The Rush: Hot Suns, LeBron’s big change and an “Iron Cowboy”
The Suns continue their blazing playoff run, another questionable NBA fine, LeBron makes a big change and an insane number of triathlons.
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- Oh, up high and down hard!
JARED QUAY: The Phoenix Suns were 11 years between playoff appearances before knocking out the Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Now, the Suns are literally on fire, taking a commanding 2-0 series lead against the Denver Nuggets. And while Devin Booker and the Suns would love to just chill out relax and take a deep breath, as the old adage goes, a 2-0 lead is the worst in sports, especially when you're dealing with this guy, Nikola Jokic, the MVP.
Phoenix is now just two wins away from his first Conference Finals appearance in, well, 11 years. And the Nuggets are on their way to an early summer at some random restaurant in Denver drinking beers because Jokic looks like he drinks a lot of beers. But he still plays good ball.
Man, you really can't say or do anything these days without getting cancelled or fined. A few days ago, Sixers President of Operations Daryl Morey got fined $75K for tweeting a pick of Seth Curry from his brother Steph's account saying, "join 'em." And now, Heat President Pat Riley's been fined $25K, $50K less, for his comments about LeBron and the possibility of him returning to the Heat sometime in the future.
In a radio interview, Riley said, quote, "I would leave the key under the doormat if he would call me and let me know that he's coming," end quote. After his comments, Riley said he would get fined for tampering, and that's exactly what happened to the 76-year-old. Honestly, it's the equivalent of a dude texting his ex-girlfriend "you up?" at 2:00 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday. But it's the NBA, so Pat Riley, you got it.
Speaking of Bron Bron, it seems like the NBA might be onto something here because LeBron James will be reportedly changing his Jersey number from 23 back to the number 6, which he wore in Miami. That's kind of suspicious considering Pat Riley's comments. But, nah, not really. He's got too many Laker fans now.
But remember this-- the last time he wore the number 6 he was with Miami and won two titles and four appearances. LeBron's getting old, but the magic of 6 is real. Or maybe it was real. I'm sure Adam Silver and NBA will figure a way to fine LeBron James for his number switch because Lakers fans have 23 jerseys, and I'm not buying a number 6 jersey. So we got to get somebody else named James to come on this team and be number 23.
Lastly, what person in their right mind would complete a hundred Ironman Triathlons in 100 days? Well, this guy would. His name is James Iron Cowboy Lawrence. The nickname, not the birth name, says it all.
The dude they call Iron Cowboy racked up more than 12,000 miles in his 100-day journey, which is a little bit mind boggling and pretty insane. This is either the coolest thing I've ever heard since there's nothing going on during a pandemic or extremely stupid. Either way, I'm exhausted from merely glancing over the story online. You can imagine how that guy feels.
Lawrence said that he wanted to challenge his mind and his body. But I can think of a thousand ways you can do that without doing a hundred triathlons, man. How about this-- just go to the gym for 45 minutes a day and do a crossword puzzle. Now that's mentally and physically draining.
