The Seattle Times: Seattle Storm: No playoffs, but Jackson can hoist MVP trophy:
A native Australian, Jackson, 22, is the youngest and first international player to win the award. Can you say, "WNBA MVP".
In her new, black Chevrolet TrailBlazer she accepted the "heavy" MVP trophy at halftime of the WNBA Finals along with the $25k. In her acceptance speech, she paid credit to the inspirations in her life - Anthony Mundine. It was his pull-no-punches attitude that she adopted as she took her game up against the ghetto ho's in the WNBA that saw her through to claim the coveted trophy.
Unfortunately, her Seattle Storm (18-16) were bumped from postseason contention with two games remaining in the regular season. But she still managed to snatch the MVP from those other skanky ass beeyatches.
Jackson had a breakout season, including leading the league in scoring (21.2) and recording seven consecutive double-doubles.
Here's a look back at some of her 2003 highlights:
• WNBA scoring leader (21.2 points)
• Fourth in rebounding (9.3)
• Sixth in field-goal percentage (.483)
• Youngest WNBA player to reach 1,500 points
• Youngest to win MVP
• WNBA-tying seven consecutive double-doubles
• Made WNBA-record 17 field goals against L.A.
• Recorded fifth 20-20 game of all-time (23 points and 20 rebounds, a franchise record)
• Made a Storm-record 14 free throws against San Antonio
• Became Storm's all-time leading rebounder
• Scored in double figures in 53 consecutive games, dating to 2002
• Missed one game (sore right foot)
• Averaged 17.2 points in 2002
• Placed 10th in 2002 MVP voting
• Only shot 40.3 percent from field in 2002
• 2003 WNBA MVP
• 2003 WNBA First Team (first time)
• Three-time All-Star
• Three-time 2003 Player of the Week
Jackson, who became the youngest player to score 1,500 points and fourth to record a 20-20 (points-rebounds) game, is part of the youth movement in the league.
"This isn't the best (Jackson) can do," Phoenix assistant Carrie Graf said earlier this season. She has coached Jackson in Australia and Seattle. "Everyone has been talking about her being a phenomenal player since she was 16. Her game is just going to continue to get better."
Well, she is Australian after all. Maybe Brian Gorjian can make a spot available for her in the Boomers lineup. God knows she could teach Tony Ronaldson some post moves.
Good Luck in helping bring the Opals some Gold in Athens.
Yup Yup !
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Friday, September 12, 2003
I Wasn't Asleep at the Post - I was Drunk !
AP Wire | 09/10/2003 | Baker pours himself another and another and another:
Yes - Homer J. may have delivered us that line, but perhaps it is more apt for Celtics forward Vin Baker. I remember reading after the Baker trade was done that the Celts would pay for having sold their soul, and pay they have.
I suspect they will have another ordinary year in '04 and it may well take another year after that to pull themselves out of the bust that was the Baker deal. Unfortunate really, as despite being an avid Piston fan, I actually also like the Celts. Got swept away in the whole Bird & Boston Garden mystique thing.
"I am an alcoholic," Baker told the Globe for a story published in Thursday's editions.
You're drinking too much [is] the biggest problem, and then you're not playing well," Baker told the Globe. "So, it compounds and compounds. The days keep going. Like I learned up at [the hospital], it's always 'Poor me, poor me, pour me another drink.' That's how it was."
Baker, the Celtics and the NBA are working out a program for road games, according to the Globe's report. He will attend AA meetings when he arrives in an NBA city, have a member of the Celtics' organization to turn to, and have counselors to call.
To his credit, Baker says he hasn't touched a drop since Feb 27 when he partook in a bender with GM's Lil Nasty Smoov and S-Tac. "Shiiit, when those boys roll into town, you know you gotta get your C-walk on. Tanqueray, Hennessy, Victoria Bitter....I couldn't get enough!"
"Conditioning-wise, this probably is the best I've been in any of my seasons coming back. Now, it's about just getting on the floor and playing," Baker told the Globe. I personally am a little suspect about this. Perhaps some teams might want to gamble on this, but I would imagine Baker's head is still pretty fragile and even the smallest amount of trash talking might see him break down in tears calling for his counsellor.
