On Saturday, May 21st, I began an odyssey that I would not wish on my worst enemy. I fell down a flight of concrete steps and heard the sound that pro athletes do not ever want to hear. The medical examination proved out the worst: popped quad tendons on both of my knees. Initial (optimistic) recovery time: three to six months. My personal goal is to be able to attend my fantasy football draft event scheduled for Tuesday, September 6th. While I’m not trying to act like a real tough guy, don’t cry me a river. But I will say this: when my father was spending the last days of his life in a nursing home, I kinda now know how he felt when visitors did come by. I also know now how he felt when they didn’t. While me and my father did not have the best of relationships, he did help make me the person that I am today and I will always appreciate him for that. It does pain me when I know that I could have been better to him by just driving the 3.7 miles to see him more often.
Today’s blog as I’m writing it, turns out to more therapy more than sports. I have to, as they say, “cowboy up” and get going. All I ask for is your prayers and support as I start this chapter of my life. Also have to give a shout out to our veterans, who help give me the ability to write this blog. I salute you all. Here come the physical therapists and as I found out quickly, they don’t play. Again, pray for me.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Desire
There are just so many things I could have talked about today. The gutsy call made by head coach Scott Brooks of the Thunder by playing his second unit the entire 4th qtr (except for Durant) enroute to tying the series against the Mavs. Or saying it’s time for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to get his statue in front of the Forum.
Instead, I just want to simply give you a link to look at and just say how I never get tired of stories like this. Thanks to one of my boyz for this and for him to stay safe. Have a great weekend.
Don’t forget the Friday Freeze Jukebox:
Instead, I just want to simply give you a link to look at and just say how I never get tired of stories like this. Thanks to one of my boyz for this and for him to stay safe. Have a great weekend.
Don’t forget the Friday Freeze Jukebox:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Dirk
When I started reviewing the Mavs/OKC Western Conference finals, the first thing that I noticed was that this is only second time in the last 13 years that there was no one named Tim or Kobe in the finals. The next question that I asked my crew was, “Who’s going to check Dirk?” I understand that OKC has the new jacks in Durant and Westbrook, but my question was still “Who’s going to check Dirk?”
See what I mean?
In the Mav’s 121-112 game one win, Oklahoma City found out at least one thing: Dallas can keep up scoring wise with the Thunder, who is the highest scoring team in the playoffs. Dallas is the best shooting team in the playoffs (47.6%).
Dirk Nowitzki is giving Euro players a good name. The jump shooting 7-footer (I know, it doesn’t sound right) made 12 of his 15 shots from the floor and set a NBA playoff record, making all of his 24 free throws. It really didn’t matter who they put on him. While K. Durant tried to match him by scoring 40 himself, it still didn’t have that flavor of say, the Bird/Nique matchup of the 80’s. It didn’t help that Jason “the Jet” Terry was flying high, scoring 24 himself. This was Dirk’s night all the way. The Thunder will have to double him to have a chance because he is one of those players that could do that every game.
Meanwhile, the Eastern bracket continues tonight as the Heat hope to get their first win this season against the Bulls. Miami looked rather, well, ordinary in their game one loss. I’m from the school where defense wins championships and while the Heat did out shoot da Bulls (47% to 44%), they only got 15 points from their bench while their big two (Wade and James) shot 12 for 32. It makes me nervous when DWade (my boy) actually applauded when he saw the replay of him getting posterized by Taj Gibson. I want to mention here that Gibson has been playing with a heavy heart this entire year, losing three of his best friends to shootings the previous summer. And no, they were not in the life.
The Heat has learned that while they do play defense, they found out that Chicago plays defense. It’s time for the Heat coaching staff to step their game up or they will continue to cry themselves a river.
See what I mean?
In the Mav’s 121-112 game one win, Oklahoma City found out at least one thing: Dallas can keep up scoring wise with the Thunder, who is the highest scoring team in the playoffs. Dallas is the best shooting team in the playoffs (47.6%).
