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Lakers looking pretty impressive against the Kings. In what may or may not be a coincidence, Lamar Odom is looking more involved than I've seen him this season.

Grant Hill, to name one. Elton Brand, as well.

*DING DING DING* COLE But as we've just seen, Coach, Alf can also win a match by keeping it on the mat as opposed to taking it to the air! Alf goes to work on Brock, delivering a back suplex! Alf follows with a clothesline, then a second which sends him over the top to the floor! CABOOSE Now that's not a DQ if you *knock* them over the top, you just can't *throw* them over, am I correct? COLE That's right. COACH And now Brock has time ro rest, because under NWA rules, there's no brawling out on the floor! So he can take a nine-count out there! COLE And it looks like that's what he's going to do! Brock does take a nine-count before climbing back in, and challenges Alf to a test of strength! Alf slowly puts his hand up, and Brock promptly grabs it and twists it! COACH Another dumb move by Alf! Alf hangs on, and thumbs Brock in the eye! CABOOSE But a smart move there, that's what you said earlier! COACH No, that's a cheap move! That's what I said! CABOOSE No. Alf fires off right hands on Brock, then hits a dropkick which sends him through the ropes, but he stays on the apron. Alf brings him back in with a suplex! Cover... 1... 2... Kickout! Alf whips Brock into the ropes, and waits on him for a clothesline, but Brock runs right through him with one of his own! Brock stops to pose, then whips Alf into the ropes and puts his head down, receiving a foot to the face for his miscue! Alf follows up with a fisherman's suplex! 1... 2... Kickout! Alf waits on Brock again, and executes a small package! 1... 2... Kickout! Brock quickly rolls to the outside once again, and the referee backs Alf off. Brock walks around the ring, taking an eight-count before climbing back in. Alf pounces, hammering Brock on the ropes, and when Brock reverses an Irish whip, goes for a sunset flip. Brock, however, pulls Alf up by the ears and gives him an overhead belly-to-belly! COLE And Brock Ausstin once again showing off his tremendous strength! Brock picks up Alf, and whips him into the corner, following him in with an avalanche! Brock shoves Alf forward to the mat, then turns him over and drops an elbow! Brock backs into the ropes and drops a second one! Cover... 1... 2... Shoulder up! Brock delivers some kicks to Alf's midsection, then picks him up and takes him over with a double underhook suplex! Brock then gets to his feet and waits on Alf to stand... COACH Uh oh, Brock could be looking for the Katahajime here! Alf gets to his feet, and Brock comes behind him and hooks the KATAHAJIME~!!! COLE Katahajime hooked, and this could well secure another fall for Brock Ausstin! Alf struggles to try to get to the ropes, but Brock drops to the mat with the hold! Alf reaches for the ropes, but Brock keeps cranking and Alf slowly fades. The referee checks his arm... 1!!! 2!!! Alf holds through! Alf puts his hand on the mat, and rolls himself over into the ropes! COLE And Alf somehow able to survive the Katahajime of Brock Ausstin! Brock releases the hold after the four-count, and then picks Alf up and drives him with a running powerslam! Cover... 1... 2... NO! Alf gets the shoulder up! Brock gets frustrated, and starts complaining to the referee. He then goes over to Alf in the corner, but Alf delivers a right hand! Alf slugs his way out of the corner, then attempts an Irish whip. Brock reverses, then drops down and Alf hops over. Alf ducks a clothesline, then Brock attempts a spinebuster, but Alf is able to swing around and counter with a DDT! Both men are out on the mat, and the referee begins his count! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! 4!!! 5!!! 6!!! 7!!! 8!!! Alf sits up, then gets to his feet. COLE And Alf the first to recover, as a half-hour has gone by! We're at the halfway point of this match! Brock gets to his, as well, and Alf whips him into a corner. Alf runs to the corner, and Brock sticks a foot up, but Alf catches it, sets it down, and delivers a stiff right to the jaw! Alf delivers knees to the midsection of Brock, then sets him up on the top rope. Alf follows Brock up, and takes him down with a HURRICANRANA! COACH NO WAY! That's a top rope move! He should be disqualified! COLE No, only if you jump off the top onto your opponent! Alf picks up Brock, and goes for a vertical suplex. However, Brock's feet knock the referee to the mat on the way up! Alf tries it again, and Brock slips behind the back and hits a German suplex! The referee comes to, runs over and counts... 1... 2... 3!!! NO! Alf slips out! COACH Tough break for Brock right there! CABOOSE Tough break for Brock? The referee getting knocked down is what allowed him to regain the advantage! Brock picks up Alf, and drives him with a gutwrench powerbomb! The referee counts... 1... 2... Kickout! Brock hops up, incensed at the referee. CABOOSE Referee out of position on that one, and Brock letting him know about it! Brock picks up Alf, and sets him up in the corner. Brock follows him up. COLE What could Brock be looking for here? COACH I dunno, belly-to-belly off the top, possibly? Alf grabs Brock, and headbutts him down to the mat! Alf then steps up to the top... COLE Oh no, Alf, what are you doing??? Alf leaps off and hits the FIVE-STAR ALF SPLASH~!!!!!11111 But the referee calls for the bell! *DING DING DING* COLE Oh, no! Alf's been disqualified! He forgot about the rules! CABOOSE Well, I think it's instinct for him to hit that move when the opponent's in that position, Cole. He's been pounded on for about a half-hour now, and he's thinking more in terms of survival. BUFFER [i]The winner of the fourth fall, by disqualification...BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROCK AUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NN!!!!![/i] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b]Score[/b] Brock: 3 Alf: 1 Time remaining: 28:52 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Knight high-fives someone sitting next to him and laughs as he applauds Alf's mistake. COLE Take it, Tony! TONY All right, big fall for Brock Ausstin, it's now 3-1! You know what this means, Rick Heyross, spin the wheel! Heyross gives the wheel a spin, and once again likes the result. TONY It's a STRETCHER-TO-AMBULANCE match! COLE I've never heard of that one, explain! TONY Well, it's just like it sounds, a combination of a stretcher match and an ambulance match! To win, you have to put your opponent on the stretcher, which you'll see sitting at the front of the entranceway, and roll him to the other end of the entranceway, where you'll see the ambulance pulling in right there! A ramp will be placed at the back of the ambulance, and you must roll your opponent on the stretcher up that ramp and into the ambulance to win the fall! If the wrestler gets off of the stretcher, the referee will then roll the stretcher back to its starting point, and we repeat the process! Back out to Sofa Central! (31:38)

