Last night after the NBA explained its really confusing rules for the all star game this year, they announced the all star reserves. Kyle Lowry was named one and it is his 6th straight all star appearance and people were BIG MAD.
Lowry was trending on twitter last night just because people wanted other players over him. The truth is Lowry isn’t the flashiest of players but he is one of the toughest, and there is a reason why coaches and players always vote for him.
Lowry’s resume as they said in the business is pretty pretty good. He is the Raptors all time leader in assists, 3s, win shares, BPM, and VORP (For all you nerds). He has also has won a gold medal, and oh yea helped bring Canada its only NBA title.
If Tracy McGragdy gets in the hall with relative ease then Kyle Lowry the greatest Raptor of all time should get in.
The haters will be big mad again but facts are facts Lowry is great. Plus the haters are sucking eggs and cant trust anyone who sucks an egg, that is nasty.
Yesterday General Motors dropped a sneak peek of their Super Bowl ad, which will feature the return of the Hummer range of vehicles (and Lebron, which is hilarious for that 2003 incident). However the Hummer debuting in said ad will be a bit different from the one we all remember, as it will be an all electric vehicle….peep the teaser below:
Listen, I love this love this planet and hope it lives a long life, BUT (and it’s a big but) if you’re going to bring back the Hummer for that nostalgia $$$, YOU DONT MAKE IT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
Now THIS is a Hummer
A Hummer should a gas guzzler, get 2 miles to the gallon, and be extremely hard to park in urban areas. This would be like Reese’s being pulled from shelves for a decade only for Hershey to bring them back will jelly filling instead of peanut butter, shit just wouldn’t hit the same, nah mean my G?? DID GM NOT SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN GEORGE LUCAS RE-RELEASED ALL HIS STAR WARS MOVIES IN THE 90s WITH DUMB FUCKING UPDATES THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR?? This is that, just for car people, not space war nerds.
I’d bet you $300 the electric Hummer has no built in mount for my bazooka, SMFH, NOT MY HUMMER.
YOU. DONT. FUCK. WITH. THE. CLASSICS.
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, people love to see things from their younger years return, and GM was probably leaning into this idea when they decided to bring the Hummer back. Unfortunately I imagine there was a recent college grad/executive assistant pouring coffee while the big wigs met about the new Hummer, he/she/dealers choice probably decided to say something like “you should make it electric,#savethetrees, #kony2012,” and the old heads bought it. Now we get a Hummer that will start silently and have no mount for my gattling gun that I would use to obliterate the 30-50 feral hogs threatening my safety Every day, smfh.
look at that park job #ICONIC
We already got electric trucks and cars, GM just needs to let us have a line of gas guzzling-pollution machines, as a TREAT. Somewhere there is a man who drove a Hummer H2 that had a metal nut sack hanging from his trailer hitch back in 2004 rolling in his grave at the thought of an electric Hummer.
bring this one back instead #MURICA
Look for this hot piece of fucking garbage to debut in an ad with 2nd tier Tune Squad player Lebron James during the super bowl, then be fully unveiled to an audience (all wearing complimentary weighted blankets) on 5/20/20.
Props are some of the most entertaining bets for the big game, I will walk you through my picks and some hot insight.
DISCLAIMER (Do not be the guy who constantly talks about props, bets, and squares throughout the night, no one gives a fuck that you need two safeties, a touchdown and a two point conversion to hit your office pool 1st quarter 9 & 5 square that are 10 bucks a pop and 5 is going to Greg from accounting’s half marathon fundraiser charity)
National Anthem O/U 120.5 seconds (2 minutes 1 second)
OVER Demi Lovato has performed the national anthem in four big games (pretty surprising)
2011 WS Game 5 (1:48)
2012 WS Game 4 (1:50)
2015 WS Game 4 (1:59)
Mayweather vs. Macgregor (2:11)!!!!
Each event gets more important and each performance gets longer leading up to the mecca of National Anthems Super LIV for NFL 100 anniversary…she’s holding that note, easy over
Coin Toss
Tails – do I even need to say it?
First play from scrimmage? Run or Pass?
Run – Gotta go run, each team’s first appearance, easy run up to calm the nerves
What will be quicker? A scoring drive or the national anthem?
Scoring drive- Chiefs can score whenever and my girl is holding that note
Will Andy Reid’s 1971 Punt/Pass/Kick video be shown during the game broadcast?
Yes- Fox is broadcasting and they love stupid overused shit, mortal lock
Does a TD scorer put ball into the stands?
