Furthermore, Shaq is Still Just a Goon

People who hate the Pistons (here's looking at you, B.W.) will be excited about last night's game against the Heat. I'm the opposite of excited, because I watched the game and I see that Shaq is flourishing in D-Wade's absence because the refs figure they have to give some Miami player the egregious calls they would be giving to Wade, and that player seems to be The Big Whatever. If this means that Shaq gets to push people down and draw charges with 0.5 feet on the floor inside the 4-ft. arc for the next 3 months, it could be a very long season.

Bill Walton Is An Idiot

I just wanted to write this down before I forgot it, mostly because Bill Walton hates the Pistons so much.

And because he is an idiot. The "remove all doubt" moment was just 5 minutes ago, during the Pistons-Heat matchup on ESPN, when Bill asked this gem: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but... the Red Wings are also from Detroit, right?"

His Play-By-Play partner on the broadcast (sorry, I haven't memorized all these guys) informed Bill that he was correct, with the perfect "Holy shit, I can't believe you're on ESPN, everybody who has ever turned on ESPN for 12 seconds knows the Red Wings play in Detroit" tone of voice. (Also, the Detroit Connection was the only reason Play-By-Play Guy mentioned the Red Wings in the first place. Obviously.)

That's all. Bill Walton is dumb.