I thought he looked good last night with a new haircut (?). I thought it was rude of Jim Gray to just ignore him during the post game.
Poor Colin Pine. Every Rocket had a great game, so he's the only one left to bash. edit to add-- oops! i got sidetracked at work while writing this [what's THAT about?], didn't see the other similar comments above.
Dude, that ain't funny. I mean, what if he didn't wipe up the floor properly and Yao slips and breaks something. Then again, if Francis slips, maybe he's not such a bad guy...
TRADE PINE FOR WOODS!!!! Houston trades: TR Colin Pine (6.8 tpg (translations per game), 1.5 gpg (groupies per game), 1.9 bpg (beers per game) in 19.9 minutes) Houston receives: SF Qyntel Woods (4.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 0.9 apg in 12.8 minutes) Change in team outlook: -1.2 tpg, +14.5 gpg, and +25.8 Jpg. Portland trades: SF Qyntel Woods (4.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 0.9 apg in 12.8 minutes) Portland receives: TR Colin Pine (6.8 tpg (translations per game), 1.5 gpg (groupies per game), 1.9 bpg (beers per game) in 19.9 minutes) Change in team outlook: 6.8 tpg, -6.5 gpg, and +1 bpg. TRADE ACCEPTED
I don't see why the Colin Pine bashing. His knowledge of Chinese isn't the greatest. But he doesn't really need to have a great Chinese vocabulary. And from what I've seen of him on TV, he can pick up the jokes and sarcasms quite well. However, what Colin does bring to the table is the full command of English. I've heard many Chinese->English translations on TV and in person. Other than a select one or two, no Chinese translator comes close to the English fluency that Colin Pine has.
Didn't Yao personally hire Colin as his translator? Ahh, screw it...Let's just blame Steve and move one...