http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4194437
Yes, he's a prototypical TE...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Over/Unders in the NBA
From the Simmons Article:
1. LeBron James ... Over/Under 3.5 MVPs in his career
2. Kobe Bryant ... Over/Under 4.5 career NBA titles
3. Dwyane Wade ... Over/Under 1000 games including playoffs (currently at 445)
4. Chris Paul ... Over/Under 1.5 NBA titles + MVP awards
5. Carmelo Anthony ... Over/Under 1.5 scoring titles
6. Greg Oden ... Over/Under 2.5 All-Star Games
7. Derrick Rose ... Over/Under 6.5 All-Star Games
8. Current NBA players as first-ballot Hall of Famers ... 9.5
9. Shaquille O'Neal ... Over/Under 3.5 more seasons
10. Dwight Howard ... Over/Under 0.5 MVPs
My takes:
1) Over... LB23 finishes with 5 MVPs
2) Over... I'm biased. Have to get it done this year. If not, can still do it if Bynum regains his early season form. Kobe needs more help and a tougher team.
3) Under... DWade's body will break down again.
4) Under... CP58 may get an MVP, but is not winning a title.
5) Under... I say Melo gets 1 scoring title. Lebron or Durant will get the rest.
6) Under... Dude will be out of the league in 5 years. Imagine Durant on Portland. Scary!!!
7) Over... DRose will be the best PG in the league in 3 years... then Rubio takes that from him.
8) Over... Kobe, Lebron, AI, Dirk, Shaq, Nash, Yao, Kidd, KG are locks... I think Dwight, Melo, and Durant get there too. Iffy on CP58, Wade, Rose, Jesus, Pierce, etc.
9) Under... I think Shaq plays one more season. Maybe 2.
10) Over... I think Dwight puts together a 25/15 with 4 blocks season, wins MVP and DPOY.
1. LeBron James ... Over/Under 3.5 MVPs in his career
2. Kobe Bryant ... Over/Under 4.5 career NBA titles
3. Dwyane Wade ... Over/Under 1000 games including playoffs (currently at 445)
4. Chris Paul ... Over/Under 1.5 NBA titles + MVP awards
5. Carmelo Anthony ... Over/Under 1.5 scoring titles
6. Greg Oden ... Over/Under 2.5 All-Star Games
7. Derrick Rose ... Over/Under 6.5 All-Star Games
8. Current NBA players as first-ballot Hall of Famers ... 9.5
9. Shaquille O'Neal ... Over/Under 3.5 more seasons
10. Dwight Howard ... Over/Under 0.5 MVPs
My takes:
1) Over... LB23 finishes with 5 MVPs
2) Over... I'm biased. Have to get it done this year. If not, can still do it if Bynum regains his early season form. Kobe needs more help and a tougher team.
3) Under... DWade's body will break down again.
4) Under... CP58 may get an MVP, but is not winning a title.
5) Under... I say Melo gets 1 scoring title. Lebron or Durant will get the rest.
6) Under... Dude will be out of the league in 5 years. Imagine Durant on Portland. Scary!!!
7) Over... DRose will be the best PG in the league in 3 years... then Rubio takes that from him.
8) Over... Kobe, Lebron, AI, Dirk, Shaq, Nash, Yao, Kidd, KG are locks... I think Dwight, Melo, and Durant get there too. Iffy on CP58, Wade, Rose, Jesus, Pierce, etc.
9) Under... I think Shaq plays one more season. Maybe 2.
10) Over... I think Dwight puts together a 25/15 with 4 blocks season, wins MVP and DPOY.
bill simmons take on recent kobe engagements is interesting
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090522/part1&sportCat=nba
as always there is a page 2 that i am probably about to go read in 30 min....
i find his take on kobe's playing for the redeem team, on his competitive relationship with bron, life after playing, and distinct comparison to MJ very interesting and almost dead on....good stuff on oden (bill simmons is dubbing him the seocnd coming of darko---harsh), the clips and blake, and some over/unders....
bill simmons is also referred to as sports guys or SG below....
