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(11/05/14 9:32pm)
Gordon Ramsay has made a living out of cooking exquisite food and calling people dirty names. Much like a head coach, he is well reserved and polite off the court (out of the kitchen), but in the heat of battle, all bets are off. In Ramsay’s show, Kitchen Nightmares, he often revisits restaurants he tried to save a few months earlier to see if they were able to stay afloat or went back to their old ways. In hopes of saving their playoff chances, several teams also had some pretty extreme makeovers during the off season. Superstars returned home, young studs found new homes and others made adjustments to their game. With the summer gone and the first week of the season behind us, it’s time to see if these changes will pay off for teams, or if we’re in for more of the same shenanigans.
Cleveland Cavaliers:
The Cavs look nothing like the team fans saw limp into the offseason. With LeBron at the helm and Kevin Love over from Minnesota to team up with Kyrie Irving, Cleveland is looking like the cream of the crop in the East, especially coming off an impressive overtime win on the road in Chicago. To add to the new star power is a solid cast of supporting characters and a brand new head coach in David Blatt after Mike Brown 2: Return of the Brown proved to be a major flop.
Following in the footsteps of LeBron, many of Miami’s veterans flocked to Cleveland for the chance to win a championship. With no players on its roster with a ring last year, Cleveland now has four different players with at least one championship ring, including Shawn Marion and Mike Miller. Even with a 1-2 record, Cleveland has shown flashes of brilliance and an abundance of fire power. Role players have stepped up too, as Tristan Thompson came up with 12 offensive rebounds in the Chicago game alone. Once the Cavaliers find consistent chemistry, the sky is their limit.
Dallas Mavericks:
The Mavs were close last year, but much like my mom’s tilapia recipe, something was missing. Unlike my mom and our new “state of the art” oven, the Mavs went out and got the missing ingredient. With 49 wins and a near playoff upset, the Mavs weren’t far off pace, they just needed another weapon to compete with the elite in the brutal Western conference, so they snagged Chandler Parsons. Parsons is long, can stroke it from the outside and jumps like he’s got an endorsement with moon shoes. To go along with Parsons, the Mavs picked up two players from the 2012 championship team in feisty guard J.J. Barea and defensive enforcer and leader Tyson Chandler: two solid veteran players who have already played under Coach Rick Carlisle. Throw in a savvy player like Jameer Nelson who came over from Orlando, and this team is ready to compete and be one of the elite teams in the West. The changes have been evident early. Since losing opening night to San Antonio, the Mavs have won three in a row and scored 100 or more in every game this season. Four players are scoring in double digits and three of those (Parsons, Monta Ellis, Dirk Nowitzki) are going for more than 15 points a night. Nowitzki’s and Ellis’ new friends are going to have them making a lot of noise come playoff time.
Los Angeles Lakers:
Despite having their head chef in Kobe Bryant back in action, the Lakers look about as appetizing as a microwaved hot pocket. To its credit, Los Angeles (0-5) went out and tried retool and put pieces around Bryant after Pau Gasol left for Chicago. But it’s hard to see what direction the Lakers are trying to steer the team by picking up Carlos Boozer, a man who makes a habit out of coming up small, and Jeremy Lin, who although can get hot in a hurry, struggles on defense.
LA has given up over 100 points in every game this season, including 127 in regulation in a 23-point loss to Golden State. With first round pick Julius Randle already out for the season with a broken leg, Bryant’s return is the only enticing storyline to watch on this team. With Kobe at age 36 and no superstar waiting in the shadows for when he decides to call a quits (despite maybe Randle when he gets healthy), the Lakers are as lost as ever.
The Final Taste:
It’s still too early in the season to know anything for sure, but it’s going to be a hell of a lot fun figuring these teams out, and they’re hardly the only ones that have made significant changes. There’s still chemistry to be made and feeling out to be done, but the legwork is finished. Like a bad pizza joint bleeding money every day, it’s hard to make changes once the season has started. Time to see if these teams can get their act together and please their hungry fans.
