- Phil Jackson does not think the idea of Houston Rockets championships without Jordan’s two-year sabbatical from the game plausible. Jackson was questioned about Rudy Tomjanovich’s recent nomination for induction in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, and when asked about the legitimacy of the Rockets’ two titles in Jordan’s absence, Phil responded that the Bulls would have won “without a doubt.” There have far too many discussions on such subjects around our bend of the interwebs to delve into this much further (though I appreciate noted Bulls fan Kelly Dwyer’s testimony to the fact that the title Bulls of 92-93 lost convincingly twice to the Rockets that year), but the part of this story not getting nearly enough pub was Rick Adelman’s response to Jackson’s comments. Adelman told Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle that, “My answer to that is Phil didn’t have the control he needed over Michael so that he would play basketball.” OUCH.
- Every Rockets win seems to only invite the talk of “and imagine if Yao were back”. Well, keep imagining because, though Yao himself has made clear his intentions of trying to play this Tuesday against the Pistons (in the grudge match of Yao vs. McGrady I), Rick Adelman has said there is no schedule set for the large man’s return to the hardwood as of yet: “Yao went through a light practice Thursday at Toyota Center, saying his ankle isn’t completely healed but ‘it’s getting close.’ ‘The big key is going to be the more he gets on the court, the more things he does, does he have soreness, doesn’t he have soreness?’ Adelman said. ‘That’s the thing I want to wait and see.’”
- Think what you will of President Barack Obama, but I must admit how cool it is to get the president’s (THE FREAKING PRESIDENT’S) thoughts on day-to-day NBA happenings.
- I had all of these. And I thought Joe Smith was going to be soooooo good. Thank God third-graders don’t (excuse me, didn’t) have blogs (Thanks for these, Fat Shawn Kemp).
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