Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
The heat are in trouble if they keep this coach.
The lost to Orlando at home is one of the worst loses I have seen in
basketball in a long time. I have to admit I am a Lebron fan and Miami Heat supporter because of Lebron. This was a terrible lost. I put this on the coach I think the evidence is overwhelming that he is in over his head. I think he was preaching the trust stuff to Wade and Lebron in the fourth quarter trying to keep everyone else involved.
Lebron shot 73% from the field and Wade was right at 60%. Lebron was 11-15 and Wade was 10-18. How can a team with two of the top five scores in the league go 5 plus minutes and not score in the third quarter? How can you have two players of this magnitude only have 2 points in the fourth quarter? If they keep this guy as their coach they will be an early exit in the playoffs unless Wade and James decide to take matter into their own hands. Spolestra is in over his head. This task is too big for him he needs help.
Miami had this game completely under control up by 24 points and they just casually let the Magic back in the game. This was a game that told everyone a lot about this team, the coaching and their chances in the playoffs. I would be shocked if they get out of the second round with spolestra as their coach. The Heat have the talent to win it all but their coaching is terrible. This guy makes Mike Brown look like Phil Jackson.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
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.
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.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
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.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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.
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.
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