Each year the All NBA Teams are released, and each year I have the same debate in my head, which would make the best basketball team, 1st team, 2nd team, or 3rd team. This year, like most years, I threw 3rd team out immediately.
3rd Team: Tony Parker, Chauncy Billups, Carmello Anthony, Pau Gasol, Shaq O’neal.
2nd Team: Chris Paul, Brandon Roy, Paul Pierce, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming.
1st Team: Dwane Wade, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwight Howard.
Chauncy and Carmello are both great players and are worthy to be on 2nd team. To land the second seed in the west is no easy task, I might put one of them to 2nd team for Paul Pierce, who I think just landed there for what he did in the finals last year.
But the rest of it? Shaq and Pau=gross, and Tony Parker? Deron Williams must have had an awful year.
1st Team vs. 2nd Team
Dwayne Wade vs. Chris Paul – D-Wade had an insane year, but he really couldn’t get past the Atlanta Hawks? Wade had the better year and is the better overall player, unfortunately he is the PG of this team, and Paul may be the best PG in the world. Advantage Paul.
Kobe Bryant vs. Brandon Roy – The numbers and the experts say Kobe is the easy pick in this match up, but I take a players opinion over the “experts” every time, “He is the best player I’ve ever played against” Ron Artest on playing against Brandon Roy. Advantage Roy.
LeBron James vs. Paul Pierce – LBJ is a freak and as much as I hate him, I don’t think I can quote anyone on saying Pierce is the better player. Advantage LBJ.
Dirk Nowitzki vs. Tim Duncan – Biggest no brainer of the day. To me Dirk is a perennial 2nd or 3rd teamer, and Duncan is still the best PF in the league until he retires. Advantage Duncan.
Dwight Howard vs. Yao Ming - If Yao didn’t always break his body, I would say Yao without thinking twice. You can run an offense threw him, and he may not but be as good on defense as Dwight, but he is a lot closer to Dwight on defense then Dwight is to Yao on offense.
Side note: Quit blaming your coach superman, if you were the type of player to run an offense through, your team would do it. That left hand in the post is disgusting, and unless you’re open for the jam, I would rather shoot the 3-ball too. Advantage – None.
Winner All NBA Second Team.
But then there is a new challenger. A team that can be more deadly than them all, its the “All Left Out Mez Team”.
Deron Williams – Best PG in the NBA
Ray Allen – Best shooter in the NBA
Ron Artest – Best defender in the NBA
Carlos Boozer – Best power forward after Duncan’s reign is done.
Birdman – Best shot blocker in the NBA (In blocks per minute)
Give me these five guys any day of the week, but not without…
6th Man – Wally Sczerbiak
Advantage Mez Team
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Heeeeeees Baaaaacck
He is back.
Ron Artest is back.
He use to be one of the best in the business and now he’s back.
Ron Artest should be recognized as one of the best players in the NBA.
He has had problems with his fans and has even gotten into fights with them.
Ron Artest has learned from his past mistakes and is making up for lost time.
He has risen to every challenge presented to him.
Ron Artest has shut down the best of the best in the NBA, and has made his Rockets the scariest team to play in the NBA playoffs.
He is a remarkable player and person.
Ron Artest may be crazy, but he may just be crazy enough to be smart, at least on the court.
He has never been in a basketball game where his friend was stabbed to death with a table leg.
Ron Artest has been.
He, along with Tracy McGrady has never won a NBA playoff series
Ron Artest has won several, and makes every team he is on a contender.
He has one J-ball championships
Ron Artest will soon with an NBA championship.
Yes Ron Artest is back, but
That he is me, MezSez is back.
In cased you have not followed any of the Lakers Rockets series, watch a few of these clips, and you will not miss another game.
Derek Fisher- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDX2ktK9OR4&feature=related
Ron Artest Part 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlunFeZ35Lc
Ron Artest Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_xmYLBnnA
Ron Artest is back.
He use to be one of the best in the business and now he’s back.
Ron Artest should be recognized as one of the best players in the NBA.
He has had problems with his fans and has even gotten into fights with them.
Ron Artest has learned from his past mistakes and is making up for lost time.
He has risen to every challenge presented to him.
Ron Artest has shut down the best of the best in the NBA, and has made his Rockets the scariest team to play in the NBA playoffs.
He is a remarkable player and person.
Ron Artest may be crazy, but he may just be crazy enough to be smart, at least on the court.
He has never been in a basketball game where his friend was stabbed to death with a table leg.
Ron Artest has been.
He, along with Tracy McGrady has never won a NBA playoff series
Ron Artest has won several, and makes every team he is on a contender.
