Comments on: It will be different from now on

By: GFN-Murray

GFN-Murray — Wed, 24 May 2006 22:23:10 +0000

You guys are a trip, lol. Alan Tucker, larry d, you guys are hilarious, If you had your own website of commentary I would make it a point to sign up to become a member. I’m glad you guys have a sense of humor. “GFN” isn’t any wordsy thing in relation to Mary Tyler more, or sportswriters or anything like that. I have an online racing league called GFN. I don’t know if you guys have been to any dirt track races, but we basically race dirt “Late Models”, “Modifieds”, and “Nascar” style cars. GFN is also the first three letters of my email address, so I just use it to sign into everything. What do the letters G F N stand for? Well, it’s fitting if you’re a Wizards or Cavs fan….Grand Funeral Nation. I live it every year during playoffs, lmao.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Tue, 23 May 2006 16:34:44 +0000

No, Schumucker/Taint/Identity Du Jour. It actually was Benadryl. Generic. Sam’s Club house brand, truthfully. No joke.

Loved the Yiddish references. You’re the man.

By: shmucker

shmucker — Tue, 23 May 2006 15:39:34 +0000

By the way, Mur, it wasn’t Benadryl. It was Sudafed. Although it may have been Claritin. I can’t be sure, because the Claritin looks like lithium, the Sudafed looks like Xanax, and the Benadryl looks like Levitra. I take so many pills that my kishkes have shpilkes, and I tend to fall asleep in

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Tue, 23 May 2006 14:55:37 +0000

Whoops. Sorry, Murray. I flip-flopped your initials. No disrespect. That was the print equivalent of Damon Jones accidentally wearing L’eggs on one leg, and Hanes on the other.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:00:32 +0000

Jeez, I really did OD. Tom Reed’s column from a few days ago is right — Benadryl really does make you play in a fog. I just now realized there’s a guy posting that goes by the name of GNF-Murray. So forget my question.

By the way, I do agree with Brian that James will re-up this summer. But not because James thinks he can win in Cleveland or because of fear of injury. But only because Isiah Thomas has created payroll chaos that won’t be settled down for a few more years, and because Kobe Bryant is only 28. James won’t have better options within two years, so might as well get a fat pay raise now rather than play for comparative chump change for two years and wait for options that won’t otherwise exist.

But in five years, it should be perfect timing. James will only be 26. But Bryant will be 33, Thomas will be gone and the Nets will be playing in a new arena in Brooklyn. My money is on a new Cavs contract in 2006 and a new Knicks contract in 2011.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:54:53 +0000

I meant GFN-Murray, the D.C. fellow who commented immediately before my post.

But you bring up an interesting point. I might not trade D. Jones for MTM’s Murray, but I think Ted Baxter’s schtick would go over pretty well in the Cavs locker room.

By: Alan Tucker

Alan Tucker — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:24:05 +0000

Maybe it’s my antihistamine overdose talking, but what does “GNF-Murray” mean? Are you comparing ABJ sportswriters to Murray from the “Mary Tyler Moore Show?” That would be “MTM-Murray.” So I don’t get it. Explain. Please.

Also, while it’s on my mind, why was Damon Jones on the court at any time during the playoffs, whether against Washington or Detroit? It’s simply agonizing watching that guy, whether it’s on offense or defense. It’s damn close to playing four against five. I realize Pavlovic will never be Drazen Petrovic, but he’s superior to Jones in every way, shape and form. It’s dopey to blame Brown because he wasn’t given players, but he did make a mistake by making Jones part of the rotation as opposed to Pavlovic.

By: jc

jc — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:31:33 +0000

^^^ I was gonna SAY!!!! =)

By: larry d.

larry d. — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:30:37 +0000

Of course I meant the whole Cavs roster minus LeBron!

By: larry d.

larry d. — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:29:31 +0000

I’d trade the whole Cavs roster for Arenas at this point, GNF-Murray. Does Bob Ferry still have any pull down there?

One item that is getting tiresome in the ABJ is the tendency to blame Mike Brown for all of the Cavs’ offensive woes. The team missed a ton of open shots and layups throughout the playoffs, and I’m fairly certain Brown never told his players to settle for bad three pointers or stand around and watch LeBron; those are tendencies the Cavs have been fighting all year.

Brown did a great job juggling big men(though I thought the team’s best rebounder should have played more in the last two games) and working with an anemic backcourt. And the defense was surprisingly strong. It wasn’t too long ago that the Pistons had to hold teams to 90 points or so to win.