Q: I'm writing about the difference between Kobe and LeBron getting the MVP. I'm a huge Lakers fan, always have been. Love Kobe as a player, but not as a person. Here is the difference between LeBron and Kobe. I loved how LeBron got his MVP trophy at his high school, and his whole team showed up. I mean Kobe has a news conference at the practice facility when he won it and only a handful of guys showed! Here LeBron is giving each of his teammates a sweet Flip Camera. I could see Kobe giving each of his teammates an autographed Bryant No. 24 jersey, saying "Now you can say you played with Kobe Bryant when he was the MVP!"--Brad D., Huntington Beach
SG: It's a valid point. I would defend Kobe in two ways: First, LeBron is the greatest teammate of any superstar since Magic. It's not fair to compare anyone to him. Second, Kobe wasn't any better or worse of a teammate than Jordan was for the first nine years of his career; read "The Jordan Rules" sometime. You could have written the same exact paragraph for MJ when he won the MVP in 1988 or 1991.
Of course, Jordan never pretended to be anything other than he was: a demanding teammate who cared about winning, and that's it. Even during his last three Chicago seasons, he spent most of his free time playing cards in a hotel suite. His teammates were co-workers, he respected them, and that's where it ended. Ever since the Gasol trade, Kobe has been trying to perpetuate the image that he's a supportive teammate and one of the guys and all that crap, and there's just too much information to the contrary. The one fascinating thing about "Kobe Doin' Work" was Kobe's contrived interactions with his teammates; it's like he was taking us for fools. Watch this, I'm going to talk Italian to Sasha Vujacic. And what's funny was that his teammates all had a "Wait a second, he never talks to me!" look on their face as soon as he walked away. It was a massive miscalculation of the average NBA fan's IQ, and digging even further, a blown chance to show people that he's a ruthless competitor who demands the best from everyone around him. Just like Jordan. I was bitterly disappointed. Couldn't Spike have made "KG Doin' Work" or "LeBron Doin' Work" or even "Tim Thomas Not Doin' Work?"
Q: Kobe said during the Spike doc, "Me and Phil will sometimes call the same play without even knowing it." Did that not remind you slightly of Amber Waves' documentary about Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights," when Dirk is being interviewed with Jack Horner and explains how Jack lets him block his own scenes? Remember, Jack waits a beat and replies, "I .. uh .. I don't let him block his own scenes." I imagine Phil waiting a beat and then saying, "I .. uh .. I don't let Kobe call the plays."-- Adam, Carmichael, CA
SG: I'm laughing but refuse to type "LOL." You're right, the parallels between "Kobe Doin' Work," "Exhausted" with John Holmes and the Amber Waves doc were overwhelming. We're going to eventually remember "Kobe Doin' Work" as a comedy. I really believe that. You know what else is funny? The Kobe fans are so devoted that many are defending the documentary and saying it was terrific. Come on.
All B.S. and rhetoric aside, let's agree that (A) Kobe is one of the best 15 players ever (and cracks the top eight if he wins the 2009 title); (B) Kobe is a polarizing figure who generates a ton of reaction in every kind of direction and that's just the way it is; (C) whether you like him or don't like him, Kobe has been immensely entertaining to follow and discuss for 13 solid years (and counting); and (D) considering Kobe's body of work as a teammate over the past decade, Spike's documentary was ridiculous, insulting and ultimately really funny in some strange way. Can we find common ground on those four points? Please? Thank you.
as always there is a page 2 that i am probably about to go read in 30 min....
i find his take on kobe's playing for the redeem team, on his competitive relationship with bron, life after playing, and distinct comparison to MJ very interesting and almost dead on....good stuff on oden (bill simmons is dubbing him the seocnd coming of darko---harsh), the clips and blake, and some over/unders....
bill simmons is also referred to as sports guys or SG below....
Q: I'm writing about the difference between Kobe and LeBron getting the MVP. I'm a huge Lakers fan, always have been. Love Kobe as a player, but not as a person. Here is the difference between LeBron and Kobe. I loved how LeBron got his MVP trophy at his high school, and his whole team showed up. I mean Kobe has a news conference at the practice facility when he won it and only a handful of guys showed! Here LeBron is giving each of his teammates a sweet Flip Camera. I could see Kobe giving each of his teammates an autographed Bryant No. 24 jersey, saying "Now you can say you played with Kobe Bryant when he was the MVP!"--Brad D., Huntington Beach
SG: It's a valid point. I would defend Kobe in two ways: First, LeBron is the greatest teammate of any superstar since Magic. It's not fair to compare anyone to him. Second, Kobe wasn't any better or worse of a teammate than Jordan was for the first nine years of his career; read "The Jordan Rules" sometime. You could have written the same exact paragraph for MJ when he won the MVP in 1988 or 1991.
Of course, Jordan never pretended to be anything other than he was: a demanding teammate who cared about winning, and that's it. Even during his last three Chicago seasons, he spent most of his free time playing cards in a hotel suite. His teammates were co-workers, he respected them, and that's where it ended. Ever since the Gasol trade, Kobe has been trying to perpetuate the image that he's a supportive teammate and one of the guys and all that crap, and there's just too much information to the contrary. The one fascinating thing about "Kobe Doin' Work" was Kobe's contrived interactions with his teammates; it's like he was taking us for fools. Watch this, I'm going to talk Italian to Sasha Vujacic. And what's funny was that his teammates all had a "Wait a second, he never talks to me!" look on their face as soon as he walked away. It was a massive miscalculation of the average NBA fan's IQ, and digging even further, a blown chance to show people that he's a ruthless competitor who demands the best from everyone around him. Just like Jordan. I was bitterly disappointed. Couldn't Spike have made "KG Doin' Work" or "LeBron Doin' Work" or even "Tim Thomas Not Doin' Work?"
Q: Kobe said during the Spike doc, "Me and Phil will sometimes call the same play without even knowing it." Did that not remind you slightly of Amber Waves' documentary about Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights," when Dirk is being interviewed with Jack Horner and explains how Jack lets him block his own scenes? Remember, Jack waits a beat and replies, "I .. uh .. I don't let him block his own scenes." I imagine Phil waiting a beat and then saying, "I .. uh .. I don't let Kobe call the plays."-- Adam, Carmichael, CA
SG: I'm laughing but refuse to type "LOL." You're right, the parallels between "Kobe Doin' Work," "Exhausted" with John Holmes and the Amber Waves doc were overwhelming. We're going to eventually remember "Kobe Doin' Work" as a comedy. I really believe that. You know what else is funny? The Kobe fans are so devoted that many are defending the documentary and saying it was terrific. Come on.
All B.S. and rhetoric aside, let's agree that (A) Kobe is one of the best 15 players ever (and cracks the top eight if he wins the 2009 title); (B) Kobe is a polarizing figure who generates a ton of reaction in every kind of direction and that's just the way it is; (C) whether you like him or don't like him, Kobe has been immensely entertaining to follow and discuss for 13 solid years (and counting); and (D) considering Kobe's body of work as a teammate over the past decade, Spike's documentary was ridiculous, insulting and ultimately really funny in some strange way. Can we find common ground on those four points? Please? Thank you.
Great ending to a Championship
I know you all don't watch lacrosse, but the end of the championship game yesterday was ridiculous. Syracuse came back from being down 3 goals with less than 4 minutes to go. Cornell choked away the championship with about 30 seconds left. Trey saw it live and can atest to this. And Ace you can relax this is probably the last highlight I will post for a while since this was the championship.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sick lacrosse player
Shamel Bratton is a sick lacrosse player at UVA, only a sohphomore. And he has a twin brother that is also on the team. Both were recruited by every major program including Penn State to play both lacrosse and football. I couldn't find any of their mixtapes, they played football, basketball and lacrosse in high school. If you aren't busy this weekend UVA is playing on Saturday and on Monday if they win....
Do black people have those fall from grace come back stories???
Every now and then we run into those American stories where some big star falls from grace then turn there life around only for America to fall back in love when them.
Mickey Rourke: Scandal: public meltdown, mental institution stint, rehab stints, custody battle ==> Sin City, The Wrestler, Iron Man 2
Hugh Grant, who was caught with a prostitute of his own in 1995, ==> a bunch of cute love drama with J-Lo
Russell Crowe's 2005 phone-wielding altercation has caused any real long-term career fallout ==> Body of Lies (2008) -- American Gangster (2007) -- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) # A Good Year (2006)
Eddie Murphy's late 1990s incident involving a transvestite prostitute ==> came back as the king of family comedy. Then again according to this documentary on black people in hollywood, Eddie is no longer black he is not white so some how the black rules and anchors don't apply, kind of like Michael Jackson: he is classified under the race of Michael Jackson.
OJ Simpson accused killer ==> he didn't make it back
Kobe Bryant accused rape, sodomy ==> he is back in the NBA but he doesn't seem to be the darling of the media as everyone expected with more money from endorsements like MJ23 had, plus Lebron came on the scene and it seems as though the media is willing to throw money behind him, just look at his commercials, its not clear what they're selling (chalk for throwing purposes), but we still watch.