It is unfortunate. Baker is/was a talent who may end up on the NBA scrapheap. Drugs & Alcohol to blame again as his names is added to the list. Len Bias, Richard Dumas (a god), Shawn Kemp, Reggie Lewis, Vin Baker.
Baker has three years and about $44 million left on his contract. That should keep him in Gin for a while yet.
Yes - Homer J. may have delivered us that line, but perhaps it is more apt for Celtics forward Vin Baker. I remember reading after the Baker trade was done that the Celts would pay for having sold their soul, and pay they have.
I suspect they will have another ordinary year in '04 and it may well take another year after that to pull themselves out of the bust that was the Baker deal. Unfortunate really, as despite being an avid Piston fan, I actually also like the Celts. Got swept away in the whole Bird & Boston Garden mystique thing.
"I am an alcoholic," Baker told the Globe for a story published in Thursday's editions.
You're drinking too much [is] the biggest problem, and then you're not playing well," Baker told the Globe. "So, it compounds and compounds. The days keep going. Like I learned up at [the hospital], it's always 'Poor me, poor me, pour me another drink.' That's how it was."
Baker, the Celtics and the NBA are working out a program for road games, according to the Globe's report. He will attend AA meetings when he arrives in an NBA city, have a member of the Celtics' organization to turn to, and have counselors to call.
To his credit, Baker says he hasn't touched a drop since Feb 27 when he partook in a bender with GM's Lil Nasty Smoov and S-Tac. "Shiiit, when those boys roll into town, you know you gotta get your C-walk on. Tanqueray, Hennessy, Victoria Bitter....I couldn't get enough!"
"Conditioning-wise, this probably is the best I've been in any of my seasons coming back. Now, it's about just getting on the floor and playing," Baker told the Globe. I personally am a little suspect about this. Perhaps some teams might want to gamble on this, but I would imagine Baker's head is still pretty fragile and even the smallest amount of trash talking might see him break down in tears calling for his counsellor.
It is unfortunate. Baker is/was a talent who may end up on the NBA scrapheap. Drugs & Alcohol to blame again as his names is added to the list. Len Bias, Richard Dumas (a god), Shawn Kemp, Reggie Lewis, Vin Baker.
Baker has three years and about $44 million left on his contract. That should keep him in Gin for a while yet.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Laimbeer still Smirking
AP Wire | 09/10/2003 | Cooper, Laimbeer Renew Rivalry in Finals:
Bill Laimbeer, Detroit's Bad Boy #1 in the late '80s early '90s, was named WNBA coach of the year this season. "We believe we're going to win," he said of his team, the Detroit Shock, that went from the worst record in the league last season to this year's best. "I've been talking about playing for the championship since the beginning of training camp."
Laimbeer isn't going so far as to predict a sweep of the two-time champion Los Angeles Sparks by the Shock when the best-of-three series opens Friday night at Staples Center.
Laimbeer was a four-time All-Star who scored nearly 14,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in his 14-year career. Outside Detroit, he was reviled as one of the dirtiest players in the NBA. "One of the most hated, I would say," Cooper recalled. Their prickly connection dates to the late 1980s when Laimbeer was one of the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" and Cooper was a defensive standout for the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers.
Cooper helped the Lakers beat Laimbeer and the Pistons for the NBA title in 1988. The next year, Detroit and Laimbeer beat Cooper and the Lakers for the first of its two straight titles.
Until Laimbeer became coach of the Shock last season, Cooper hadn't seen his old nemesis since he was doing commentary at a Lakers game five years ago and Laimbeer walked by. "I almost punched him then and I'm pretty sure he was about to punch me, that's why I turned around," Cooper said.
Cooper compared 6-foot-5 Ruth Riley of the Shock to Laimbeer in his heyday. And he sees some of Laimbeer's toughness in WNBA rookie of the year Cheryl Ford, daughter of current Laker Karl Malone.
