Short Hops:
- Derrick Rose was the MVP of the regular season, but without question the big German, Dirk Nowitzki is the best player in the NBA right now. His skill set is as unique as potentially anyone ever in the NBA. He gets a lot of comparisons to Larry Bird, but Bird did not have Dirk's post skills. Obviously Dirk doesn't pass anywhere near as good as Bird ever did, but in terms of pure scoring ability Dirk might be better. He's got that absolutely unblockable fadeaway jumper that nobody can defend.
- The LA Lakers hiring Mike Brown is....curious. Brown was let go from the Cleveland Cavaliers a year ago because it was virtually guaranteed that if he came back, LeBron James would bolt no questions asked. As it turns out, it didn't matter anyway because LeBron left, but it can't be a good sign when your superstar wants the coach gone. Guess what, Kobe Bryant is about 1000 times more demanding than LeBron James ever has, or ever will be. Not too mention, Kobe is much more involved in the basketball aspect of his team, he literally is a coach on the floor. Most reports have Kobe wanting assistant coach Brian Shaw to be hired, and in my opinion that would have been the right move. Why wouldn't you hire the guy who knows the entire offensive/defensive scheme, has the trust of the players, used to PLAY for the organization, and is the superstar's choice? What would have been the downside? Instead they hire a guy who has a reputation for being somewhat incompetent, a ball buster, and boring. Should be a great fit.
- If you get a chance, check out the NCAA College Lacrosse Championships on ESPN this weekend. Lacrosse is a sport that is growing in popularity all across the nation, and I love it. I love and appreciate soccer, but there are a lot of aspects of that game I don't really like (lack of scoring, the flopping, etc) but lacrosse has all the best elements of soccer without some of the drawbacks. It's a supremely physical sport with tons of action, and these college kids play HARD. It's extremely entertaining to watch and overall a lot of fun. I believe the semis are on Saturday, and the championship is Monday, but please, check your local listings.
- Seriously, does anybody still care about Lance Armstrong? Yet again this week it comes out that a former teammate, and also a known doper, Tyler Hamilton is accusing Armstrong of being a cheater. How is this news? How many people have accused him at this point, and better yet, does it even matter? The entire sport is corrupt, proven by the fact that a majority of the former champions have been popped for being dirty. I think, absolutely, positively, Lance Armstrong took PEDs, I just think he was better than everyone else at it. Honestly, I don't even care. I mean in reality almost every single rider in that sport was doping, so at the end of the day that makes the playing field even again right? If everybody is on the juice, then the guy who does it best becomes the best guy, and I think that guy is Armstrong.
- Congratulations Scotty McCreery you just become the latest American Irrelevant, oops, I mean American Idol. There's no doubt the kids has chops, but he won't make a dent in music. He's the definition of one trick pony, in the country genre. Let me be clear it's not his fault, the kid is 17 for goodness sake, but what does he bring to music? He's not an engaging performer, he doesn't offer any variety, and he's a niche artist. He just won the show on the strength of the teeny bopper teenage girl, and middle aged cougar mom vote, two demographics that absolutely will not follow him into the mainstream. The teenage girls will gravitate towards and spend their money on the Biebers of the world, who actually perform, and the cougar moms aren't going to go out and spend their money on CD's and posters of a teenage boy. I wish him the best of luck, but he would have been better off developing his talent a little further and making it in the industry in a few years.
- On a more somber, serious note, I'm done with severe weather. I've never been in, and I hope I'm never in a tornado, but my heart goes out to all of those affected in Alabama, Missouri, and here in Minneapolis. The amount of devastation that these storms cause is epic, but generally because they affect smaller areas than say earthquakes or tsunamis, the people affected don't usually get the same amount of help. It's tragic, and I hope it's over for this year.
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