Dirk Nowitzki is giving Euro players a good name. The jump shooting 7-footer (I know, it doesn’t sound right) made 12 of his 15 shots from the floor and set a NBA playoff record, making all of his 24 free throws. It really didn’t matter who they put on him. While K. Durant tried to match him by scoring 40 himself, it still didn’t have that flavor of say, the Bird/Nique matchup of the 80’s. It didn’t help that Jason “the Jet” Terry was flying high, scoring 24 himself. This was Dirk’s night all the way. The Thunder will have to double him to have a chance because he is one of those players that could do that every game.
Meanwhile, the Eastern bracket continues tonight as the Heat hope to get their first win this season against the Bulls. Miami looked rather, well, ordinary in their game one loss. I’m from the school where defense wins championships and while the Heat did out shoot da Bulls (47% to 44%), they only got 15 points from their bench while their big two (Wade and James) shot 12 for 32. It makes me nervous when DWade (my boy) actually applauded when he saw the replay of him getting posterized by Taj Gibson. I want to mention here that Gibson has been playing with a heavy heart this entire year, losing three of his best friends to shootings the previous summer. And no, they were not in the life.
The Heat has learned that while they do play defense, they found out that Chicago plays defense. It’s time for the Heat coaching staff to step their game up or they will continue to cry themselves a river.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Decider
I was wondering how to start this blog to give my take on the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and da Bulls that begins this Sunday in Chi-town. I wanted to stick my chest out because I did call it. But then I thought of the talkin basketball who was with MJ when the Bulls last won the title in 1998 when he said,”it’s sometimes better not to say anything.”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OdiJUpqnwo
The Heat come into the eastern finals after exercising a lot of personal demons from their two star players, King Wade(still my boy even after what he did to Rondo) and Prince James, who did play like a king the last couple of minutes against the Celtics. Around this time last year, Bron-Bron was taking off his Cavs jersey in a huff after losing to these same Celts in the semi-finals. DWade also lost to the Celtics in the first round last year. In one way I can understand how the two reacted after beating Boston. But then the continual overreaction by James kinda made me think he knew that the cameras were going to be square on him. In either case, I’m sure that cold dish of revenge that they had sure tasted good.
I just want to say here that I will miss the team of Hubie Brown (who is just a joy to listen to) and Mike Tirico who does solid play-by-play work by not letting the game get away from him. I may continue listen to them on ESPN radio.
In watching da Bulls (it’s a Chicago thing), when they won, the celebration was totally different. While there was enjoyment in the faces of the players, they knew they still had a way to go. When I watch these Bulls, I know that these are totally different guys, but there are some eerie similarities between them and the 1998 team. For one, they both had the league MVP (Jordan and Rose). Is it me, or does Luol Deng give off a Scottie Pippen kinda of vibe? I’m not talkin a Hall-of-Fame vibe, but just what he does for da Bulls. You can almost (I said almost) substitute Kyle Korver for Steve Kerr. Both teams were both ranked in the top five defensively for the season. These Bulls almost play that 80’s kind of defense that allowed no compromise, especially in the paint. I’m just saying.
As a famous President said, “…the torch has been passed to a new generation of ballplayers”. Ok, he didn’t exactly say that, but that torch has been passed on so many different levels. Whether its old school (i.e., Celts, Spurs) to new school (Grizzlies, Oklahoma City) or just old Bulls to new Bulls, change is here.
Oh, by the way, I’m picking the Bulls to win the series. And as Don Corleone told “The Turk – Virgil Sollozzo on the Godfather, “…and I will give you my reasons.” While the Heat is the shiny new Bentley that is totally tricked out, I just like the Bulls subdued persona, just going about their business. No glitz, no braggadocio, which is different from swag. As DRose said, “…just ball out.” I truly have no distain for the Heat. Aside from the drama that they brought on themselves, they are the new blueprint for future NBA success. I just enjoy humility from guys like Rose, who used the word “sir” (twice) when talking to coach Drew after last night’s game. Either way, this series may end up being a classic.
Here’s today’s Friday Freeze’s jukebox, DC Freeze Style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDoOMX3dE6Q&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OdiJUpqnwo
The Heat come into the eastern finals after exercising a lot of personal demons from their two star players, King Wade(still my boy even after what he did to Rondo) and Prince James, who did play like a king the last couple of minutes against the Celtics. Around this time last year, Bron-Bron was taking off his Cavs jersey in a huff after losing to these same Celts in the semi-finals. DWade also lost to the Celtics in the first round last year. In one way I can understand how the two reacted after beating Boston. But then the continual overreaction by James kinda made me think he knew that the cameras were going to be square on him. In either case, I’m sure that cold dish of revenge that they had sure tasted good.