Zack Malibu vs Reject OAOAST Heartland title Alfdogg © vs Charlie Moss

Wow, this *is* a weak FA class, isn't it. In seriousness, though, Pollard and Croshere come off the books (over $14 million) this summer, and I wouldn't necessarily mind seeing him back here depending on how much money he's going to command. EDIT: I stand corrected...Croshere has one more year. Disregard that. However, that does mean Bender and Croshere both come off next summer, which is about $15 million. That could be huge with that FA class.

CW, where did you hear about that Harrington-Griffin trade? I'm finding nothing about it yet.

what

Amazingly, it's only a five-point game at the half.

Yeah, and it rocked, IIRC

Going to be a long night, it seems. Pacers just had a 4-on-1 break and couldn't get a basket. BTW, did anyone see Jackson Vroman last night try to showboat on the rim after a fast break dunk, only to fall off and break his wrist?

I think I spotted Maven sitting in the audience next to Nick Lachey

Sonics trade Flip Murray to Cleveland for Mike Wilks, a 2nd rounder and cash. Sixers trade Lee Nailon and a 1st-rounder to Cleveland for a conditional 1st-rounder

The Watson deal is a four-team deal now including the Kings. to Seattle Earl Watson Bryon Russell 2nd round pick from Denver to Denver Reggie Evans Ruben Patterson Charles Smith to Portland Voshon Lenard Brian Skinner to Sacramento Vitaly Potapenko Sergei Monia

Well, it's 3:00. I guess that big T-Mac deal "fell apart".

ESPN is saying that the Knicks are going to try to use Francis as part of a deal to make a run at Garnett in the offseason.