No- Chiefs are selfish pricks and will not be charitable, San Francisco is a bunch of underdog try hards that will keep it as well to prove the haters wrong
Gatorade Color:
***SCOOP ALERT** Purple
Rumor that KC training staff ordered a ton of purple Gatorade to honor Kobe if they win, gotta think the cali boys are doing the same (two sources) backup option yellow (dumped yellow on Reid in 2016 after a TNF milestone win)
Get in this prop quick as it’s dropping fast
My personal favorite:
Will J Lo show butt cleavage during halftime show? (Plumber crack or reverse butt cleavage)
Yes- J lo vs Shakira in a Miami shake off? Yea J lo is coming in guns blazing, at a cool 50 years young, she’s gonna show that she’s still got it, also late promotion of her movie “Hustlers” about strippers its essentially free advertising for her Oscar snub, take the skin and win.
Gamble responsible, WCT and Fred Bocou are not liable for any gambling losses **
They say a picture says 1,000 words, this one says three…we are back.
Brady’s cryptic Instagram post sent fans into a tizzy with theories conspiracies and freak outs
There’s two ways of looking at this post,
If he’s walking onto the turf, then he has unfinished business at Gillette
If he’s walking into the tunnel towards the camera, then he’s walking back into the organization
That simple.
(Or it’s a homage to the late Kobe Bryant )
If people want to turn this into a blue/gold dress or a swinging toward/away from the camera type situation then okay, you can dissect angles and reflections and knee bends or shoe angles but it’s pretty obvious he’s walking into the stadium
The real question is if he’s holding something in his right hand, will answer the question of which way he’s walking and gives some context if this is a premise to a commercial
In reality this has gotta be a hype post for a product ad, and a company is taking advantage of his pending free agency
We shall see…scoop third leg Greg Olsen and we are back back
Super bowl week has been so boring, NFL should really reconsider if they want boring Patrick Mahommes as the face of the league, the Super Bowl needed excitement and the GOAT delivers again on the leagues biggest stage
For people who do not live in Philly, and have been watching all this Kobe coverage these last few days, it would make you think his high school was in heart of the city and only played his high school games at the historic Palestra. The fact is Lower Merion is a public high school in the suburbs, in fact it’s right near Villanova and the mainline, which is consider the very rich section in the Philly area. When you talk to people from the city, however they say Villanova isn’t a Philly school, and get all pissy and mad when you think Philly is in fact a Philly school. I guess my question is why is it like that?
Now before I really try and figure this out, I should get this part out of the way.
One of my rival high schools was Lower Merion. They played in the same conference as us, I would consider them my high school number 2 rival, after those scum bags from Upper Darby (Thats where Mean Girls actually took place). The reason I hate Upper Darby for being scumbags is the exact opposite reason why I hate Lower Merion Aces. The Aces are a bunch of rich assholes for the most part who were too dumb to get into a real private school.
Now back to your regular schedule blog.
The city of Philly loves grit and passion even more then skill players and that goes double for their basketball. A Philly basketball player is as tough as they come. Kyle Lowry, Rasheed Wallace, The Morris Twins, and on and on the list can go. Villanova plays with that toughness, but still no love, and Lower Merion never played with that toughness…except for Kobe. Yet LM is the Philly school. If you say the Villanova students aren’t from Philly, then you would have to not consider UPenn (An Ivy League who’s enrollment has the least amount of philly students in the The Big 5) a Philly school. Nova is lead by a player (Collin Gillespie) who won the Philly catholic league, and was the player of the year as well, which is a big deal in the city. No other Philly college team currently has that. Yet Nova ain’t a Philly school.
At the end of the day, all you morons let’s just get on the same page. Villanova is Philly school, Lower Merion is a Philly school, and Kobe is a Philly player. RIP Kobe.
Throwback Thursdays will feature nostalgic hit in depth pieces bringing you back to your 90’s-early 2000s childhood
The game everyone wanted to see growing up on the playground. The schoolyard baseball game to end all schoolyard baseball games.
4th graders vs. 4th graders.
City vs. Suburbs.
P.S. 118 vs. Third Street
Arnold Shortman vs. TJ Detweiler
Hey Arnold! vs. Recess.
What if the two most famous playground kids meet up to face off in a game of school yard baseball. Now everyone knows Hey Arnold! and the gang as Hey Arnold was a staple in every kid’s childhood, but Recess was still popular but more of an exclusive watch. Yea the characters are all recognizable but only so many kids had the luxury of accessing “Toon Disney” and the weekly appearance on ABC Sunday morning cartoons. We take a dive into what could have been if these two schools crossed paths on the playground.
