great athlete. He can’t jump (and he’s black, definition of anomaly), he can’t shoot (27.4% 3pt shooting at Memphis), he’s not a natural PG (which is what they drafted him as), yet they think he is more valuable than Rubio. I just don’t get it. Rubio is just too good of a fit. Presti and Petrie must have been like “hmmmm, if I draft Rubio my team would be a lot better and exciting, but he seems too perfect…yeah I’ll just take the solid shooting guard who will never be an all-star.” This is a perfect sequitur to the primary subject of this post: David fucking Kahn.

David Kahn is not only the antichrist in relative terms to the NBA draft, but I believe he may be the antichrist in absolute terms, meaning the actual antichrist to God. David Kahn is the guy who you don’t feel badly not holding the door open for. David Kahn is the guy who if you went to a baseball game with him and two other friends, you would do everything in your power not to sit next to him. David Kahn is the guy who needs no introduction besides: “David Kahn, the worst thing to happen to basketball since Kwame Brown.” (too soon to rip on Kwame? don’t know why I said Kwame Brown, I just hate him). So why do I hate David Kahn so much? A lot of reasons:

1. He’s an idiot who has no right to be a GM in the NBA. Here is his résumé: NBDL ('05-'09): Founder Southwest Basketball; MLB ('03-'04): Oregon Stadium Campaign; Indiana Pacers ('95-'04): GM ('98-'02); Proskauer Rose LLP ('93-'95): Associate; NBC Sports ('90-'95): Consultant, NBA Showtime; Portland Oregonian ('84-'89): NBA sports writer. Like what the fuck? Honestly? If I was President of the Minnesota Chafe-Wolves, I’d rather turn Brian Cardinal into player/GM than hire David Kahn. Kahn must have started cracking up when they called him to tell him he got the job. He was probably busy filling out a Jonny Rockets restaurant application when he got the call. He then invited over the one friend he has, an imaginary friend by the name of Natas (Satan backwards), and they played a game of chess to celebrate in which Kahn lost.

2. He’s ugly and pale

3. He fired the saint that was and is Kevin McHale.

4. *Most important reason why I hate him: what he did in the draft. Rubio does not want to play for Minnesota and he knows that. With two picks and Rubio still there, however, you can’t pass him up. So he takes Rubio. Fine. Rubio is incredible and its incredible to me that he dropped all the way to 5. So you have the best point guard in the draft. If you select Curry with 6, you have: Rubio, Curry, Jefferson and Love. What I think to be four very legit starters and potentially three out of those four are all-stars. But again, that makes too much sense, so Kahn drafts Johnny Flynn! Johnny Flynn?!?! I love Johnny Flynn, but you just drafted Rubio. Why get Flynn? All this does is piss off Rubio even more, leave Flynn confused, leaves me upset and angry, and Kahn is still pondering why he doesn’t get any pussy….Flynn is the second best point guard in the draft, but still, why try to be the “everyone shut up, even though I know nothing about basketball I know what I’m doing! Ok??” guy and just select Curry to make your team good. Now Rubio wants to go back to Spain, Flynn is in a situation that he hates although he’ll never say it cause he’s the man, and you just fucked up the natural order of things. It’s not very relevant that he selected his third point guard in as many picks with Ty Lawson with at the 18^th pick because he traded it to Denver for a future 1^st rounder, a move I was indifferent about. Rubio is now talking about going back to Spain for a year or maybe two, and guess what? Kahn doesn’t care. Actually, he likes the idea. Paraphrased, he basically said: “yeah that was my plan all along, we can have Flynn play point guard for the next two years while Rubio goes to Spain and finishes his contract so we don’t have to spend a few million dollars, then when he comes back, he’s only 20! We’re not going to win a championship in the next two years, so Flynn is our point guard of the present and Rubio is our point guard of the future.” Ok. First of all, no one wants to wait to see Rubio play in two years, we want him now goddamit. More importantly, does Kahn think that Fynn is going to retire at the age of 22 or something? What happens in two years when Flynn is tearing it up and Rubio comes back? Battle it out for the starting spot? Will David Kahn even be alive in two years? I hope not. Also, what kind of confidence are you giving your team if you say that for the next two years you’re not even trying to win a championship? The Celtics went from literally the worst team in the league to winning a championship in one year due to good General Managing. And that must make Flynn feel good, ‘oh so I should feel secure for two years and then I probably will be a backup or get traded.’ (love Flynn btw, he is the only reason, besides a few Andy Rautins shots, that Syracuse beat UConn in that epic 6 OT game). Anyway, to be honest, if Rubio is traded to a team with a good market I’ll be happier, still not satisfied until Kahn is sent to the guillotine, though.

5. In a recent ballhype article, he is described as “a toxic blend of Isiah Thomas and Chris Wallace.” That actually hurts to read. Those are the two worst GM’s of my generation, bar none.

….So yes, those are my reasons for hating David Kahn. I hope everyone agrees with me on his overall sucking as a person and a GM. The NBA draft is still always a good time though, really upsetting about Curry not going to the Knicks, but LeBron is not staying with Cleveland after this season so we’ll see what Donnie can do.