Goodbye Sopranos

I feel obligated to make a post about The Sopranos, one of the best shows in television history. Never in my life would I think about missing part of the NBA Finals, as boring as they are, to watch a TV show. But this is different. Maybe if the show had one iota of predictability, maybe if Paulie didn't have wings for hair. Maybe if A.J. wasn't such a great actor*.

So I'm left wondering what will happen during the finale. The popular opinion is that Paulie will kill Tony. But what about the no-rat clause in Tony Sirico's contract. I think that the Feds will play a big part in it. I hope that Chase makes every person still alive relevant (including Corrado) in the finale. Lets all hope its memorable, without the typical Hollywood ending. Oh yeah, long live Paulie.

Photo: Paulie Walnuts by Mikey-A

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Who is exactly to blame here?

Sometimes I feel like quitting the NBA. My first memories of basketball are Reggie Miller scoring eight points in the last eighteen seconds to beat the Knicks. Since then, I have always been a huge fan of Reggie Miller (broadcasting career aside). I also became a fan of all clutch players. When Reggie decided to retire, my new favorite player became Mike Bibby. I also fell in love with the Kings. I developed these kinships after their epic series with the Lakers in 2002. I still remember going to my dad's apartment that night, wearing a Lakers shirt. I have never worn that shirt again. I watched nearly all the games in that series (except games 1 & 5). I felt bad for the Kings when Horry hit that shot. When I look back, if Vlade had deflected the ball two feet either left or right, the Kings win 2-3 titles. No question.
The next season everybody expected them to win the title. I attended the game where all hopes came crashing down. I was in Row J. I remember Christie, Pollard, and somebody else carrying C-Webb to the locker room.
Everybody since knows the rest of the C-Webb era in Sacramento. The Kings still remain my favorite team. They will until they trade Bibby. But damn I love Kevin Martin. The team I have taking a liking to is.....to no surprise the Phoenix Suns. I still think they should have not traded Joe Johnson. I've read McCallum's book twice. I have done a complete 180 on Nash. I hope they win a title someday. (Note to asshole/prick owner Robert Sarver: For the good of the league, please pay the luxury tax next season by keeping Marion and not drafting Mrs. Noah)
What does this have to do with anything? I'm not sure. It's just that if I look back to all of my NBA-related heartbreaks, they can be traced back to one man: Robert Horry. I used to like him. Not anymore. Thank you Mr. Horry. You have just went from possibly the best clutch role player in history to a complete jackass. But something good might come out of this. They might change the 2nd worst rule in sports (only the Tuck Rule stands in its way), the leaving the bench rule. I hate you Mr. Horry. Good Riddance.

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How to Fix the Mavs

Ok, terribly sorry for the month or so that I took off (not like any of you noticed). Big things have happpened. The Mavs get knocked off by the Warriors. I saw it coming. I don't believe that this is the biggest upset in NBA history. Everybody outside of the extremely biased Dallas media knew that Golden St. had a chance to knock off the Mavs. I will continue to stick by my theory that you will never win a championship if Dirk is the best player on your team. At the same time, I don't know if I would trade him straight up for KG. Garnett has slipped a little the last two years. Should the Mavs trade Dirk? If they want to win a title anytime soon, the answer should be yes. The Mavs should trade everybody on that roster not named Josh Howard. They need to turn the Devin Harris-Jason Terry combo into a point guard who can consistently find the open man, either Jason Kidd, Marcus Williams, Luke Ridnour, Andre Miller, or Jamaal Tinsley.
With that being said, do you think Dallas would offer Terry, Harris, Damp, Mensah-Bonsu and a No. 1 for Tinsley, Jermaine O'Neal, and David Harrison? That would give Dallas a starting lineup (tentatively) of Tinsley-George-Howard-Dirk-J. O'Neal. I think that is better than that Jump shooting crapfest that had out there before.

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Does anybody listen to Collin Cowherd? Hopefully Not

Well, please don't anymore. Earlier today on his (apparently highly rated) radio show he told all his listeners to go to a Web site so that site could crash. Seems like harmless fun, and Cowherd probably doesn't think the site would actually crash. The site for today: The Big Lead.

Only the website that I somehow discovered one day and forever entrenched me into what is known as the sports blogosphere. From there I discovered Deadspin, KSK, and later on The Fanhouse. The rest is history.

For this I hope you pay a steep price Mr. Cowherd. Your freedom.

More on the story here and here.

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Belated MLB Predictions

MVP
AL- David Ortiz
NL- Albert Pujols

Rookie of the Year
AL- Dice-K Matsuzaka
NL- Josh Hamilton

Manager
AL- Mike Scioscia
NL- Jerry Narron

Cy Young
AL- Felix Hernandez
NL- Jake Peavy

Division Winners
AL- Angels, Tigers, Yankees
NL- Padres, Brewers, Mets

Wild Cards
Red Sox, Phillies

World Series
Angels over Padres

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Sorry About That

Wow, its been a while since I've done a post. A quick recap of the things that happened since then:


Finally, I get a prediction right as Vanilla Dong wins the 2007 NOTY Tournament.

Florida wins again.

Baseball started!!!!!!!!!!

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It's About (Tourney) Time

Here are my top few seeds as of 11:45 CST on Friday.

#1 Seeds: UNC, Ohio St., Florida, Wisconsin
#2 Seeds: UCLA, Texas A&M, Kansas, Georgetown
#3 Seeds: Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Wash St, Memphis
#4 Seeds: Texas, Nevada, So Ill, UNLV


Back with a recap of the day later

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