Move Out July!

The month of July is coming to a close and it truly has been a wonderful month. Firstly, The All-Cool Team has welcomed three very worthy, very funny contributors, providing great reading material and banter. In the sports world July has been one full of trades, tattoos, and threats of going to Europe to play basketball. But, most importantly there have been two ridiculously crazy YouTube clips provided by the sports world. And outside the sports world there has been monumentally cool shit too, namely the Joker. There is a lot to talk about in this monthly wrap up so I will try and keep each segment short and kind of funny.

The two best clips of the sports year I would argue both happened in July, these clips of course being the WNBA Brawl in Detroit!! and the Minor League Fight. For the first ever WNBA Brawl to happen in The Palace of Auburn Hills where of course the NBA hate-maker brawl occurred is beyond humorous. The brawl had everything you could ever want. The fight was so on point Biff!! It had big big big and bad Rick Mahorn touching Lisa Leslie with his ring finger and her going flying across the court, leading to a post game interview where she said something along the lines of, "I am a mother and a role model. I don't want kids seeing me fight out there, and why did he push my anyways?" After Mahorn made her fall over, Lisa Leslie's Sparks teammate had her back and decided to throw a punch at Mahorn who didn't feel shit because he is so huge. Adding to the hilarity is the Shock player who tried to hold off her teammate from fighting ended up injuring herself. This was probably the best thing ever to happen to the WNBA and YouTube viewers appreciated it, yet the best clip of the month comes from a Minor League Baseball game. After two opposing managers were arguing about something the pitcher for the Cubs affiliate shoots into the picture out of nowhere and winds up to hurl the baseball at the other teams dugout. That is like the worst thing ever in the world to do, except for the fact that it missed the dugout completely and hit a father in the stands who brought his wife and two kids to the game. WTF is wrong with this pitchers brain, and how is he supposed to make it to the big leagues as the strike zone is a Tad Stebbins smaller than the dugout!!!! This is probably the worse thing ever that could happen at a baseball game besides going into the stands to fight, what an id!! He does look so funny though coming out of nowhere and winding up and then being instantly tackled by the other team.
I loved the NBA trade that went down today between the Sacramento Queens and Houston Rockets. Both teams absolutely benefit from this deal, as the oldest team besides the Spurs realized their shots at the title are dwindling and need to go for the NBA Championship soon, too bad the Celtics are so good!!! Newayz, the Rockets got a phenomenal defender and overrated offensive player who shoots too many mid-range jumpers. The Rockets didn't give up much that was going to help them this or next season so I think it was brilliant move and they are a legitimate contender, plus the Lake Show didn't get Artest! But, for the Kings who I kind of like, I think this is an outstanding move. They have a fabulous young core and a terrible coach. They got rid of someone that wasn't going to take them anywhere and can look forward to watching Beno Udrih, Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes (who looks mobile and can shoot better than I thought), Jason Thompson, Quincy Douby, and Donte Greene grow. Not to mention they have 2 draft picks next year and will get a couple more before 2010 when they have enough cap space for one of the following hitting free agency: LeBron, D-Wade, and Melo. They likely won't grab one of the big 3, but there are other great talents available that year like Rudy Gay. The Gay-Douby era isn't as cool as the Gay-Love era. Nonetheless, I clearly love the trade.
