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It has been said before that the only person Vince Carter cares about is Vince Carter and I think you will find this video clip to be a testament to that statement. How in the blue hell do you not know that newly acquired Devin Harris practiced with the team the day before Vince?
By the way Vince, Devin Harris was the leading scorer for the New Jersey Nets last night with 21 points in a 120-106 victory over the Bucks.
“I can’t understand why no one wants my offensive prowess on their team?”
Kentucky -5.5
Kansas -11.5
Overall Record:
College Basketball 91-62-6
NBA 16-10
College Football: 44-41-1
MLB 7-1
NFL 63-33-3
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Yesterday came the news that NFL journeyman quarterback Sean Salisbury is leaving his role as NFL analyst for ESPN. Chris Carter will be Sean’s replacement and will join a whole host of other ex-NFL superstars working as analysts for ESPN. Salisbury felt he was “underpaid” and had a “capped ceiling” with ESPN so he is ready to move on to other things. Where will Sean land next? Thoughts?
So the Atlanta paper is reporting that Darren “Ladies Man” McFadden is ducking a paternity suit…and actually told a team earlier that he had children on the way….CHILDREN, as in plural, meaning two. I’m going out on a limb, and I’ve been wrong before, but I’m betting it ain’t twins, and there are two mommas as well. Hope he likes eating Ramen Noodles, cause at the rate he is going, child support is gonna continue to eat up whatever contracts he signs!
Maria Sharapova has won her first 14 matches of 2008 thus leading to winning her second straight title this year. Sharapova won the Australian Open earlier this year and today she won the Qatar Open after beating unseeded Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. Along with the Qatar Open trophy Maria won an astounding $414,000. Damn, that is enough cabbage to blow anyones skirt up. 😉
Anyone who followed basketball through the 80’s, 90’s and even today knows who Bill Laimbeer is. But I ran across a ridiculously cool fact while wasting a little time on the interweb this evening. Back in the early to mid 70’s, there was a show on called “Land of the Lost”. While I was born in 1973, I DO remember seeing reruns of this show, and our good friend Bill (while in high school) appeared on this show as a Sleestak. I mean, I guess you can’t play basketball ALL the time!!
This definitely has to have been one of the most active seasons of note in respect to big name players being moved this year in the NBA. Things got started back in late December when under appreciated Kyle Korver was shipped out of Philadelphia to surging Utah for Gordan Giriceck and a protected first round pick. Then on February 1st the Lakers acquired Pau Gasol and a second round pick from Memphis for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton and Aaron McKie. The Lakers absolutely stole Gasol from the Grizzlies and definitely improved their chances of winning the NBA Finals. Roughly a week later the Suns countered the Lakers trade by shipping Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to Miami for superstar Shaquille O’Neal. Also, a little over three weeks ago I predicted Kidd would be traded to the Mavericks well before the rumors began and ultimately this week Dallas able to get the deal done. Devin Harris, Gana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Moe Ager, Keith Van Horn and a pair of draft picks were shipped to New Jersey in order to acquire Kidd, Malik Allen and Antoine Wright. The final big trade came through yesterday when Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons were traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Joe Smith, Ben Wallace and Chicago’s 2009 regular second round draft pick. Also as part of the three-team trade, Chicago sent Adrian Griffin to Seattle. There were some other smaller trades like Mike Bibby to the Hawks, Gerald Green to the Rockets, Kurt Thomas to the Spurs, and Bonzi wells along with Mike James to the Hornets so all in all it was a very hectic time. I ultimately think the Lakers helped themselves the most especially if Andrew Bynum can come back completely healthy. Only time will tell and this has to be the most buzz around the NBA since the Jordan days.
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Not sure if this can be called a dunk or if it should be called a thrunk (throw+dunk), but it is damn impressive nonetheless. Check out the video clip of Dwight Howard’s Super Man Dunk and thanks to Howard and Gerald Green for making this year’s dunk contest special.