The Rose of the NBA - A Friday Night Ramble

- This weeks Friday night ramble features Derrick Rose, who broke the ankles of supposed "above average" point guard Andre Miller. Take a look. Rose, as a rookie, is lighting up the NBA. He is averaging close to 19 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. Too bad, Kirk...
- The Spurs' big three are back in action, as Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are both back from injury. They have won their last 2 games, and now stand at 10-8 after their dreadful start. Watch for underrated rookie George Hill as well.
- Yesterdays dunk of the night featured Tyrus Thomas. Apparently the rim did something to piss him off. Watch Tyrus soar.
- Dallas’ Jason Kidd made a 3-pointer Thursday night, the 1,386th of his career, tying Antoine Walker for ninth in NBA history. Even Kidd, a career .337 three-point shooter, did it in over 200 fewer attempts than Employee Number 8.
- Philadelphia forward Elton Brand will miss Friday’s game at Detroit with a strained right hamstring. Brand had an MRI on Thursday and did not travel with the Sixers. He is listed as day-to-day. Just a friendly reminder to all those who disliked the Jermaine O'Neal trade due to his past injuries, yet rejoiced at Elton Brand coming to Philly.
- Rockets' guard Rafer Alston was shocked to hear that the Raptors fired coach Sam Mitchell on Wednesday. "We had our issues, but we allowed other things to seep into our relationship, and that's where the problems got out of hand," Alston said rather incoherently. If that weren't enough, Rafer went on to contradict himself by saying "I know (the Raptors) haven't been happy with the way they have played this year, but this shocked me." Its good that Rafer took the time out of his busy schedule of bribing 2K sports to get him rated 79 overall in NBA 2K8 and flexing in his mirror to talk to the presses about Sam's firing.