*DING DING DING* COLE Thanks, Tony, we're back again with Alf now down 2 falls to 0! COACH And I gotta wonder how Alf has ANY hope in hell of winning any World title match at AngleMania after this showing. CABOOSE There's still a long ways to go in this one, over 45 minutes, to be exact. Just shut up and watch. Brock hammers away on the open wound of Alf, then bites him. COACH That'll do it, maybe he'll just eat his flesh until he submits! Brock picks up Alf in a bodyslam position, and drops him on the knee! He then picks him back up. COACH And look at the power here! Brock drops him on the knee a second time! He then picks Alf up once again, and completes the move a third time! Brock then picks up Alf once again and applies an abdominal stretch! COLE And what must Alf be feeling in this hold after suffering that triple backbreaker? Brock grabs onto the ropes to add pressure to the hold. Brock holds, then lets go as the referee gets up to check. CABOOSE I don't know what the referee's admonishing him for, the only way this fall can be decided is by submission! Brock then turns and falls to the mat with the hold. He also drives his forearm into Alf's face, putting pressure on his neck, as well. Alf slowly fades away, and the referee checks the arm. 1!!! 2!!! Alf holds through on the third lift! He builds up strength, and manages to get his other arm free, rolling backwards to escape Brock's grasp! He catches Brock with a quick DDT as he's getting up! Both men are out on the mat, but Alf makes it to his feet first, and as Brock is getting up, Alf comes off the ropes and hits a short dropkick right into Brock's face! Brock rolls out of the ring, and Alf follows. Alf rams Brock's head into the apron, and then attempts a suplex on the floor! COLE A suplex coming up, perhaps! Brock blocks, however, and delivers one of his own! Brock slowly gets to his feet, and rolls back into the ring. CABOOSE And you can see some fatigue starting to set in on Brock, as well, even though he's controlled most of this match, obviously, up 2-0. Brock waits on Alf to climb to the apron, then hammers him with forearms. Brock tries to back suplex Alf from the apron to the ring, but Alf flips over the back and comes back with a Hart Attack clothesline! Both men are out on the mat once again, but Alf again makes it to his feet first. Alf CHOPS~! away at Brock in the corner, then slowly rams his head into the buckle as the crowd counts along! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! 4!!! 5!!! 6!!! 7!!! 8!!! 9!!! 10!!! Brock falls backwards and to the mat, and Alf catches him with a snap legdrop! Alf then tries a standing moonsault, but Brock is able to get the knees up! COLE And Alf had something going briefly, but it's Brock on top once again! Brock sets Alf in the corner, and starts driving knees into the midsection. He then picks Alf's head up, and lays in CHOPS~! Alf chops back, and the two start trading them out of the corner! Alf quickly sticks two fingers into the eyes of Brock! COACH Cheap shot! Alf then grabs Brock by the head, and gives him a big headbutt, sending him to the mat and causing Alf himself to stagger back into the corner. Alf regains his breath, then comes off the second rope and drives an elbow into Brock! Alf picks Brock up and pulls him into the corner again, but this time Brock goes to the eyes! COACH Smart move by Brock Ausstin! CABOOSE I thought it was a cheap move? COACH No. Brock measures Alf, and drops an elbow on him. Brock then backs slowly into the ropes, and drops a second one. Brock picks up Alf and follows with a gutwrench suplex. COLE Suplex, nicely executed by Brock Ausstin! Brock turns Alf over, and applies a camel clutch! COACH Another submission hold, Brock could seal the deal right here! Brock puts the arms over his knees and crossfaces Alf as the referee asks him if he wants to give it up. Alf won't oblige. Brock feels an arm start to slip free, so he releases, then drops knees to the back. Brock drops four knees, then reapplies the hold. COACH He's just making sure now! Brock cranks back on the hold for several seconds, and the referee checks Alf's arm. 1!!! 2!!! Alf holds through again! Alf starts to come up, but Brock releases again and jumps, landing with his ass on Alf's lower back! He then tries to apply the hold a third time, but Alf sandbags him, and is able to move a leg around. Alf swings his other leg around, and kicks both feet right into Brock's chin! Brock falls back into a corner, and Alf follows him over and drives in shoulders. Brock catches him with a knee on one shoulder, but misses a clothesline, and Alf knocks him down with a dropkick! Alf picks him up, but Brock reverses an Irish whip. Alf ducks another clothesline, and they collide in mid-ring! COLE And both men out once again here! This time, Brock gets to his feet first, albeit slowly. He waits as Alf slowly gets to his feet, and traps him in a bearhug! COLE And Brock really trying to wear down the ribs of Alf here! Brock cinches in and jerks Alf back and forth. Alf briefly gets a forearm under the chin, but Brock squeezes and Alf drops it back down. Alf fades once again, and the referee lifts his arm. 1!!! 2!!! And once again, Alf stays in it! COACH How long can this guy hold out? COLE Alf coming back once again, as this match has hit the 20-minute mark! Alf delivers a headbutt to Brock! Then a second! A third! Alf then bites Brock right on the bridge of the nose! Brock releases, and Alf knocks him through the ropes with a superkick! Alf then goes to a far corner to rest. COACH And Alf being really smart right here, to not risk more damage on the floor and get his wind back, give his ribs and lower back some time ro rest! As Brock starts to roll back into the ring, Alf grabs the chair from the other side of ringside. Once Brock gets his body in, Alf starts hammering him with the chair! CABOOSE Brock's like the little alligator at the arcade, and Alf's swinging the mallot! Or in this case, the chair! Alf slams the chair to the mat, and the crowd roars its approval! Alf drops a knee to the sternum, then drags Brock by the legs towards the ringpost! Alf waits for the crowd to get loud, then yanks Brock, crotching him on the post! COLE Well, I've got no arcade