I just want to say here that I will miss the team of Hubie Brown (who is just a joy to listen to) and Mike Tirico who does solid play-by-play work by not letting the game get away from him. I may continue listen to them on ESPN radio.
In watching da Bulls (it’s a Chicago thing), when they won, the celebration was totally different. While there was enjoyment in the faces of the players, they knew they still had a way to go. When I watch these Bulls, I know that these are totally different guys, but there are some eerie similarities between them and the 1998 team. For one, they both had the league MVP (Jordan and Rose). Is it me, or does Luol Deng give off a Scottie Pippen kinda of vibe? I’m not talkin a Hall-of-Fame vibe, but just what he does for da Bulls. You can almost (I said almost) substitute Kyle Korver for Steve Kerr. Both teams were both ranked in the top five defensively for the season. These Bulls almost play that 80’s kind of defense that allowed no compromise, especially in the paint. I’m just saying.
As a famous President said, “…the torch has been passed to a new generation of ballplayers”. Ok, he didn’t exactly say that, but that torch has been passed on so many different levels. Whether its old school (i.e., Celts, Spurs) to new school (Grizzlies, Oklahoma City) or just old Bulls to new Bulls, change is here.
Oh, by the way, I’m picking the Bulls to win the series. And as Don Corleone told “The Turk – Virgil Sollozzo on the Godfather, “…and I will give you my reasons.” While the Heat is the shiny new Bentley that is totally tricked out, I just like the Bulls subdued persona, just going about their business. No glitz, no braggadocio, which is different from swag. As DRose said, “…just ball out.” I truly have no distain for the Heat. Aside from the drama that they brought on themselves, they are the new blueprint for future NBA success. I just enjoy humility from guys like Rose, who used the word “sir” (twice) when talking to coach Drew after last night’s game. Either way, this series may end up being a classic.
Here’s today’s Friday Freeze’s jukebox, DC Freeze Style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDoOMX3dE6Q&feature=related
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Motivation
Monday was a bad day for me. I won’t bore you with the details because we all have had days like that and this is a sports blog, not a vent blog. To say the least, it was a bad hair day for me. I came to work today determined to create a mixture of positivity and optimism. Now let me not front: while most people go to scripture (that did help), I also read quotes from great motivators. I think it goes back to my previous life as an athlete. One person whose words I read came from one of the greatest motivators that I have read in my experience: Packer head coach Vince Lombardi. Yep, the same name that is on the trophy that the NFL champion has hoisted as the winner of the Super Bowl every year since 1970. While he was a head coach, I personally have no doubt that he would have been a great leader no matter what type of career he would have chosen.
In his nine years of coaching, he won the NFL championship/Super Bowl title seven times. His teams went 9-1 in playoff games. He turned around a team that was 1-10-1 in 1958 to a 7-5 record the next year en route to the Coach of the Year. Hall of Fame QB Bart Starr said the tempo was set by Lombardi on day one with one of his famous quotes:
” Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. “
The rest as they say is history.
How did he do it? For one, he didn’t accept anything less than a player’s best effort. That drive came from his Jesuit educated background, something that I experienced myself first hand. Second, he didn’t demand anything from his team that he didn’t give himself. In his second year, after losing to the Eagles in the 1960 title game, he felt that he did not give his best and said to his team, "This will never happen again. You will never lose another championship." And they didn’t. While he was hard on his players, he also showed compassion. I either read or saw players of all colors, religions or sexual orientations talk about how Lombardi stood up for them when faced with injustice.
Here are just a couple of my favorites:
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."
You know what? I did need this. And I do feel better.
In his nine years of coaching, he won the NFL championship/Super Bowl title seven times. His teams went 9-1 in playoff games. He turned around a team that was 1-10-1 in 1958 to a 7-5 record the next year en route to the Coach of the Year. Hall of Fame QB Bart Starr said the tempo was set by Lombardi on day one with one of his famous quotes:
” Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. “
The rest as they say is history.
