Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sabincising!!

It's not Perkisising....it's Sabincising.  Here are a few videos that capture what I have in my head on how things went with TLFK.

Getting the team prepped and on board...



And then, I think this was the exact quote from 2:00 on Saturday...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

What the Numbers Say

Since many PCTI participants profess to be skilled in the fundamental basketball skills of shooting, passing, and defending, I thought I might let the statistics from PCTI III speak to the truth of this statement. Below is a list of selected categories that potentially could strengthen or damage the hypothesis that our group contains 16 well-schooled, fundamentally sound, high-IQ ballplayers:

Shooting:
8: Number of PCTI players who shot below 40%
4: Number of players who shot below 30%
11: Number of players who shot below 35% from 3
9: Number of players who shot below 25% from 3
12: Number of players who shot below 70% FTs
8: Number of players who shot below 50% FTs
4: Number of players who shot better than 50%
1: Number of players who shot better than 60%
4: Number of players who shot better than 40% from 3
3: Number of players who shot better than 50% from 3
3: Number of players who shot better than 80% from FTs
10: Number of players with at least 3 three-pointers attempted per game

Scoring:
1: Number of players who scored 30 in a single game
4: Number of players who scored at least 20 in a single game
6: Number of players who averaged 10+ PPG
3: Number of players who averaged 3 PPG or fewer
13: Number of players who scored double figures in at least one game
3: Number of players who did not score double figures in at least one game

Free Throws:
2: Number of players with no FT attempts (Smo, Spotlight)
3: Number of players with no FT makes (Smo, Spotlight, McKinney)

Floor Game:
1: Number of players with zero assists for the tournament (What’s up Bruise)
1: Number of players with zero turnovers for the tournament (My man Spotlight)
1: Number of players with no steals for the tournament (Godfather)
6: Number of players with zero blocks for the tournament
1: Number of players who averaged double figure boards (Esk)
7: Number of players who averaged at least 5 boards per game
5: Number of players who averaged at least 2 turnovers per game
8: Number of players who averaged at least 1 steal per game
0: Number of players who averaged at least 1 block per game
8: Number of players who averaged at least 2 assists per game
1: Number of players who averaged 4+ assists per game (Godfather)
1: Number of players who averaged at least 4 fouls per game (Smo)
2: Number of players who averaged at least 3 fouls per game (BC, Smo)

Notable:
1: Number of players who graded out with negative productivity (Sup Wes)
1: Number of players who almost joined him (My man BW)
1: Number of chiseled bodies at PCTI (Hops)

Monday, April 23, 2012

Best's and Worst's of PCTI III

Bests:
  • Biggest Shot, History-Anthony Hopkins, Backbreaking 3.
  • Best night out, History-Saturday Night.
  • Most obnoxious group performance in PCTI History-Saturday Night Dinner (Tied with Saturday Hot Tub).
  • Most Points in a Single Game-30 pts (Joe Thompson).
  • Most 3's in a Single Game-9 (Joe Thompson).
  • Highest PPG Average-19.7 (Jeff Sabin).
  • Highest FG%, Series-60.9% (Brian Eskildsen).
  • Highest 3 Point%, Series-78.6% (Jeff Sabin).
  • Most APG, Series-4.3 (Danny Krow).
  • Best Draft, History-Josh Stephens (Breaking Bad).
  • Best Picture-Scott Donley looking like he is dunking a put back.
Worst:
  • FG%, Series-21.1% (Danny Krow).
  • PPG, Series-2.5 (Danny Krow).
  • Productivity-Negative 3 (Wes Murray).
  • W/L Record-0-4 (Team Legs Feed the Kitten).
  • Draft, History-Jeff Sabin (TLFK).
  • Picture(s)-Ben Wilson (During tip off when, standing straight up while the other team wins the tip and begins to break).
Feel free to add whatever I missed.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

PCTI III Recap Part 1 of 1,000

Ladies,

The typical two week silence that comes immediately following every PCTI has officially come to an end. Now, allow me to recap a few cliff notes memories of mine from the weekend:

1. The first crew on Wednesday-Sabin, Eskildsen, Krow, Bruise, Pitto. How that was formulated is beyond me.

2. I texted McKinney telling him he was at the same airport as Spotlight. His response (Mind you they have never talked before)-"McKinney? What's up it's Spotlight."

3. The first shipment of PCTI players on Thursday-Abe, Spotlight, McKinney. Current crew-Those three, Pitto, Eskildsen, Sabin, Bruiser, Krow. A little mix and match stick never hurt nobody.

4. Abe continuing his tradition of PCTI day 1 beers for lunch. He was joined by his boyfriend, Spotlight.

5. Donley arriving and making ME feel uncomfortable because it was so obvious his ears needed to pop.

6. Stocking up on alc stick. Three cases of Tedi's and five bottles of wine with the impression that would be enough Tedi's for everyone all weekend. They were gone by 10:30 pm.