"Laimbeer probably sat her down and showed her some old film of Rick Mahorn pushing people around and she's getting away with it now," Cooper said.
Television ratings for the finals on ESPN and ABC figure to be helped by the presence of Laimbeer and Cooper.
Bill Laimbeer, Detroit's Bad Boy #1 in the late '80s early '90s, was named WNBA coach of the year this season. "We believe we're going to win," he said of his team, the Detroit Shock, that went from the worst record in the league last season to this year's best. "I've been talking about playing for the championship since the beginning of training camp."
Laimbeer isn't going so far as to predict a sweep of the two-time champion Los Angeles Sparks by the Shock when the best-of-three series opens Friday night at Staples Center.
Laimbeer was a four-time All-Star who scored nearly 14,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in his 14-year career. Outside Detroit, he was reviled as one of the dirtiest players in the NBA. "One of the most hated, I would say," Cooper recalled. Their prickly connection dates to the late 1980s when Laimbeer was one of the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" and Cooper was a defensive standout for the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers.
Cooper helped the Lakers beat Laimbeer and the Pistons for the NBA title in 1988. The next year, Detroit and Laimbeer beat Cooper and the Lakers for the first of its two straight titles.
Until Laimbeer became coach of the Shock last season, Cooper hadn't seen his old nemesis since he was doing commentary at a Lakers game five years ago and Laimbeer walked by. "I almost punched him then and I'm pretty sure he was about to punch me, that's why I turned around," Cooper said.
Cooper compared 6-foot-5 Ruth Riley of the Shock to Laimbeer in his heyday. And he sees some of Laimbeer's toughness in WNBA rookie of the year Cheryl Ford, daughter of current Laker Karl Malone.
"Laimbeer probably sat her down and showed her some old film of Rick Mahorn pushing people around and she's getting away with it now," Cooper said.
Television ratings for the finals on ESPN and ABC figure to be helped by the presence of Laimbeer and Cooper.
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Not again! Rodman released after arrest
ESPN.com - NBA - Not again! Rodman released after arrest
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Dennis Rodman was released Thursday night from jail after being arrested earlier in the day after allegedly being drunk in public.
The former NBA player was arrested Thursday afternoon after police received a call that he was driving his boat in Newport Harbor while under the influence of alcohol.
"When we got there, Mr. Rodman was at the dock next to the (restaurant) attempting to untie the boat. Deputies observed Mr. Rodman fall to the ground," Amormino said. "They interviewed him and determined he was under the influence of alcohol, unable to care for himself or his property."
Outside the jail, Rodman told reporters he fell because he was walking backward. Most likely doing his Michael Jackson' moonwalk routine he was so tanked.
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, faxed a statement to ESPN that Rodman said "he has not seen his name on TV or in the paper in the past few weeks and thought that people forgot about his NBA comeback. Now I guess they will remember."
NBA Comeback ?? Shiiiit (golly). I love the guy, but fear he won't go into retirement quietly. I sense more and more embarassing Rodman stories are just around the corner.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Dennis Rodman was released Thursday night from jail after being arrested earlier in the day after allegedly being drunk in public.
The former NBA player was arrested Thursday afternoon after police received a call that he was driving his boat in Newport Harbor while under the influence of alcohol.
"When we got there, Mr. Rodman was at the dock next to the (restaurant) attempting to untie the boat. Deputies observed Mr. Rodman fall to the ground," Amormino said. "They interviewed him and determined he was under the influence of alcohol, unable to care for himself or his property."
Outside the jail, Rodman told reporters he fell because he was walking backward. Most likely doing his Michael Jackson' moonwalk routine he was so tanked.
Rodman's agent, Darren Prince, faxed a statement to ESPN that Rodman said "he has not seen his name on TV or in the paper in the past few weeks and thought that people forgot about his NBA comeback. Now I guess they will remember."
NBA Comeback ?? Shiiiit (golly). I love the guy, but fear he won't go into retirement quietly. I sense more and more embarassing Rodman stories are just around the corner.
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