BRIANNN DEEEEEGAN! Like Chris I absolutely love that ad even though that Darth Vader dude is so weird. Hey did you hear, SportsCenter is going live and some 23 year old who stumbles on his lines every commercial has something to do with it?!? I just wanted to mention how could anyone be excited for the X-Games when they last from Thursday to Sunday?!? How can extreme sports have only one event a year where all their crappy sports come together collectively and compete(?) and have it last four days? Sure they have like specific skateboarding events and the other ones during the year, but this is supposed to be big time when they are supposed to draw in fans of actual sports, and it lasts four days. How is your season four days? It is actually probably too many, got 'em! BRIANNN DEEEEEEGAN!
The Boston Red Sox have sucked in every big series this summer, so essentially they suck. The three biggest series probably have been the one in Tampa Bay (swept), the Yankees at home (1 of 3), and the Angels one now at home after getting swept in Anaheim of Los Angeles of California of the United States of America of Chone Figgins (0 for 2 with an almost no hitter and facing Joe Saunders tonight). They have been embarrassing and what sucks is that they are perfect on paper except basically at short stop. They have hitting, pitching, a pretty good bullpen, and some of the best defensive outfielders and a tight manager. They can't do much at the deadline except for the obvious and trade Manny Ramirez, which I would hate I am pretty sure. There are rumors about talks with Philadelphia, but what are we going to get in return, no Ryan Howard or Chase Utley or Jimmy Rollins so why do it, and we certainly don't need anymore prospects as our bullpen is full of them. I really want Jimmy Rollins though wow that'd be so sick! How could we trade Manny, I'd be fine with letting him go next after the year, but there isn't a fair deal out there now. We need his bat and we need his coolness. He is the coolest player probably ever in Boston. He has dreds that have been growing for centuries, he dekes base runners and somehow throws them out from left field, he lies down on baseballs in play, he high fives fans mid play, he doesn't hustle down the first base line, he pees and talks on cell phones during pitching changes, he legitimately thinks he has a shot at the Gold Glove this year, he carries Poland Springs bottles in his back pocket, and he says the most ridiculous things to the media although he refuses to talk to them. That was a long list of cool and I don't want him gone. David Ortiz has been gone most of the year, but that should be perfect as he is rested and healthy. But, it all depends on whether Big Papi has Manny batting behind him. They are the best 3-4 combo and when the Sox get hot they are hard to beat. I think they are near impossible to beat in the playoffs, but I can't be certain they are going to make it the way they have been playing in big series this year. Jon Lester is sooooo good BTdubs.
Lastly, my fav topic to talk about, USA Basketball!! Although the game with Canada wasn't the most exciting thing ever there was plenty of cool things we can pull out of it. The fourth quarter was sick and Chris Paul had a killer move in the third I believe. The jerseys are so detailed and cool and tight and make LeBron look like the strongest man ever. I like the white names on the white jerseys with the detailing on the back. The most interesting stylish related thing is Dwyane Wade being bald, the reason he is doing it, not a fashion statement, but because he is afraid of getting his haircut in Beijing. Interestingly enough both Gary Payton and Vince Carter did the same thing in Sydney and had afro's for the same reason. That is why Vince has hair when he dunks over that dude. Lastly Deron Williams has a beard, which is tight, but he is already losing his hair, which is really weird, and Jason Kidd just isn't that pleasant to look at, ew. Peace out alfalfa sprout!

