For those of you that missed the update in the season’s final weekend
review, real-life has gotten in the way of No Credentials. Two weeks of
training for a new job away from home will result in two things.
- I’ll
probably weigh 600 pounds on Father’s Day after all the take out I’ve been
eating.
- When
I’m stationed at a hotel, I don’t have Internet access (a laptop hasn’t
been fit into the No Credentials budget), so in the two or three days I’m
spending away from home at a time, there will be no updates.
Have no fear though. During each day off I have for
the remainder of my training time, I will quickly hit the biggest sports
stories of that timeframe. For marketing purposes, we’ll name them “No
Credentials Quick Takes”.
On the Oklahoma City Thunder…
Before the
series, everyone thought San Antonio would overwhelm the Thunder with their
depth. In game 6, San Antonio only played seven people. Sometimes, depth can be
overrated. The Thunder clearly had the best two players in the series (Durant
and Westbrook), and the fourth or fifth best player in James Harden. Oklahoma
City will be the heavy favorite to win the NBA Finals, regardless of their
opponent.
On the Celtics-Heat…
I wish I
could say
I saw this coming, but I predicted Miami to
win in 5 (oops!). Rajon Rondo has been the second best player in this series
(behind Lebron James), which has tilted the balance in Boston’s favor. Even
when his shot failed him in Game 5, he still was providing quality looks for
his teammates. With Chris Bosh either out or playing minimal minutes, there has
been little help for Lebron and Dwyane Wade. Those two combined for 57 points
last night, but the lack of a quality supporting cast continues to bite them.
Chris Bosh will have to play at a high level for Miami to have any chance of
pushing this series to seven games.
On the Stanley Cup Finals…
New
Jersey’s game 4 victory is only delaying the inevitable. I said Kings in 6
(followers of this blog’s Facebook page can confirm that), and that prediction
will be accurate.
On Kent Hrbek Going Off For 2 Dingers and 6 RBIs…
All right
this one happened in TECMO Super Baseball on my Super Nintendo, not real life,
but regardless it was noteworthy. Hrbek had been struggling during the first 25
games of the season with his average below the Mendoza Line, but all it took
was a date with Bill Wegman (who got rocked for 14 earned in 3 innings, ouch)
to bust out of his slump. I’m going to end this paragraph before I officially
lose touch with reality.
On Tiger Woods…
The
last time Tiger won a golf tournament it was shortly before The Masters.
Everyone assumed that Tiger would be the favorite to win. He finished behind 39
other golfers in the final standings. His
win at The Memorial comes two weeks before
the U.S. Open, and now everyone wants to make him the favorite in that
tournament. Everyone needs to take a cold shower before they assume Woods is
going to win the U.S. Open by ten strokes.
On Kurt Busch Going Bonkers…
I’ll
say this for Kurt Busch…the dude doesn’t give a f*** for nothing.
His line to a reporter after the Nationwide race
in response to a question about his probation should go down as one of the
greatest NASCAR interview moments of all time. I have a hard time believing
this suspension will hurt his chances of landing a top ride next season (he’s
too talented, and secondly, his status as a past champion would give a car
owner the opportunity to expand to four teams and have the security of a past
champion’s provisional), but landing sponsorship for him just became that much
harder. I’d be willing to bet that he ends up at Joe Gibbs Racing with Monster
Energy paying the bills.
On Dudes Getting High on Bath Salts and Then Eating Other Dudes Faces…
A
second case of this occurred in Louisiana,
just a week or two after some guy ate 75% of a homeless mans face in Florida.
Has this been happening for years, but the media is only covering it after the
success of “The Walking Dead”? I’d like to formally request a nationwide ban on
Bath Salts before my wife decides to fully zombie proof our apartment.
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