I’m calling B.S. on Commissioner Stern when he commented on Carmelo Anthony’s suspension. Yes, I agree that ‘Melo deserved a suspension, but suspending him longer than any other player involved in the fracas is ridiculous, especially when the whole mess was instigated by a hard foul at Coach Isiah Thomas’ direction.
“We judged him on his actions on the court, period,” Stern said. “And they deserved a harsh penalty.”
Bullshit. The fact is that ‘Melo is getting singled out for exceptional treatment because he is the best-known player involved. Stern is trying to send a message, and he’s using one of the league’s most visible (and admired) players to do it. Never mind that the mere fact that their leading scorer is getting suspended for any length of time already punishes the Nuggets disproportionately to the Knicks, who are terrible but staying afloat in a lousy conference. A 15-game suspension probably dooms the Nuggets to miss the playoffs in the West (unless they can still engineer a trade for Allen Iverson, but that seems unlikely). The Knicks might very well make the playoffs anyway.
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Chad,
Yeah, I agree. No, I’m kidding. I didn’t even know that it was about basketball until you mentioned the Knicks. I’m just filling space with something that may or may not seem to be apropos at first glance. Basketball, eh? Well, erm…three pointer and full court press. Ref? Free throw. March madness. Playoffs. Really tall men in baggy shorts. Did you know that the Lakers were originally a Minneapolis team? Yeah, plenty of lakes within the city limits here, no lakes in Los Angeles. The real topic of my comment is below. (I don’t know if you check the e-mail address listed at the bottom of this page. Do you?)
I am traveling to Denver from March 5th – 9th for an American Physical Society (APS) conference. I would like to see you while I am in town. I am free in the evenings.
Would you help me find a place to stay? I am having grant money problems. I think that I can get my flight covered, but I may be on my own for lodging. It may be necessary to stay with people I know and rent a car to commute into downtown Denver (yeah, I know…). I understand that you have a young family which would make it very difficult to host a guest for 4 days. I know enough people in Denver (Tyler, your parents, etc.) that I could sleep on a different sofa every night. I don’t snore or sleepwalk. Would you help me contact these people?
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Paul