Two bad losses

Well, the new look Warriors don't look so different on the road. Even with LeBron on the sidelines in streetclothes, they still lose by 27 points. And then losing by 21 to Atlanta. Shudder!!!

The Pool

It's hard to believe it, but our colleague Yau-Man Chan, is a contestant on Survivor. Take a look at http://cbs.com/survivor. Anyhow, of course, there's a Survivor Pool,with each player guessing when Yau-Man will be voted out. Winner gets to take Yau-Man to lunch, and I hear he's still hungry. Tune in for updates.

Here are the pool picks.

Week 1 Michael Sinatra
Week 2 Sheila Press
Week 3 Ken Tanaka
Week 4 Jeff K
Week 5 Helen
Week 6 Jeff K
Week 7 Tessa
Week 8 Gordon
Week 9 Jann Fong
Week 10 Kevin Burney
Week 11 Siegrid
Week 12 Cliff
Week 13 Tom Holub
Week 14 Sheila Press
Week 15 Neil Maxwell
Final 4 Jon Broshius

The new warriors

So after a slow start, the new look Warriors have won two in a row. They won the first won in dramatic fashion, with Monta Ellis getting the winning bucket at the buzzer against the Nets. They got their second victory by beating the crap out of the Charlotte Bobcats. My two daughters went to the Nets game. It was Dara's first Warriors game, and she had a great time. She now thinks she should marry a professional basketball player (it should work, after all, she's 5'10") and she's now picking between Monta Ellis, Matt Barnes and Andris Biedrins. I tried to get her interested in Adam Morrison when we were watching the Bobcats, but she just wouldn't bite. I think Barnes is too old for her, but at least he went to a UC, and apparently he has a degree in history, which should give them something to talk about. After all she's always reading those books about Henry VIII. We'll see how it works for her.

The trade

My 11-year-old daughter was upset with the trade, not for any real basketball reasons, but mostly because she thinks Troy Murphy is cute. I tried to tell her that her Troy Murphy jersey is now a collector item, but that didn't console her. Now she's firmly in the anti-Nelly camp. Oh well. We go Wednesday to see the new-look Warriors vs. the Nets. Too bad they lost the game last night, but hey, Baron Davis was suspended or something, so what do you expect.