31 Percent Life NYE Recap

Thanks once again to everyone who came out to celebrate New year's Eve with us. And if you weren't able to make it, here's what you missed. Keep checking 31PercentLife.com for info about our upcoming events.

New York Knicks: Bright Lights, Dim Championship Hopes

The Sixers were riding high on a six-game winning streak until last week’s loss to the Knicks. Many feel like the Knicks brought Philly back to reality when they outscored them 24-15 in the first quarter. But the reality is the Knicks showed their true colors. Entertaining team to watch? YES. NBA championship contender. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

You would think that the Knicks would be one of the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference. They have one of the top NBA performers in Carmelo Anthony, perennial all-star Amare’ Staudamire and recently acquired Tyson Chandler, who was a key contributor to the Mavs championship run last season. But these individual talents just don’t seem to mesh. Despite being the team’s starting power forward, Amare Staudamire doesn’t rebound better than an average guard. I understand that a history of knee injuries makes it difficult to sky the rim for boards, but if Elton Brand can do it-- no one other than Greg Oden has an excuse. Amare is not the only guy on the team who should receive the blame for a dismal 6-5 start. Who would have ever thought that Carmelo’s calm, cool and collective demeanor would also be his weakness? Sure he nailed jump shot after jump shot on Iguadala in the second half Wednesday night, but it took a trash talking session and a double technical for him to get into the game. His lack of intensity on a nightly basis, along with the inability to play defense almost cancels out the tremendous scoring ability that he possesses. In fact, Tyson Chandler seems to be the only guy on the roster who can spell the word defense. Sure he will end up being one of the league leaders in blocked shots, but that’s only because of the amount of help defense he will be forced to provide.

Generally these are the types of issues that are solved by the leadership of a head coach. Most good teams are orchestrated by a guy who can tell the star that he needs to step it up. They have a leader at the helm who preaches defense during timeouts. While most teams have someone on the bench who is looking to take their game to the next level, the Knicks have Mike D’Antoni on the sideline refusing to change his ways for the sake of improvement. D’Antoni is convinced that the run and gun offense is the way to go. Don’t get me wrong, some teams like the Suns and most recently the Clippers have garnered some success playing that style of basketball. There is just one thing that separates those two teams from the Knicks however; they have a point guard! With Baron Davis out of action until at least the end of January, the Knicks have been starting rookie Iman Shumpert. Sorry D’Antoni but it is neither fair nor rational to expect a rookie picked 17th in the draft to play at the same level as a Steve Nash or Chris Paul.

So the Knicks may have stolen a victory over the Sixers last week. Spike Lee and his notorious courtside antics had the opportunity to enjoy his hometown team. Being the great director he is, Spike should be able to envision the Sixers and his Knicks meeting up in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs as a 4 seed vs. 5 seed matchup. He should also realize that last week’s game was a few Sixers baskets away from being a New York tragedy. And if the Knicks don’t commit to defense, step up the intensity and hire a real coach then I don’t see this story ending happily ever after for Spike Lee or any other Knicks fan.

Piss on Week 1.8.12

Warning!! No one in the following post is actually being pissed on. It is simply an expression meant to describe how outrageous and unforgivable the actions of the following people really are. Anyone who finds this segment offensive automatically gives me the right and the duty to piss on them as well.

Sincerely,

Professional Rationalist

10. New Year’s Resolutions


I’ve decided to start the first Piss On of 2012 by “wetting up" anyone who thinks that they needed to wait until January 1st to shed a few pounds or save more money

They get pissed on right along with their so-called New Year’s Resolutions.

9. Jordan XI Concord Hype


I love sneaks. I’ve got more pairs than I care to count and I was looking forward to adding the Concord Jordan XIs to my collection. But when I realized the hype, I was immediately turned off.

Anyone who waited in line for the Concords and didn’t know what they looked like until they opened the box gets pissed on for ruining a good shoe for true sneaker heads.

8.Vince Young


So the Eagles are not in the playoffs and I need someone to blame it on. I could turn to Andy Reid for making the same old coaching mistakes. I could point the finger at Vick for not protecting his body. Instead, I think I’ll turn my attention to backup QB Vince Young.

He gets pissed on for jinxing the squad by referring to the Eagles as the “Dream Team” before the season started.

7. Drake


I’m as much of an Aaliyah fan as the next guy, but I could never get a tattoo in honor of a woman I didn’t know.

Can’t say the same about Drake who gets pissed on for inking Aaliyah’s likeness on his back.


6. Mike Milbury


The former Boston Bruin coach grabbed, shook and threatened a 12 year old boy who got into a fight with his own son. I understand sticking up for your kids, but man did he take it too far.

Mike Milbury gets pissed on for not fighting someone his own size.

5. Riverhead High School


When you think about the things you can get suspended for doing in a high school hallway, what comes to mind? Chewing gum. Fighting. Even Running. But taking a knee to Tebow should not be one of them.

Riverhead High school gets pissed on for being the most hype hall monitors of all-time.

4. Canibus


Say it ain’t so! Vintage hip-hop artist Cannibus has a diss record aimed at J. Cole. Apparently Cannibus feels as though J. Cole is disrespecting him by talking about old-school Cannibus when he has new music out. (Did you know Cannibus had new songs?)

Cannibus gets pissed on for not being grateful that someone is even mentioning his name in 2012.

3. Karel Abelovsky


This fool stuffed 247 reptiles into a suitcase and tried to sneak them onto a plane.

Needless to say, he gets pissed on for making the following statement too real.


2. Lebron James


Women around the country are ecstatic that LeBron James finally proposed to his long time girlfriend and mother of his two kids. I don’t know if they would have as many good things to say about him if they saw the pants that he proposed in.

I know they call him the King and all, but LeBron James gets pissed on for wearing pants that make me want to say “King Me.”

1.Inappropriately Dressed People


The other day I went to play ball and a guy was playing in jeans and a polo shirt. I went to an upscale party and someone decided to where sweatpants. I’m in Church and this chick has on a “freak-um” dress. For crying out loud people can we dress appropriately?

Anyone who knows the dress code for an event, and manages to completely ignore it gets pissed on for being the elephant in the room.