P.S. 118
Advantages
Home Field Advantage: Arnold and the gang turned a vacant lot into the baseball mecca known as Gerald Field. Not only did they build it from scratch they also had to reclaim it from their annoying middle-aged crazy neighborhood folks. Pure grit. No way P.S. 118 is letting these suburb kids come into Gerald field and take an easy W. Not to mention, can the Third Street outfield play the wall? How will they react to chasing down fly balls into an oncoming street? Things you don’t experience in a fenced in playground.
Depth: P.S. 118 is deep in talent and potential. Left side of the field is particularly strong as Gerald has range to cover for whatever lanky Stinky cannot cover as well as a sneaky athletic Rhonda who can track down balls in left. City frog catching champion Sid will track down any fly ball and you know his frog catching mitts aren’t dropping anything. Right side of Phoebe, Harold, and Eugene is a concern but what they lack in athletic ability, they lack in other attributes. Phoebe will be able to implement analytics into the P.S. 118 clubhouse, Harold will intimidate with size and shit talk, and Eugene can serve as a team scapegoat.
Gritty Leadership: Led by Arnold, these squad couldn’t be a grittier group of kids with a better leader. Growing up in the heart of New York city, Arnold and his gang have seen and experienced some things. From avoiding being trash canned by 5th graders, to coming back to a W in the Mud bowl with trick plays, to defeating the Sewer King on his home turf, Arnold will get these kids to victory any way possible. With Arnold on the bump, gotta love P.S 118’s chances.
Disadvantages:
Team chemistry: Despite strong leadership and grit, these team has some quirks. With Arnold and Helga teaming up as Pitcher and catcher, will Helga be able to keep her cool with football head and avoid blowing up on him or professing her undying love for him, especially if Lila is watching in the stands. If Helga can keep her cool this could be a dangerous duo for Third street. Sid, stinky, and Harold are a trio of trouble when together off the field. Multiple off the field instances have kept them off the ball field such as mooning their principle. P.S. 118 needs this trio to be trouble free.
Third Street School
Advantages:
Team Discipline: The third street school comes from a playground with a social hierarchy ruled by a 6th grader known as King Bob. The Third street squad embody discipline, and everyone knows their role, a true team atmosphere and dynamic. An Ashley-free team will help keep levels heads on the playing field especially for Spinelli.
Vince: TJ Detweiler is the known face and heart of The Third Street school, but Vince is the franchise player. Always a first pick in any school yard game, Vince is the king of the court specializing in kickball where he once kicked a kickball to China. Vince is going to have to have a huge game and the short left field street will be a big opportunity for Vince who’s used to hitting balls over fences.
Disadvantages:
Depth: This show and this team lack serious character depth. Outside of the core 6, it was slim picking for Third Street school. A major disadvantage of Arkansas suburban elementary schools. However, they were able to snag the twin diggers who will hopefully bring the right shovels in order to navigate this city soil. Lastly, the team had to pick up known schoolyard snitch and teacher’s pet Randall. Despite his unfavorable playground habits, wouldn’t be surprised if Third Street implements Randall’s spying skills to try to steal P.S. 118’s signals in an Astros esque scheme. Hey, it was these three or a group of Ashleys that would give Regina George and the plastics a challenge. How far and how long can Vince and TJ carry this group of misfits?
Kick Ball: Unfortunately for Third Street School, baseball isn’t their top game. Third street school is a red ball school that specializes in kickball and four square. Adapting to true baseball may be a challenge for this group as there is not a lot of tape out on their game. We all know Vince, TJ, and probably Spinelli will step up but everyone else is a question mark.
Result:
Third Street School opened to an early lead in the second inning as Vince hit a two-run shot into the left field street scoring Spinelli as well. TJ Detweiler held P.S. 118 scoreless for a few innings until a Rhonda double drove in Arnold and Gerald to tie the game at two after three innings. P.S. 118 starts to take some damage as the bottom of the order makes some noise with Phoebe and Stinky singling and being driven in by Helga and Arnold. 4-2 after 4. Third street cannot get anything going for the bottom of the order but a deep Mikey single drives in TJ and Vince to tie at 4-4. However, P.S. 118 is just too much for Third Street as a hitting spree and some untimely Randall and Gus errors give P.S. 118 an 8-4 victory. Post-game cele at Arnold’s NYC rooftop bedroom with plenty of Yahoo soda. Add another W to Arnold’s HOF childhood.
Yesterday Popeyes, the Famous fried chicken fast food chain, dropped a FIRE line of apparel on America’s bitch ass.
