Maybe a good new nickname for McGrady should be "The Vein". Here's an article about the possible, mysterious powers of the vein that goes from his arm into his neck. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/wiley/030430.html
In all due respect, that just strikes me as creepy, like calling someone the "colon," or the "bladder." I think body parts or vital organs are out as nicknames.
Mike, your nickname creating rights have been taken away from you... imagine the opposing team's media outlets harping on the fact that the Rockets got de-Veined (like shrimp) when Tracy has a bad game. It could get worse than the lame "Houston, we have a problem" headline that is supposed to seem so witty when used by all the thick-headed out-of-town media folks. No. No Vein. No, no, a thousand times no. Besides, I hear TMac gets peeved when you don't call him "TMac"... I may already be on his hit list now that I've called him "Tracy" in this post.
Unless we start calling Yao the Needle, I don't think the Vein will take off. This is too weird. "The Needle passes the rock to the Vein. IT'S GOOOOOOODDDDD!"
well, cemented. RIP, Wiley....one of my favorites. among other things, he despised karla- what else you need?
I respected Wiley and his work, but that TMac piece was an extremely hard read, even though I really wanted to read and enjoy it. I finally gave up when he used the 2,397th reference to Dune...somewhere in the 3rd paragraph I think. It would've been much more enjoyable had he just praised TMac without all the Dune crap thrown in. Or at least used a reference point not so dorky...like Star Trek maybe!