He has one J-ball championships
Ron Artest will soon with an NBA championship.
Yes Ron Artest is back, but
That he is me, MezSez is back.
In cased you have not followed any of the Lakers Rockets series, watch a few of these clips, and you will not miss another game.
Derek Fisher- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDX2ktK9OR4&feature=related
Ron Artest Part 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlunFeZ35Lc
Ron Artest Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_xmYLBnnA
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Best moment of the year, so far...
During the boring UNC route over MSU, we were constantly flipping back and fourth between that and the M’s season opener at Minnesota vs. Liriano. Lucky for us, UNC opened a 20-point lead and never looked back capping off the worst tournaments in recent memory, and we landed on the M’s game for good.
In the top of the 5th inning, Griffey crushed a 2-2 Liriano changeup deep to right. By far the most joy I have had watching any sporting event, WWE No Way Out at the Key excluded, since the first quarter of the Seahawks Packers 2007 Division Playoff game.
Sad? Perhaps.
Griffey set the tone early on this season and gave all Mariner fans a reason to watch tonight and maybe even tomorrow (waiting Bedard about that tomorrow game). If we can get enough of the Griffey Magic all year, it might just inspire the city and our team and then who knows...
In my last blog I said in the end, “Next up: How the M’s will win the AL West”, and I had no idea what the hell to write about. Luckily after watching yesterday’s game, I know, it’s 50 bombs from Griff and 30 wins from Felix.
In the top of the 5th inning, Griffey crushed a 2-2 Liriano changeup deep to right. By far the most joy I have had watching any sporting event, WWE No Way Out at the Key excluded, since the first quarter of the Seahawks Packers 2007 Division Playoff game.
Sad? Perhaps.
Griffey set the tone early on this season and gave all Mariner fans a reason to watch tonight and maybe even tomorrow (waiting Bedard about that tomorrow game). If we can get enough of the Griffey Magic all year, it might just inspire the city and our team and then who knows...
In my last blog I said in the end, “Next up: How the M’s will win the AL West”, and I had no idea what the hell to write about. Luckily after watching yesterday’s game, I know, it’s 50 bombs from Griff and 30 wins from Felix.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
April Fools Day
There was an interesting chain of events yesterday during the big-3 sports banter shows, and in case you missed it, I decided to share them with you all.
Firstly, I take everything Jim Rome says so deeply, I fell for his April Fools, and probably will again next year. His April Fools was breaking news that Barry Bonds was just signed by the Dodgers and he would now bat behind Manny possibly the deadliest one-two punch ever. A story that made so much sense to me, L.A. is a match made in heaven for these two idiots. Then after I realized it was a prank, it reminded me how bad of a person and teammate Bonds must be for this to simply be an April Fools joke. Manny, a man with baggage unmatched by anyone (except A-rod and Bonds), is getting paid over 20-mil a year, and Barry Bonds is unemployed. Maybe it’s the recession, but Bonds must be the only player ever who had OPS over 1.000 in the last year of his career, especially a career that the player was still willing to play.
After his April Fools prank, Rome down played it, reminding us all that this is a day for 12-year olds and it’s a stupid tradition that is almost always predictable and not funny.
Next as I watched Around the Horn, expecting a prank, I got a great taste of something else. Woddy Paige and host Tony Realli switched positions for the day. No prank here, but seeing Tony as the contestant on the show, I am now convinced he will one day have a bigger roll on ESPN, and hopefully he takes Wilbon’s spot on PTI and in the NBA broadcasts.
Lastly I tuned into PTI, fully expecting a prank of some sort, and they delivered. They had breaking news that Rick Pitino is now taking back his old Kentucky job and John Callipari is going back to Memphis. First of all, does anyone else always confuse Rick Pitino with John Callipari and visa versa? Second of all, these guys should have listened to Rome. It was a story I wouldn’t even care about if it were true, and even so they couldn’t have made it any more obvious and not funny. This was proof that unless you are a 12-year old or Jim Rome, don’t bother pranking people because if you do, you are the fool.
P.S. Most of all this day reminded me that I could really careless about anything that is going on in sports right now and I don’t understand how the NFL has still been in the news everyday since the super bowl.
P.P.S. Congratulations to Puzzles, back2back SJCC A-League Champs.
Next up, how the Mariners will win the AL West in 2009.
