Week 14

Picks for week 14...

Chicago over Jacksonville
Minnesota over Detroit
Green Bay over Houston
Indianapolis over Cincinnati
Atlanta over New Orleans
NY Giants over Philly
Tennessee over Cleveland
Miami over Buffalo
Denver over Kansas City
NY Jets over San Francisco
New England over Seattle
Arizona over St Louis
Pittsburgh over Dallas
Baltimore over Washington
Tampa Bay over Carolina

Enjoy

Around the Leagues

Here are my pressing issues...

Does anyone else think that Amare is seeming like a malcontent?....he wasnt happy with Joe Johnson there..wasnt happy with Shawn Marion there nor Mike D'Antoni...now he's complaining about touches and new coach Terry Porter's slower offense...he's making a real bad case for himself over the years....I dont think anyone critcizes like he should be though...not yet..

Is the Marbury situation resolved yet?.....no?....okay moving on....

Can all the 2010 talk chill out until...like...a year from now?...if its this summer cool...everyone is going to be bouncing around(in theory)..but not only is it not this year...its not next year either...like 2 NBA champions will be crowned by then....let that sink in...just chill..

Um...Plaxico Burress...I dont have much to say about it...stupid?....oh yeah..you have no business having a gun in a club..and if you think he did...he doesnt need to be in that club...someone could have been really hurt in his carelessness...but the NY mayor is talking some really big stuff like fullest extent of the law...no one wants to hear that...for anything...if you heard his press conference..you'd be a little scared lol...as his football goes..I'd be really shocked if he'd suit up for the Giants next year..he's been a bit of a headache this year before this...and if they do anything without him...doesnt look good.

Portland is 7-0 at home...just thought I should point that out early...

Tampa Bay is the most intriguing team in the playoff picture...they dont score alot..but their defense isnt like the Ravens or Titans..but its not terrible..its really good...how they generate their points offensively is very very odd to me..so I cant get a read on them like everyone else.

Devin Harris is more than likely going to take someone's all star spot..you dont drop 47 on Steve Nash and go unnoticed...so far he's the most improved player...

76ers...Clippers...both are underacheiving...I mean I didnt think the Clippers would make the playoffs or anything...but 3-13 isnt good...Sacramento has more wins than them..76ers are still lacking a go to guy on the wing...Igoudala just doesnt want to step up and take over..maybe its because he's playing the 2 instead of the 3...but 7-10 isnt going to cut it.

NFL Picks

Week 13

Indianapolis over Cleveland
Baltimore over Cincinnati
Miami over St Louis
Buffalo over San Francisco
Green Bay over Carolina
Tampa over New Orleans
NY Giants over Washington
Atlanta over San Diego
New England over Pittsburgh
NY Jets over Denver
Kansas City over Oakland
Minnesota over Chicago
Jacksonville over Houston

Uni

I forgot to add this Uni Watch....it ties into the Wizards...maybe Jordan quit once he saw these throwbacks..

Questionables

Donovan McNabb got benched yesterday at halftime of a 12-7 game vs the Ravens....yes he had 2 ints and a fumble...but to bench him?....he's gone..theres no way you could tell me Kolb would have done better against that team..nor is it good to "evaluate" him against that defense...and as a result...he did no better than Donovan did...he's gotta go...i'd be really angry if I was McNabb..that city and this staff has done nothing but criticize me...from the day he got drafted...he has his faults..like every other QB..but he takes waaaaay more shots than any other QB for no reason.

The Wizards fired coach Eddie Jordan after going 1-10 so far...I dont think he should have been fired..but with a record of 1-10...its hard to defend when you have Jamison and Butler healthy and playing...yes...Gil isnt playing..nor is Haywood...but 1-10?..I dont know who you are going to bring in that will do any better...just keep in mind that Gil,Butler and Jamison are never healthy together...and all are locked in for a while..

Texas...Texas Tech...and Oklahoma are all 10-1...Oklahoma lost to Texas..but beat Texas Tech..Texas Tech beat Texas...but lost to Oklahoma...and Texas beat Oklahoma...but lost to Texas Tech....did your head explode there?....

Speaking of college...you know who should be fired?...Charlie Weis of Notre Dame...6-5 is decent..but their losses are very good ones..last week it was to Syracuse and they blew a big lead..certain schools have big expectations..and if you dont meet them..you get replaced by someone who can...sorry...he isnt...

Week 12

11-3 last week...here we go

Cleveland over Houston
Kansas City over Buffalo
New England over Miami
Tennessee over NY Jets
Baltimore over Philly
Dallas over San Francisco
DETROIT OVER TAMPA BAY
Jacksonville over Minnesota
Chicago over St Louis
Denver over Oakland
Carolina over Atlanta
NY Giants over Arizona
Washington over Seattle
Indianapolis over San Diego
Green Bay over New Orleans

Trade To The Future

The Knicks...the Warriors and the Clippers have made a trade with each other....sorta..this is how it went

NY sends Zach Randolph and Marty Collins to LA for Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley

NY sends Jamal Crawford to Golden State for Al Harrington

Here is how I see things...Golden State is....sidestepping?...Harrington wanted out so getting him out is a good thing..but bringing in Crawford is..questionable..he's a scorer..he needs alot of shots..but at his position would be Steven Jackson...Corey Maggette and Kelenna Azubuike all manning the wings...I cant see how that would work..well if you move Crawford to the point..things become a little more interesting...I dont know if he can play the point(for the reasons i've provided earlier) or if Jackson plays full time at that spot(had been doing heavy unofficial work there already)..but Monta Ellis(remember him?) is coming back within the next month and that would create a problem there as well...I dont know..I'll give more when I actually see it.

The Clippers have a similar issue but at a bigger position...they bring in Zach to play the 4..well that helps the small issue with the Camby/Kaman duo...Camby should be the one who goes to the bench..even though any combo is pretty good..I actually think that there will another trade involving Kaman..but thats for another time...anyways getting Cuttino out of town frees up time for rookie Eric Gordon to get some regular minutes...but the downside is that Ricky Davis is still there and will use most of those minutes taking bad shots...good and bad.

And there is the Knicks....who..were playing fairly well...they get Al Harrington..whos...okay...just never a player you could be excited about..he does some things well..some things bad...but his basketball IQ isnt there alot of the time..so he'll have some really bad plays..but somehow he'll be masked by the uptempo style.They get Cuttino and Tim Thomas...both are decent shooters who underachieve..um..the reason they made this trade was to free up space for the summer of 2010...so when Wade,Joe Johnson,Lebron,Bosh,Amare and others are free agents..they can make a run for 2 players and go for whatever..um...thats 2 years away...so are you committed to sucking and not making the playoffs now and next year...so in 2010 you have a "chance" to get a superstar?...risky...very risky...they better get 2 good ones because if not...you've wasted 2 years that you can never get back....oh yeah..Stephon and Eddy still arent playing...