Noteworthy for 10/29/2013

Too Tall was that Roy Hibbert guy as he grabbed 12 boards in the first quarter.  He finished with 16 total and 7 blocks.  There was basically nothing to cheer for the Magic besides Victor Oladipo returning to his Indiana roots.

Two Pretty Good & One Pretty Gross Quote for Tonight's Lineup of Games

Magic vs. Pacers

From Orlando Sentinal:

"It should be fun," Magic small forward Maurice Harkless said. "It's going to be a good measuring stick for us. They're a good team, a great defensive team. It's just going to give us a chance to go out there and see where we are."

Bulls vs. Heat

Per the AP:

“When Dallas got their rings [on Christmas Day 2011], we wanted to embarrass them on their home floor, wanted to defecate on their night,” Bosh said of a Mavericks team that beat the Heat in the Finals in June 2011. “We know [the Bulls] want to do that to us and they want to spoil what we have going.”

Clippers vs. Lakers

According to Mike Bresnahan, LA Times:

“I respect what they’re doing and what they’ve done, but still, they’re nothing like the Lakers,” Kaman said Monday. “You look up here at all the championships. They’re never going to have that. It’s never going to happen. I don’t see it.
“There’s just something about the Lakers. The history behind everything. It just makes it that much sweeter.”

I'm sure you were able to distinguish between the three.

Homan League Preview

So the goal is to do a review of the Homan League at the start of each week.  Since opening day of the season is actually tomorrow, and we just drafted about 2 days ago, I'm not gonna be able to do that. Instead, heres a quick preview based on those draft results.  Team names are italicized.

Big Bullies (Jae's Dazzling team) trio of meanies with Pekovic, J'kim Noah and president of intimidating-centers club, Kevin Garnett.

What does that word really mean (Swagger): drafted a most appropriate mascot in "(Swagger minus 'ger' plus 'gy') P".

Two Picks, Two Really Different Sized Players (Sasquatch): took a chance on giant Greg Oden having some fantasy impact and made a sneakily good pick with the diminutive but super-talented Isaiah Thomas.

Rookies (Clipper Nation): top overall pick Anthony Bennett as well as the early ROY favorite in Victor Oladipo.

All-International Team (Kobeking): Pau, Enes, Calderon, Gallo, Batum.  Plus, Kyrie was born in Australia and Farmar's mom is from Israel.

Video: Uncle Drew Goes to Chicago

It must be Christmas for commercials starring our fave nba stars.  Early this morning there was the Lebron 'Rocky'-like Nike ad, then Blake Griffin teamed up with that weird guy from 30 rock for another Kia commercial and then Pepsi decided to release part III of the Uncle Drew Series.

Wont spoil the deets of this video, but if you caught the premise of the 1st one and the special guest in the 2nd, be prepared to be entertained by more sweatpants-wearing pretend oldies.