Ricky the Kid up to his old tricks

Last night, while Minnesota was en route to their 8th loss in 9 games, this time to the Spurs, Ricky the Kid found the time to embarrass former Pitt Panter, DeJuan Blair, with a nifty little pass through his legs to my boy, Steimsma, for the layup.  Lately, former Pitt Panthers have made a living being embarrassed by younger, more talented players.

The Spurs are once again boasting the best record in the league at 39-11, 1.5 games better than the Thunder, and are winners of 11 straight.  No idea how it is possible that a team this good could be considered "under the radar" but that is exactly what they are.  Coach Pop just gets in done year after year with whoever he has on the court.

K.Smooth tells CP3 to suck it

Though LeBron put together what will end up being the most complete game of the season yesterday, he was still overshadowed by the future MVP on an insane bounce pass to Kevin Martin.  For a guy who gets all his pub from scoring, Smooth can sure sling the rock.

Minnesota's Last Hope: Ricky Rubio

With Kevin Love out 6-8 weeks, there isn't much sunshine on the horizon for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  During OKC's 106-84 demolition of the 'Wolves last night, there was one, fleeting bright spot, a between the legs pass from Ricky Rubio between 2 Thunder defenders to Lou Amundson.  Unfortunately, the bright spot went dark as soon as the ball hit Lou's hands.  The resulting shot attempt was one of the ugliest layup (hook shot?) attempts I have ever seen.  If only that pass was to Milk Chocolate...