The line, which consisted of pieces that make up the actual Popeyes employee uniform, was released in reaction to the recently released Beyonce x Adidas IVY PARK collection. You see, the first IVY PARK drop uses nearly the exact same shades of orange and maroon as the Popeyes uniform, and the famous fried chicken spot wasn’t about to let Bey get all the clout for what they have been doing for YEARS.
the inaugural ADIDAS IVY PARK collection, lmao
So someone with a level 160 IQ at Popeyes corporate decided to make a power play, take their own fucking uniform (which I imagine they pay VERY little for in terms of costs from their manufacturer) and sell it to the public at a premium. The plan was so successful in fact, that the line has almost completely sold out save for 1 bright orange polo.
the lone jawn left to cop as of this AM
Coming off of a 2019 where they took over the internet because of a chicken sandwich, Popeyes continues to make pro level chess moves in the marketing game, and I respect the hell out of it.
Sad you missed out on this opportunity to cop a Popeyes uniform?! Pro-tip: your local Popeyes is likely hiring and not only will they give you this uniform FOR FREE….THEY WILL PAY YOU LIKE $10 AN HOUR TO WEAR IT.
I am here to establish a new law in cold weather parts of this great nation of ours. If you live in places like Sam Diego, this ain’t for you. Also you San Diegans why are you on the Internet? You live in San Diego! Go outside! Smoke a little grass, and watch the waves instead.
I have a dog, he’s a big dog and is def an alpha, so when we go on walks he tries and dictate the pace. We go on walks if it’s 95 out or if it’s 5 degrees out. We go in beautiful weather or in snow or raining.
Funny thing is when the weather is an extreme one way or another there are not many people out there. A few dogs and their owners, and that’s about it. Then all of sudden on random nice days there are people out everywhere! Random people running, people with little 6 pound dogs all of sudden being walked. My question for all those people…where are you on nice days???
So here is my law….If you don’t walk your dog in 10 degrees you don’t deserve to walk in 70 and breezy, or at least not when people who are out there in bad weather are walking their dog or running.
The saying you don’t deserve me at my best if you can’t handle me at my worst, is the principle for this new weather law.
The wee little baby club in Merseyside, Everton, just rejected a €100 million bid from Spanish giants Barcelona for Brazilian forward Richarlison.
that’s right, one hundred MILLION euros, and the Toffees said “keep it.”
IS THE KUSH IN LIVERPOOL THAT FUCKING FIRE?! DO ME AND THE LADS HAVE TO START COPPING FROM A PLUG OUTSIDE OF GOODISON PARK??
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 03: Richarlison of Everton celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Brighton & Hove Albion at Goodison Park on November 3, 2018 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
I mean Richarlison is good, no doubt about it, in fact of players currently aged 22 or younger, only Kylian Mbappé (45) and Jadon Sancho (23) have scored more non-penalty goals than Richarlison (21) in Europe’s top five leagues since the start of last season. Sancho and Mbappe are both world class, and €100m for one of them sounds far more reasonable, but Richarlison is certainly not at their level.
€100m is an extremely high valuation of the Brazilian forward in most people’s opinion and a solid return on investment for someone Everton paid £40m for back in 2018. Granted Richarlison is an integral part of this squad at the moment, netting 10 goals in 27 games as part of a struggling front line for Everton. However with the toffees currently 12th in the table, it seems like taking the money and trying again would be the best course of action.
just take twitters word for it:
BREAKING: Everton chairman Bill Kenwright is having a medical at Everton after rejecting an £85m bid for Richarlison from Barcelona pic.twitter.com/7URLOAgGyM
As WCT picks back up with the Super Bowl as an organization might I add, I am in full blown college basketball mode.
For people who wait to after the Super Bowl to follow college basketball, here is the quick guide.
Everyone sucks!
The first few months there has been about 10 teams that have been number 1 at this one point. You know it’s crazy when fucking Baylor is number 1, Gonzaga number 2, and San Diego St., and Dayton are all in top 10.
Second, the ACC this year is a big heap of trash. They have 3 decent teams, and the rest is garbage. The two conferences that are deep are the Big East and the Big Ten. The Big East every team is over .500, so basically there is no easy game in the Big East. The Big Ten no one can win on the Road because the conference is so deep. Both conferences have been very fun to watch and will only get better down the stretch
Third, and finally….this year broadcast is on Turner. That means the game will be on TBS and a home team broadcast on TNT and TruTV. The last two times Turner has broadcast Villanova have won the national title. That means it’s a wrap and hand Jay Wright his 3rd Natty Title! \\//
P.S. Yea I made a whole blog just to tell everyone Go Nova. Suck it haters, Nova and Water Cooler Talk full steam ahead!
WATER COOLER TALK 