Friday, January 18, 2019

Come Together

Yesterday in London, the Washington Wizards beat the New York Knicks, 101-100, in a regular season NBA contest. In somewhat Knicksian fashion, Washington's buzzer-beating winner came courtesy of a goaltending call, as Allonzo Trier swatted Thomas Bryant's layup away while it was descending into the cylinder.

That was neat, and all, but it paled in comparison to a most excellent collision of Gheorghie things that took place earlier that day. Including the most Gheorghie thing of all, Gheorghe.

Some enterprising Wizards staffer (a next-generation Shlara or KQ, if you will), thought it a good idea to recreate the image from The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover, with Gheorghe, G:TB fave Elena Delle Donne, Bradley Beal, and Wizards mascot G-Wiz comprising an entirely new Fab Four.



I always did see Ghitsa as the Paul McCartney of the team. He's Maxwell's Silver (tongued) Hammer.

Here's a little bit of behind the scenes magic:





70 comments:

rob said...

who's excited for the beginning of the boogie era in golden state?

Dave said...

someday i'm getting one of those mitsubishi van/mini-trucks. they are cool. once i drive this van into the ground.

Whitney said...

Gheorghe is dead

Rock snob joke. He’s not.

rob said...

i thought about making that a tag for this post, but i couldn't bring myself to type it. i guess some of us aren't superstitious.

Mark said...

One of my wife’s biggest customers is a meal prep company that caters largely to CrossFit/bodybuilding types. They’re the food provider for a huge CrossFit competition in Miami at Bayfront Park this weekend. She’s here helping make sure the weekend goes well.

I’m down here as well because why not take a free weekend in Miami. Holy shit this is an unreal amount of CrossFit fanatics.

I just got in town about a half hour ago and she’s still got work to do so I’m on my way to Wynwood to get drunk with my old college roommates.

Dave said...

do some burpees in between beers.

Mark said...

Fuck. That.

Mark said...

Just finished dinner at Alter in Wynwood. One of my favorite restaurants in America. If you’re in Miami you should go there. I plan on sleeping in tomorrow.

Shlara said...

Love this whole thing

Dave said...

i'm very proud of my post today at Park the Bus. It tackles some important issues:

http://box5689.temp.domains/~parkthe3/i-am-more-than-my-firm-round-ones/

Whitney said...

Congrats, Dave. That is the weirdest post ever.

Whitney said...

And they aren’t round.

“Not unless round is funny.”
That’s an obscure movie quote for Zman.

rob said...

i''m convinced that the sole reason dave went longform was to set up that post. he's been dying to brag on his calves for years.

Whitney said...

I initially figured he was talking about his pecs.

TR said...

No offense Dave, but my calves are far superior. And my quads are pretty amazing too. You may be adversely impacted by all that hair masking the calves’ definition.

I came out of the womb squatting 225. Unfortunately, I also came out with a very weak upper body. This combo did not help me as a middle school wrestler.

There’s a commercial running now w/ a cyclist in front of the Statue of Liberty who has exaggeratedly large calves. My wife says it makes her think of me. Probably not in a “I’m getting moist downstairs” kinda way.

Mark said...

Good God these people love them some CrossFit.

Dave said...

oh, i'm taking offense, tr. we're going to have to have a calf-off.

rob said...

if you jersey gheorghies want to hang out with me this evening, i'll be at a gymnastics competition in trenton. you can peep my perfectly proportional and sculpted calves.

Danimal said...

I think I should throw my calves into this conversation being a life-long off and on cyclist, runner, and all around athlete. That's about all I got going on though, other than my pecs (man-boobs). I need to get on the Whitney train.
Anyone watching the Duke UVa game tonight?

Danimal said...

And where has Igor been? He die?

Whitney said...

Igor and Clarence retired to New Orleans.

Mark said...

Some serious calves (and thighs) in downtown Miami this weekend. This CrossFit event is fucking enormous.

Whitney said...

Ramblin Wreck did not come to play today.

zman said...

Nelson aka Quadzilla has you all beat.

Whitney said...

Tribe tied at the break

Whitney said...

Getting ready to go out for the evening. Checked my look in the mirror, as Bruce sang. My beard is pretty full, I’m wearing the old man hat that I set about buying, and I’ve got a nice but pretty loud shirt on. The first thing that came to mind when I looked at my reflection was “I fucking look like Mike Love. Wtf.

rob said...

tribe looks worse than that, if it’s any consolation. about to lose at home to a team with only one league win coming into the game. we aren’t very good.

zman said...

At least they’re consistent.

mr kq said...

I should’ve opened a brewery.

rob said...

you’re still a young man, ken. still got time.

