Dwayne Wade is back, plus a couple of links

April 2nd, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Something has always sincerely bothered me about Dwayne Wade, and I think - thanks to this video from The Basketball Jones - that I’ve finally pinpointed exactly what that is. The whole, you know, faking thing.

Is that Naomi Watts from 21 Grams? I think it is.

In any case, D-Wade’s condition is looking up; he might be ready to play as early as April 11. So get excited: not only are the Heat, possibly the most boring team in the NBA, going to go deep in the playoffs again, but we get to watch Wade add the achy-shoulder-rotation move to his already potent arsenal of fake physical injuries.

Since we’re past that, this is as good a time as ever to throw a couple of links your way. The first is over at Rumors and Rants, who did asked a bunch of sports bloggers (including us) who their favorite baseball players were, and why. The collectivization of responses is a great way to start Opening Day.

Second, I highly recommend you check out Ballhype.com, a new edition to sports news aggregation with all sorts of interesting jump off points, ranking systems, etc. Rock it out.

We got the Heat; we got the Heat, yeaaah!

May 17th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

The Heat locked up their spot in the Eastern Conference finals last night, beating the Nets 106-105. We’re glad, because well, the Nets don’t really do it for us the way D. Wade and big daddy Shaq do.

What could have been a thrilling finish ended rather anticlimactic as Jason Kidd’s inbounds pass with about a second to go was knocked away from Vince Carter by Dwyane Wade, killing any hope of a buzzer beater by the Nets to win the game. (Yeah, that was a really long sentence, sorry.)

Shaq said during the Heat’s series with the Bulls that Antoine Walker and his shooting was the key for this Heat team in the playoffs. When Shaq hit the bench with foul trouble in the second quarter, Walker stepped up big. He and Gary Payton combined on 8-11 shooting in the second quarter and he finished the game with 23 points.

One side note, after skimming through the AP wrap for this game, I came across this sentence.

It’s a level Wade and his mates handled with aplomb in the last four games.

I am not familiar with this word aplomb. After looking it up, I have discovered the definition is ‘self-confident assurance; poise.’ Am I alone on this? Should I know what this word means? Have I put myself out there to be ridiculed on the internet? And aren’t journalists supposed to write for like a fifth grade reading level or something like that?

Anywho, the Pistons and Cavs square off tonight in Detroit. Will we get a LeBron vs. D. Wade showdown in the Eastern Conference finals?

Most likely not. But a man can dream, can’t he?