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(10/28/14 7:43pm)
It was fifth grade. I was in the backseat of my Dad’s car on the way back from a recreational basketball game. As I stared out the window of the backseat I said to my Dad, “You know what NBA player I think I’m the most like? Steve Nash.” This was followed by the look I give someone when they tell me they don’t like Scrubs, you know the Good God, what could you possibly mean by that? look. “You know, because I like to push the ball,” I continued. “I know I’m not as good as him right now.”
Not the best facts to back my argument up, but that’s not the point. See when the news broke that Nash will sit out all of the 2014-15 season due to his lingering back injury and that his career may be over, well, a little part of fifth grade me died. I never got to watch Magic, Stockton or even Iverson in their primes. Steve Nash is the greatest point guard I and an entire generation has ever seen play, and if this is truly the end, he’ll be remembered for being more than just a point guard.
Throughout his career, Nash has been the purest of pure point men. He is a player who can run the offense, shoot the ball and lead his team like nobody else. He gives out high fives, a show of support, more frequently than tissues are given out at a showing of The Notebook for singles on Valentine’s Day. Nash is the leader we’d all love to have. Not only does he encourage you to keep shooting the ball, he assures you that you’ll knock down the next one, even after you’ve missed 10 shots in a row. He makes players around him better than they could ever hope to be, and it’s not just because of his 10,000-plus career assists, a category under which he ranks third all-time.
Watching Nash, you saw it all. His versatility, showcased by eight consecutive seasons with double digit points and assists. His efficiency, proved by his membership in the exclusive 50-40-90 club, a feat he accomplished four times throughout his career. His toughness, displayed when he played on through the bloodiest of noses, knocking down clutch shots in the playoffs against the Spurs. He didn’t back down to Robert Horry, whose hip-check of Nash into the scores table led to the suspensions of Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw, and may very well have cost Phoenix the 2007 playoff series.
Nash’s professionalism is captured by one stat: in 1,217 career games he has only one ejection (and only 48 technicals) throughout. To put that in perspective, DeMarcus Cousins has eight ejections and 59 technicals in just 291 career games. And let’s not forget that Nash still has as much flash, if not more, than any other superstar out there. From his behind-the-backs to his through-the-legs (not always his own), to his wrap-arounds, and his no-looks, Nash’s list of assists and finds have the ability to make us ooh and ahh for days.
Steve Nash doesn’t have a championship ring. In fact, he’s never even been to the Finals, and that’s unlikely to change. Steve Nash is not the best basketball player that has ever lived. But as the guy who is teary eyed as he writes this, a guy who was once just a starry-eyed kid who, like many, saw athletes not as basketball players, but as gods, I realize now I want to be more than just Steve Nash the player.
Our sports heroes have a tendency to let us down. Former players have beaten their wives and kids, shot themselves in the foot (literally) and committed a number of other indecent transgressions. Some of those players may have championship rings and MVPs, but at the end of the day, they let fans, myself included, down. So on behalf of myself and starry-eyed fans everywhere, thank you, Steve Nash. Thank you for never letting us down.
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(10/21/14 4:51pm)
You can’t make everyone happy. For the fans, the game goes on too long. For the players, the season goes on too long and for the owners, the season probably doesn’t go on long enough.
It’s almost like reading Goldilocks.
This past Sunday the NBA experimented with a 44 minute pre-season game between the Nets and the Celtics. The game consisted of four 11 minute quarters, and while the game was significantly shorter than normal, if implemented, it has the potential to murder stats and records, giving up four minutes every single game. No single change will please everyone, but here are the most beneficial results for the different parties involved in the game.
The Fans:
The average NBA game takes 2 hours and 15 minutes. With the length of a game being 48 minutes, even if you add roughly 12 minutes for free throws, fouls, stoppages etc., there would still be more commercial time than game time. The fans love their hoops, so solution should not be to take away time from the game, but take away timeouts.
The timeout has lost its value in the NBA. In the NFL, when you use a timeout early in the half, it’s crucial. Fans find themselves saying, “The team is going regret that at the end of the half.” But in the NBA, timeouts are given out more than Willy Wonka chocolate bars. How often does it seem that with three minutes left, both teams somehow have two timeouts and several 20’s left? Each team starts a game with six full and two 20 second timeouts. Even if those numbers were cut down to 4 full timeouts and two 20’s, it would do wonders. Timeouts would be more spread out, the game would go faster and the entire concept of valuing the timeout would be upped.
The Players:
Recently, both Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James came out and said that they would like the regular season shortened. Preferably, the number of games would be somewhere in the mid-60s compared to the 82 game schedule currently in place. LebBron even said he thinks the players could take longer games, playing 50 minutes, as long as the season itself was shorter. Too many times teams come out flat because it’s their third game in four nights, all on the road, and they’re simply out of gas. Last January Jeff Van Gundy even told ESPN’s The Herd, "I feel awful that we make them watch back-to-back games that often turn out to be, you know, low-energy affairs. I think the league has to eliminate back-to-back games, or at least reduce the number.” If you could lose 15-20 games to get better production for the other 60-something, most basketball fans would take that deal.
The Owners:
Mush, mush, mush! More games! Ya! Ya! A hundred—no, a thousand! Eight games in four days! Okay, that may be a tad exaggeration, but the point remains. While it’s important to the owners to have winning teams, the more the games the merrier. Every game, win or lose, means more ticket sales, promotions, merchandise sale, hot dogs and beers sold. It’s why playoff series were extended from best of five to best of seven games and although fans many complain about the length of the season, those arenas, especially for the cream of the crop, will still find ways to fill up. At the end of the day, sports at the professional level boil down to one thing: MONEY. Until that changes, don’t expect a cut in games anytime soon, and don’t be surprised if you see the opposite.
Me:
Before I am writer, radio host or anything else, I am first and foremost a fan. It’s why I do what I do. I love basketball more than anything on God’s green earth, but like many, I love good basketball a whole lot more. I want more games with fresh legs, not superstars playing 82 games and guys having to take ice baths for an entire day so they can find a way to get out onto the court that night.
A movie buff doesn’t just want to see any movie, a fisherman doesn’t want to catch just any fish and Joey Chestnut does not want to eat just any hotdog. Likewise, basketball fans don’t just want to see any brand of basketball. We want good movies, big fish, Nathan’s Hot Dogs and quality hoops. I say, 65 great games over 82 good ones every time.
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(10/13/14 5:25pm)
Could you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? You can ask Pau Gasol about that. The Bulls big man made an appearance with Elmo and friends last week, and while the program might be directed towards a younger audience, you’d be surprised how much we could still learn. Headed into the 2014-2015 season, there are many questions left that Big Bird and the gang might be able to answer for NBA teams. I’m sure they’d be happy to help.
DeMarcus Cousins: Playing Nice
Nobody can question DeMarcus Cousins’ talent. Last season, he averaged a ridiculous 23 points and 12 rebounds a game, making a strong case for best center in the league. What remains in question, however, is his maturity. Last season, the Kentucky product led the league with 16 technical fouls that resulted in his suspension. He’s averaged almost 15 per year through his first four seasons. Sure, losing as much as the Kings have must contribute to the frustration—Cousins has yet to have a season where the Kings win 30 games. But this year, he’s set the goal for himself to get tech’ed no more than five times. He even had put up a sign up above his locker as a reminder.
With Rudy Gay getting more practice with the team after a full offseason training camp and new additions Darren Collison and first round sharp-shooting pick Nik Stauskas, the Kings have the potential to be better this year. Cousins and Gay played together over the summer for team USA and show promise to be a better combo than Bert and Ernie. There’s legitimate hope for this roster, but a lot of it relies on Cousins doing well in games and remembering to play nice.
Cavaliers: Sharing
While everyone may want a turn, there are going to be games this season where sharing won’t come easy in Cleveland. This isn’t Elmo’s world—and it certainly isn’t Kyrie Irving’s or Kevin Love’s world either. No, Cleveland is LeBron’s world. Irving and Love were far and away the best and at times the only options on their teams in the past. But together with LeBron, they’ll have to learn that neither of them are the number one option and that there’s only one ball to share between the three of them. If the Cavs chemistry is going to pan out, egos will have to be set aside which may mean an unhappy star now and again.
The Heat owe much of their success to Wade and Bosch giving up the reigns to The King. Irivng and Love should take note of that as they head into this season. Not everyone can be the man. Only one of them can, and for the first time in their respective careers, it’s neither Irving nor Love.