7. Everyone having nothing else to do and starting to drink around 2:00 pm (11:30 am for Spotlight and Abe).

8. Me getting my panties in a twist because no one would carry the 1/2 lb DVD player Sabin brought over until Donley stepped up. Pitto wouldn't even carry it five feet to hand off to someone-You would have thought it was a bomb.

9. Putting Beas and Spotlight through a few hours of film session in which they did not take part in, having to put up with everyone laughing and cutting up the whole time (Imagine how bad it sucks watching the games when you're not in, then think about their situation).

10. The moment Wes Murray walked into room 220... You don't find ovations like that anywhere.

11. Ca$h showcasing his one every ten years angry drunk side, yelling at Pitto, Skilly, Murray and Thompson for absolutely no reason.

12. Everyone waking up with the worst hangover they have had since the Friday before PCTI last year.

13. Ben Wilson, despite flaunting his knowledge of the itin stick, ordering an orange juice from Main Street, then complaining when he got the bill. I TOLD YOU SO.

14. Bruise trying to get cute at breakfast and order an eggs benedict (Maybe it was Beas), and it not being good. DON'T GET CUTE.

15. The clown show that is Game 1 warm ups.

16. Brent "The Brat" Carney walking onto the court, immediately being pushed into taking an individual and team pic money, then being forced to warm up on the sideline. He didn't take too much of a liking to TLFK starting out hott, and voiced his displeasure through an array of bratti comments, gestures and looks. It was the one good part of TLFK's weekend, and he still had a problem with it.

17. Donley and Krow trading buckets to begin Game 1. Krow is now 1/3 on taking the first shot for his team in each PCTI.

18. Heading to Sabin's to replenish the lost electrolytes from games 1 and 2 with fried chicken, really light dipping sauce, arterie opening bread, and the best cupcakes I've had.

19. Making Spotlight and Beas endure another few hours of watching more film of games they didn't play in.

20. Putting quadrouple the max amount of weight on the tramp stick, then all getting off once Smo walked up.

21. Out of order, but Mr. Big Shot hitting what goes down as the biggest basket in the history of PCTI's existence. TLFK could not recover mentally or physically.

More to come.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

I Get Up With A Little Help From My Friends

Don't let this pic money fool anyone. Dude was using the opposing teams shoulder sticks to get up all weekend long.

Weekend Recap by the Numbers

0 Injuries for Brian Eskildsen
0 Tampons used by Tony Hopkins
1 Freudian slip by Sabin
1 Technical Foul by Ben Wilson
2 Beers Pitto drank to be Hammered and 2 Yack trips
3 Nights of Abe laying out ground work
4 Games
5 Red Lights Smo ran while driving the van
8 Members of Breaking Bad calling out Angeliiiiiiiiiii for Spotlight's 3's
9 times we saw Donley pull out "Zorro" in 10 minutes in game 3
10 flameouts from BC re: Sabin's fouls and 1 take down of Wes
33% of PCTI had a decent looking goatee for the weekend (it wasn't me or Pitto; HINT: Hottest guy in PCTI)
16 Jack and Diet Cokes drank by Bryan McKinney
72 beers consumed by Bruiser in 72 hours
47 Chicken Fingers eaten by Wes on Friday (approximate)
10,000 calories consumed by DK

ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR PCTI.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Top 10 Dallas Moments

As I am about to get ready to leave tomorrow to go back to where I grew up, I decided to post my top 10 favorite memories or things I enjoyed about Dallas. I hope everyone enjoys reading about what I enjoy.

10. Discovering Taco Cabana – This is more about the food in general. Dallas is so big it has great places for every pallet. Taco Cabana is fast food Tex-Mex. There is one in ATL but not nearly as good. You get a good amount of food for you money (as long as it’s not brand new and different menu). I haven’t eaten Taco Bell one time since I moved to Dallas.

9. Iron Cactus and their margs – Fellas. Marg me. I’m not a huge fan of Margaritas, especially $10 ones, but 2 of these are all you need for a good night. Maybe I just haven’t had many true margaritas, but these are fantastic. In the heart of downtown Dallas, with some good Mexican food makes this one of my favorite spots.

8. Fourth of July – Carrie met some cool people through work and they ended up having other friends that were cool (remember Joe can’t commit to much of anything and Danny I think had moved by this time). This was a pool party that did not let down. No point in dwelling on this.

