Hello,
A couple of days ago I wrote about the 4 players in the NBA I disliked the most. They are the most annoying and over rated players. Those 4 players were the thuggish Ron Artest, the injury prone and defensive liability Carlos Boozer, the hold the Nuggets hostage for several months Carmelo Anthony and the uninspiring Chris Bosh.
I had to laugh this morning when I saw that the Bulls played the Heat last night, two of the NBA's most over rated players going head to head. Chris Bosh was on fire, he missed 17 of 18 shots. Let me repeat that, he missed 17 of 18 shots. In other words, he made one more basket than I did. Yeah, I know players have bad games, but this was an epically bad game. Also on one play he was defending Carlos Loozer, Loozer swung his elbows. From the replays it doesn't appear that Loozer hit Bosh, but Bosh flopped completely. I know that Bosh is a softie, but even by his standards that was wimpy. To quote Charles Barkley "That's turrible". Chris Bosh- where magic happens. I still don't get how he was so hyped up before joining the Heat. What happens to the Heat if James or Wade gets a season ending injury and Bosh has to be your #2 player? Whatever it is it won't be good.
Deron Williams, who hasn't even played a game with New Jersey yet, is already talking about the future?
This is from espn.com, Williams is speaking: "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about a team that was 17-40," he said.
But conversations with King after the trade quelled his (Williams) fear. He said King talked to him about "the direction that he wanted to go in and the players that he's looking forward to going after."
Williams was so convinced by King that he talked about the possibility of the Nets making the playoffs. Entering play Thursday night, New Jersey was in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, nine-and-a-half games behind eighth-place Indiana." (Thanks to espn.com)
I loved these quotes, Williams is talking himself into the Nets making the playoffs. Deron I never realized how funny you were. The Nets have won less than 1/3rd of their games and they have a chance of making the playoffs? Really? After playing on the road against San Antonio, Houston and at home against the Suns, I predict the Nets will be 17-43.
The Jazz play their second game without Deron Williams tonight, it will be the first game for Devin Harris and Derrick Favors with the Jazz. Currently the Jazz are in 9th place in the Western Conference, right where I want them. If you don't have a chance to win the NBA Title, then why would you even want to be in the playoffs. If the Jazz rally and move into 7th or 8th place, what would happen. They would get destroyed by the Spurs, Lakers or Thunder and would be swept out of the first round of the playoff. (Same thing New Jersey, would you really want to be swept out of the playoffs by Orlando, Miami or Boston?) How would that help anyone? Many of these players probably won't be with the Jazz next year. It would be great if the Jazz could dump both the injury prone Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur.
For someone that isn't that excited about the NBA, I sure have been writing about it a lot lately. I'm sure things will go back to normal quickly and my interest will be captured by other things. March Madness is just around the corner and MLB Spring Training is in full swing. Two sports that are vastly more entertaining than the NBA. Besides hockey I think the NBA may be my least favorite sporting event. Everything about it smacks of the worst of corporate America, from David Stern on down.
Yesterday was my daughter's birthday, she's now 10. Her review of Justin Bieber's haircut, she doesn't like it.
Under appreciated songs of the day:
This song is "Ship of Fools" by Sarah Brightman. She has many better songs than this, but I just love to hear her voice. I love big, powerful voices and she has one of the best. Sorry about the lame videos from "E.R." where Kerry was going through her lesbian phase. "E.R." the show that jumped the shark after George Clooney left and then struggled on for too many more years. The same fate that "American Idol" is going through now. So don't pay attention to the pictures, just listen to that amazing voice:
This is "The Phantom of the Opera" title track. What am amazing song, highlighted by Brightman's amazing voice. The dude in this video isn't quite as good as Michael Crawford. I love this amazing note that Brightman holds starting at about the 3:34 mark.
This is Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford from the 1988 Tonys:
And if you haven't heard this song, here it is. This is Adele's amazing "Rolling In The Deep".
If it sounds familiar it was featured in "I Am Number 4". I also want to give a shout out to Entertainment Weekly magazine, they were saying to download this song 3 months ago!
"Rolling" is the first song on her new CD "21". "Rumor Has It" is the second song on that same CD. I couldn't find the actual version, this is a remix version of "Rumor". But then I realized the remix version absolutely sucks. This youtube.com clip is actually a preview of all the songs from "21". "Rumor Has It" is the second song on this clip:
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