I Will Make This Blog Disappear

Because Justin finally hyped me in a blog entry it’s time for me to return the favor and hype him and also contribute to the blog because it has needed me so badly. I’m glad that Justin decided to invite me, but it was inevitable, because I rock ironic urban attire like G-Unit sneakers & Wu-Tang t-shirts and most if not all of my clothing/lifestyle choices are on point, from my awesome white 2001 Sebring convertible to my cool gelatin iPod case. Also Kael you rejected my friend request on Facebook which makes you an asshole and makes you the sixth man on the All-Uncool Team (AUT), which I am currently in the process of assembling. Kael is pretty much the James Posey of the AUT, which is a perfect segue into what I want to first address in this my first weblog entry.

The Celtics recently lost the coolest and most talented player in NBA history, James Posey, when he signed a 75-year $650 billion contract with the New Orleans Jenero Pargos. Everything that Posey did was on point, from the way he rocked his green NBA headband inside-out to the fact that 98% of his shots were 3-pointers, 97% of which went in. He also played lockdown defense on Kobe Bryant in the NBA Finals and was actually more valuable to the team than Paul Pierce and Ray Allen during some stretches of the postseason. And lastly of course the coolest thing ever was James’s green and white mouth-guard. Only the coolest NBA players wear mouth guards (LEBRON!!!!!!) and James was THE coolest NBA player so he wore one obs. Although he will be 65 when his contract runs out and it probably made sense for the Celtics not to overpay for his services, I am still sad that he had to leave. I can only hope that JR Giddens and Bill Walker’s knees can replace Posey’s production and coolness in the Celtics’ rotation, but I seriously doubt it. If the Celtics don’t defend their title next year it will be because Posey wasn’t there to hit elephantiasis of the testicles 3-pointers and play Bruce Bowen-esque defense and rock his cool mouth guard.

My four favorite things on earth are sports, Justin Timberlake, pizza, and Erin Andrews wearing make-up and a dress, so I’ve been searching for years to find a way to combine all of these things into one night, when I discovered that HOLY SHIT THE ESPYS WERE ON SUNDAY!!!!!!! I ordered a sweet pizza from Front Row, poured myself a pitcher of water, and sat down to watch what I was hoping would be the greatest thing of all time. Unfortunately it sucked more than anything on earth and I almost vomited my awesome pizza out of embarrassment because the writing was so bad and it was sad watching my main man JT trying to make the lame jokes funny. Although Erin was on point in her black dress and obviously the Celtics repped Titletown hard by winning the Oscar for “Best Team,” the whole thing sucked. Between the Giants winning every award—including “Best Picture,” “Best Album,” and “Best Kiss”—and Justin singing lame songs and making awkward jokes about stupid Brett Favre and Paul Pierce’s gang signs, the whole show was a colossal disappointment. Also, why do they record it on Tuesday and then air it on a Sunday? You would think that ESPN would be cooler/classier than a lame stunt like this. Overall, the show sucked, but I did enjoy my pizza from Front Row as well as Erin Andrews’s awkward sexual tension with JT during their interview.

Onto the AUT, which currently has two members: Kael and Stupid Brett Favre. I’m tired of hearing about Brett on ESPN and other news channels, and the fact that he did an interview on FOX NEWS (!?!?!?!?!??!?!) makes him an even bigger tool and currently makes him the MVP of the AUT, although Kael is giving him a run for his money (omg jk). I hate it when they have a “FAVRE” section of the Bottomline on ESPN and it says something like “Favre still considering coming out of retirement.” I wish Brett would just lay in the cut and write a reinstatement letter to Sheriff Roger Goodell instead of going on FOX NEWZ (!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?) and talking shit about a team that obviously doesn’t want him back because he’s old and lost them the NFC Championship Game and because they have Ryan Grant who ran for 6,000 yards in 4 games last season. Also Brett does those stupid Wrangler commercials where he’s throwing a football to his dog or some shit. I don’t really know because they’re dumb and he’s dumb and I wish he would just go away or stop doing interviews with second-rate cable news channels. Thanks Brett!!!!!!

If you saw “The Dark Knight” then you’re allowed to read this paragraph, and if you didn’t then you’re also allowed to read this paragraph but don’t get mad at me when I ruin the movie for you (I probably don’t have anything to worry about because I saw the movie with the only two people who read this blog so yay!!!!). I’m not going to beat around the bush: The Joker—fictional though he may be—is the coolest motherfucker on the planet. Everything about him exudes cool and is on-point, from his dope custom clothes that don’t have tags to his badass ways of killing people. I’ve never seen a cooler scene in a movie than the part in “The Dark Knight” when the Joker says he’ll make the pencil disappear and then pounds Big Boi’s dude’s head onto the table and HOLY SHIT THE PENCIL GOES INTO HIS HEAD AND KILLS HIM OMG OMG OMG!!!!! I pooped at that moment in the movie but obviously couldn’t leave the theater to change my pants because the movie was so awesome and I had to watch the whole thing. Also the Joker somehow never dies despite being railed in the head like 50 times throughout the movie, which only adds to his mystique and coolness.
Peace easy homiez. That’s what I’m burning on. Until then, I’m out.

