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• ESPN’s John Hollinger has complicated formulas to determine Player Efficiency Ratings (PER), with the league average set at 15.0.  But you only need one stat to know it’s complete bullshit.  Eddy Curry, the man responsible for the worst season in basketball history, somehow earns a projected PER of 15.55.  Oh, and Curry’s “Most Similar at Age,” comparison is Sean Rooks…that made me laugh even more for some reason.
  
• Steeve Ho You Fat!  You couldn’t make up a more awesome name….I pray that he makes to the NBA one day and parties with the likes of Stephen Jackson and Josh Howard.  And Marv Albert’s call on one of his thunderous dunks would be priceless:  “HO-you-FAT with a FACIAL!”
  
• Worse PG rotation to begin the season:  Golden State Warriors (Marcus Williams, CJ Watson, Dan Dickau) or Miami Heat (Marcus Banks, Chris Quinn, Mario Chalmers, Shaun Livingston)?  Discuss.
  
• Darius Miles has reportedly looked great in Celtics workouts and suddenly has a legimate shot at making the team.  If this happens, it would be his greatest accomplishment since banging Scarlett Johansson way back in 2004.
  
• And finally, looking at Curry’s pathetic numbers, reminded me of the immortal Yinka Dare, a man who once proclaimed he’d be the greatest center in NBA history (insert laugh track).  Here’s one of my favorite anecdotes of all-time; it’s an oldie but goodie.  It comes from Jayson Williams’ autobiography — he’s the one who shot his limo driver – courtesy of findsuccess.net:

Early in Yinka’s rookie season, he was warming up with the team before a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Yinka asked our second string center, Jayson Williams, a question. Yinka pointed to Christian Laettner, the 6-11 forward of the Timberwolves. “What does the ‘C’ stand for on Christian Laettner’s jersey?” Dare asked in British style English. He was referring, of course, to the letter ‘C’ that is stitched onto the jersey of the player who is the team Captain.

“Caucasian,” Williams answered. Laettner was one of the few white players in the NBA. Yinka nodded his head; it made sense to him.

Benoit Benjamin, our big 7-foot center overheard this. After Yinka ran off to take his turn in the lay-up drill, Benoit said to Jayson, “That Dare is really stupid. He thinks Caucasian begins with a ‘C’ instead of a ‘K’.