Brian Scalabrine: Here To Stay

Nawt Hawt: Kobe Bryant aka The Black Mamba

Hawt: Brian Scalabrine

Yeah, so what, Kobe has career averages of 25 ppg, 5 rpg and 6 apg. Blah blah blah; He scored 81 points against Toronto in 2006, but come on, Toronto plays worse defense than Carmelo Anthony. Fact: In his hayday Gheorghe Dumitru Muresan, who also starred in My Giant, could have dropped 81 on the Raptors and could have casually sipped on a Bloddy Mary while doing so. Ok, Kobe made 12 3-pointers in one game against Seattle Supersonincs in 2003. Yes, he is an 11-time NBA All Star and he has three NBA Championship Rings, but he's on his way out and there's a new NBA star in this galaxy.

Who is it? Did you see Game 7 last night between Boston and Chicago? Then obviously the answer would be, Brian Scalabrine aka The Scaliwag. So move over LeBron, watch out Wade, Scalabrine's got NEXT.

Scalabrine made all the women in the TD Banknorth Garden hot and bothered when he came off the bench and knocked down three huge 3-pointers against the Bulls. It's also rumored that Mariah Carey, who was watching the game from her hotel, erupted into an uncontrolable high note, which lasted some several mintues, when Scalabrine hit his third and final 3-pointer.

The man is a machine. He's like the cotton gin that Eli Whitney made in 1794; Slow and steady, slow and steady. He has quiet career numbers (3.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg) but he makes up for it with his loud, fiery-red hair. Scalabrine leads the league in concussions this season with three. He'll look to make it four in the next round of the Playoffs, when he'll undoubtedly be knocked out cold trying to box out Dwight Howard.

In the 2003 NBA Draft, ESPN's Jay Bilas referred to Matt Bonner as a "poor man's Brian Scalabrine," In 2006, while previewing the upcoming NBA season for ESPN.com, ESPN writer, Chad Ford called Scalabrine a "poor man's Matt Bonner,". Conclusion? He's on everybody's mind.

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