United We Rise

I cannot express how excited I am for Olympic Basketball. I lot of friends have displayed their lack of interest in the Olympics overall, but I am assured once they get going people will be super pumped. The popular non-basketball events and people like that 41 year old non-steroid using hopefully woman swimmer and Michael Phelps are gr8 stories and track will be sort of interesting I guess too. I, of course, am just really interested in watching the best players in the United States of America except for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett and Amare Stoudemire play for the gold in Beijing, look how many dots you place in a row when you write out Beijing, three, that is so cool, I don't know many other words that are like that! How could I not be excited for the coolness of watching Chris Paul, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwight Howard all gracing the floor at the same time and for something meaningful? There are other NBA stars playing for other countries like Chris Kaman and Dirk Nowitzki for Germany, Manu Ginobli for Argentina, and the Gasol Brothers and Ricky Rubio (18 year old version of Pistol Pete), among others for Spain. Peep the Wikipedia page for schedules of the games because I am going to try and watch as many as I can. The USA Team has a exhibition game this Friday on ESPN against Canada a huge basketball super-powerhouse seeing Steve Nash isn't playing even. I am very confident in this USA Team to return to the top of Olympic Basketball, as they are an actual team that has played together for three years now and work well together. Carmelo Anthony loves International Basketball as he always plays very well, and has plenty of help offensively and defensively. Kobe will instill defense in this team and Dwight Howard will protect the rim because he is a freak. The major concern of course is the lack of big men as Chris Bosh and Carlos Boozer are the back up 4 and 5 players. The NBA Summer League has been alright with Jerryd Bayless absolutely dominating and Kevin Love getting double doubles every game to go with his perfect outlet passes and chin strap beard. The Olympics though is going to be so much better and so fricking cool, I am so excity!! Oh yeah I didn't even mention Dwyane Wade, the sixth man, he is kinda good too!!

Summertime is all about music and there have been plenty of albums out there that have not disappointed. Summer jams provide great joy to us listeners as we cruise with the windows down to the beach or the golf course or to movie theatres to see The Dark Knight. So it is my responisibility to inform you of the summer albums and tracks that have kept me feeling cool and those that suck. It probably isn't possible to talk about an album during the Summer of 2008 and not first mention Tha Carter III. Lil Wayne's highly anticipated album is amazing. Everyone breathing has heard of him by now and probably is quoting something he has said on the album. The tracks I am bumping in my Jeep Cherokee are absolutely every single one. I really think that "Mr. Carter" featuring Jay-Z and "Nothin' On Me" featuring Juelz & Fabo are both probably some of the greatest contributions to hip hop. Fabo has a whole verse about italian food and Pimp My Ride!!! "Phone Home" is so weird as is "La La" but they are both so good! Really every track is good, Wayne impressed. Of course it is a little disappointing the radio has worn out some Wayne songs like "Mr. Carter" and that my 10 year old sister is annoyed of hearing him on every song, despite barely knowing him. Other than Weezy F. other albums I really like are The Cool Kids debut hip hop album "Bake Sale," GirlTalk's "Feed The Animals," and Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" is pretty amazing too as there isn't really a bad track on it either. Hip-hop is essential to the summertime, but more so are great pop songs so lets talk about Jesse McCartney and Natasha Bettingfeild. How could you not want to spend all day listening to "Leaving" and "Pocketfull of Sunshine" because I absolutely do? With the fabulous pop songs of course come the not so much, and the not so much is actually an absolutely never ever and the song is "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry. How is this a top the iTunes Top Songs daily? It is the worst shit ever and I don't want my sister listening to this, but it is unavoidable as it is constantly playing. I want to punch the song everytime I hear it and will settle for yelling at someone who thinks they are funny when they play it on their iPod. Oh yeah, also be on the lookout for Lou Frank aka Biff aka Lou-Z aka LouDogg's debut album that may be called "Inside Joke" that shit is going to be so on point especially the one track "Get Money" featuring yours truly. In the meantime peep his MySpace and listen to "99 Problems".