Michael Vick
Are going to see Michael give one of those post victory speeches or interviews where he contrast his lows with his come back story and will America fall back in love with him? Does he have the come back ability (if its real in the first place)? or Will the media give him another chance and put the come back strategist behind him so that they can an accuse to play that "One shining moment"( I swear the look for any little chance to play that song and get me teary eyed) song to the tune of Michael V. crying (in super slow mo) after winning the championship
OR
Are we going to see some kind of weird "OJ Like" strategy to make money by coming out with the book "If I did kill the DOG this is how I would do it?"
Mickey Rourke: Scandal: public meltdown, mental institution stint, rehab stints, custody battle ==> Sin City, The Wrestler, Iron Man 2
Hugh Grant, who was caught with a prostitute of his own in 1995, ==> a bunch of cute love drama with J-Lo
Russell Crowe's 2005 phone-wielding altercation has caused any real long-term career fallout ==> Body of Lies (2008) -- American Gangster (2007) -- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) # A Good Year (2006)
Eddie Murphy's late 1990s incident involving a transvestite prostitute ==> came back as the king of family comedy. Then again according to this documentary on black people in hollywood, Eddie is no longer black he is not white so some how the black rules and anchors don't apply, kind of like Michael Jackson: he is classified under the race of Michael Jackson.
OJ Simpson accused killer ==> he didn't make it back
Kobe Bryant accused rape, sodomy ==> he is back in the NBA but he doesn't seem to be the darling of the media as everyone expected with more money from endorsements like MJ23 had, plus Lebron came on the scene and it seems as though the media is willing to throw money behind him, just look at his commercials, its not clear what they're selling (chalk for throwing purposes), but we still watch.
Michael Vick
Are going to see Michael give one of those post victory speeches or interviews where he contrast his lows with his come back story and will America fall back in love with him? Does he have the come back ability (if its real in the first place)? or Will the media give him another chance and put the come back strategist behind him so that they can an accuse to play that "One shining moment"( I swear the look for any little chance to play that song and get me teary eyed) song to the tune of Michael V. crying (in super slow mo) after winning the championship
OR
Are we going to see some kind of weird "OJ Like" strategy to make money by coming out with the book "If I did kill the DOG this is how I would do it?"
NBA Final 4
Thoughts after both game 1's???
Lakers vs. Nuggets: I want to see how the Nuggets respond after a tough loss. What are they made of? George Karl looked like he was about to cry during the press conference post game. I think we saw the coaching difference between Phil Jackson and George Karl. Phil made all the right moves down the stretch (Long-armed Lamar on the inbounds pass, fouling late to avoid any hero 3 pointers) and George didn't (little man Carter inbounding the ball, Carter guarding Kobe for most of the game). Game 2 will be big. Does Melo have another 39 point game in him? I got the Lakers in 5. Yes, I know I'm biased.
Lebrons vs. Magic: THE RUSSIAN'S CUT!!!! Yes, the Cavs can lose at home. We'll see how much swagger they show in game 2. Is Lebron being too unselfish down the stretch? Also, can a backboard be built that can survive Dwight's nasty power dunks? I think this slap in the face will be a good thing for the Lebrons. Maybe it wakes them up a little bit. The one thing we are seeing is that Orlando is the most talented team in the East. They get it from Dwight, from Hedo, and from Rashard (huge down the stretch). Imagine if they still had Jameer. Cleveland can only really count on Lebron, which is great, but is it enough??? Time will tell. I got the Lebrons in 7, only because Stern wants to see Lebron v. Kobe.
Lakers vs. Nuggets: I want to see how the Nuggets respond after a tough loss. What are they made of? George Karl looked like he was about to cry during the press conference post game. I think we saw the coaching difference between Phil Jackson and George Karl. Phil made all the right moves down the stretch (Long-armed Lamar on the inbounds pass, fouling late to avoid any hero 3 pointers) and George didn't (little man Carter inbounding the ball, Carter guarding Kobe for most of the game). Game 2 will be big. Does Melo have another 39 point game in him? I got the Lakers in 5. Yes, I know I'm biased.
Lebrons vs. Magic: THE RUSSIAN'S CUT!!!! Yes, the Cavs can lose at home. We'll see how much swagger they show in game 2. Is Lebron being too unselfish down the stretch? Also, can a backboard be built that can survive Dwight's nasty power dunks? I think this slap in the face will be a good thing for the Lebrons. Maybe it wakes them up a little bit. The one thing we are seeing is that Orlando is the most talented team in the East. They get it from Dwight, from Hedo, and from Rashard (huge down the stretch). Imagine if they still had Jameer. Cleveland can only really count on Lebron, which is great, but is it enough??? Time will tell. I got the Lebrons in 7, only because Stern wants to see Lebron v. Kobe.
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