Dracula vs. Ginobili, the Next Season—Chapter 1
by PEN on Jan 3, 2012 9:41 AM CST
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Those who dared look up saw a man, six foot six, close cropped hair and beard: Black Armani slacks, crocodile loafers, black silk shirt and fitted black blazer with a flash of red in the lining. On his arm, a sylph in gauze. A waiter respectfully unscrewed a lightbulb over the booth in the back of the restaurant and they sat. He slouching as if owned the place, or at least all the people in it. She, as if proud to be well regarded chattel, Those who couldn't look shivered from a draft that seemed to come inside their marrow. How could they feel so cold on a Miami night?
The man, if you could call him that, gestured as if to snap his fingers. The waitstaff as invisible as obsequious can be, rushed a black ipad to the back table.
A clawed finger replayed the clip again and again: Spurs guard Manu Ginobili slapped down hard with his left hand in an attempt to strip the ball from Anthony Tolliver’s grasp as the Timberwolves forward turned to launch a shot from just inside the 3-point line.
That hand. That left hand quick enough to slap down a bat. Broken! At last the insult will be repaid. Basketball players age—the dark lord does not.
The two women who dared look rose from their seats and floated, heads tilted and necks barred, to the back booth, where their lord awaited his supper.
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"In this kind of situation, you can’t predict it," said Tony Parker, Ginobili’s backcourt running mate. The now stately Tim Duncan stared at the tote-bag Manu's abulita gave him, embroidered with "Veintiuno".
Tony continued, "You go for a steal, and it happens, but Manu goes for a steal so many times, I almost want to say it can’t ever happen to him.
"Why now? That’s an answer for the basketball gods." Slipping into his native French he tried he tried his own answer, "Trop Vieux?"
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Needed this during these dark days. Thanks PEN
"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."
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by Joe deLarios on Jan 3, 2012 8:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Artis is right. Dark writing for dark days.
It’s so nice to see you back again.
small ball will at least be bigger overall. - grego21
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This is a huge commitment! This has been going for two years now?
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
Actually stopped in 2010 — and never posted the conclusion. David Stern’s lawyers, restraining order, yadda yadda yadda.
But then this stuff went down. It’s all 100% true. Know the peeps at the Dutch and they gave me the inside story. Creepy right?
by PEN on Jan 4, 2012 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
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The timing of it all has been quite eerie, eh?
small ball will at least be bigger overall. - grego21
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