Lastly, some things that are on my mind:
"You look good tonight girl" is something KG hopefully said to Erin Andrews at the ESPY's because well she did.
How excited am I for Brett Favre's retirement speech next year and why not sit on the sidelines for $14 million at this point?
The overseas trend for NBA players is very interesting as Carlos Delfino and Juan Carlos Navarro have already bolted and maybe even Josh Childress. This is crazy and probs scary for the NBA as overseas leagues can offer more money because the dollar is mad strong right now and the fact that Euro players don't have to pay taxes like with American contracts. Is it something that more and more players are going to do wil be interesting to watch, especially after Brandon Jennings decided to skip college.

Here are a few YouTube links that both show my love for the New York Knickerbockers and Yao Ming: Zach Randolph Shooting With 7 Seconds Left On The Shot Clock, Steph's Reaction Last Year To The Randolph Trade, and Yao Ming Staring Down Q-Ross

Trying to Rebound After Getting Dumped

WTF?! How much will he regret that tat when they get divorced? Having hundreds of channels on cable should go down as one of the greatest ideas ever. Without it, I would not be able to watch the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and then change to MTV Jams and see the NEW LL COOL J song! That would have never happened to me in the 90s. If you guys didn’t know that LL still makes music and have an interest in what he could possibly contribute to the “art form” of rap music at this point, his song is featuring The-Dream, and I guarantee it’s easy to get drunk to.

I honestly think that’s the new business model for rap music: make your songs so bad that they make people just want to get fucked up. If I dropped out of school and just listened to rap music all day (especially the rap played on MTV Jams), I think I’d forget how to read within a week. With that said, Lil Wayne is tight and wears super bright red pants in his music videos. He also has probably killed over half his brain cells doing drugs and his flow is so sick it’s like his shit is dying. PS I think that an All-Cool Team of Rap is needed in the near future. I’ll see what I can do if J-Scrilla doesn’t beat me to it. PPS Buttahman on MTV Jams is honestly the ugliest human being on earth. It actually saddens me that MTV would try to get an ugly, un-entertaining person and try to dress him up fly and see if people like him. Doesn’t do it for me.

Ok, so that’s that shit like R.Kelly. Next topic for conversation: I need a new NBA team. Mine moved to Oklahoma City, and I need a new one to root for. I’m not going to touch on Mr. Bennett and David Stern and Oklahoma (who would want to live there over Seattle?! Durant is pissed). Anyways, Kev’s signature shoe was boo boo and Johan Petro is their starting center. But, as an avid NBA fan, who watches NBA Summer League games over the Home Run Derby, which Justin evidently enjoys, I need that “rebound team” after getting dumped by the Sonics. Many people think that all us Seattleites will just move on to Portland, because it’s so close to us. Couldn’t be less true. Portland is stacked with young talent and probably has the most people on their squad whose jerseys I would love to rock (Petteri Koponen is #1, naturally), plus they have players from Seattle on their team (Brandon Roy and Martell Webster)… but I just don’t think I can call them my new favorite team after rooting so passionately against them for my entire life.

I’m tempted to choose Memphis because they’re the most likely team to move to Seattle within the next 5 years, and OJ Mayo is flyer than Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice. But they’re poorly run and I refuse to choose a new favorite team that’s worse than my old one. So, after much thought, (random question: why is Barry Bonds in David Banner’s new music video?) my finalists are the Celtics and the Hornets. I almost threw Cleveland in there but Cleveland sucks and there’s no way Lebron would not change teams in two years. The business and advertising opportunities available in bigger markets/moving away from fucking Cleveland will end up being way too tempting. The Warriors lost Baron. The Clips lost Elton and Corey. The Heat suck and have Shawn Marion, who would rather lose than win, I’m convinced (even though D-Wade is one of my Fave Five players in the league and Beasely is cool and left-handed). The Raptors (Jermaine and Christopher Bosh?!) and the Wizards (crazy Gilbert and crazier DeShawn) are tight, but not in the echelon of the Celts and Hornets.

