Deadspin: Adam Morrison

Viva Los Gatos De Bob!

Leitch — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:45:25 EDT

A reader — who said the "mosh pit" in which he was residing involved a considerable amount of passing it around — attending the Coachella Music Festival on Sunday took this photo of Adam Morrison during the Rage Against The Machine show. That really is a Che Guevara flag wrapped around his neck. We think we would enjoy being in a mosh pit with Adam Morrison, because there's no way he could possibly guard us.

Mustache Love

rickchand — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:40:18 EST

A fun site is Morristache, the site that dares to celebrate both the glory that is Adam Morrison's mustache, and the mustache in general. One thing bothers us, however. Morristache includes a Hall of Fame section, in which such luminary mustaches as Rollie Fingers and Tom Selleck are included. But, neither Keith Hernandez nor Reggie Jackson are in there. Yes, shocking.

Both of course are mustache pioneers, and to keep them out would be a true injustice. So we hereby begin our campaign to get Jackson and Hernandez into the Morristache Hall of Fame. In fact, we made a list of what we think the next Hall of Fame class should be. And if the site ignores our entreaties, well, we may just have to start a Mustache Hall of Fame of our own.

A potential prospective 2007 Hall of Fame 2007 class:

• Reggie Jackson.

• Keith Hernandez.

• Borat.

• Dan Quisenberry.

• A.J. Daulerio.

• Stuart Scott.

• Zorro.

• David Hirshey.

• Write-in candidate.

Good luck to all nominees!

The Mustache Hall Of Fame [Morristache, via True Hoop]

NBA Roundup: The Adventures Of Adam Morrison

rickchand — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:00:22 EST

Notes from Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association:

• So Put Your Hands Together Folks For Adam Morrison! Meet the Bobcats. These days they feature weepy, Che Guevara loving, bangs-challenged former Gonzaga superstar Adam Morrison, who on Wednesday scored a career high 27 points in a 95-92 OT win over the Spurs. Take it, Adam: "The coaches were telling me I was putting too much pressure on myself. Everyone was expecting so much out of me, especially at the pick I went (third overall).'' Morrison was shooting 32 percent from the floor until Tuesday, but is 21-for-41 in his past two games. Charlotte is 2-6. "Morrison is a basketball junkie,'' Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's a scoring machine. He's a fantastic young talent.'' Zach Randolph led the Trail Blazers with 26 points and 11 rebounds, but shot just 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the line, after going into the game with an 89 percent FT average. Hmm, what could possibly be distracting him?

• Jason And The Argonauts. Remember when the knock on Jason Kidd was that he couldn't shoot? Richard Jefferson is out with a sprained ankle and Vince Carter has the flu, so Kidd took over for the Nets, scoring 25 points, to pace a 100-87 win over the Bucks. Carter had 15 points, and Michael Redd 25 points for Milwaukee.

• Rockabye Sweet Baby James. More of the sweet goodness from LeBron James, whose 32 points, seven assists and seven rebounds helped the Cavaliers to their fourth straight win; 100-87 over Portland. AP says that the Cavaliers have started the season 6-2 for the second straight year, and why would they lie?

• Andre The Giant. Your Andre Iguodala update for today: 12 points, eight rebounds and nine assists; 76ers beat SuperSonics 96-90, breaking a three-game losing streak. Allen Iverson was 6-of-22 from the field for 28 points, not that there's anything wrong with that.

• Thank You Very Much. We never thought we'd see the day when the King disrespected Memphis. Mike Bibby's 32 points and 10 assists led Sacramento to its fourth straight win, 115-111 over Memphis.

You Should Probably Just Be Visiting TrueHoop Today

Leitch — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:45:46 EDT

We'll have more NBA Draft preview stuff later today, but until then, we happily show off this photo from The Realests, which we can guarantee you showed up on the dorm wall of some happy Washington Jesuit.

To kick off your draft preview business, though, you are hearby instructed to head directly to True Hoop, which is absolutely destroying today. They've got huge previews up of unconventional picks like Mardy Collins, Dan Grunfeld and even one from us, about our boy Dee Brown. True Hoop was invented for days like this, and if you're into the NBA Draft, it's where you should be spending your day today. (Though come back by here and say hi, OK?)

TrueHoop Draft Day [True Hoop]
Adam Morrison, The New Face Of Marxism [The Realests]

(By the way, it's also Russ Granik's last night too. Sad.)

It Gets The Feelings Out

Leitch — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:15:34 EST

The question has been asked by sports fans for a while now, and it's tough to get a straight answer: Is it all right to cry? Howard Stern's old radio show once ran a montage of celebrities crying in public, and though the sentiments were sincere enough, it was difficult to hear the clips without holding the celebrities up for at least a bit of ridicule. We live in an era of controlled public personas; crying in public is often seen less as a spontaneous display of emotion and more as a breakdown, a loss of the control we require of our respected public figures.

So which side are you on? Do you admire Duke's J.J. Redick and (especially) Gonzaga's Adam Morrison for their outbursts last night? Do you see that as examples of their passion and pride? Or do you think their weeping is a symptom of weakness, a sign of a weak disposition? Do you think they're wimps? Does it tell you more about them than you wanted to know?

We will say this: If Adam Morrison is planning on turning pro and wants to impress the professional scouts ... it will probably wise in the future to find a way to curb the crying while the game is still going on.

There Is Crying In Basketball [11 Outlawed Epithets]
If I Just Lost Like That, I Might Do More Than Cry [The Sports Pulse]
Wow [Complete Sports]