As I mentioned in my end of year post, the New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul is one of my favorite point guards in the NBA. Well, last night he turned in another phenomenal performance. Paul positively incinerated Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks (the most loathsome franchise in the entire league), ending the game with a near quadruple-double.
His stats for the night:
Minutes: 42
Rebounds: 10
Assists: 11
Steals: 7
Blocks: 0
Turnovers: 2
Personal Fouls: 1
Points: 33
Unreal. At this rate, CP3 is surely headed for the history books. Okay, he's young. Okay, the Hornets aren't the best team in the league or even in their conference. Fact is, the guy plays a tremendous all-around game that defies easy criticism. So give it time. NOLA will likely emerge as a dominant force in the west soon enough. If not, we'll see this budding hall-of-famer burning up the hardwood at the helm of some other ascendant franchise. Whatever happens, I tremble at the mere thought of what a shape-shifting distributor like Paul might achieve.
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Part 2
On an unrelated note, Damon Albarn played some demos for the new Gorillaz album on the BBC the other day. Hit the play button below to rock "Electric Shock," a sidewinder of a track that starts off with a weird orchestral bit before transmogrifying. The final half is a funky little electropop jam that's equal parts Afrika Bambaataa, Cibo Matto, and the music of Sonic the Hedgehog.
One presumes these demos aren't fully fleshed out yet, but they're interesting nonetheless. What'd really be interesting, though, is more info concerning this Blur reunion (new album, guys?)
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