7. Living 2 min from downtown, 10 from Uptown – This was a great opportunity for me to see one of the coolest cities in the US, for very cheap. Apparently the part of town I lived in used to me awesome. Then it was overrun with cocaine and crack (hence why I lived there). Luckily for me, Deep Ellum was on the rise but rent was still very cheap. I was right across the street from the farmer’s market, 10 min walk to downtown (2 min drive) and a 10 minute drive to trendy Uptown, home of the most $30,000 millionaires. Wish I could have stayed there.

6. Sabin getting put into an MMA move by Toby – There is this guy in Sabin’s pick-up game that gets after it on defense. While he is very nice, he isn’t afraid to voice his opinion. On top of that, this guy is a beefed up dude (no homo). One day, he is guarding Sabin, and Jeff does not take a liking to some of his aggressive behavior. On one defensive possession they are jawing and getting tangled up. Next thing I know Toby has young Jeffrey by his arm, both on the ground, with Jeffrey’s arm being pulled up through the crotchal region by Toby. Toby is claiming he could break Jeffrey’s arm, at which point people intervened to tap Jeffrey out. Upon release Sabin jumped up and demanded Toby get out of his game and never return. Men in the 30’s wrestling on the floor of a gym over pick-up basketball games was one of the highlights of my life.

5. Trips to Austin – I’m not going to act like I don’t like Nashville. I think Nashville is awesome and actually getting better. BUT Austin is like Nashville on steroids without the shriveled balls. The lakes, the restaurants, the music scene, the drinking scene, and the hookers make this one of the coolest cities I’ve ever been to. This place has hipsters everywhere (love) and musical acts come from everywhere to play here. SXSW and ACL are two of the best music festivals in the country. Not to mention the best barbeque restaurant I’ve been to is 30 min outside of downtown. 3 hour drive from Dallas is nothing for a good trip.

4. Playing pick-up second day there - I moved down to Dallas on a Thursday which I called Danny and told him. On Saturday morning at 6:30 am I was meet Jeff and playing pick-up with his crew for the first of many times. From then on I was on the email list and tried to make it every Wed and Sat.

3. Getting a job – I searched for a job for about a month and a half before landing one at the Ritz-Carlton restaurant. This lasted about 2 weeks before my friend called me saying there was someone looking for someone to work for him. This was a big boy job that paid a lot more with more benefits. This was crucial because I could actually afford to do stuff.

2. Going to Mumford and Sons – Being PCTI’s biggest hipster means I am always trying to be the first to hear a new band or at least like them. A couple years ago a band started there American tour. Well obvi I knew their songs. So I got me some tickets and next thing you know Carrie, her good friend, Joe, and I got to sing Little Lion Man with Mumford and Sons and 200 of our closest strangers. Was allsome

1. Proposing – I obviously had to put this. Not only because I got engaged, but because it was so romantic by me. As I’ve boasted about before, I’m very creative. Just know it got friends and family involved from miles away and also utilized Dallas

Who's Board?












AHOP's boa...oh wait, nevermind.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Ahop Still Sucks!

Part 2 of the incompetent Anthony Hopkin's TV show post:

In Part I, I covered my team and the TV shows I thought compared well with each player. In Part II, I will choose a show for each member of TLFTK and give a quick reason why Ichose that show, and a clip I like. THANKS BEN!


Beasley –Californication – Ladies man and has been known to smoke a little marijuana.Not sure how good Hank Moody is at basketball, but the guy is awesome. Beasley is the same since we haven’t seen him play in a couple years, and he’s awesome.




Krow – The Sopranos –Just like Tony he’s the boss to his own PCTI mafia. He might act like other people contribute and call the shots, but in the end, he is the man. Even acting like Sabin is in charge of his own team is like Tony letting Junior think he was boss.





McKinney – Silent Library Shhhh! (if you make it far enough, I imagine McKinney and Sabin finding one of these machines to share on the weekend)




Wilson – Total Request Live – You would be shocked how much he and Carson Daly have in common. Both like black fingernail paint. Both got a lot of overrated hype and love until crashing down (Carson has, Ben coming soon). Both shave their backs. Both try to be on the forefront of popular music. Both have had homosexual experiences.Hopefully Ben can learn how to shed the LBs that Carson did.




Murray – Man v. Food –Who saw this coming! I don’t even care that this has been beaten into the ground. Wes and Buster’s loves to eat and compete. Things this Adam loves to do too. (Wes ate 2 of these in one sitting).




Orr – The Office – I know PCTI would suck without him similar to Carrell with the Office. Carrell is also hysterical but deep down cares for his employees. I also feel like the British Office was similar to PCTI I, while it was great, it still had a lot to improve on and did. (Have to go 3 clips for my man Smo; the last being very insightful)






Sabin –Boardwalk Empire – I couldn’t think of a better show. Set in the decade he grew up in and still likes to think he runs things (like Nucky). It will also be similar to Atlantic City at his house Friday with alcohol being illegal and people trying to sneak some alky in. I was expecting Nucky to yell “And 1” at the end of the clip.