Firstly, I take everything Jim Rome says so deeply, I fell for his April Fools, and probably will again next year. His April Fools was breaking news that Barry Bonds was just signed by the Dodgers and he would now bat behind Manny possibly the deadliest one-two punch ever. A story that made so much sense to me, L.A. is a match made in heaven for these two idiots. Then after I realized it was a prank, it reminded me how bad of a person and teammate Bonds must be for this to simply be an April Fools joke. Manny, a man with baggage unmatched by anyone (except A-rod and Bonds), is getting paid over 20-mil a year, and Barry Bonds is unemployed. Maybe it’s the recession, but Bonds must be the only player ever who had OPS over 1.000 in the last year of his career, especially a career that the player was still willing to play.
After his April Fools prank, Rome down played it, reminding us all that this is a day for 12-year olds and it’s a stupid tradition that is almost always predictable and not funny.
Next as I watched Around the Horn, expecting a prank, I got a great taste of something else. Woddy Paige and host Tony Realli switched positions for the day. No prank here, but seeing Tony as the contestant on the show, I am now convinced he will one day have a bigger roll on ESPN, and hopefully he takes Wilbon’s spot on PTI and in the NBA broadcasts.
Lastly I tuned into PTI, fully expecting a prank of some sort, and they delivered. They had breaking news that Rick Pitino is now taking back his old Kentucky job and John Callipari is going back to Memphis. First of all, does anyone else always confuse Rick Pitino with John Callipari and visa versa? Second of all, these guys should have listened to Rome. It was a story I wouldn’t even care about if it were true, and even so they couldn’t have made it any more obvious and not funny. This was proof that unless you are a 12-year old or Jim Rome, don’t bother pranking people because if you do, you are the fool.
P.S. Most of all this day reminded me that I could really careless about anything that is going on in sports right now and I don’t understand how the NFL has still been in the news everyday since the super bowl.
P.P.S. Congratulations to Puzzles, back2back SJCC A-League Champs.
Next up, how the Mariners will win the AL West in 2009.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
It is the most wonderful time of the year.
With fans screaming and yelling
And bartenders telling you just finish your beer.
When Duke players cry
And they hope they just die
We laugh and make fun of their tears.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
40th Street will be hosting
And plenty of boasting
Of picks right and wrong.
Dead brackets will be trashed
But hopefully no walls are mashed
They don’t own this house for long.
With great buzzer beating
And lots of good eating
It’s the sports heaven for all.
There will be some reminiscing
Of great moments missing
Some will get bored and go to the mall.
G Carr nailing great baskets
Ruining everyone’s bracket
Sorry Nova but you had a nice year.
It’s the most wonderful time, of the year.
There’s no Washington State
And the entire Washington state
Could not be more full of joy.
Where U.W. bandwagons feel awfully empty
Now Bulldogs is plenty
Washington sure misses the days of Roy.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Good Luck To All. Go Bulldogs.
With fans screaming and yelling
And bartenders telling you just finish your beer.
When Duke players cry
And they hope they just die
We laugh and make fun of their tears.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
40th Street will be hosting
And plenty of boasting
Of picks right and wrong.
Dead brackets will be trashed
But hopefully no walls are mashed
They don’t own this house for long.
With great buzzer beating
And lots of good eating
It’s the sports heaven for all.
There will be some reminiscing
Of great moments missing
Some will get bored and go to the mall.
G Carr nailing great baskets
Ruining everyone’s bracket
Sorry Nova but you had a nice year.
It’s the most wonderful time, of the year.
There’s no Washington State
And the entire Washington state
Could not be more full of joy.
Where U.W. bandwagons feel awfully empty
Now Bulldogs is plenty
Washington sure misses the days of Roy.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Good Luck To All. Go Bulldogs.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Curious Case of Pac Man Jones
According to Jim Rome, my idol, Pac-Man went on the show “Pros vs. Joes”, suited up against some Joe, and Joe knocked Pac on his ass. Pac then got up swinging at the Joe, and the two were eventually broken up.
For a show that had been a let down for a few years now, they have finally delivered. Guys like Pac Man, young, athletic, and unstable idiots make great television. Usually the athletes who come onto this show are all out of their prime and/or retired and win or lose, they don’t really care. Pac-Man is in the prime of his athletic life, may as well be retired, and if you show him up, your head is coming off.
His NFL career was probably over before this last stunt, but this just adds another strike and reminds us that even without all the baggage, he still sucks at football.
Anyways this whole thing got me thinking, where is this guys life going? Where will he be in a year? There are so many fantastic possibilities I decided its something we should all enjoy. Place your bets today!
Where will Adam “Pac-Man” Jones be one year from now?
