Smoov Crosses Another First Off His List

 Well done, young man. But you have a long way to go:

'Sheed Doin' 'Sheed: First "Ball Don't Lie" Ejection

Crime against humanity, what the refs did to 'Sheed yesterday.  This better not be signifying the end of the "Ball don't lie" era.  David Stern needs to step in here.  If they are trying to remove "Ball don't lie" from the NBA, they are going to remove some fans, too; including this one.

Not really, but I love issuing ultimatums.  Fuck you, Stern.

Free Throw Shenanigans

Two funny free throw moments from last night... first is 'Sheed doing 'Sheed.  At the :30 mark of the video below you can hear him yelling his catch phrase "Ball don't lie!"

Also, please note Jason Kidd in the background.  His headband looks absolutely ridiculous.  I know he is wearing it like that to cover a gash that required 8 stitches to close, but he looks like a homeless person.  Side note: His kid is uglier than sin.

The next is Dwight Howard being a big fucking dumbass.  Wipe that goofy grin off your face dude, you just air balled the easiest shot in basketball.  I will never understand how professional basketball players cannot make free throws.  Dwight went 7-19 last night from the line.

If I was one of Dwight Howard's teammates and was a lot bigger than I am, I would slap that stupid smile off of his face.  Those 12 misses could've easily cost the Lakers the game.

C'mon Kobe.  Live up to your MO from this year and clown this loser.

More 'Sheed Please

Listen to Rasheed Wallace call Arron Afflalo "Aflac" after he misses this free-throw:

Is 'Sheed simply clowning on his name or is it his way of saying "I don't even know who you are?" I'm going to choose to believe the latter. What we do know for sure is that Roscoe is one of the game's all-time great trash-talkers.

Sixers Already Fighting Injuries, Kwame Seeing Time

The 76ers are already dealing with an injury to an integral part of their lineup with Jason Richardson suffering a high ankle sprain Sunday afternoon after stepping on a cameraman's foot on the baseline at the Garden one minute into the game.  Rumors are that he was seen hobbling around in a walking boot which is never a good thing especially for an older player.  Besides a 5 minute stretch at the start of the game last night, the Sixers were outplayed, out-muscled and outclassed by a surprisingly spry (average age is 61) Knicks team.

Nick Young is a poor man's Lou Williams.  He'd better get hot soon or the fans in Philly are going to turn on him.  He is shooting 7-35 so far this year and is making me want to break my giant TV, and nothing... I mean, nothing... makes me want to break that TV.  Spencer Hawes, after a solid opener against Denver, looked like a giant marshmallow during the home and home with the Knicks.  Carmelo took the ball right at his chest over and over again and Hawes just took it like Sasha Grey in her prime.  Does not make any sense.  Dude is 7 feet tall and he refuses to put a guy on his ass.  Doug did not like that, so in Philly last night he started... KWAME BROWN.  Kwame logged a whopping 11 minutes and was benched at the beginning of the second half after that fat-ass midget, Raymond Felton confused the basketball for a Twix and took it from him.  Pablo Prigioni, the NBA's oldest rookie ever at 35 years old, kept up well with the newly signed franchise point guard in Philly and genuinely looked to take him out of his rhythm at times. The beat downs were thorough.  'Sheed even got his.

The Sixers need to play a tougher brand of basketball or the Atlantic Division is going to eat them alive.  That starts with the big men.  The return of the Andrew Bynum and his afro cannot come soon enough.  This team is young and will only get better from here.

And now for the lowlights: