Nocioni

For the life of me, I really never thought another announcer would ever compare to Clyde Frazier — let alone another guy named Clyde. But lo and behold, Clyde Drexler, who is usually horrible, dropped this amazing analogy during last night’s Rocket/Bulls game.

For those who can’t watch the following YouTube clip where they work or incarcerate, here’s the transcript:

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: Nocioni cannot guard Yao Ming.

Glide: At all.

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: I mean, that’s not even a fair contest — he needs help.

Glide: They didn’t double then. Yao was gonna score right away. He’s got no option but to foul him. Get it to him.

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: There it is. Yao takes it to the middle and hooks it up and in. And, boy, just keep going to that.

Glide: That’s like clubbing baby seals — there’s nothing Nocioni can do.

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: [repeated groan] Give me a better picture than that.

Glide: Well, he’s helpless basically.

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: [groan]

Glide: Okay, I’ll work on it

Irrelevant Play-by-Play Guy: [groan] Yeah…please.

Known Associates: Bulls, Clyde Drexler, Clyde Frazier, Nocioni, Rockets, Yao

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My apologies to the entire Both Teamsters Union for the extended, unannounced lack of production around here of late. I feel like Luol Deng. Unfortunately, life, the job that pays me and the classes that I pay for have been calling. But we should be back on track going forward for the most part.

Fortunately, Amare can hopefully deflect criticism away from me today with his even more reprehensible behavior (first video…via Slam). Seriously, flopping is a cancer, and although this between-whistle stuff isn’t nearly as damaging to the sport as the signature, Argentinian-imported, nonsense “charges” of dudes like Nocioni and Varejao, it’s still bothersome.

Maybe Stern should stop chatting about his Fave 5 owners with Billy Simmons and FIX IT.

Worse still, he pulled a similarly Buster Keatonesque routine against the Pacers during his career night back in early November after a vicious shove by the 12-year-old Travis Diener (second video).