Let the Playoffs Begin

Let the playoffs begin. My top teams and playoff choices in week 3 in the NFC were Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, New Orleans, Philly, I wasn't sold on Atlanta at the time. In the AFC I had Pittsburgh, New England, the Jets, Indy, Kansas City, Baltimore and the Titans.

My superbowl picks then were Pittsburgh and Green Bay. I am going to change that pick to the Pennsylvania bowl. Pittsburgh vs Philly.

I would stay with my Green Bay pick but I had Philly as a dark horse but now I think they will make the plays necessary to get to the big dance.

New England is a good trendy pick now but there defense will be exposed in the playoffs and they will not get the turn overs and Brady will have some turn overs in the post season.

I will give you the game by game winners. I am picking the upset of the weekend to take place in Seattle. The Seahawks will upset the defending champs. Kansas city will be destroyed by Baltimore and Philly will get pass the Packers. The Jets will get picked apart by the Colts.

The next round will see the Falcons destroy the other birds and Philly will get revenge on the bears. Baltimore will knock off New England the team they do not want to see and Pittsburgh will defeat Indy. AFC championship end up being a division game with Pittsburgh beating Baltimore to get to the superbowl and Vick returns to Atlanta to come full circle and beat his old team in the doom to get to the superbowl.

Even tough I picked Pittsburg to win it all the redemption story would not be complete without Vick winning it all.

So there you have it. Just like is going to go down.

What's wrong with the Miami Heat?

What's wrong with the Miami Heat? That's the question that everyone is asking these days. The answer is simple. Time. Time is this teams best friend. It's November and championships are won in June?

There are a lot of people who are disappointed with the start for this team but it's not how you start but how you finish. There are somethings that need to be done different and I am sure they will be by the all star break. This team can have and probably will have 20 losses this season and still finish 60-22. The NBA season is s marathon and these guys will figure it out.

The second game against the Magic was actually a pretty good game for the heat. They played with great intensity and competed the entire game. If the heat bring the same intensity every night they will beat 95% of the teams in the league. The Magic were at home and played as hard as I have seen them play since the overtime win against Cleveland in the Eastern conference finals and the Heat were right there in the game.

What I think the Heat will get from the past three games is the need to speed up the tempo. Offensive rebounds have hurt them in a number of games but they have to use the athleticism of Lebron and Wade as an advantage.

I am going to predict that once the Heat figure things out they will break the consecutive games streak. When they go on a 5 game winning streak they will take that out to 20+ games.

The Right take on Lebron and Miami.

This is the best take that I have seen on the whole Lebron to Miami and the decision. I could not have said it better and no one can argue with the point made.

Is Lebron the King of all Sports?

I have been doing a lot of thinking over this summer and the sports figure that has been in the news more than any other without killing someone or having 30 mistresses come out of the wood works is Lebron James. He has no doubt taking a hit in his popularity with some people but he has kept the NBA in the news more so than the Lakers winning back to back titles.

Why is Lebron such a draw? The decision some 10 million people watched and everyone has had an opinion on Lebron taking his talents to south beach. He has had his jersey burned in Cleveland former NBA players and hall of famers calling him a punk and a billionaire pronouncing a curse on him. With all of that he still turns the meter when it comes to interest.

Everyone was waiting for the summer of 2010 and it was talked about throughout last season because the best athlete in a generation was becoming a free agent. The expectation was for Lebron to join the Knicks and make the big market Knicks relevant again. Lebron had other plans and isn't this much more exciting than him going to New York or staying in Cleveland? This was brilliant!

Lebron maybe one of the smartest athletes of all time as well. He told Wade, Bosh, and Melo to sign 3 year extensions so they would have the upper hand instead of taking 5 year deals and be stuck. Wade and Bosh followed Lebron but Melo decided to take the guaranteed money. Now Melo is trapped for now and will have to go where the Nuggets send him or play out the year and have his freedom next year.

Lebron knew that at the end of the three years he would be able to team up with one of these stars but the most important thing was he would be in control of the balance of power in the NBA. Not a team president or an owner but a player determining which team would win championships over the next 5-6 years.

People can kid themselves all they want but it's Lebron's league like it or not. Every team in the NBA wanted Lebron but now he's a loser and a quitter? Where ever he went by himself that team automatically became a contender. People can kid themselves all they want with the it's Dwayne Wades team if they want but how can it be Wade's team when it's Lebron's league. That's something to think about.