Doing volunteer work, voluntarily: 1,000,000-1
Getting his college degree: 1,000-1
Making his comeback to wrestling: 750-1
Touring to teach kids not be like him: 500-1
Touring to teach kids how to be like him: 250-1
The NFL: 100-1
The CFL: 50-1
On the show, “I love New York Season 3”: 10-1
Trying to rap: 5-1
Jail: 1-10
For a show that had been a let down for a few years now, they have finally delivered. Guys like Pac Man, young, athletic, and unstable idiots make great television. Usually the athletes who come onto this show are all out of their prime and/or retired and win or lose, they don’t really care. Pac-Man is in the prime of his athletic life, may as well be retired, and if you show him up, your head is coming off.
His NFL career was probably over before this last stunt, but this just adds another strike and reminds us that even without all the baggage, he still sucks at football.
Anyways this whole thing got me thinking, where is this guys life going? Where will he be in a year? There are so many fantastic possibilities I decided its something we should all enjoy. Place your bets today!
Where will Adam “Pac-Man” Jones be one year from now?
Doing volunteer work, voluntarily: 1,000,000-1
Getting his college degree: 1,000-1
Making his comeback to wrestling: 750-1
Touring to teach kids not be like him: 500-1
Touring to teach kids how to be like him: 250-1
The NFL: 100-1
The CFL: 50-1
On the show, “I love New York Season 3”: 10-1
Trying to rap: 5-1
Jail: 1-10
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
2009: Year of the Seattlelite
After signing Griffey and now Housh to the Hawks, it seems things finally have gone right in Seattle. Housh brings a new dynamic the hawks never had, and is our first real spark since signing Julian Peterson. For the last three or four years, being the bias hawk I am, I praised the hawks receiving corps as one of the better ones in the NFL, despite starting Nate Burleson and Courtney Taylor in the 2008 season opener. Now, combine Housh with my hawk bias, you can imagine how excited I am, this might just be the best receiving corps of all time.
Still, we have a few things to address, especially on defense. Brian Russell doesn’t make plays (1 INT in 2 years with us), Jennings cant tackle or cover (1 INT in 3 years with us), and we are filling our d tackle hole with our top draft pick, so something needs to be done about our secondary, and I am confident the Seahawks front office will address it.
Not so confident about the Mariners or their front office. Initially, I thought Griff would bring a magic spark to a once celebrated mediocre team, and sadly, that really is our only chance.
Looking at our lineup, we have upgraded each position, as far as personnel and players entering their prime age, except Ichiro, and I like it.
Then I scrolled down the page to our pitchers…
Felix-love him until the 7th inning, Morrow-maybe but I’m still bitter for passing on hometown Lincecum, Bedard-last chance, Washburn maybe as a fifth starter, and Silva-must have been Bavasi’s last F U to Seattle (4 years $48M) before he was canned, hate them both.
There is a bit of promise in the rotation, but with a young and shaky rotation, handing the ball over to these guys in the 7th 8th and 9th is a scary thing; Tyler Walker, Miguel Batista, Josh Fields, Cesar Jimenez, and then to shut the door, Mark Lowe.
Clearly we have holes the Mariners front office needs to address, but with the season opener about a month away, it seems our off-season is complete after signing a 39-year old DH who hit .249 last season, sorry Griff, but I still love you.
Still, we have a few things to address, especially on defense. Brian Russell doesn’t make plays (1 INT in 2 years with us), Jennings cant tackle or cover (1 INT in 3 years with us), and we are filling our d tackle hole with our top draft pick, so something needs to be done about our secondary, and I am confident the Seahawks front office will address it.
Not so confident about the Mariners or their front office. Initially, I thought Griff would bring a magic spark to a once celebrated mediocre team, and sadly, that really is our only chance.
Looking at our lineup, we have upgraded each position, as far as personnel and players entering their prime age, except Ichiro, and I like it.
Then I scrolled down the page to our pitchers…
Felix-love him until the 7th inning, Morrow-maybe but I’m still bitter for passing on hometown Lincecum, Bedard-last chance, Washburn maybe as a fifth starter, and Silva-must have been Bavasi’s last F U to Seattle (4 years $48M) before he was canned, hate them both.
There is a bit of promise in the rotation, but with a young and shaky rotation, handing the ball over to these guys in the 7th 8th and 9th is a scary thing; Tyler Walker, Miguel Batista, Josh Fields, Cesar Jimenez, and then to shut the door, Mark Lowe.
Clearly we have holes the Mariners front office needs to address, but with the season opener about a month away, it seems our off-season is complete after signing a 39-year old DH who hit .249 last season, sorry Griff, but I still love you.
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