Not to be too bandwagon by picking the Celtics at this point, but they have tight players (no way?). Ray Ray has a sort of nice shot, plus he was in a sick Jordan commercial immediately after Game 6. Props. KG is intense and doesn’t sleep. Paul Pierce is the least cool of the big 3 in terms of likeability, but his game is amazing because it doesn’t seem like he should be able to score ever; he has limited athleticism and actually looks like he’s never lifted a weight ever cuz he has no definition in his arms. Then you have Leon Powe, who is the new Paul Millsap. You’ve got Brian Scalabrine, who was the least cool player ever until he got interviewed after they won and was clearly garbage faced. JR Giddens and William Walker are sick and Rondo is legit. Perk is pretty ugly, but Eddie House’s neck tattoo, jump shots, and son are sick. Pose is probably not coming back though, because analysts say that he will be signed by…

New Orleans! Two words: CHRIS PAUL! Add Peja’s comb over, Tyson being a bean stalk, Mo Pete being a tight lefty, and David West being super-talented and no longer under-rated after he shit on the Spurs. Stir in Byron Scott being a pretty tight head coach and Julian Wright doing cool athletic things in his 6 minutes per game… plus they play in the hometown of Weezy. Plus, CHRIS PAUL. Chris Paul is my favorite player in the league by far. He can do no wrong, no homo. His handle is wicked nice, he thoroughly enjoys throwing incredible lobs to Tyson, and he single-handedly makes his team one of the best in the West because he makes his teammates so much better. Plus, he’s going to tear shit up on the Olympic Team hopefully so we don’t lose to fucking like Macedonia or Scotland or any other country on this planet because last time I checked, we have all NBA players and no one else does (yet another topic up for discussion at a later point). Plus, he’s a legitimately good person. I have no personal evidence of this, but that’s what I hear.

So, the real question is, if the Celtics played the Hornets for the NBA championship, who would I root for? And the answer is: CHRIS PAUL! I hope New Orleans beats the shit out of Oklahoma City every fucking game for the rest of eternity, and that Chris Paul takes a huge shit and has quadruple doubles on their court. Also, I hope OKC fans root for N’awlins over their new team because the Hornets played there first. Fuck Oklahoma City. Go Chris Paul. Celtics, you’re cool but you already got your title. And you can have Justin as your fan. And you have Bill Simmons. And 17 championships. To Clay Bennett, thanks for dumping me with your shit-ass team (that has really tight young players). Good riddance. I’m sooooooooooooo over you. I have a new favorite team! Go Hornets!

Welcome Chris!!

Chris, could not be happier that you are a fellow contributer to The All-Cool Team, which in your honor has been renamed to include "feat. Knick n' Flicka." Loved your post and can't wait to battle with you forever and ever. Can't believe how ridiculous your post looks right now as I watch Josh Hamilton absolutely destroy baseballs and am loving every second of it. How could this be an overrated event as there are so many good stories even before the event began? The story of Josh Hamilton and the fact that he could win a Triple Crown and has a Legion batting practice old dude throwing to him. Or Ryan Braun having his agent throw BP! And Erin Andrews! 28 home runs! I was at the '99 Derby sitting in right field watching McGwire crush home runs into the light towers because well you know he was on steroids. Josh Hamilton isn't I don't think and he made Yankee Stadium look like it had a really short porch in right field! Oh, it does?
Secondly, it was very disappointing that you wrote about Brett Favre! It is my least favorite story ever and who cares where he goes, unless he does end up backing up Aaron Rodgers, which he will because this is Aaron Rodgers last year under contract and the Packers have to let him play at least a year. Run-on sentences, yum! And you said that you would talk on the subject briefly! You are right though, he has absolutely hurt the perception we have of him, except the fact he threw the most ridiculous interceptions ever and at the worst times is something I will always remember.