analogies for that one. CABOOSE No, but I bet Brock's got some sore Skee-balls right now! COACH Oh, that's REAL cute. Alf then rams Brock's leg into the ringpost, then does it a second time! Alf then sets one leg over the other, drawing a BIG roar from the crowd! COACH Oh, no! Alf lifts his leg up, then drops himself down, executing the RINGPOST FIGURE FOUR~! Brock screams in pain, and the crowd screams in delight! COLE Listen to this place! Alf finally releases the hold after some prodding from the referee, then jumps up and shoves the referee to the floor! COACH Oh, come on! CABOOSE And the referee can do nothing about it! Brock is hobbling in the ring, and Alf slides in and KICKS HIS LEG OUT OF HIS LEG~! Brock struggles to his feet, and Alf does it again! Alf lets Brock get to his feet again, then pulls his leg out from under him and applies an STF! COLE Submission hold from Alf now, an STF! COACH STFU, Cole! COLE What did I say? COACH That's what the kids call that hold these days, I hear. CABOOSE Well, that guy's not as proficient at this hold as I'm sure Alf is, we could see Alf narrow the gap right here! Brock attempts to remove Alf's hands with his own, but Alf yanks at Brock and he drops them. Brock struggles, pulling himself towards the ropes with his elbows. COACH But look! He's still got that power in him! Brock is able to grab the bottom rope! COACH And he makes the ropes, I love it! Alf releases the hold, then pulls him out from the ropes. However, Brock grabs Alf by the pants and pulls him through the ropes to the outside! COLE And Brock buying himself some time, and those are precious seconds for Alf right now! Alf gets back up on the apron, and delivers a shoulder to the gut of Brock! Brock staggers backward, and Alf springs to the top rope and flies in, but Brock catches him with a powerslam! Brock then grabs the chair and sets it up in mid-ring. Brock sets up a powerbomb, but Alf slides out of it in front of Brock and delivers a foot to the gut. Brock quickly drops to his knees and delivers a low blow! Brock then comes back up and executes the powerbomb, sending Alf right through the chair! COACH Oh man, that's it! Slap on a hold here, Brock, and you got it! CABOOSE What hold will he try this time, I wonder? Brock lifts Alf up onto his shoulder. COACH Oh, backbreaker! Brock hooks Alf under the chin, then drops to his knees with him! The crowd groans in reaction. COLE No, he drops with it! COACH Thats was just for insurance, now he's going to put a hold on! Brock plants his knees into Alf's back, and rolls over with a BOW-AND-ARROW hold! COLE And the bow-and-arrow will be the choice of Brock this time! We see one of his partners, Charlie Moss, utilize this one a lot, including against Alf this past Thursday! It didn't work then, will it work here? COACH No way, Alf's done this time! Brock cranks back on Alf, who fades quickly. However, Alf begins to swing his arms around, and manages to roll the hold over and reach the ropes! COACH I can't believe this! CABOOSE I can. I've been through it all in the OAOAST, and I've got to give him his due...if there's any one man who can take all this punishment without packing it in, it's Alf! Brock releases the hold, and stomps away at Alf on the mat. He then picks up Alf for another backbreaker, but this time Alf manages to push off of the corner with his feet, then land on his feet on the mat and take Brock over with a backdrop! COACH And how can he still backdrop the 300-pound Brock after the punishment to his back? Alf kneels down in the corner to recover. Brock slowly gets up and grabs Alf from behind, but Alf responds with a kick between the legs, sending Brock to the mat once again! Alf walks over to Brock and sets him up for a powerbomb, but Brock blocks and backdrops Alf! CABOOSE Well, I think that was a heat-check on Alf's part, and it backfired. Brock then drags the mangled chair which Alf went through earlier, and sets it in the middle of the ring. He sets Alf up for the F-STUNNER-5~!!!!!11111...but Alf counters it with a DDT onto the chair! COLE Big move form Alf there! Let's see if he can capitalize! Alf crawls over to the corner and grabs the kendo stick, then gets to his feet and waits on Brock. When Brock turns around, Alf gives him a HUGE whack with the stick right between the eyes! Brock falls backwards to the mat like a sack of potatoes, and blood soon starts flowing from his forehead! COLE What a shot by Alf, and now it's Brock Ausstin busted open! Alf grabs Brock's legs, and hooks him in a SHARPSHOOTER~!!! COLE Sharpshooter locked in, could this be the thing to cut the deficit in half? Brock screams in pain as he struggles to the ropes, but Alf pulls him back to the center! Brock tries to move to another corner, but Alf pulls him back once again! Brock makes one last attempt for ropes, but finally has to TAP OUT!!! COLE YES! Alf has cut the deficit in half! *DING DING DING* BUFFER [i]The winner of the third fall...ALFDOGG!!!!![/i] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b]Score[/b] Brock: 2 Alf: 1 Time remaining: 34:19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As Alf releases the hold and slumps to the mat in exhaustion, Knight stands and claps his hands, yelling more encouragement Brock's way. COLE Back to Tony at the wheel! TONY Thanks Michael, and Alf has narrowed the deficit, so now it's Reject's turn to spin the wheel for the first time. Tony steps back, and Reject gives the wheel a spin. When the wheel stops, Rick Heyross's frown turns upside down. TONY The next fall...will be contested under NWA RULES! For those who aren't aware of these rules, direct yourself to the graphic that's about to appear on the screen. *graphic appears on screen* There will be no mats around the ringside area! COLE And in fact, the ring attendants are moving those right now, Tony! TONY You can not use the ringpost or the guardrails to ram your opponent into, or it's an automatic disqualification! And finally, if you throw your opponent over the top rope, or perform a movethat requires jumping off the top rope, you will also be disqualified immediately! COACH And that last one's the killer for Alf, I gotta think! TONY Should make for a very interesting fall! Back to the couch! (26:11)

