Summer's over, the leaves are falling, turkey time is just around the corner which can only bring to mind one thing for me, it must be October. Ah october how I love thee, with your arrival you bring forth my true love of NBA basketball. Having watched my lakers win yet another championship this past june my excitement this coming season couldn't be any higher, and dare I say "three peat!". Fuck yeah I can and it's gonna happen or I'm out $1000 bucks to my buddie gronzi. (gulp!) go boys go!!
Anyway, as I had done previously at the start of last season, here are some of the storylines/predictions and such I see unfolding.
- The knee! The knee! The knee!
It all starts with the champs and my boy Kobe. After winning the title this past june, Kobe undoubtoubly took his bum right knee under the knife for a 3rd time in the past 7 seasons. Nooooo!! And even though his prognosis has been given a full 100% recovery I'm still nervous. Three surgeries in 7 seasons is a lot even for Kobe. He played great last season but at times you could see him struggling to find his explosiveness. Having hopefully cleaned up all the debris will his knee bring him back to his old self or will it cause him to lose another step? This has to be the top story going into this season as with where Kobe goes go the lakers. I'm optimistic he'll be fine and up to his old self in no time but...(crossing fingers now)
There's a new king in town and it isn't LBJ
Durantula! KD! KDThunderup! Whichever name you wanna call him, Kevin Durant is one bad mofo and he's now in my opinion the second best player in the league. He may be young but this kid is the real deal and he's gonna take over the league big time this year. I love his game and his maturity. Unlike that fake King in southbeach, this kid loves ballin' more than anything else, which only reminds me of other such kings like Kobe, Jordan, Bird, Magic and Russell. I'm expecting huge things from him this year and his young Thunderites. Stats like 33ppg, 7boards, 4dimes and 50/90/40 don't seem to unreasonable. The thunder are coming everyone and this kid's there man, jump ship and enjoy the ride.
Okay! Okay! Fine!...ladies and gentlemen I present for you the Miami BITCHES, um I mean Heat
yes, yes they're going to be good, they'll win a tonne of games and it'll be fun to watch them. I know this and so do you. Who'll lead them you ask, LBJ or Wade? It doesn't matter, they'll figure it out just like team USA did in Beijing, when push came to shove Kobe took over. Instincts will prevail and so will the better player. Will they win the title? Possibly. They have talent, a good roster and energy, but to be honest I just don't see it happening, well at least this season that is. I see too many variables and intangibles in their way, too many things have to go right for them to do it this year and in my gut I just don't see it.
A former laker great is now a Celtic! Am I reading this right?
Yeah it happened and Im not liking it one bit. Shaquille O'neal decided to do the biggest f. you to Laker nation by signing with its arch rival the Celtics. Now then, can he help them boys in beantown? Noooooooooooo!!! He's old, out of shape and old. He'll bring comedy, a few plays here and there but all in all his ship has sailed. Savy. This will be the season where Shaq will finally realize that he's no longer a factor in his teams success and that he should have retired with some dignity. Staying on for a chance at one more ring just so you can pass Timmy and stay par with Kobe is no way to cement your legacy. Face it Shaq, you had your chance and you blew it. You were great, you could've been the greatest but you chose to have fun. Grrr...go away!
A lockout is coming and this is why
When you see stupid owners and GM's giving the likes of Darko 20 mil, Joe Johnson 120 mil and Amir Johnson 34 mil all I want to do is SCREAMMMMMMMM!!!! Do these guys not watch any games? Have they not seen what's happened in the past when doling out this kind of money? Omg!! WTF!! What's most sad about all of this is us fans have to bear the brunt of their stupidity. When this season finishes and the collective bargaining agreement between the players union and the owners expires a lockout will commence. On one side the players union will fight for what they feel they deserve and to be honest who can blame them. How can owners complain about losing money when they have no problem throwing out numbers such as these to average players who are clearly undeserving. On the other side the owners will try to point out how revenues have dipped and that the players need to adjust with the times which I agree is true but then so do the owners. In the end what sucks most is as much as the players will fight they can't win. The owners have the money and that is that. And incase you haven't heard already most NBA players live cheque to cheque (I know, I know, WTF!!...AND IT'S TRUE, we found this out back in the lockout of 99') so in the end they'll eventually cave because if they don't they'll go broke. But before any of this can happen a fight must take place with us, the fans stuck in the middle as we see a season lost due primarily to owner stupidity. Not Fair! Fucking James Dolan I hate you, this is all your fault. Grrr!!!
more to come... :)
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