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Blog: May 2006 Archives
If the Miami Heat don't win the NBA title this year, they won't ever win it. Not with the Shaq and Riley combo anyway. And you can count me among those who will be pulling very hard for them to flameout just short of a parade. No offense to long suffering Heat fans who really do think this is the year. It's just as a nuetral observer, the Heat have a very unlikeable collection of characters.
Here's a strange concept. If there existed a major sport in America that got TV ratings like that of the NBA, that filled its venues with fans week after week, and generated some of the most passionate loyaties in all of sports, wouldn't that sport get a lot of airtime on sports radio? Not exactly. I try to tackle the NASCAR puzzle.
The NBA might just be on the verge of delivering a high octane product after years of decline and decay. Watching the Mavs and Suns is an exercise in pure WOW, with guys making plays at a breakneck pace. Nobody wants to simply see defense abolished or outlawed, but there does need to be a premium rewarded for good offense. And forget just numbers, we're talking about much more than just games in the 100's.
What does it matter what number a player wears when he turns pro in the NFL? Alot. Not just in terms of your favored iced-out bling-bling that already pimps your digits, but some numbers just look better than others with helpless defenders running after them. For Reggie Bush, he tried every thing he could to convince the NFL brass to ease up on their rules. They said no. Now here's his nuclear option.
Blog: NBA Engineering At Work
The NBA is no doubt great fun to watch. And most of the time, it's pretty legit. Straight up. But not always. And if you don't believe that, then you are fooling yourself. Of course, the NBA does some things it doesn't want to talk about. Of course there's an unwritten mandate to get as many close games and 7-game series as possible. How can you not believe that?
At a time when my Wizards are craving a big man who can play offensively with his back to the basket, and also rebound with a vengeance, we are finding out just how hard those guys are to find. Of course, if you remember the blunder of all blunders, you'll recall when "Desk Jordan" decided a proven guy with college experience wasn't worth a HS kid with serious maturity problems.
Just when we were poised to make declarations about LeBron vs. Jordan at this stage of their NBA careers (Year 3) a fantastic upset fell just a few buckets short on Friday, and then collapsed entirely on Sunday at the Palace. Still, there's no denying that the "new" #23 will be a dominant fixture on the NBA landscape for years to come. Just give him one more decent player, and some time.
I think we should appreciate not just Barry Bonds for his massive home runs, but also for the enormous brain cage he's been able to grow with a variety of creams, lotions, potions, and needles. I can't be the only person who marvels at it's size and scope. The sheer blockiness of that dome, cleanly shaved, makes Bonds the ultimate "heel."
At the PGA Tour's "minor league" level, the talent still runs deep with guys who can really "golf their ball." I got to see that up close this week, while playing with DC area native Billy Hurley III. A kid from Leesburg who ended up at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, I could not have had a more polite, and enjoyable pro-am host. Now, if I could just stop hitting the ball like a wuss...
I don't care what anybody else says, I think Doug Flutie is one of the biggest overachievers in the modern history of sports. More guts than talent, more determination than brains, Flutie carved 21 professional football seasons out of his diminuitive 5-9 frame. The likelyhood of another 5-9 QB playing 21 years in the CFL and NFL? I'd say slim, and none.
The endless pursuit of golf truth inevitably leads weak souls like myself to persuse the "snake oil" aisle. It just all seems to make sense. The gadgets, the trinkets, the straps and sleeves! But have they helped? Well, not really. They say the first step in any recovery, is admitting your problem. Consider this list then, my official "cry for help!"
Being at your wife's High School reunion is hardly a laugh a minute affair. But hey, if she wants you on her arm, you gotta go. It is what it is. At least her high school has a few famous basketball alums. The bad news is, neither one was at this particular reunion. Now I can only imagine how good Friends Central was with Hakim Warrick patrolling the middle. Yikes!
Everybody in DC who knows the local TV scene, knows that WRC-4's George Michael has no problem fluffing his Peacock feathers around town as the Dean of DC Sports. Problem is, despite his experience and connections in DC, he sometimes gets beat badly on a big news story. And when you beat the King, the King doesn't like it. And don't expect any attaboys either!
The NBA wants to make the public think that Mark Cuban is a raving lunatic. And I'll be honest, Cuban does a pretty good job of that with his antics, creepy looking stare, and $10 haircut. But all that being said, Cuban is daring to make great points about how crappy the NBA runs it's post-season officiating assignments, and it seems like the truth is starting to hurt.
Once upon a time, legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi said: "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." Obviously, Vince never lived in the modern sports age. In our age, winning is purely incidental, a nice plus to an athlete's hype-a-bility, but certainly not necessary. So excuse me when I say to Lebron, Michelle, Peyton and Danica: "show me the hardware!"
Nothing stirs quite the debate like MVP "awards." Is it really most "valuable" or should it be a MOP? (Most Outstanding Player)I tend to believe the latter, that "value" is too loose of a concept to base the award on. You should just honestly look at the seasons of each key player in the NBA, and say: "which is the most outstanding player" for this season?
As soon as I made the decision to not go to the Wiz v. Cavs on Friday night, I knew deep down it would be an epic. I always miss epic battles, and this series so far has had several. So I saw the Gilbert bomb, followed by the Gilbert free throw fiasco from the comfort of my basement and HDTV. Does this make me a "bad fan." Or just lazy? Or maybe "smart." You decide.
The NBA has begun to harshly fine any players or coaches who speak out in the media about what they think is bad officiating. Good start. Now David Stern, what about guys who constantly bitch to the refs during games. Star players, who know they can incite the home crowd, or get in the head of weaker refs, need to be reeled in. Let's start with Queen James.
He was a father, a mentor, and most of all, a best friend. Tiger Woods must now absorb the tremendous loss that many elite athletes have faced before. Coping with the loss of the man who molded them at the earliest of ages, and taught them the little things that went into becoming a champion. Earl Woods was a stubborn cuss, but in the end, he raised one incredible son.
There's good radio, and then there's great radio. Then, there was Phil Hendrie. Somebody so good at the medium, that he was able to pull off something nobody else in the industry would even dare to do. He's about to retire from the business to pursue a TV acting career, and you only have a few more months to sample his pure genius.
Things are a changing at Sportstalk 980, so I wanted to at least let guys know what is going on. Andy Pollin (r) and myself (l) have been re-assigned to the 9-12 a.m. time slot at the station as part of a new, "all-local" lineup that will eventually (in July) include my Fox Sports Radio morning show. What does it mean? Early afternoon tee-times for me, and hopefully, success for everyone.
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