Bruise – Jersey Shore– There is not another gorilla juice head in PCTI. While some might take this as an insult, Jersey Shore dudes are all ripped up. If he could get on the same tanning regimen as DK, he could fit in perfectly as a Shore Store employee. Bruise has been known to dance like this:

http://youtu.be/u2CWeMng6oI





Opposite Day

In the spirit of a late April Fools Day, I figured I would write up some liners that if I said about that person, I would fully expect everyone to figure out it was April Fools/Opposite Day.

1. Michael Beasley-Ugly.

2. Brent Carney-Ambidextrous.

3. Michael Orr-Lazy.

4. Scott Donley-Gorgeous.

5. Jeff Sabin-Laid Back.

6. Brian Eskildsen-Scared.

7. Josh Pitto-Real.

8. Ben Wilson-Clean Cut.

9. Wes Murray-Svelt.

10. Josh Stephens-Smart.

11. Spotlight-Exciting.

12. Joe Thompson-Funny.

13. Bryan McKinney-Loud.

14. Dan The Boy-Uncool.

15. Anthony Hopkins-Chiseled.

16. Ian Van Horne-Skimpy.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Think this post was supposed to be titled "Copy Cat, Part 1"

Because Tony Hopkins sucks at alot of things, most importantly putting Youtube videos into blog posts, he consulted the Master of that shit after seeing my work on my music post.  I guess I inspired him to do a similar post, much like Donley was inspired mere weeks ago.  The following is Anthony's post...fucking copycats:


Since Ben and Scott both wrote about the things they know, I decided to be a little copy cat and do the same thing. Anyone who really knows me, knows I'm obsessed with television. I am all about wasting time, and what better way to to become a lazy sack and lose yourself in an alternate universe. I have watched hours upon hours of TV and I'm not even counting sports. I have become the aficionado for my friends when looking for a new TV show. I don't care that Danny thinks this is a waste because he watches the Bachelor and Bachelorette (both which have been on the air about 8 years too long) so his opinion is a joke. In order to tie this in to PCTI, I will compare each player to a TV show. The player might remind me of the overall premise of the show or a certain character. Also, I will be sharing a quick clip from each show that I think helps show why I made the connection to the player. Part I I am going to compare the Josh Stephen All-Stars to their respective shows.


Carney – Arrested Development – Other than Larry David being the funniest character in the history of TV, Arrested Development might be the funniest, smartest comedy ever. The three seasons it had was the most well written comedy that’s been on TV. I think BC is a funny dude and uses his intelligence to boost his humor. Plus this clip is perfect for him on opposite day!




Donley – Cheers – This dude knows his beer! The cast of this show is stupid good (including a young Woody Harrelson, one of the greatest white movie basketball players ever). Plus don’t we all want to go where everybody knows our names (aka PCTI)?




Eskildsen – Sons of Anarchy – This show is all about being a badass and Brian is the biggest badass around. I heard he was thinking about renting a hog to ride in Dallas, but Pitto said he didn’t want to ride on his back unless it was in a bedroom. B-EZ would also look like Jacks Teller if he grew out a beard and got a huge grim reaper tattoo on his back.




Hopkins – Homeland – I’m like Brody. One minute you think I’m a calm family man, the next I might be your worst enemy and attacking you. Plus this is one of the best new shows on TV and I think very highly of myself. Plus I’m thinking of applying for the CIA.




Pitto – Nurse Jackie – What is more fitting for a whiny little guy who likes to try and boss people around? A whiny little manly looking woman who likes to boss people around.

http://youtu.be/NWDU1iSRk2M


Spotlight – Dexter – This man is a mystery to all of us. The Spotlight could be a heroic serial killer for all we know! He also has cut people up on the basketball court (see what I did there).




Stephen – Cougartown – Another obvious choice. What a lot of people don’t know about this show is it is pretty funny and resolves around drinking. So if you don’t think this is a good comparison, you need to go watch more tv.




Thompson – Entourage – This show is roughly based on Joe’s life now. I cannot wait for him to blow up so I can go be the Johnny Drama to his Vince. Side note: he resemble E (Eric Murphy). #wet




Editor's note:  I love that Pitto's video was the only clip that couldn't be posted directly to this post.  I think Pitto infected my computer with Smug overload after listening to that podcast and now all things Pitto will not function correctly on here, most notably the leaked compilation I found on the Interwebz of he and Brian's intimate Chat Roulette sessions where they watch each other rub one out!  It was such a good video, a damn shame it doesn't work anymore #slighthomo

Legs Feed the Wolf vs. Breaking Bad

The time for talk has passed. It's time to get it on. See you boys soon.






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