What the hell were the Bulls wearing tonight? It looks like practice gear, or something you'd wear to the YMCA to work out or run on the treadmill.

I'm sure Test would beg to differ with this assessment.

What's the policy on posters who report totally absurd newsbits without providing sources (and no, I don't count "friends with major contacts" as a source)? Anyone who's read the NBA threads over the past week knows what I'm talking about.

There's nothing to the Garnett-to-LA article, either. It's just a fantasy trading column, and says as such right in the article.

I moved a few of the pinned threads to the other folder. *SPEARS~! for everyone*

Latest rumors from RealGM: T-Wolves: Marko Jaric to Knicks for Quentin Richardson Cavs: Drew Gooden to Warriors for Derek Fisher Sonics: Reggie Evans, Flip Murray, & Vitaly Potapenko to Nuggets for Earl Watson Magic: Steve Francis & Pat Garrity to Knicks for Jamal Crawford, Maurice Taylor & Trevor Ariza

Latest rumor from SI.com has Francis to the Knicks for "a package of players" including Crawford and Maurice Taylor. Just Crawford and Taylor would make it work under the cap, but the use of the term "package" leads me to believe that more than two guys would be involved.

I've been contemplating dealing Mourning for some more 3-point power, but I'd be losing a lot of shot blocking, as I only have one other guy averaging at least one a game (Yao). I have more centers that I know what to do with now, though.

I actually just tested the Frye/Penny for KG trade on the trade ticker a couple hours ago. I'm pretty good at this stuff. Also got Gordon and Thomas to Minny for KG, and to Boston for Pierce and Tony Allen.