Courtside: Take me to your leader: Sixers 100, Rockets 88.

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The Yao Lines 12.09.07 & 12.10.07: When it Rains it Pours
Published 12/11/2007 by aloneconformist at Globetrotter
... Pardon the inactivity for the past few days, though honestly, I don't have much to say about these last two. Threw my back out in a rec. league championship game and I've been bed-ridden for a few days, but I'm actually kind of happy I missed the last two games. Catching up, I read through Fran Blinebury's blog entry, "Take me to your leader" and well, he makes a great point... one I hadn't really thought of. Jeff Van Gundy was the fire. And now with him gone, nobody else has stepped up. Yao looked as if he was ready two games after releasing his inner ...

T-Mac Sprains Ankle, Gets Ripped For It by Local Media
Published 12/11/2007 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... Check out this rip job from the Houston Chronicle's Fran Blinebury, where he questions the entire team's lack of leadership, but is especially tough on McGrady: ...

Шмокетси
Published 12/12/2007 by Karakash at NBA Macedonia
... Еве што еден новинар од Xјустон мисли за нив по поразот од Филаделфија. На таа средба Рокетси губеа и со цели 31 разлика, а во второто полувреме поради изместување на скочниот зглоб го загубија и Трејси Мекгрејди, кој и онака не одигра ништо посебно. Во линкот го имате целиот текст, а еве го мојот омилен дел: ...

Taken to the Woodshed
Published 12/12/2007 by fknmclane at Your Face is a Sports Blog
... his hand in the coaching-carousel cookie jar after interviewing with Auburn in a Motel 6.) Disingenuous drifter is a new one for me. And I like it. Nice work by Forde bitch-slapping Petrino all over the pages of espn.com. There's clearly something personal between the two of them though, and I hope they can work it out. Don't worry, no lemonparty photoshops including these two and Arthur Blank. But that would be awesome. Almost as awesome as Fran Blinebury of the Houston Chronicle really laying into the Rockets, McGrady in particular . Here's an excerpt (thanks ...

Houston, Do We Really Have a Problem?
Published 12/13/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
The Houston Chronicle's Fran Blinebury recently laid into the hometown team. The refrain was not new: T-Mac will occasionally give one of those "It's On Me" speeches. And then he'll turn into origami as soon as things get tough again. He is a splendid, wonderful bundle of basketball talent. But he is not a warrior who you'd ever want covering your back. After 10-plus NBA seasons, there is a reason why he has never won a single playoff series. He is a performer, not a player. He is a diva, not a diver. He is kind of star that ...