The kids showed some heart last night, coming back from an embarrassing loss at Orlando to beat the cast of Cocoon (plus a rusty Dwyane Wade), 104-95. Chris “Weezy” Wilcox continues to play like one of the league’s better power forwards, which, combined with this press release from yesterday, gives Sonics fans another reason to be indignant:

SEATTLE, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 – NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mobile begins Thursday, Nov. 15, and Seattle SuperSonics guard Luke Ridnour and forwards Nick Collison, Kevin Durant and Wally Szczerbiak will be placed on the ballot.

Szczerbiak? Ridnour? Are they looking for All-Stars or just white guys with nice smiles? Guys who can ball or guys who blow bubbles? Without question, Weezy’s been the Sonics’ best player this season, and in fact ranks as the 13th best power forward in the league in John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency Ratings. (One important question, though: how did he get the nickname? I’ve done a little web searching but haven’t been able to figure it out. Is it a Lil Wayne resemblance? Louise Jefferson? Something else?)

Sorry, Chris: your name’s not on there

Anyhow, angry Sonic fans, you can now add correcting Wilcox’s snub to your list of potential activisms, right after boycotting Starbucks and leaving five-minute screeds on David Stern’s machine (it’s okay, Reidster—you didn’t know the flyer wasn’t actually from Save Our Sonics).

For now, though, let’s take a moment to celebrate. Kevin, have another glass of sparkling cider; Squatch, ransack another campground; and Sonic fans, bury the anger for a day and bask in the rare glory of a road win. And Heat players, maybe one of you can get lucky and score a date with Blanche Devereaux. I hear she’s been hanging around the locker room. A little advice: bring protection. And lube.

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