The NBA is investigating a claim by Chris Kaman that the reason he shoved Denver forward Reggie Evans and received a flagrant foul was because Evans yanked on his family jewels. Chris Kaman stated it took all he could do to not punch Evans out. I’m at an absolute loss of words on Evan’s thought process before doing such a thing, but he needs to punished severely!

I really hate the fact that Kobe is a jerk. I hate the fact that the sports world caters to him. I hate the fact that kids look up to him and he is a role model for them. I hate the fact that I can’t pull for him. But that’s the way it is, and it’s a shame. Kobe makes everything on the basketball court look so easy, with his game ending performance today against the Suns being his latest example. We won’t get into the events leading up to the final shot, because I have a WHOLE other set of opinions about that. Kobe once again took the game into his hands and hit another game winner with 2 hands in his face. Never any doubt.

This season, Kobe Bryant has carried this team. Sometimes he loaded them up in a sack, tossed it over his shoulder and literally carried them. How else can you explain this season? The Lakers were predicted to be the joke of the Western Conference. With a few “projects” and a few “WHO did you say is starting?” players, Phil Jackson and Kobe pulled them together and put together a winning season. In fact, they were good enough to earn a spot in the playoffs. The are currently on the verge of sending the Suns home for the summer, up 3 -1 in the series.  Great basketball players give you the option of having an otherwise marginal team.

Being such a basketball fan, it would make my life so much easier if that summer in Colorado a few years ago never happened. I would SO enjoy pulling for the Lakers and Kobe Bryant. But as it stands, I will never pull for them, and hope they have a historic meltdown vs. the Suns. But it won’t happen. Kobe is too good. Never any doubt.

Memphis is now a perfect 0-10 in the NBA playoffs. I guess they should get some credit because when they were in Vancouver they never even reached the playoffs. A couple of key points from last night’s game against Dallas to sum up why they stink in the playoffs. The Grizz went sixteen straight possessions without a point and 10:47 between baskets. Memphis lost to Dallas 94-79, but now they head back to Memphis so who knows…oh hell what am I saying they will be 0-12 in the playoffs when all is said and done.

Ron Artest has been suspended for one game without pay after his forearm shot to Manu Ginobli in the blowout loss to San Antonio in game 1 this past Saturday. Artest popped Ginobli in the third quarter and was more than likely in retaliation to an earlier elbow Ginobli gave Artest that caused him to get three stitches.

I’m sure you have all heard about it by now, being that you’re all sports fans, but LeBron James scored a triple double this afternoon in his first playoff game ever. We talked about it earlier today, and I thought he would play well, but geez! Total line: 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. AWESOME!

“Frankly, you just get tired of talking about the end of the season, and next year and not going to the playoffs,” said Warriors forward Mike Dunleavy, who took the brunt of fans’ unhappiness when he regressed despite signing a $44million contract extension on the eve of the season. “It’s brutal, man. I’m so sick of it. Coming from college and high school, where every year we’d play for the championship, and we can’t even make the playoffs. It’s rough. … I guess the good news is we’ve got a lot of commodities. That’s about it right now.”

Now, is it just me, or does this sound a little snotty? I mean, I understand you want to win, but so does the rest of the league. So just because you went to Duke, you’re supposed to be guaranteed to be on a good team. Get REAL!

Lebron James is headed to the playoffs for the first time, and we for one can’t wait. It’s like a kid waiting for Christmas, just to see what Santa Claus brings for us. Will James wilt under the pressure of his first game? Could be. Kobe shot enough bricks in his first playoff series to build a new arena. But something in my mind says Lebron isn’t Kobe. I think Lebron shines today vs. the Wizards. I guess we shall see.