Finally, love you got your soccer in there, it is nice to have someone knowledgeable touch on the fascinating subject of European football. I'll bring the cool aspect and say Ronaldinho is a baller as he is sick at Fifa and in the game too, he partied nights before World Cup games! and he has that sick fake ad where he juggled soccer balls off the crossbar repeatedly. Also, hated your cool guy Alex Rodriguez because he is A-Rod and ended his marriage for MADONNA, who the fuck is attracted to Madonna nemore?!?!? The real cool people of the day, O.J. Mayo, for dunking on Hilton Armstrong in the NBA Summer League (YouTube it!) and Brandon Jennings for having the coolest hair ever - like honestly probably the best in the world - and the fact that he isn't going to college and instead will ball in Europe and make money. He tattooed "Young Money" on his back, too! And thank you to CBS for firing 97 year old Billy Packer!

Elton, I Am So Mad At You!

Oh fuck you Elton Brand! I mean what the fuck, everyone was rooting for you and the Clippers to actually do the right thing and you sign with the Philadelphia 76ers. Fuck you man! I mean sure you are looking out for you and your family by taking more money than the Clippers offered and now actually have a chance to make it somewhat far in the playoffs because you are in the Eastern Conference. Selfish. Who would ever want to win more and make more money? You hurt all of the die-hard Clipper fans out there by leading them on man. But seriously, as a pseudo-Clipper fan this is very disappointing news. The only die-hard Clipper fan alive is Frankie Muniz, and I bet he was so excited about the possibility of overthrowing the Lakers as the kings of Los Angeles. Brand was offered $75 million by the Clips over five years, only $7 million less than the Sixers offered, and there are reports that the Clippers were ready to bump it up to $81 million. He convinced the Clippers to sign Baron Davis as he offered to take a pay cut to make it happen because he was so inspired by watching the Celtics win with superstars. Brand and agent David Falk screwed everything up and gave a big F U to the Clippers organization who got burned again and burned badly. What are they supposed to do now, sign and overpay Josh Smith? They are a fairly logical organization at the moment as they correctly let Corey Maggette walk and get overpaid by the Warriors and made the right move in drafting Eric Gordon. Things were looking so promising!! If Brand signed with the Clippers I would argue next season that the Clippers would be better than the 76ers are going to be with him next season. He was simply scared of the Western Conference and sees the possibility of the 76ers in a couple years overthrowing the Boston Celtics with the young talents of Thaddeus Young, Andre Iguodola, and Louis Williams. But to do this for $1 to $7 million extra, after getting Baron to Los Angeles and saying he planned to resign with the Clippers, that's turrible. Elton Brand threw a curve ball showing that the NBA Off-season never fails to disappoint, unlike some other things during summer, like ESPN’s SportsCenter.
If you watch SportsCenter and you should if you read this blog, you realize that during the summertime they come up with idiotic gimmicks. Last year it was “Who’s Now?” which got laughed at by every single viewer because SportsCenter poppin’ and everything stoppin’. This summer it is their segment “Titletown,” where they have terrible anchors like Wendy Nix travel to Tennessee and do a short story why Knoxville is the best/most successful/I-don’t-know-what city in the United States. Firstly, this is insane as everyone in the country knows it is Boston as you can extend its success like they do in the segment beyond professional teams to college sports and say look at BC/BU Hockey it is so good and BC Football is alright because Doug Flutie threw that hail-mary. I had to watch Roy Williams talk about the UNC Basketball, Baseball, Football and Women’s Soccer teams, even though the only good ones are Basketball and Women’s Soccer. It’s stupid, how could they possibly be a contender for Titletown when their professional basketball team is the Charlotte Bobcats?!?!?!?!? But the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup?!?!?!? No one cares, and they didn’t even mention it! Who is going to vote for a Titletown that is not Boston or not their closest city? Unless of course you vote for Seattle and all those titles they have won.

