A winner with Kansas over Iowa State in the last free selection. Will have another in a moment in the NBA. Today as I scanned the historical moments a couple of obscure things caught my eye. When I say obscure I am not exaggerating. It was on this date in 1970 that John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave a bag of their cut hair in exchange for a pair of Muhammad Ali's boxing trunks. Yes, I am serious. It was also on this date back in 2001 one that singer Jimmy Buffet was ordered by NBA referee Joe Forte to give up his court side seat due to the continued use of profanity. Excuse me while I stop to laugh for a moment. After a lengthy delay the Heat and Knicks resumed play. I would have loved to see that. My son in law has court side season tickets to the Lakers at Staples and he has told me of some occasions where he has heard Jack Nicholson let loose as well. He also has some other stories about Jack at the games but I probably should not go into those on a public forum. For what it is worth he says he is a helluva nice guy. Lives large, very large.
Okay, a free play. Tonight I say take the Bulls +3.5 at Houston. The Bulls can be a maddening team to try and get a handle on. I think they bring it tonight. This is a team whose coach drives and whips his team mercilessly and they do tend to show it at times when they hit walls. Good coach, but he could gear it down some in the marathon regular season. Maybe take a lesson from Pop in San Antonio. I say they show up strong tonight in Houston.
On the business side I have no featured release tonight. Those have struggled lately. I hide nothing. What is maddening is the fact that subscribers are comfortably up on the season. But of course the featured releases are the marquee games and most visable. When you hit a dry run in those all the frustrations start to bubble over into the forum. It is a freak thing and of course it will get turned around. It always does. My record with the big plays speaks for itself. I don''t have to sell it here. Some people just feel the need to vent. They could just as easily just send me a pm, I always respond, as my clients would tell you. But I suppose they feel the need for attention or something. Whatever. I just do my work and keep plugging along.
Okay, back to work. Subscribers have a heavy card tonight. Good luck guys.