Knicks: Trying New Things
Trying new things can be scary, whether it be eating your vegetables or getting a brand new offense and first-year head coach. After winning just 37 games and missing the playoffs last season, it was time for the Knicks to try something new. Derek Fisher is following the Jason Kidd career path, immediately retiring and going straight into the coaching ranks. Given Jason Kidd’s luck, that could scare Knick fans pretty badly. While it’s yet to be seen if the Knicks will improve at all, they’re definitely heading in a different direction with Fisher at the helm.
For Carmelo Anthony, the hope is that getting more help will mean that he doesn’t have to carry the load every night and will lead to better ball movement. Last season, despite have a top scorer like Anthony, the Knicks offense was living like Oscar the Grouch. The only difference is they didn’t enjoy it one bit. They were 20th in points per game and 28th in assists, free throw attempts and free throws made. It’s time for a change in New York, and the Knicks know it. A new offense, a new head coach and maybe a new attitude for Carmelo Anthony could help the team improve big time this year.
Let's Review
Sesame Street is one of the most successful teams ever assembled. They’ve molded stars like Elmo and the Cookie monster, developed chemistry, racked up wins and, let’s face it, they’re pretty darn fun to watch. Some NBA players and teams could learn a lot from these talented puppets. Busy with the training camp and pre-season, it’s doubtful Cousins, the Cavs or Knicks will find the time to take a trip to Sesame Street. Though with the long season coming up soon and lots of questions still unanswered, it may be worth taking the moment to brush up on the lessons the show can offer.
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(10/08/14 12:59am)
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a sophomore in high school sitting in Mr. Bittner’s keyboarding class—I mean international business—or was it intro to business? Photoshop? Two things I know for sure, it was Mr. Bittner’s class and on the front page of NBA.com was a blockbuster trade to my favorite team, the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets. Deron Williams, a top five point guard, was on his way to us after the Jerry Sloan fall out. Coming off a Jersey Shore walk-of-shame-ugly season (12-70), this news was the first scent of optimism since the Jason Kidd and Vince Carter era ended.
But today, much of that optimism has been swept away. Drops in points, assists, rebounds, free throws and nagging injuries all for the bargain price of 98 million dollars has Net fans just about fed up with the former All-Star’s underwhelming performance. After successful offseason surgery on both ankles, getting back scoring big man Brook Lopez from injury and getting an established coach in Lionel Hollins, Williams has all the pieces to be the stud he was in Utah. And he better be just that.
When Williams first came over from Utah he had legitimate excuses. The team was coming off a historically bad year and had little around him to work with. But as the pieces around him have gotten better and the moment has gotten bigger, Williams has faded farther and farther away from the player he was before the move. Williams was regularly thrown in the discussion for a top-five point guard in the league, continuously averaging nearly 20 points and 10 assists and getting to the free throw line at a good rate. Slashing, bullying smaller guards and making big plays, he was the whole package. Now it’s like watching an entirely different player. More three point attempts, less free throw attempts and the once big, bruising guard now looks like Tarzan and plays like Jane.
In his defense, Williams has had several nagging injuries since joining the organization: a wrist injury when he first came over and most recently injuries to both ankles which Williams underwent surgery for this summer. Now, he is supposedly healthy (he came out with an offseason workout video showing of his healthy ankles and handles), and with Paul Pierce gone, Williams must step up and be the leader of this team. Joe Johnson may be a great scorer, but he is not a vocal leader; and while everyone may look to Kevin Garnett, he’s proven before that his needle is dangerously close to E.
Williams has earned very little of that enormous contract and has come up microscopically small in the post season. The disappointments have followed: getting upset in the first round in 2013, being heavily outplayed by Kyle Lowry this past season and even going 0 for 9 in game two of the Miami Heat series.
When healthy Williams, at 30 years old, has all the tools to put himself back on the right track. The always wide-open East has plenty of opportunity. But it’s all about mindset. Williams admitted last season at times his confidence was shaken. Williams has taken responsibility for his poor play and hasn’t kidded himself, making public statements such as, “I feel like I've kind of let people down, so I don't like feeling like that. I take my job seriously. I work hard in the offseason. I work hard every day. It's just real frustrating not to be able to play how I'm capable of playing.” Williams knows confidence is key, "I used to step on the court and feel like I was the best player no matter who I played against, so I gotta get back to that. Even if I'm not the best player on the court, I gotta feel like I am.”
