by Lundberg - May 24, 2010 - - 2 Comments »
–Mike Brown was fired by the Cavaliers. This is the first real domino to fall in the never talked about Summer of 2010. In Brown’s defense, dude did win 127 games over the past two seasons. He also got the team (not this year’s version) to buy into a defensive philosophy. However, they didn’t utilize LeBron’s talents in the open court by slowing down and running an unimaginative offense. And there is one can’t miss formula for being a good coach in the NBA. Have LeBron James on your team. Wear a suit. My vote is that LeBron’s potential teammates will play more of a role in his decision than his future coach will.
–Amare Stoudemire and his cool guy goggles went off in game three against LA. He is still a 1B, not a 1A though. There are three 1B’s available this Summer (LeBron and Wade are the 1A’s). Stoudemire, Chris Bosh and now Dirk Nowitzki (I’d put Amare third on this list). Dirk has spent most of his career as a 1A and was nearly a championship caliber one at that. But I think his true role might be as a super number two. He opted out of his contract. We’ll see if he feels the same way by what team he chooses to sign a new one with.
–FYI…Johan Santana is still an excellent pitcher. I am compelled to mention this because I feel like homeboy is getting slighted by the New York media. Yes, he gave up 10 runs to the Phillies earlier this year but he’s only given up 15 in his other nine starts. The guy is still good at getting people out.
–Another quick thought on baseball. Nothing is more overrated than a baseball manager. Do people actually think changing managers will make a drastic difference in a team’s play? Their entire job is just not to screw things up. They don’t have as much influence over the game as they are given credit for. I bet the top skipper in the league is only worth a few actual wins.
–Seven people saw “MacGruber” this weekend. I wasn’t one of them. I won’t judge the movie without seeing it but the 90 second sketch never made me laugh, so I’m frightened by how I might react to the 90 minute version.
–”Lost” and “24″ are done. I’ve seen one episode of the former. It seemed like the writers could write their way in or out of anything. If someone dies, their body can become a host for somebody else or they could just go back in time or something. I’m sure it was good, I just don’t watch much TV (and no dramas). As for “24″, Wolverine would whip Jack Bauer’s ass.
–I saw Danica Patrick whining about her car the other day. I love her. She seems like such a little bitch. And she is a racecar driver. That is a good combination.
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I heard this bizzare story (which I don’t believe) that some of Lebron’s teammates slept with his mom and that he found out about it before game 4, which is why he decided not to play. It was multiple teammates but the one specific name in there was Delonte West (it wouldn’t surprise me that it was him if it was true. Dude’s already got serious issues with out this story!). Just wondering if you heard anything about that.
Jack Bauer seems like a real tool, LeBron James and Johan Santana are both very good at basketball and baseball respectively, and Danica Patrick is super hot. Well said.