The sporting world

Iron Unkind

For all of the bashing going on in sports about ability, execution, and fairness it has come to my attention that almost all sports are watered down in one way or another. Take for instance last night's painful to watch game 3 of the NBA finals. Is it me or was the second half THE most dreadful performance by two teams ever? Not one but two teams that couldn't smack the ass of an elephant if they wee a foot away.

Clank after clank after clank for an entire 24 mins, surely David Stern " The Dictator" was unamused but used that time to continue to push his world wide appeal. The only thing that performance did last night was give all the scrubs who play basketball indoors or out, organized or not, the hope that one day all of the hard work that they put into their games at an early age will not pay off in the long run.

All I wanted to see last night was the TNT crew run the clip of A.I. for the rest of the night...you know the one about practice! The only practice they did last night was to look at Eva in the stands cause they damn sure weren't looking at the box right above the cylinder. Utterly rim unkind last night.

Facilitate

Is it me or did all of the former NBA players who now work for ESPN have a bet as to who would use the word "Facilitator" out of context as much as they have been doing? The word came about from Greg Anthony a very astute and educated ex-player from Las Vegas. He coined the term earlier in the year, the next thing you know he is saying it a lot when speaking of Steve Nash and other dishers of the "Rock". In steps Jamal Mashburn about 2 months ago and he starts using the word along with Mark Jackson, and a couple others. Now we know that something is up because a true journalist like Stephen A. Smith stays away from that word like a Cinnabon to a diabetic. Last week it seemed like they had a side bet on who was going to say it the most and the most out of context. Please quit using that word try supplier, distributor, dime artist, the guy that helps an old lady across the street, Don King you know promotion cause that what facilitating is in a way it's to assist...

The Open

Tomorrow kix off golf's version of National Spelling Bee when the largest field in American golf descends upon Pittsburgh, Pa's Oakmont Country Club to play in America's version of our national championship. Myself personally have tried to qualify for this tourney 4 times twice in Florida twice in Arizona. all four times I shot well but not well enough for advance out of the local qualifier. Those courses were so easy compared to what you will witness tomorrow.

I've played three courses in my life that had a golf course rating of 77 or higher...Oakmont is over 78 so you can best believe that come Sunday night the winning score will be somewhere around plus 3. sure someone is going to go deep and shoot 68 or 67 one day but that will be followed up or preceded by a 79...oh boy is this going to be fun to watch. No prediction on who is going to win, but look out for Tim Clark, Steve Stricker, and Retief Goosen. my dark horse is Jose Marie I lost my ball. If you are a betting person go to Bodog and look for the bets on who will score the lowest in their threesomes that should be fun money there.

On a sad note...

J.R. Smith lost a dear friend yesterday, but the crazy part is you saw it coming. How many violations driving a vehicle incorrectly can you have before you get it? Well, I guess he didn't and paid the ultimate price of basically killing your best friend which in my account is the worst thing that you can do in life. Ever since Derrick Thomas died I've been buckling up even to go around the corner. I'd rather be in the car than out of the car getting ran over, stuck to a tree, getting ate by fire ants, etc you get the picture. Buckle Up!!!!

The new Cincinnati Bengals are quickly becoming the Denver Nuggets...Let's see Demar Johnson who himself damn near died in a car accident back in the day decides to commit the ultimate no no in night club etiquette and that is to break a fight, let alone two women fighting ummmm no! Stay ya butt's up otta that there as I would say. It only leads to more trouble, getting hit by someone, stabbed or shot is not out of the question either. Well, he breaks up a fight, the cops do their best Christmas trees imitation on him by tasering him and arresting him for obstruction. will Denver catch Cinci only time will tell the year is young.

Trades

Every year at the end of the season I pretty much can tell who will be on what team the following season it's just a great ability I have for guessing and being an astute observer of the league. Well, here we go with the madness...If the Suns are dumb enough to let Shawn Marion go for N E body they not only will shoot themselves in the foot on defense, but also cut loose the true heart of the team. Who in the league do you know that can guard ALL 5 positions on the floor? Answer is none out side of Marion. He plays above the rim, and anyone from the Midwest knows that Chicago ballers never have great jump shots cause most grew up playing outside in the snow, rain, and wind so they tend to be slashers and finishers both Marion does regularly. If you trade Shawn to any team in the league at this young stage in his career his career will be over. His fit doesn't fit anywhere in the NBA but the PHX so he stays put.

Now if you wanna make moves this is what you do...Piakowski gone, Burke gone for a 4th round pick and money, Jalen goes to the Bucks for draft picks, Boris I love you to death but ya gotta go. So Diaw and Jermaine Jones in a package deal for either Hakeem Warrick or Stromile Swift. Snatch up another guard that ids 6'3 and can shoot this could be a draft pick or pilfer the Bobcats cause they have a lot of talent. My push for the off season is to get J.J. Reddick now and ride him like Secretariat cause he is going to wilt away in O-town. You keep the crew Nash, Amare, Shawn, and Leandro. sorry Kurt you gotta go too slow and you don't get off the ground. The Suns have one year left to do this after that the Atlanta's, Charlotte's, Cav's, Jazz, Warriors all sub championship teams are gonna run the league.

Free agents that can be picked up regardless of attitude or ability because they were on a team that didn't use them like they should have. Rasheed get him, Chauncey get, Jerome James GET HIM, Matt Barnes hmmm kinda showed out in the playoffs but reminds me of Doug Christy, Ray Allen been tryin to get him to be a SUN since o5 but they slept on him and he stayed a Sonic, Antwon Jameson, T.J. Ford is ready for another move. So the Suns have options or they can stand pat, but with D'Antoni only playing 8 players in the regular season and showing absolutely no commitment to anyone other than the starters in playoffs, he cost that team a title and basically paid the other guys to sit on the bench as if they were watching MJ play back in the day.

Then there is Kobe, go get him or not? You damn skippy you go get him! KG go get him or not? Hell no, no disrespect but no, Amare for KG hell no!!! You noticed I left Amare out of the mix of trades cause if you cut him loose where ever he goes they WILL win a Championship faster than they will out here.

It's a beautiful day today go hit a golf ball or swing down to the beach, take a long walk, or have hot sweaty work out fun...

Stay in the present and the future will always be in front of you.
-BB