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11:20 am

Slow day (not many calls)
Going through emails
Waiting to go to lunch at 12

Overall, not a very eventful work day and I just want it to end so I can go home and start my weekend.
 
The Flash said:
Writing my review of the second week of NBA on my blog
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Wow, how do you get to see the games in Turkey? Impressive. There is a pro basketball thread somewhere on this forum that no one ever uses, but if we have a knowledgeable basketball blogger...
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Cornfed Hick said:
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Wow, how do you get to see the games in Turkey? Impressive. There is a pro basketball thread somewhere on this forum that no one ever uses, but if we have a knowledgeable basketball blogger...
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I used to write on that thread but gave up since noone seemed to care :p I've been a keen follower of the NBA since 2004 when I was just eight years old, actually. Since I've always been a lychnobite, time difference doesn't matter to me at all.

Mike Brown's firing absolutely was the right thing to do. In fact, the hiring of Mike Brown was one of the worst decisions Laker franchise has ever made. He was a horrific offensive coach in Cleveland and his main strategy was to give LeBron the ball and do whatever the hell he wanted to do. Last season, an aged Kobe Bryant averaged the third most field goal attempts per game. His shooting percentage was also the third worst of his career and the worst one since his first two seasons in the NBA. The only responsible person for this was Mike Brown. People slammed Kobe for being selfish, not letting Pau Gasol to be a key part of the offense but it was all due to Mike Brown's "give your superstar the ball" mentality on the offensive end.

Being an Heat fan since 2004, the acquisition of Dwight Howard got me interested in this season even more. The Heat seemed to be the clear favorites this season but with Howard, Lakers became a part of the talk. Mike Brown was the handbrake of the Laker team, now that he's gone, an interesting chapter begins.

They have an incredibly big potential on the offensive end. Kobe's isolation power, Steve Nash's vision and ability to create shots for the bigmen through pick'n rolls and pick'n pops combined with Pau Gasol's high basketball IQ and Dwight Howard's beast like physicality. Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches league has ever seen, but at the same time, he's one of the worst on the defensive end. And problem begins here.

The key to Lakers' success this season is on the defensive end. Last season, it was obvious that they'd be dominated by the Thunder because of their lack in athleticism. DH12 will help them on that department this time but still the team is old as hell. Nash is 38, Kobe is 34, Pau is 32, Metta World Peace is 33. It's obvious that they'll have a hard time keeping up with the modern game of basketball with all the speed and athleticism around. And you add a fast-paced, under 7 seconds mentality offense to this with hiring Mike D'Antoni. Sure, they'll get their buckets, but when they come up empty from their positions, the old team will have a hard time coming back to the D and they'll probably be dominated by athletic teams with hard defending guards through possible turnovers and fast break opportunities.

If Phil Jackson was hired, I'd be scared of the Lakers. He'd make this team work. Both on the D and on the attack. They'd use their size and high basketball IQ as a team properly. I'm glad they hired D'Antoni, because I know we'll beat a D'Antoni team easily. Heat's strategy is the antidote of the D'Antoni strategy.
 
So, yesterday, my water heater exploded. My roommate put on the dishwasher, went to use the washroom, and found that the floor was covered in water. He immediately called out, in a panic (my roommate does not handle new situations well) that "We've got a flood!" I immediately assumed we plugged up the toilet, and when I got to the bathroom, my roommate was standing in the middle of the bathroom with a mop, even as the water level was obviously rising. I kinda pushed him out of my way, and then had to start issuing orders.

"Take all these towels and throw them at the entrance to the room. Form a barrier with them, then handle the water that's flooding out with the mop. Don't worry about the bathroom." It only took a second to realize the toilet wasn't the cause of this much water. There's a closet in our bathroom where our hot water heater sits. Sure enough, I got the closet door open a hint, and the hot water heater was leaking. Not just leaking - gushing from the drain valve and both side panels.

Problem is this closet is half-blocked by my dryer. I had to yank out the broken-down futon we had stored beside the dryer and then powerlift the dryer out of the way, just so I could squeeze into the small closet to reach the cutoff. When I got in, there was about three inches of water on the floor. Maybe 2, 3 minutes had passed.

Anyway, we get the water shut off, and the flow from the heater starts to slow right away. I call the landlord and we begin to mop up, and by the end of the day the heater had been replaced. The plumber showed me the hole, and it looked like someone punched through it with their fist - about 8 cm in diameter. Can't believe how much water came out and how fast it did. I have no idea if any of it got to the guys downstairs, but fuck. What a day.
 
Wow, that is crazy!!! Water heaters suck, and they do put out a lot of water-- there is some pretty good pressure and you prob have a 30 gal tank at least, so its going to hit the floor in a hurry and keep going. I had one do that in an upstairs room in my old house and it flooded the kitchen below as well... phew! Glad its all over for you!
 
Flash: I had a theory that Phil and Nash probably could not coexist, and Phil may have suggested as much to Buss/Kupchak, who probably didn't want Phil to screw Nash by benching or trading him. The other (maybe more plausible) theory is that Jim Buss has always had issues with Phil, reached out to him just so he could tell fans he tried but never expected him to show any interest, and then when Phil DID show interest, Buss just had to shut it down. I actually think D'Antoni is probably a better coach for this team as currently constituted. The most important thing Buss could do would be to hire a coach that would convince Dwight Howard to sign an extension with the Lakers. He may have done that.

LC: Sounds like a fun day. But your heater didn't "explode." THIS is what happens when water heaters actually explode:
So, consider yourself lucky.
 
Yeah, I know. I've seen the Mythbusters episode. I'm pleased everything was just water. It could have been much worse.
 
Ha! I didn't even think about that! Yeah, I'll do that next time. We have a bunch of old IDE drives that we hafta destroy, so the sledge is the ticket! I'll see if I can get some next week!
 
22:12
Browsing my regular time-wasting websites (yes, including the 100,000 thread here on MF)
Winding down after payday beer - watching some woman talk rubbish about depression on a popular talkshow.
 
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