Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Have you heard?

Rumors floating around that NFL and the NBA.

--NFL--
-This week in the NFL that have been rumors of The Cowboys bringing back Pacman Jones. I personally think this is a mistake.
-Brett Favre has booked an early passage with the Vikes? He has till the end of this week to make up his mind.
-The Cowboys are looking to trade Greg Ellis, Thomas Jones of the Jets is also on the trading block, and a big surprise, Vince Young headed north from the Titans?
-Jeremy Shockey is once again having problems making friends. Anyone surprised? It kind frustrates me only because I'm a Saints fan.

--NBA--
-The Kincks have theirs eyes on Gortat of the Magic and Rodriguez of the Blazers.
-The Jazz are going to have a rough off season and K-Fez (Fesenko) has made his way into the conversation. Do the Jazz keep him or let him and the millions they've put into developing him go?
-Chris Bosh wants a max deal, that puts the rumors of Boozer being traded for him.
-The Grizzlies trading their 2nd pick in the draft?
-Pargo, Yao, Amare, and Manu, who is predicting a full recovery, are all going to stay where they are?

These are just some fun rumors that are floating around the sports world.

Friday, June 5, 2009

The Big Unit!

There are three very illustrious clubs in baseball and only a handful will ever be welcomed into these clubs. They are the 300 Win club for pitchers, the 3000 Hit club, and the 500 Home Run club. The Big Unit, Randy Johnson is the latest to earn a spot in one of these clubs. Randy pitched 6 scoreless innings to grab is 300th win. He is only the 24 pitcher in the history of baseball to do such a thing. The leader of the 300 win club is and always will be C. Young with 511 wins. Randy Johnson joins the likes of Walter Johnson, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavin.

The 500 Home Run club is led by Barry Bonds, despite the allegations of steroids, I think he is still arguably one of the greatest players to ever play baseball. There are only 25 people in this club and the next play with a chance to join is Carlos Delgado and he has 23 more homers to go.

I believe the 3000 hit club is a very difficult one to get accepted into. Barry Bonds with 726 home runs isn't even in this club. It is led by Pete Rose with 4256 hits and he is only joined by 27 others, none of them still playing the game. The closest active player to joining this club is Ken Griffy Jr., but he only has 2711, and sad to say, hes not going to make it.

It takes a very special talent and a great athlete to have the honor of being accepted into one of these there career landmark clubs. Congratulations to Randy Johnson.

Monday, June 1, 2009

NBA FINALS

The enjoyable ride to the NBA finals is over, but the real test is about to begin. I think its safe to assume that nobody thought that we would see The Lakers vs. The Magic. The world was waiting and hoping for the showdown between Kobe and LeBron. Without a supporting cast and LeBron having to do it all himself, The Cavs were bound to fall. The Magic were able to beat the best team of the regular season, but will they be able to beat arguably the best team in the league. I think they can!

I think the biggest issue for the Magic will be to keep Dwight out of foul trouble. With 3 guys over 7 feet, the Lakers can attack the middle and have a great to put Dwight on the bench with fouls, but Dwight was not the defensive player of the year by mistake. The Lakers front court is going to have their work cut out for them in the series.


The match ups in the series are pretty even all the way around. At the point guard position, believe it or not, I am going to give the edge to the Magic. I know Fisher has the experience, but Alston was forced to be a scorer and finisher in the series against the Cavs and he rose to the occasion and delivered.

The SG matching is not even close, it will be interesting to see if the the Magic will put Courntey Lee on Kobe of if they will switch Turkoglu on him. For the Small Forwards I give the Magic the edge as well. Turkoglu has the experience and demands a defender on the outside, although Ariza is very athletic and can play some strong defense.

I think the the world champion will be decided by the play inside. Rashard Lewis is a few inches shorter than Gasol and has is work cut out for him. His quickness could cause problems for Gasol. I give a giant edge to Howard over Bynum.

The bench play is also going to be a huge factor in the series as well. If Nelson does decide to play, it could be a huge lift to the Magic. Kobe must rely on his teammates and can't do it all by himself. If he does I think we will see a similar outcome as we saw in the Eastern Conference Finals. And for the Magic, Dwight must play smart, and the 3 pointers must be falling for them to keep it close. The 2-3-2 layout plays in the favor of the Magic. If they can win one of the first 2 in LA it puts a lot of pressure on the Lakers.

Its going to be a great series to watch, and with the Magic winning the the regular season series 2-0 anything is possible. I think it goes either way in 7 games.