I saw this tremendous St. Louis Spirits brainfiller/timekiller linked over at freedarko, and I was particularly fascinated by the Mike D’Antoni player page. I had no idea, for example, that Mike D’Antoni has a degree in Zoology, though it makes sense inasmuch as his success is predicated on understanding what breed of player he has and finding the best way to classify them to fit his system — Boris Diaw at center? Bold. — regardless of what league mores dictate their roles to be. D’Antoni’s basketball genuis, then, is at least partially attributable to his taxonomic genius.

There’s also this in the bio:

a pre-med major at Marshall with a degree in zoology…might try med school when he finishes playing basketball

Obvious one-liner: You should have seen the brisk pace of Dr. D’Antoni’s surgical teams. They got 10-hour operations done in seven. They always seemed to lose the patient on the second-to-last step of the operation, though.

Or, to paraphrase obvious comp. Moonlight Graham: Son, if I’d only gotten to be a doctor coach for five minutes… now that would have been a tragedy.

Because the Knicks would probably still be coached by <thehorror>Zeke</thehorror>.

Mets introduce K-Rod at holiday party; Party turns awkward when a drunk Jose Reyes pees on decorative plant and Moises Alou shows up and shoves his hands in the soil.

Slow starting Jazz rally to defeat Nets 103-92 in battle for the least intimidating names in sports.

While not panicking in the absence of Plaxico Burress the Giants make call to 36 year old Joe Horn; Apparently also sent telegrams to gauge possible interest of Mercury Morris, Lynn Swann and Art Monk.

Yanks set to introduce Sabathia and Burnett on Thursday; Pitchers to enter news conference in golden chariot surrounded by brown sacks with dollar signs on them.