Quality Tipdrill: Toughest Cookie Edition

Posted on November 19, 2008 by stigs

I’m going to change the name up a little bit today in honor of the tip drill, my second favorite basketball drill behind only the 5 man weave.

I saw this poll yesterday and it caught my attention.  It was the TV Tough Guy poll.  I was shocked to find some women on the list.  MacGyver was the #1 Tough Guy according to this survey, followed by Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Jack Bauer.  I was surprised not to see Walker, Texas Ranger or those guys from Prison Break not on the list.  The Prison Break guys are so tough that after they broke out of prison, they broke back into prison for shits and giggles (ed. note:  I don’t watch Prison Break but I heard that is what happened on the show). 

Anyways, recognizing MacGyver as TV’s Toughest Man reminds me of a story from when I was a youngster and my dad made me really proud.  We were at basketball practice one night, and two kids on my team were fucking around after practice had wrapped up.  They were pushing each other, which escalated to throwing shoes at each other.  Eventually, one kid threw the other kids shoes up and they got caught in the fan hanging from the ceiling.  After assessing the situation, all of the kids on the team figured they were long gone.  But my dad, who was our coach, started rigging up poles from the volleyball nets, broomsticks and mop handles to make a long stick he was going to use to fish the shoes down from the fan.  After the shoes were retrieved, someone threw out the MacGyver comparison because of resourceful nature my dad had shown that night.  At the time, I remember laughing really hard about this.  And he was sometimes referred to as coach MacGyver after that.  Speaking of mullets and basketball, let’s look at some scores from last night:

Kentucky 58, UNC 77:  North Carolina dominated this game with out star player, team leader and POY candidate Tyler Hansborough.  They forced Kentucky to turn the ball over 19 times in the first half alone.  I got a text at halftime from my brother, a huge UNC fan, that said “Carolina has a shot to go undefeated.”  That must be a spot on his Jump to Conclusions Mat.  They looked good, but UK always starts off terrible.  Deion Thompson led the Heels with 20 points and 9 boards.

Oklahoma 82, Davidson 78:  I flipped this game on after UNC wrapped up and was pleasantly surprised to see Stephen Curry dominating as usual.  He was 30 of his teams 52 points.  Unfortunately, they were down about 8 at this point.  He ended with 44 points but it wasn’t enough.  He’s a fun player to watch, so hopefully they show more of his games on ESPN and we will get more shots of his mom.

Orlando Magic 103, Toronto Raptors 90:  Orlando got at least 10 points from every starter last night en route to victory.  When did JJ Reddick start for this team?  Anyways, their balanced offense was enough to stop the Chris Bosh attack who had 40 points in the loss.  Toronto shot 14% from three, which probably was the difference in this game.

Cleveland 106, New Jersey 82:  Lebron became the youngest player to score 11,000 points last night.  He dropped 31 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against his future team.  Mo Williams had 16 points and 6 assists.  Brook Lopez had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Nets.

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28 Responses to “Quality Tipdrill: Toughest Cookie Edition”

  1. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am Said:

    EPIC FAIL. (No Cavs)

    The Cavs blew the fucking Nets out last night. Last year, they let bad teams hang around all game. This year, they PWN-rape teams. Great sign.

    Delonte West will be joining me in PHX for the All-Star game. 3-pt contest.

  2. stigs, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am Said:

    sorry nick, i was adding it. some douche bag see i’m not “working” and comes over to ask me bullshit questions just to piss me off.

  3. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am Said:

    EPIC FAIL. (you were late)

    Nick, are you coming to PHX for the all star game?

  4. clown, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:15 am Said:

    Better Tip Drill

  5. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:17 am Said:

    Hef, Yes. February something.

  6. stigs, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:17 am Said:

    agreed clown. i wasn’t aware of this other Tip Drill til yesterday. i’m a fan of that one too.

  7. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:18 am Said:

    The All Star game is in February this year?!?!?!?!? Again?!?!?!?!?!? What. the. Fuck.?!?

  8. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am Said:

    I’ve been to the last two All-Star weekends, Vegas and New Orleans.

    Let’s just say PHX has its work cut out for it.

  9. illformula, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am Said:

    Northern Illinois, winner!!

    I signed up to run this Turkey Trot for charity like 3 months ago at work. Unfortunately, that shit is today and it’s 30 degrees and windy. This is not going to be fun.

  10. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am Said:

    Nick, I’ll take you to the zoo. Or….peyote in the desert.

  11. spencer096, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:23 am Said:

    peyote? damnit, i want some.

  12. stigs, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:24 am Said:

    nick, are you going to live-blog it like Simmons does?

  13. Tampa Bo, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:24 am Said:

    Damn Clown you beat me to it. I love that video and Im really dissapointed in stigs for not putting that up there I was pretty sure I was going to see the Nelly video.

  14. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am Said:

    nick, are you going to live-blog it like Simmons does?

    No time. Unlike Simmons, All-star weekend is just booze, strippers, groupie love*, and more booze.

    [*May be inaccurate]

  15. spencer096, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am Said:

    Nobody should be surprised by James’ play, this is right in line with the expected growth from last year, when he out-scored, out-shot, out-rebounded, out-assisted, out-blocked and had a lower turnover ratio than the guy who was voted NBA MVP (they tied in steals, though James did on a slower-paced team). This is right in line with where he should be. And he should continue to be what he’s been since the spring of 2007: the NBA’s best player.

    lebron > kobe

  16. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:34 am Said:

    Lebron’s immature.

  17. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:34 am Said:

    spence. Don’t even give Kobe the satisfaction of including him in that inequality.

  18. spencer096, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am Said:

    nick…sorry, force of habit.

  19. clown, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am Said:

    Lebron became the youngest player to score 11,000 points last night.

    He does rack up stats like nobody’s business, that’s for sure.

  20. stigs, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:41 am Said:

    Hef, have you ever been to Macayo’s?

  21. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am Said:

    Stigs I use to bartend at Macayos.

  22. clown, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am Said:

    Hef at Macayos.

    /true story

  23. NickP, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:53 am Said:

    Hef wears the bow tie and nothing else.

    /True story (Tampa Bo told me so)

  24. stigs, on November 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am Said:

    the downtown one? you ever slip roofies in anyones drink?

  25. Hef, on November 19th, 2008 at 10:00 am Said:

    I worked at the Scottsdale and Tempe locations. And yes on the roofies. We bought them in bulk.

  26. spencer096, on November 19th, 2008 at 10:21 am Said:

    roofies are a fantastic recreational drug.

  27. Intern CRM, on November 19th, 2008 at 10:21 am Said:

    Stigs loves a good five man weave.

  28. rick, on November 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am Said:

    What about Hunter? That dude was pretty tough.

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