How did he do it? For one, he didn’t accept anything less than a player’s best effort. That drive came from his Jesuit educated background, something that I experienced myself first hand. Second, he didn’t demand anything from his team that he didn’t give himself. In his second year, after losing to the Eagles in the 1960 title game, he felt that he did not give his best and said to his team, "This will never happen again. You will never lose another championship." And they didn’t. While he was hard on his players, he also showed compassion. I either read or saw players of all colors, religions or sexual orientations talk about how Lombardi stood up for them when faced with injustice.
Here are just a couple of my favorites:
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."
You know what? I did need this. And I do feel better.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Dichotomy
Part of today's blog is about Boxing...or the lack of it.
I checked out the fight (if you want to call it that) this past weekend between Pac-Man and Sugar Shane Mosley. As I told a couple of people at the time of the fight, it wasn't a fight--it was more a business arrangement. There wasn't much action; there were only two knockdowns (really, their was only one--bad call by the ref). Mosley stayed away just enough not to get knocked out. It was sad seeing a previously fierce and great champion lowered to just being a survivor in the ring.
It also speaks to the sport as a whole. If it's not wanting to fight because of suspected steroid use to just no talent in some weight classes to fighters facing criminal charges, boxing is rolling down a slippery slope. I'm not surprised that I couldn't find any pay-per-view numbers from the fight. If this keeps up, it will not be a surprise to me if they have a fight and no one came.
Part two of today's blog is about props. Gary Williams ended a solid 21+ year run as coach of the Maryland Terrapins this past weekend. He won more than 65% of his games at Maryland, including a tourney championship in 2002. He is the only coach to win a national championship without having a McDonalds All-American on the roster. More importantly, he helped save the program from possible demise after the tragic death of Len Bias. Only Coach K and Dean Smith have won more games in the ACC then him. Players that he has sent to the pros include Joe Smith, Steve Francis, Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter, Terence Morris and Chris Wilcox. I will always remember him for how he sweated through his suits and the intensity he always showed on game day. I wouldn't expect anything less from a guy coaching at his alma mater.
The other shout-out is at the pro level. Phil Jackson ends a 20 year coaching run himself with 11 championships in 20 years. Thirteen titles total as a player (Knicks) and coach. Wow. He three peated twice with two different teams. Funny to me is that he only won the Coach of the Year once. Now I get that that coached arguably three of the top ten greatest players of our all-time (Shaq, Mike and Kobe---don't worry, we will have another blog about this). At that point, it about managing personalities more so that just talent, so he gets credit for that. It's just a shame that he ended his career by being swept, for the first time in his career, by the Mavs. It's more a shame the way a couple of his players acted like total bush leaguers. Lamar Odom and Bynum acted like two spoiled kids with their conduct yesterday. At least Ron Artest has an excuse. The Lakers with their historical success should have shown better professionlism. It's like what Nino Brown told G Money, "...you better than that." The question for Lake show fans is, "Will Kobe come back?"
The real question for me is "Will basketball come back?"
I checked out the fight (if you want to call it that) this past weekend between Pac-Man and Sugar Shane Mosley. As I told a couple of people at the time of the fight, it wasn't a fight--it was more a business arrangement. There wasn't much action; there were only two knockdowns (really, their was only one--bad call by the ref). Mosley stayed away just enough not to get knocked out. It was sad seeing a previously fierce and great champion lowered to just being a survivor in the ring.
It also speaks to the sport as a whole. If it's not wanting to fight because of suspected steroid use to just no talent in some weight classes to fighters facing criminal charges, boxing is rolling down a slippery slope. I'm not surprised that I couldn't find any pay-per-view numbers from the fight. If this keeps up, it will not be a surprise to me if they have a fight and no one came.
Part two of today's blog is about props. Gary Williams ended a solid 21+ year run as coach of the Maryland Terrapins this past weekend. He won more than 65% of his games at Maryland, including a tourney championship in 2002. He is the only coach to win a national championship without having a McDonalds All-American on the roster. More importantly, he helped save the program from possible demise after the tragic death of Len Bias. Only Coach K and Dean Smith have won more games in the ACC then him. Players that he has sent to the pros include Joe Smith, Steve Francis, Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter, Terence Morris and Chris Wilcox. I will always remember him for how he sweated through his suits and the intensity he always showed on game day. I wouldn't expect anything less from a guy coaching at his alma mater.
