DVR Blogging: Griz vs Wolves

DVR blogging is like live blogging only the blogger (me) is watching the game on his DVR instead of live at the game. 

I'm delayed by an hour. It's 6:30 PM and I have just finished watching the first quarter.

Here is my 'analysis':

The Grizzlies are losing 35 to 14. Mike Miller and Kevin Love are destroying the Grizzlies. Also, someone called Ryan Gomes seems to be trying to woo Adriana Lima with his skillz.

Please don't spoil the ending for me.

UPDATE QUARTER 2:

Brian Cardinal has hit a 3, and the announcers just said that the Timberwolves (who are up by 18) are more short-handed tonight than they have been  all season. 

The Grizzlies are shorthanded too. They are missing Amare Stoudemire. 

I feel like someone has just thrown a bag of dog feces at me.

UPDATE QUARTER 3:

In Q3, we learned that Candace Parker is the more attractive of the Candace Parker / Sheldon Williams relationship.

Also we had this quote: "Mayo shut down! Mike Miller holds the Mayo!"

UPDATE QUARTER 4:

I have lost interest.

Conditions for Taking Monte

Per my previous post, here are my conditions for trading for Monte.

Will not accept:

• Corey Magette
• Stephen Jackson

Will not trade:

• OJ Mayo
• Rudy Gay

Will only begrudgingly accept:

• Andres Biedrins
• Ronny Turiaf

Here's the Deal

Make this happen.

I would not mind a backcourt of Mayo and Ellis, with Gay on the wing. 

Grizzlies Still in Business

Last week, I linked to Bill Simmons' recent article about the financial state of the NBA. 

Simmons claimed the Grizzlies were throwing dog feces at nonexistent fans and bleeding money. 

Both Chris Wallace and Michael Heisley have publicly responded to Simmons. 

Wallace indicated that the Grizzlies did not throw dog feces at anyone on Chris Vernon's radio show.

Michael Heisley confirmed that the Grizzlies are breaking even in an interview with the guys from 3ShadesofBlue.

It turns out that trading conditional 2nd round draft picks for cash is a profitable venture. Now, if only the team was better than dog feces.

Kevin McHale: Class Act

"Corrections need to be made," McHale said. "We're kind of in the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac era of subprime loans. There's some subprime contracts. We've got to be able to have the government absorb them."

McHale thinks the players need to take a pay cut because the NBA's revenues have declined.

"I think you'll see a lot of changes coming down the road," McHale said. "I think that the players' association knows it. You've got to put up the good fight, but I mean, you're not going to get a lot of sympathy from fans for the amount of money and stuff. But there will be changes."

McHale is correct. The owners shouldn't bear all of the losses.

However, what McHale fails to point out is that no player has more of impact on the Timberwolves' bottom line that McHale. 

If fans aren't buying tickets to see the Timberwolves play, is it not in large part because they are a terrible team? (The macroeconimic situation is not the only driver of NBA revenue.)

Who has more on fluence on whether the Timberwolves are competitive than McHale? Maybe 2 people? Certainly no one from the player's association.

You might say the players need to take a pay cut because the owners have done such a terrible job of building teams worth watching. (eg The Timberwolves)

But I liked how McHale, a former player, went ahead and took the owners' side. 

The truth is that a more sensible revenue sharing system would be healthier for both the players and the owners than simply asking the players to take less money. With better revenue sharing, more teams would be competitive, ticket sales would increase, and there would be more money for both sides to share.

I'm not saying you could sign Marko Jaric for whatever McHale decided to pay and have it make financial sense. I'm just saying there are more problems than the players contracts and more solutions than having the players give in.

But I can see how McHale would make the connection between billionaires negotiating with millionaires and poor people losing their homes.

At least the Mayo-Love swap doesn't look as bad anymore.

Grizzlies Feeds

Ever wonder where I get my Grizzlies news? 

Below is an inside look at my NBA Feed subscriptions ordered from fewest subscribers to most subscribers. This is where I get the most up-to-date information about to whom the Grizzlies lost and by how many points.

I'll bet you didn't know I was the only person in the world who subscribed to Videos at Grizzlies.com.

Another interesting fact: if DavidLovesTheGrizzlies gets 7 more subscribers, I will have as many subscribers as Geoff Calkins!

Please comment below if you'd like to suggest a Grizzlies Feed.

Darius' PER

If my blog were Twitter, this would be today's tweat:

"Was wondering what Darius' PER was this season so I looked it up at ESPN.com. Turns out this is his best season as measured by PER."