No Shaq = No Problem!!
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the top 5 sports news stories I was following for that week. I enjoyed sharing my thoughts and decided to make it a weekly post. I wont analyze each story as much but rather leave each topic open for some kind of debate. Hope you enjoy it... Without further adieu here goes my top 5 (Drumroll.... )
#5: Silver Medal and still no NHL
"After concluding a 14 hour session the NHL and NHLPA will meet again tomorrow"... those are just words to me that mean nothing. Rumor has it a private company has offered to buy the NHL for over $4 billion!!! I want this to happen.... We need to get this show back on the road already! Wonder what it might be called .. This new league if it goes through... hmm NAHL? (North American Hockey League)
#4: Juiced Up - Professional Sports are suffering
I know... This is old news, but truthfully its an ongoing saga that has been brewing for along time and has recently erupted. The Olympics have been scarred heavily by all the medals revoked due to athletes taking banned substances but this is a whole different ballgame. I mean, most of these people get paid millions of dollars a year to do something they love... Can't they just lay of the SUDAFED!! Professional sports have taken many punches in the past but this is a real Knockout. Expect to see some laws put in place in the near future.
#3: The Zen Master - destination? Unknown
He has 9 championship rings... There is place for one more before he will need to start using them as toe rings. The question still remains is which team is he going to take the next journey with... Above that does he want to even go on a journey right now? The most winningist coach in NBA playoff history can pretty much have a job with any team in the NBA and in the end, unlike most cases where management chooses the head coach, he has the luxury to chose his next destination. The cavs want him... The Knicks want him... The Timberwolves have looked into the option and who can forget the Lakers. He does have a tie to his previous team ( his girlfriend is the owners daughter) but will that be the enough to bring him back to babysit Kobe? Is he willing to build a relationship with a Jordan'esque "King James". He may just shock us all and not return at all.. Though I must admit I think the NBA needs him back.
#2: Who needs Shaq? - Nash was the right choice for MVP
The Miami heat did not need Shaq to sweep their 2nd series of this years playoffs... FACT.
Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most dominant players to ever play in the NBA... FACT.
There were whisperings everywhere when Steve Nash was awarded the MVP for the 2004-2005 NBA season and what we have seen in the playoffs should shut everyone the hell up. Miami has just proven to the world that they did not need Shaq as much as phoenix needs Nash. On another note... Bruised thigh and all...We hope to see the big man in uniform for this next series... MVP or not they need him against the Wallace tandem!
#1: Stern v/s Hunter - We don't need another lockout!!!
Did David Stern and Billy Hunter not see what has unfolded for the NHL over the past year!!! what is going on with sports? In the case of the NBA... the ticket prices are rising rapidly, the bloated salaries are commonplace, and the people have not completely forgotten the lockout 7 years ago yet. I am in no way saying that the NBA is in the same predicament the NHL is... this year in terms of quality of the game .. the NBA saw one of its better seasons. 19 year old players out of high school signing $100 million contracts is one thing, but the players union in this case needs to be careful where they tread, Mr. Hunter trying to use the "race card" as part of his strategy is just bullshit. There is just no weight to the story but at the same time David Stern needs to take control of the situation and get this new CBA in place sooner rather than later. This game has its share of issues and after seeing the ugliness of the NHL lockout, I dont think waiting till the 25th hour will bode well for the future of the NBA.
That's alot of info to take in so I shall end here and leave you with a quote about conflict. It seemed appropriate with all the conflict going on between the players and owners in professional sport.
"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." - Indira Ghandi
edit: sorry for the crappy layout i am still figuring out blogger
3 comments:
I really dont want to see a lockout. especially since I'm hoping the raps get some decent picks this year. I need me a point guard a good big man and some shooters
@ big n: well Billy Hunter should not have used the race card and i dont know how well stern's "minimum age" thing is going to fly considering the quality of H.S. players we are seeing as of late
@solitaire: hahaha... so tru so tru
@jdid: lol from your cfomment raps need a whole new team :) I would be glad to settle for a good pg who can feed bosh and a big man who can clear some room in the middle. one or two role players would help too..
Raptors got seventh pick in the lottery. Let's hope they dont trade it away for magic beans. Hoffa needs to be deported befor ei finds him and beat his ass down. So big and worthless at the same time.
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