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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Here We Go Again

Steroids. Baseball. Jose Canseco. Jason Grimsley. Gary Matthews Jr. Wait a second, Gary Matthews Jr. This sounds like your usual steroid bust with the usual names. Except Matthews. Here is a 32 year old who has had a marginal career, mostly as a 4th outfielder. His career stats say so.
The Texas Rangers signed him in 2004. Due to the ineptness of Kevin Mench and more notably Laynce Nix, GMJ was given the chance to play everyday. He proved to be more than your average switch hitter. His defense was superb (highlighted by a Spiderman-esque catch of a Mike Lamb homer last year). But it looks like steroids played a part in it. Its too bad. I like GMJ. I hope the stat rise was more to due with the increase in playing time than the 'roids.
Before I end this post, I would like to say one thing. Jose Canseco, I know you know how to use a computer, come up with a better excuse next time. Baseball preview coming soon.


Gary Matthews Jr. career stats (Baseball Reference)
Lawyer for Canseco says client is computer-illiterate (New York Daily News)

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NBA Top 10

My NBA Top Ten is updated every Sunday night, so check back then for the latest rankings. I will supply my analysis of each team or just a sly comment or jab. But now on to the premiere of my power rankings.

1. Dallas Mavericks
Just a notch above Phoenix right now, but only because they are deeper. (And no Barkley, Phoenix is not deep. If D'Antoni thought Banks or Pat Burke could play, then he would give them minutes. But I think Banks is good, they should play him more.)

2. Phoenix Suns
Interesting stuff from Chad Ford in his chat yesterday about the Suns having 3 first round picks and wanting to give 2 of them away. I thought next year's draft was supposed to have '03 or '96 potential. Mike D'Antoni must hate playing rookies. He does realize that Nash is going to retire at some point (right???).

3. San Antonio Spurs
Why does Ginobili do great against Joe Johnson. He scored a career high 48 against Phoenix in 2005, and now 40 against ATL. DO NOT count them out in the 2nd round.

4. Utah Jazz
Bigger disappointment this season: AK47 or Mike James????? Toss up.

5. Houston Rockets
Without Yao. Incredible. Let's just hope Van Gundy doesn't pull something like this again.

6. Detroit Pistons
Now take the East with ease with Flash out for Miami.

7. Washington Wizards
Wow, that will do it for the quality NBA teams. But be very afraid of Hibachi & Co., Detroit. I would.

8. Chicago Bulls
Should have given up Gordon and Thomas for Gasol or Deng, Thomas, and a #1 for KG. But they will continue to play grind-it-out ball and pay for it.

9. New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Yeah, if the playoffs started today, they would be out. I don't care. They're better than the Lakers or Golden St. right now. Plus Peja is due back soon. Just in time to choke in the playoffs again.

10. Cleveland Cavaliers
I'm excited to see how well the Bibby-LeBron pairing works out Eric Snow Era plays out in Cleveland.

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