Lastly, my World Series prediction is the Chicago Cubs and Titletown Red Sox squaring off in a epic battle. The Red Sox for the first time this decade won’t sweep their National League counterpart, but will win the series in 5 games and for the first time, in Boston because the NL will beat the AL in the All-Star Game. The NL has every good pitcher and they just picked up two of the best from the AL this week, Rich Harden and CC “don’t put those periods in there” Sabathia. The best pitchers in the AL are Justin Duchscherer, Cliff Lee, and Joe Saunders, who? The AL is in trouble yo, as the NL has pitchers I recognize as aces like Dan Haren, S.I. Cover Boy Tim Lincecum, Ben Sheets, and my boy Edinson Volquez!!

NBA Off-Season In Full Effect

Summertime for sports isn't that exciting, as sports fans just witnessed the best NBA season since MJ, a terrific NCAA Basketball Tournament with Davidson and Super Mario Chalmers' miracle shot, and a stupid effing Superbowl that was exciting for everyone in the country not from the best sports city. The Stanley Cup was pretty cool and Euro 2008 was great, but baseball sucks, it is so boring and long now. I guess it always has been, but with spectacular seasons in other sports it shows you truly how awful baseball is. I don't even care the Tampa Bay Rays just swept the Red Sox because the Red Sox will be there in October for sure. Imagine if the NBA was going on during summertime, it would be the best thing ever. You could watch TNT or ESPN or Celtics games every day of the week, and actually watch SportsCenter Top 10 because now it is full of the same diving catches by no name outfielders. Olympic Basketball is something to look forward to too, and as of this week the NBA Off-season has been entertaining.

I LOVE that my favorite NBA superstar Baron Davis is going to the Clippers and Brand is supposedly taking a pay cut to play with him, although Brand was just offered a huge contract by the Golden State Warriors. If Brand takes that he will go against everything he has said, that he was inspired by the Big Three and wanted a big name player alongside him so the Clippers could compete. The West is going to be so amazing again next season, look at the starting five for the Clippers, Chris Kaman (a favorite of mine), Elton Brand, Al Thornton, Cuttino Mobley, and Baron Davis, and coming off the bench Eric Gordon and Shaun Livingston's knee. There are so many legitimate teams: the Lakers, Spurs, Hornets, Mavs (not big on them), Jazz, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Rockets, Suns, Nuggets, Warriors (sort of). There are only four teams that as of right now have no shot at the playoffs: the Oklahoma City Sonics, Kings, O.J. Mayo's Grizzlies, and the very young talented T-Wolves Baron Davis is a superstar and will compete with Kobe for LA Headlines and I love it, because Baron is the coolest flyest dude ever rocking The Hundreds gear and geek glasses and seemingly being everywhere the camera is in Los Angeles. I got my BoomDizzle Clippers jersey in the mail yo!

With Mario Chamlers and DeAndre Jordan left on the board, the Celtics chose New Mexico small forward J.R. Giddens, a transfer from Kansas. I think J.R. is a James Posey prototype and hopefully Pose stays around long enough to show J.R. the ropes. Doc and Danny chose J.R. because of his defensive abilities they saw in person and on tape. He is super athletic and definitely will be able to score the basketball, but he is going to be a defensive stopper. The Celtics also got Billy Walker, Michael Beasley's sidekick at Kansas State. Bill was also O.J.'s sidekick throughout AAU and high school ball and was a vicious dunker. He had knee surgery his freshman year of high school and I believe in college too, and just had some this week after being drafted. So, clearly he has knee problems, but it is a terrific chance to take. He is undersized at 6'6, but has the chance to be one of the amazing athletes in this league and he can also shoot the ball. He had a couple big shooting nights this past year in college and could be a very solid offensive threat off the bench and be an energy guy.