I say long live the King! If he goes on to win 5,6,7 rings with the heat I think his influence and wiliness to use his power would have had a bigger impact on the NBA than Michael Jordan.

What do we know after week 3 in the NFL?

Ok folks it's the NFL season and we have almost completed three weeks and what do we know? Well I will share with you 10 things you can take from the first three weeks of the season.

1) The best team in the league right now is no doubt the Pittsburgh Steelers. At some point people will have to start giving Mike Tomlin some credit. The Steelers are playing great.

2) Dallas will not go 0-16. The other news is I don't think Dallas will make the playoffs and will finish 8-8 this season.

3) The best team in the NFC is the Green Bay Packers and I expect them to go 13-3 this season and have the number one seed in the NFC.

4) The top 5 teams in the AFC after the Steelers you have the Colts, Jets, Ravens, and Patriots in this order.

5) The top 5 teams in the NFC are the Packers, Saints, Eagles, Vikings, and Bears. Wow can you believe three teams from the NFC north.

6) The Tennessee Titans are a very dangerous team if they take care of the football. I am impressed with their defense and against lesser teams the offense is too much. Against good teams they have enough on D to stay in every game.

7) I am going to say Kansas City is in and San Diego is out of the playoffs. I think KC will win the west.

8) Michael Vick is not coming back down to earth. Some people are waiting for Vicks return to earth but he's a different guy in a different system and he's willing to be taught at this point in his career. Vick will easily win come back player of the year.

9) The Jets are for real and all of the people who are hoping they will implode can forget that. Mark Sanchez is starting to figure things out and that's not good for the rest of the league.

10}I am calling the Super Bowl in week 3. The Super Bowl will feature Pittsburgh vs Green Bay. I have two dark horse picks as well Titans vs Eagles.

The Decision by Lebron James

The truth about Lebron doesn't set well with a lot of NBA people. He is being criticized for excercising his right as a free agent. I, like some people wanted him to go to Chicago but what is he doing that has not already been done?

Jordan played with two hall of famers Pippin and Rodman. Magic played with two hall of famers Kareem and Worthy. Birds played with a bunch of hall of famers Johnson, Parrish, and McHale. Kobe played with a hall of famer Shaq in his prime and Gasol who will be a hall of famer and should have been MVP of the 2010 finals.

So what's the big deal with Lebron playing with one hall of famer and an all star? Lebron is held to a higher standard because he is truly something different. In the playoffs this year he lead the team in points, assist, rebounds, block shots and steals. He has decided to go to a team where he doesn't have to do all of these things for his team to have a chance to win.

The easy cop out for Lebron would have been to stay in Cleveland where he could always have an excuse if the team didn't make it all the way and still he would be worshipped. Instead he made the hard decision to go a lead a team with two all stars and one superstar to a championship. Now he's the most hated player in Cleveland and many other people have lost respect because he is going to where he has the best chance to win.

When do you get criticized for going to the place where you have the best opportunity to win? A Rod, Sabattha, Brett Favre, Shaq to the Lakers, the big three in Boston, Randy Moss to New England. This happens all the time in sports but why is Lebron Villified when he excercises that same right? The truth, Lebron is maybe better than any of the others we have seen so we want more from him than any other player in sports history.

He will probably win 7 or 8 championships before it's all said and done. Then the argument can be had for who is the greatest of all time. He will be in that conversation. For all of those who said it's Wade's team they are right until Lebron leads them in points, assists, and blocks and win a finals MVP. He will still be the best player in the league no matter who is on his team. Shaq went to LA and won three finals MVP's with Kobe Bryant already on the Lakers. Lebron will still be the King even with Dwayne Wade on his team.

Remember Lebron didn't just join a team that was in the finals last year. This same Dwayne Wade team has not been out of the first round since they won a title with Shaq averaging 18 and 10. Remember Lebron has never lost a playoff series in the first round. Lebron's rookie year is the last year of a Lebron James team having a losing record. Wade can't say that and neither can Kobe. The rest of my take is in the Video.

Lebron is the Ultimate X factor. Skip and Barkley dead wrong.

The haters will hate but what Lebron did against Chicago is exactly what he should have done.
That's make them feel like no matter how good they play he is still the X factor. Anyone including Barkely who would criticize Lebron for taking over the game is foolishness.