The other shout-out is at the pro level. Phil Jackson ends a 20 year coaching run himself with 11 championships in 20 years. Thirteen titles total as a player (Knicks) and coach. Wow. He three peated twice with two different teams. Funny to me is that he only won the Coach of the Year once. Now I get that that coached arguably three of the top ten greatest players of our all-time (Shaq, Mike and Kobe---don't worry, we will have another blog about this). At that point, it about managing personalities more so that just talent, so he gets credit for that. It's just a shame that he ended his career by being swept, for the first time in his career, by the Mavs. It's more a shame the way a couple of his players acted like total bush leaguers. Lamar Odom and Bynum acted like two spoiled kids with their conduct yesterday. At least Ron Artest has an excuse. The Lakers with their historical success should have shown better professionlism. It's like what Nino Brown told G Money, "...you better than that." The question for Lake show fans is, "Will Kobe come back?"
The real question for me is "Will basketball come back?"
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Over
What? We out of gas already? We just got started.
As one of my boyz (who doesn't even watch hockey) reminded me last night, the playoff run of my Washington Capitals is over like that, whacked like Omar on the Wire in four straight games by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Making no excuses, Tampa has ran their playoff win streak to seven games and move on to the conference finals. The Caps, the best regular season team in the Eastern Conference the last two years and winners of their division the last four years, actually did better than last year when they were eliminated by the Canadians last year in the first round.
While I don't agree with my esteemed colleague that I was grabbing their bra strap, I admit that I hoping for a championship run that I could call my own as a Washington fan. While I always enjoy the Raven runs in the playoffs, I wanted the opportunity to stick out my chest with a team that was chasing a title of it's own. It wouldn't be so bad if the Caps valiantly fought to the end and gave every drop of energy they had. Instead, they went out with a whimper instead of a bang.
So now what? It's hard to get rid of a coach with so much success (4 division titles in a row). But we all know coaches that can only get you to a certain level of success and no further. Even though head coach Bruce Boudreau is well liked in this town, it maybe time for a change. This decision has to be balanced against the young team they have developed. Tough call.
While I pour my glass back to the half full level, I am still proud of the effort my home team gave this year. It's better to figure out how to get to the next level of success than not to move at all.
BreezyG is done for this week. Here is this week's Friday's Freeze Jukebox a day early. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1eHAyU0r0&feature=fvst
As one of my boyz (who doesn't even watch hockey) reminded me last night, the playoff run of my Washington Capitals is over like that, whacked like Omar on the Wire in four straight games by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Making no excuses, Tampa has ran their playoff win streak to seven games and move on to the conference finals. The Caps, the best regular season team in the Eastern Conference the last two years and winners of their division the last four years, actually did better than last year when they were eliminated by the Canadians last year in the first round.
While I don't agree with my esteemed colleague that I was grabbing their bra strap, I admit that I hoping for a championship run that I could call my own as a Washington fan. While I always enjoy the Raven runs in the playoffs, I wanted the opportunity to stick out my chest with a team that was chasing a title of it's own. It wouldn't be so bad if the Caps valiantly fought to the end and gave every drop of energy they had. Instead, they went out with a whimper instead of a bang.
So now what? It's hard to get rid of a coach with so much success (4 division titles in a row). But we all know coaches that can only get you to a certain level of success and no further. Even though head coach Bruce Boudreau is well liked in this town, it maybe time for a change. This decision has to be balanced against the young team they have developed. Tough call.
While I pour my glass back to the half full level, I am still proud of the effort my home team gave this year. It's better to figure out how to get to the next level of success than not to move at all.
BreezyG is done for this week. Here is this week's Friday's Freeze Jukebox a day early. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1eHAyU0r0&feature=fvst
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Competing
As the second round of the NBA playoffs begin, it's very clear that there are no pushovers in the round. I got just one word for it: competing. If any team takes any other team "for light", they might as well start planning for their summer vacation.
