How the mighty have fallen ...

In my first NBA debut against the red hot Portland Trailblazers, I was excited. I finally made it to this big stage, and when the coach called me to go in, I was shocked and overzealous at the same time. I didn't know any plays, but in Coach Nelson's system you don't have to. They don't run any plays.

One thing that shocked me was during a timeout Coach Nelson doesn't say nothing. He just sits there and rubs his head and will occasionally draw up a play every now and then.

Release him and move on.

Tony Patch, who was not a passenger on Benson's boat, told WXAN-TV in Austin that he saw LCRA police "manhandling" Benson.

"As they were taking him up the dock, they stopped. He said, 'I am fine, I can continue walking,' and they put their legs behind his knees and knocked him over his knees and started hog-carrying him," Patch said, according to the report.

"They ended up -- I don't know why -- but laid him on his back, I heard him say, 'Please don't pepper-spray me, please don't pepper-spray me,'" Patch said, according to the report. "It was uncalled for, it was ludicrous, no point for it."

I'm interested where this goes, just updating the story. I'll leave my opinions out of this for now because obviously I'm wrong and everyone else is right.

Josh Hamilton is a beast.

It's a couple days old now. I actually went to the blog and got distracted by his "a la carte video" post.

A few insights there. He sees this team having a nucleus...we'll see if it stays together. I find the contract expiration breakdown pretty comforting, too.

I'm still shocked as hell that Harrison, of all athletes, is involved in anything like this.

Good post over at Mavs Moneyball about the turning point in the Mavs' season, when Avery decided he wasn't going to put up with any more fast breaking and transition scoring and took the offense back over...