His call of Ron Lewis' buzzer beater for OSU in the '07 tourney is an absolute classic.

Andray Blatche is Jonathan Safran Foer.

Not sure, but I think I just saw an ad for a movie where Liam Neeson kills a bear with only a small knife.

Different team, but Marc Gasol makes a good Marquez.

+1

Keith Bogans is Charlotte Bronte

You don't get me, I don't think.

Taj Gibson because Deng is Gunter Grass.

I don't think so. You need a Hemingway or a Faulkner.

Joakim Noah

If Derrick Rose is James Joyce, then Carlos Boozer is James Patterson. Nothing particularly wrong with Patterson, but there is no art there.

Just like Brian Williams.

No.

Figure Jameer Nelson is faster and quicker than 99.9% of people on the planet. And Rose is easily a step and a half quicker than him. Ridiculous.

I know a couple of speed guys. They are crazy to watch. One guy will only do Friday and Saturday because the others are a waste of his time. Makes me sick.

Also, AJ would probably pay for some Will Shortz dong shots.

How often do you come across, say, a Times puzzle you have trouble with? Or are they all just a breeze for you?

I wish I was Derrick Rose. This motherfucker is a poet.

Very true. I finish maybe every third one, some are really tough.

That's a good bet.