All eyes will be on Williams as he tries to retake form. There are some solid pieces around him, but at the end of the day the Nets fate depends heavily on this Illinois basketball player. Mr. Bittner would be disappointed if he knew I wasn’t always paying attention in his class, but he’d be flat-out pissed if I couldn’t even tell him it was worth it.
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(10/01/14 6:38pm)
We’ve all made mistakes: CBS and NBC passing on Monday Night Football, Britney Spears shaving her head, and people actually paying to see Jack and Jill. As for myself, I made a mistake that many fell into. I was a huge believer in Michael Beasley. The former number two overall pick has now resurfaced in Memphis, making it his fourth stop in seven seasons. Nobody has ever denied the immense talent Beasley possesses. But with Beasley bouncing from team to team and making little impact, I finally have to ask. Is the potential of the once highly touted K-State freshman dead and gone, or does his career still have a pulse?
The Case for:
There are some things we all regret, but few could have predicted Beasley panning out to be the bust he’s become. In his lone year at Kansas State he averaged 26 points per game while shooting above 50 percent from the field. After getting picked by a solid Miami squad, his first two seasons showed an abundance of promise, missing only a combined four games and averaging close to 15 points and six boards. Despite being shipped to a mediocre Minnesota team, he was still producing solid numbers on a squad where he was asked to do much more than he was in Miami. He averaged right around 19 points and six rebounds, and when he got in the zone he could give defenses more problems than Jay-Z could handle. Beasley has the ability to stroke it from the outside, slash, and go to the line as reliable free throw shooter. While he might not have been doing it on a top tier team, he was getting the job done and doing what was asked of him on that end of the floor. Beasley has gotten himself into some trouble, but at 25 years of age, things could turn around for this young athlete if he plays in a winning environment.
The Case Against:
Beasley is a lot like Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother in the sense that he looks good, but can’t be trusted. Soon after he came into the league, Beasley took several hits to his résumé, including a string of marijuana-related arrests, a sexual assault investigation, and getting pulled over for speeding with—what was later discovered—a loaded gun in his car. Beasley has been given chance after chance, and while we’ve seen many players that have benefitted from a change of scenery, trouble has followed Beasley no matter what city he’s landed in. Couple that with a big drop in production, and there seems to be little evidence to compel teams to take a risk on Beasley. His points per game average has been on a steady decline over the last three seasons, and his field goal percentage has decreased two of the last three. Not to mention that Beasley’s defense, or lack thereof, is still in line with that of a bull fighter. He’s gone from a dynamic, exciting scorer, to a streaky, troublemaking replaceable stock character. It’s hard to turn a guy away with that much talent, but it’s even harder to take a guy in with that kind of track record.
The Verdict: One More Chance
As I said, we all make mistakes. Admittedly, there’s a good chance I’m making another one right now, but I think it’s worth it. Lets look at the facts of the case. Will Michael Beasley ever live up to the expectations some gave him coming out of college, no. Will he ever become an All-Star and the mature leader of a winning team, not likely. But now that teams know Beasley doesn’t have to be the guy, the pressure is somewhat off. Now entering his seventh season, Beasley is a young 25 years of age and a talented scorer. With teammates like Mike Conley, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol shouldering the load, Beasley will likely come off the bench and have the chance to be a great source of firepower to have in the second unit: a role that would suit him perfectly. The sad truth is that this could be Beasley’s last chance to prove himself with many already in the school of thought that his time has come and passed. If Beasley can’t get his act together now, then he may be forced to wander as a journeyman for the rest of his days. Which will eternally leave one question seared into our brains, “What could have been?” This court has made its ruling, now Mr. Beasley gets to go prove people right or wrong on the court.
