More Fun With Antecedents

Yesterday we learned that "if President Bush and Ms. Rice can produce a settlement in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians and an end to North Korea’s nuclear program, it would give them claims on success that would significantly improve their historical reputations." Today, I see Chad Ford's analysis of DeAndre Jordan's draft prospects, "Jordan would be the No. 1 pick in the draft if he were producing anywhere near the numbers of the guys ranked ahead of him."

I, too, would be a higher rated prospect if I were better at basketball.

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And if Ron Paul wins 65% of the Republican Primary vote and 62% of the national Presidential vote, he'll probably be our next President (unless the neocons assassinate him first)...

Posted by RKU | December 29, 2007 11:21 AM

"I, too, would be a higher rated prospect if I were better at basketball."

Nah. Even if you were really good at hoops, you'd still be a lousy prospect given how you're getting up in years.

Posted by Petey | December 29, 2007 11:24 AM

If Edwards can win in Iowa, ...

Posted by otto | December 29, 2007 11:33 AM

"If Edwards can win in Iowa, ..."

But that's kinda different, considering that if you held the caucuses today, he likely would win.

It'd be more apropos to start, "If Dodd can win in Iowa..."

Posted by Petey | December 29, 2007 11:37 AM

Chad Fraud always talks out of his butt. The comments about OJ Mayo are just idiotic. Mayo clearly outplayed Rose during that entire Memphis game, Mayo played Rose on D and totally locked the kid up. But yet OJ is a one-dimensional scorer? Then how does he lock up your #2 guy? Because Chad Fraud is wrong, and clearly hasn't watched the games. Mayo is playing a total team game under Tim Floyd, playing defense, deferring to other players in the first three quarters the way you see LeBron James do...and IMO it's gonna pay off in the tourney, and then in the NBA.

Can Mayo score the rock? You bet. And a lot better in the NBA probably than in college, because OJ's one on one skills are sick but don't get as much use in college as they will in the NBA. Mayo has turned it over, but only by trying to make too many tough passes. He'll get that under control. These aren't take it to the basket and get stripped turnovers. They're the Steve Nash kind, try to get it to your teammate turnovers.

Beasley is a stud and so is Eric Gordon. Seen both those guys play three or four times. Rose I only saw against USC where he wasn't impressive. But everyone says he's great. Amazing a team like Memphis who straight out can't shoot is so good. Shows what defense will do for you.

Posted by TheCarpetMuncher | December 29, 2007 11:54 AM

If WMDs had been found in Iraq and a connection was found between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, and the war was over in 6 months and democracy was flourishing in Baghdad, and subsequent middle east countries followed suit and demanded democratic reforms...

then Bush might have only been a mediocre president.

If only.

Time to promote Bill Krystol again.

Posted by WinSmith | December 29, 2007 11:56 AM

Just to save work for other commenters:

If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a skateboard!

If Woody had gone straight to the police, none of this would have ever happened!

If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs!

Posted by Jay Levitt | December 29, 2007 12:24 PM

You're younger than Jamario Moon. There's still time to make it as a baller.

Posted by joejoejoe | December 29, 2007 3:41 PM

Oh, you crazy liberals simply can never admit that we have been at War with Iraq ever since we lost it to those horrid Persians in the 7th century. You are incapable of seeing the deep roots of U.S. foreign policy.

Posted by El Cid | December 29, 2007 3:59 PM

OJ Mayo? OJ Mayo?

Who the hell is that? Some white wife murderer?

Meanwhile, if I looked like Brad Pitt, I'd be fucking Angelina Jolie - if Brad Pitt wasn't...

Or if I was the son of Dermot Desmond, the Irish billionaire, I'd be screwing Andrea Corr today...

Oops, sorry, broke my promise to Matt never to mention Angelina Jolie or Andrea Corr.

Oh, wait, he broke his promise not to discuss sports.

Never mind.

At least I didn't mention ninjas...

Oops.

Posted by Richard Steven Hack | December 29, 2007 9:54 PM