Take the Oklahoma City Thunder. You would think that they didn't watch any tape at all of the Grizzlies series against the Spurs. It's like they didn't see Zach Randolph dog out the Spurs for 34 points and ten rebounds in the series clinching 6th game. Randolph is the only player in the league that has averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds the last three years. His backboard mate, Marc Gasol added 23 points and 13 on 9 for 11 shooting. The motivator of this group is Tony Allen, who does have some championship hardware from his time with the Celtics. Like Randolph says, "We believe. "We definitely believe. Our confidence is up high. I tell the guys we can compete and play with anybody." Yep.
There no underestimating on either side in the Celt/Heat matchup. Both teams came out with the necessary playoff intensity. It's going to a rumble, tumble series to say the least. My favorite play was DWade (my boy) diving like a wide reciever who was laying out for the football into the crowd for a ball. You saw the connection he has with his fans when they grabbed him to prevent him from injury. I'll keep saying it: this is his team and you saw a little bit of deference by Prince James down the stretch to him for the win. If that continues and the bench shows up like it did (James Jones, five three-pointers), it could be rough for the Celts. If only Shaq-Fu could be available.
The Hawks give me a "happy go lucky" kind of feel when talking about them. They have gone through the post season handling the Magic quite easily and looked about the same last night in defeating the Bulls in their series opener. Joe Johnson played like a 'max' player with 34 points and super sub Jamal Crawford was raining jump shots like Lamar Mundane. I said in a earlier blog that the Hawks came into the playoffs with their act not quite together and they still seem adrift mentally. But as of this moment, they are 11 wins from a championship.
For the second series in a row, the Lake Show lost their opening round game in their series against the Mavs. The difference is, as Kobe said, "This team can beat us, it's clear." The Black Mamba was a bit upset. He was upset at the Lakers inconsistent play and probably himself for missing the game winning shot at the end. For historic purposes, Kobe's 36 point performance was the 81st 30pt playoff game of his career, trailing only you know who (109). As rapper GURU (R.I.P) would say, who's going to take the weight and give Kobe some help?
Like the group Inner City would sing, "We're having big fun."
Take the Oklahoma City Thunder. You would think that they didn't watch any tape at all of the Grizzlies series against the Spurs. It's like they didn't see Zach Randolph dog out the Spurs for 34 points and ten rebounds in the series clinching 6th game. Randolph is the only player in the league that has averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds the last three years. His backboard mate, Marc Gasol added 23 points and 13 on 9 for 11 shooting. The motivator of this group is Tony Allen, who does have some championship hardware from his time with the Celtics. Like Randolph says, "We believe. "We definitely believe. Our confidence is up high. I tell the guys we can compete and play with anybody." Yep.
There no underestimating on either side in the Celt/Heat matchup. Both teams came out with the necessary playoff intensity. It's going to a rumble, tumble series to say the least. My favorite play was DWade (my boy) diving like a wide reciever who was laying out for the football into the crowd for a ball. You saw the connection he has with his fans when they grabbed him to prevent him from injury. I'll keep saying it: this is his team and you saw a little bit of deference by Prince James down the stretch to him for the win. If that continues and the bench shows up like it did (James Jones, five three-pointers), it could be rough for the Celts. If only Shaq-Fu could be available.
The Hawks give me a "happy go lucky" kind of feel when talking about them. They have gone through the post season handling the Magic quite easily and looked about the same last night in defeating the Bulls in their series opener. Joe Johnson played like a 'max' player with 34 points and super sub Jamal Crawford was raining jump shots like Lamar Mundane. I said in a earlier blog that the Hawks came into the playoffs with their act not quite together and they still seem adrift mentally. But as of this moment, they are 11 wins from a championship.
For the second series in a row, the Lake Show lost their opening round game in their series against the Mavs. The difference is, as Kobe said, "This team can beat us, it's clear." The Black Mamba was a bit upset. He was upset at the Lakers inconsistent play and probably himself for missing the game winning shot at the end. For historic purposes, Kobe's 36 point performance was the 81st 30pt playoff game of his career, trailing only you know who (109). As rapper GURU (R.I.P) would say, who's going to take the weight and give Kobe some help?
Like the group Inner City would sing, "We're having big fun."
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