Whitney said...

The question is whether the brewery market is too saturated at this point. But let’s talk about what the “Mr. KQ Brew” would be like.

rob said...

well, it would open at 7:00 so patrons could watch rugby live. and the beers would include a lot of mad hoppy hazy stuff. killer jukebox, of course.

Dave said...

ian, catherine and i just watched "the conjuring." scary as shit. we can only watch horror movies when alex is out-- he's too chicken. thank god we have a dog.

T.J. said...

Serves K-Brew, Q-Brew, Mr. Brew, Gheorghe the Brew ( a Romanian porter)

zman said...

The men’s room walls are covered with unmentionably rude graffiti. And lots of phone numbers.

zman said...

In other news, zson likes to write stories and I generally encourage his creative efforts. Chapter two of his latest oeuvre is titled “The Muddy Bush” and chapter three introduces a book called “The Fister.” I might need to take a heavy hand when I blue pencil this one.

Mark said...

I had lunch at MIA Brewery today. It’s quite good. The Brewery market is definitely reaching its saturation point but I think there’s always room for quality beer and food. People like those things.

TR said...

RJ Barrett is an absolute beast. He’s gonna be a very good NBA player right away.

Whitney said...

I think the same can be said for Zion Williamson.

rootsminer said...

Apparently Igor did check out awhile back. Don't know what that means for his namesake establishent?

https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_64565f3c-fc90-11e8-9bdb-e7e1015688fb.html

Mark said...

Hi Gheorghies. Been a while since I’ve said that. Miami isn’t all bad.

TR said...

I kinda hate Mark right now. It is a special sort of awful weather here in NJ. We got a couple inches of snow overnight. We now have freezing rain that is creating a slush fest. It will all become a frozen mess when it gets down to 5 degrees tonight. And the high tmrw is 15. Yippee.

Mark said...

We’re about leave for home. Stopped to get a little breakfast on our way out of town. The breakfast spot is around the corner from Club Space. Witnessed many people stumbling out of the still going club at 10:45 am. Gotta love Miami.

Whitney said...

Seems like it’s about time Marls posted something.

Dave said...

weird. we're only a bit south of you in hp and we got all rain. it's freezing cold and windy now but we don't have the slush to contend with. just walked the dog with some serious scarf action (tucked in my sweatshirt hood). jawa style

rob said...

drove home from trenton in a downpour. 95 through philly is a goddamn embarrassment.

zman said...

TR got soft recently. We got maybe 3/4 of an inch of snow followed by rain. It took me 16.9 minuets to clear my cars and driveway and salt the stairs and walkway. The sun and 40 degree weather took care of the rest.

TR said...

At least I don’t do minuets, Astaire.

Whitney said...

Hearty applause for that comment, TR. Very good.

Let’s see what Z has in his quiver.

Mark said...

Big balls on Greg Zeurlein. Jeez.

T.J. said...

Placekicker 57

Mark said...

I definitely didn’t see the Rams winning this game after the first quarter. Impressive to win this game in New Orleans.

T.J. said...

fuck Tom Brady and fuck the Patriots

zman said...

I don’t get the insult but I’m often slow. I’m an awful dancer.

rob said...

i gather the saints are righteously aggrieved by the work of the officials

Mark said...

As they should be. That was an awful no call. They should also feel terrible about blowing a large lead at home.

zman said...

Reggie Ragland is good. The Bills could use a guy like that.

Whitney said...

Is anyone besides Rob rooting for the Pats?

Squeaky said...

I'm rooting for the Pats. Can't believe I've lived in MA 18 years.

Side note, son just finished reading the first Harry Potter book and wanted to see the movie immediately. Started the movie for him and first comment, "Wow, Dumbledore really let himself go in this movie". I can't stop laughing.

zman said...

I am too.

zman said...

Brady is too old for this weather.

rob said...

watched monty python and the holy grail with my kids tonight. they found it silly and weird. so, they watched it correctly.

zman said...

I guess the pass interference rules are different in the postseason.

Whitney said...

Oh my, the refereeing

zman said...

I have no idea what constitutes a catch anymore.

T.J. said...

What a day of football

T.J. said...

Fuck. The. Patriots.

Donna said...

We wanted the Pats. Wow!
Crazy both games went to OT.
Our kids LOVE Monty Python. LOVE it! Weird kids.
Hope y’all stay warm in the blasting cold weather!

rob said...

the president* gave the patriots a shoutout. so i will be rooting against my heritage in the super bowl. and for my** team.

Whitney said...

Dude. Bitching about the refs is an age old mistake. But come on.