Q: Is it possible that Darko's performance against the Pistons in the playoffs rated below a 0.0 on the Vengeance Scale? Think about it, it was technically Darko's revenge since he was the guy traded, but the Pistons faithful (even the team possibly) have got to have it out for him more since he cost them Melo, Wade, Bosh, Hinrich, etc. Can you rate a negative on the Vengeance Scale? Is this a hypothetical reality (like time travel) that can't actually exist in reality? Is the universe going to explode?
--Will, Los Angeles
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SG: You can't go lower than 0.1 on the Vengeance Scale. It's impossible. I'd rank Darko 0.2 on the Scale for his 2007 playoffs performance, but only because it's impossible for anyone to act less vengeful than O.J. Simpson trying to find "the real killers" (a 0.1 and the lowest we can go). By the way, you know what Vengeance Scale moment has gained more momentum as time passed? Justin Timberlake's release of "Cry Me A River."
When I wrote the column three years ago after the Lakers traded Shaq, I pencilled in JT for an 8.9. But when you factor in Britney's freefall over the past three years and remember that everything started with "Cry me A River," I mean ... doesn't that surpass "Hit 'Em Up" as the most destructively vengeful song of all-time? "Hit 'Em Up" ended with 2Pac and Biggie both getting gunned down; "Cry Me A River" ended with Britney going off the deep end at the exact same time JT released a monster hit album, co-wrote "D**k in a Box," dumped Cameron Diaz and bagged Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson within a three-month span. I have to upgrade him to a 9.5 for the way everything turned out. Sorry, Pac.
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--Will, Los Angeles
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Remember when there was an actual debate between who won -- JT or Britney?
SG: You can't go lower than 0.1 on the Vengeance Scale. It's impossible. I'd rank Darko 0.2 on the Scale for his 2007 playoffs performance, but only because it's impossible for anyone to act less vengeful than O.J. Simpson trying to find "the real killers" (a 0.1 and the lowest we can go). By the way, you know what Vengeance Scale moment has gained more momentum as time passed? Justin Timberlake's release of "Cry Me A River."
When I wrote the column three years ago after the Lakers traded Shaq, I pencilled in JT for an 8.9. But when you factor in Britney's freefall over the past three years and remember that everything started with "Cry me A River," I mean ... doesn't that surpass "Hit 'Em Up" as the most destructively vengeful song of all-time? "Hit 'Em Up" ended with 2Pac and Biggie both getting gunned down; "Cry Me A River" ended with Britney going off the deep end at the exact same time JT released a monster hit album, co-wrote "D**k in a Box," dumped Cameron Diaz and bagged Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson within a three-month span. I have to upgrade him to a 9.5 for the way everything turned out. Sorry, Pac.
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