Random Hits
Happy Holidays all you rowdy NBA fans. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, or whatever it is that you celebrate. More importantly, I hope you enjoyed the bowl season as much as I did. Texas won it all, and that really pleased me since I live with three SEC is God people. They got many a “told you so” from me.
I had a whole All-Star team voting post ready, and then lost all my notes. Instead of doing that, I’ll just recommend who EVERYBODY should vote for on their all-star ballots. You can argue with me all you want, but I’ve got the stats to back this stuff up. BRING IT!
In the East:
G - Allen Iverson
G - Dwyane Wade
F - LeBron James
F - Jermaine O’Neal
C - Up until two weeks ago, I was writing in Alonzo Mourning on every ballot. As of right now, I’m split between ‘Zo and Shaq.
In the West:
G - Tony Parker
G - Kobe Bryant (this year I gotta give him some credit. See, I can get past my bias)
F - Elton Brand
F - Dirk Nowitzki
C - Before the injury, Marcus Camby was a lock. Now, I’m leaning a little bit to Memhet Okur.
Three points for the West: (1) Tony Parker deserves the nod over Steve Nash. Parker has been the Spurs best player thus far, and leads the league in points in the paint. He’s hitting over 50% of his shots. (2) Nowitzki is the best player on a Mavs team that I really don’t like at all. He’s their captain and this team is even better than before despite losing two of the big three in each of the last two seasons. It’s all Dirk. (3) DON’T VOTE FOR YAO. Seriously, Camby and Okur have been exponentially better all season, and Yao showed when T-Mac was out that he is not the guy he was supposed to be. He’s a second fiddle without any killer instinct.
In other news: Paul Pierce hinted at a in the very recent history, either today or yesterday. Yep, called that one. Maybe Danny Ainge should try to look for a way to bring in Ron Artest?
Other trade bait for Artest: Bobby Simmons. It would take plenty of maneuvering, because of his leap in salary. If it has to be done, it can be done.
