NBA Basketball

As the NBA season gets underway I want to address a common belief that I feel is ludicrous. It seems time and time again you hear people say the words "I don't like the NBA" or I don't like the NBA because thats not real basketball". These people are complete idiots and simply don't have time to watch the NBA- so because of this they decide to bash it to make themselves feel better about the fact that they are missing the best basketball a person can watch. If you don't like the NBA the reason is simple- it's because your not watching the games. Some of the most athletic people in the world are playing in this league and if you stopped and took the time to watch it you'd easily see it. Some say "i like college better". While I agree that I love the college game also, it makes no sense to love college and hate the nba. Thats like loving Cameron Manheim and hating Jennifer Anniston. Both have their talents but one is clearly a standout top notch actress who has the whole package. The NBA is a gathering together of the top 1% of college players from the past 10 years. If you like college how can you not love the NBA simply for the talent level it posseses? The 3 point shot in college is a glorfied free-throw shot, and yet very few college players shoot the 3 well. Think about it- Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cav's center) could bang college 3's all night long. He's a 7 foot center!! But thats how great the NBA is. The NBA is the cream of the crop. If you don't like the NBA because you just don't like basketball then I'll accept that. But if you DO like basketball AND claim to not like the NBA then you simply don't like GREAT basketball. Your the guy that for some reason prefers rump roast over filet mignon. You're a fool Your loss.

Tyrus Thomas and Interviews

When the 2006 NBA Draft was being conducted, I wanted the Bulls to take Brandon Roy to be the big guard that the Bulls so terribly needed. At the time, we had too short Ben Gordon and not much taller Kirk Hinrich. Instead, the Bulls believed in the athleticism of the pogo stick known as Tyrus Thomas. I think it's fair to say that Tyrus has been a disappointment thus far in his career.

However, this is going to be the year that Tyrus will start playing up to his abilities and show why the Bulls believed in him. Now, I'm not going to say that he's going to average 18 and 12. But, I can see Tyrus averaging 14 and 10. And considering that the Bulls still have no inside presence, those are respectable numbers. The Bulls finally have a point guard that can get up and down the court and that's what Tyrus does best. Get him in the open court where he can use his athleticism and good things will happen.

Off topic, Chris Berman is going to interview Obama and McCain on Monday and the interviews will be aired during halftime of the MNF game. While I'm not a big fan of the interviews in general, I'm more concerned about the nicknames that Berman is trying to come up with right now for both candidates. I can easily see Berman coming up with John "Sugar" McCain or Barack "Steady" Obama. Here's a better idea, get Erin Andrews to do the interview. Who doesn't love Erin Andrews?

World Series

It's only fitting that we talk about the World Series today being as how it ended lastnight (thankfully). First off I love that the Philly's won. I'm a Sox fan and do not subscribe to the theory that "because the Rays beat us I'm gonna route for them so we can say we lost to the champs". Thats stupid. The Rays beat us so I want them to lose. I don't want to know that a team won their first world series in their history and MADE history by going "worst to first" and went through my team to do it. The Rays are now like the Yankees to me. They are in our division, they won our division and then beat us in the playoffs. I now despise that team. It's that simple. Also, can we stop talking about the salary comparison of the Ray to the other big market teams!! I don't care what the difference is. The Rays have gotten the first pick (or close to it) in the draft every year for like the last 10 years!! How can you not eventually get good?? As for the Series itself......it's too bad the weather botched things up. Both teams are fun to watch and it could have been a really fun series. But because of weather issues and TV commitments and a moron commisioner the series has been tabbed as a bust. Oh well. The Rays simply peaked during the ALCS and came back down to earth in the World Series. The final pitch by Lidge was an absolutely nasty change-up. No player in the league would of layed off that pitch and probably only 1 or 2 could have made contact with it. Absolutely sick. Congrats to the Phils.

Worst World Series Ever?

First off, let me start by saying the that the Philies won fair and square and the deserved to win. They were definitely the better team and I'd like to believe that every else would agree with that point But, the way that this World Series was completed was flat out awful.

I understand that MLB can't control the weather, but when the forecast calls for rain and you can see what's coming on radar, why even start the game at that point? It's not as if Doppler Radar was invented just yesterday. If nothing else, start the game, but put the tarp on before the 4th inning. That way, the entire game has to be replayed and the World Series isn't decided by a 3 inning sprint. I just think the whole thing situation should have and definitely could have been handled a lot better. I'm not saying that the outcome would have been any different, but Bud Selig didn't handle this the best way. All I can say is that I'm glad baseball is over for this season.

On a side note, have you noticed that pretty much all the Japanese hitters swing the same way? Iwamura, Ichiro, and Fukudome look exactly the same when the swing and miss.