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(09/23/14 1:54am)
By: David Sugarman
Big stars, bad guys, a solid supporting cast, the old and reliable producers and an extremely predictable ending. This offseason has been a Hollywood blockbuster for the NBA, and with the preseason just two weeks away, we’ll see who deserves a sequel, who we can expect to see more of, who we know we don’t want to see again, and who’s getting a shot at redemption.
The Amazing LeBron:
King James’s Cleveland career was in desperate need of redemption. Much like Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy, LeBron’s time in Cleveland started with promise, and the sequel only made fans more excited for what could come. A trip to the finals with LeBron coming into his own as a superstar was much like Spidey taking on Doc Ock on a speeding train at the height of the Spider-Man series. But with great power comes great responsibility. Both LeBron and Marvel disappointed in their next outing. Spider-Man 3 had way too many villains to keep up with, and LeBron—who couldn’t lead Cleveland back to the finals—became public enemy number one to Cavs fans everywhere when he made his “decision” to take his talents to South Beach.
But now, just like Andrew Garfield breathed new life into the web-slinging franchise, LeBron is back to make amends. Garfield has a better supporting cast in Emma Stone, and so does LeBron, who traded in Mo Williams and Anthony Parker for rising stars in Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. This epic homecoming becomes the Association’s biggest story line for the 2014-15 season: the King is ready to lead Cleveland back to the promise land. However, the patience for this group will be short-lived. The expectations are sky-high for this star-studded cast, and rightfully so. Let’s see if the remake can top the original, or if it will once again fall short when the stakes are high.
The Captains of America:
It may have not had any Hollywood superstars, but with a myriad of co-stars hoping to turn into superstars, team USA got the job done this summer with relative ease. Much like Captain America: The First Avenger, which likely wasn’t your favorite stand-alone movie, these weren’t everyone’s favorite players. No Robert Downey Jr., no LeBron; no Chris Hemsworth, no Kobe; no Durant… you see where I’m going with this. Yet the roster commonly referred to as the “B team” showed up and stepped up in big way for this solid summer flick. Coach K, directing another masterpiece, coached a hodge-podge squad of youth and inexperience into playing as a cohesive unit. He had five players averaging double-digit points and beat their opponents by an average of 33. This was a great experience for many of the young players, such as up-and-comers Andre Drummond and Mason Plumlee, who we can expect even more out of this season. Even more tantalizing is the idea that soon we will get to see these guys go head to head once again.
The Guardians of Minnesota:
With up-and-coming star Chris Pratt, some sex appeal from Zoe Saldana and a solid supporting cast, Guardians of the Galaxy was a very pleasant surprise this summer. Another team that assembled for the first time this summer was up-and-coming star Andrew Wiggins, and the sex appeal of a smooth scorer in Thadeus Young. It’s too early to know what to make of Minnesota’s end of the deal after trading away Kevin Love, but there’s plenty of possibility for the Timberwolves to be a contender. With last year’s number one pick in Anthony Bennet, this year’s number one pick in Zach LaVine, talented first rounders will join Ricky Rubio and Kevin Martin to form a team with loads of untapped potential. It’s yet to be seen if this young, inexperienced cast can mesh the same way Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel did. When you assemble a team, you have to consider talent AND chemistry, not just the former. It’ll be interesting to see if Minnesota just took every best player they could get their hands on, or whether they first considered how this squad would mesh.
Stay until it’s really over:
Marvel has become known for their post-credit scenes giving fans a little taste of what’s to come. The NBA season is never really over. Even after the Spurs hoisted up the Larry O’Brien trophy and the screen seemed to go to black, every real fan knew they wouldn’t have to wait long. We had villains show their true colors in Hawks GM Danny Ferry, heroes leave their homes like Love leaving Minnesota, new heroes rise from the ranks of team USA. Now the best part is yet to come. We get to watch this plethora of new story lines play out on the big screen. Some will shock like Iron Man 3 and the Mandarin, others will disappoint like The Fantastic Four, and some will flop harder than Ben Affleck in Daredevil.
The NBA season is unpredictable. Heroes become villains and vice versa in the blink of an eye. We all want to see our comic book, driveway and empty gym fantasies fulfilled by fearless, larger-than-life characters who save the day. The only way to find out if they will or not is to grab some popcorn, throw on your favorite replica jersey (or cape), sit back and watch.
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