I never thought it would come to this, Jerkasses.

I'm very sorry to my loyal readers for my piss poor performance of late. So to you, Mr. and Mrs. Kickass, I apologize. I'll be honest. Work has been a bitch and Evil Lady dumped my ass, so the free time I have had has been filled with drunkenness. I'm sorry to all you readers and I will try not to disappoint you again.

I know my readers expect the witty political pundutry and sports analysis that they can only get here at Evilblog. I feel your pain. I say this because the winner of the Jerkass of the Week this past week is someone I thought would never let me down. But this is not about me. It's about the damn Grizzlies.

What the Hell!?!? How hard is it to lose a damn basketball game?

These jerkasses just needed to go out there and lose a few games and they'd be set up for the playoffs. What do they do? They WIN three in a row. Win? WIN? Why?

I have no idea what these guys are thinking. They say it's not like flipping a switch. Well, apparently it is for the Clippers. They went out and lost to the Sonics by twenty points last night. Twenty points? They seem to have flipped a switch. I imagine they'll flip it back on when the playoffs start IN LOS ANGELES against the NUGGETS.

Meanwhile will take their five game winning streak into Dallas and pray to steal a game from the Mavs. Good luck.

Look, I've supported some really bad Grizz teams. Really bad. I know that these guys know how to lose. It's not that hard. Hell, they had a game lost early last week to the Bobcats. The Bobcats were out there playing hard and it was close in the fourth quarter. What do we do? Give it to Eddie Jones, who proceeds to knock down consecutive clutch shots to win the game.

Why do they hate me so much?

That type of effort is unacceptable!!!

The worst offender here is Shane Battier. He's out there blocking shots, diving for lose balls, and basically doing "all the little things" it takes to win games... That kind of selfless play will not do right now. I'm sorry Shane. If that's all you got, you can ride the pine until the playoffs start.

We need people who can't shoot to be jacking up threes. We need people who refuse to defend. Where the hell is Bonzi Wells when you need him? Where's J-Will? Those guys knew how to lose games when it mattered most.

Now we got all these guys out there knocking down clutch shot after clutch shot. Screw them. For all their "effort" and "playing to win the game" they have been awarded a belated Jerkass of the Week.