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Monday, March 31, 2008

NCAA's & Other Stuff.

- As much as I would have liked to have seen Davidson make the Final Four the games next weekend should be great. Anytime you have three (UCLA, Kansas and North Carolina) of the five teams that qualify as royalty in college basketball (Indiana and Kentucky are the other two) mixed with arguably the most talented, Memphis, you are in good shape.

I am sticking with my original pick of UCLA over Kansas in the Final but Memphis scares the hell out of me. Derrick Rose is the best player left and I am not sure Westbrook or Collison of UCLA, two lottery picks themselves, can guard him.

And for the record Ms. Skeelo is sticking with her original picks of UNC over Memphis.

- Anyone who doesn't think Stephen Curry would be a good NBA player is crazy. There are not that many guys in the NBA who can shoot straight anymore and he can certainly do that. What he can also do is create his own shot coming off screens, hit floaters driving the lane and carve through taller defenders to get to the basket, three things JJ Redick can't do and he was a first rounder.

Curry is smart to stay in school at least another year, hit the weight room and work on his defense.

- Anyone who doesn't think Kevin Love will be a great NBA player is completely insane. Sure he can't run or jump but neither could Kevin McHale and he is one of the five best power forwards ever. Love is an absolute load on the blocks and can shoot and rebound like a demon. He is never out of position and his basketball IQ is off the charts. He is also an incredible passer and is miles ahead of Chris Webber, the best passing big man of the past 25 years, in that category. He also steps up to cut off guards coming off screens at the top of the key, angles quicker forwards away from the basket and pretty much anything else you want him to do. He's a poor man's Tim Duncan and that is a huge compliment.

- Well done Toronto Maple Leafs. You played just well enough to miss the playoffs again and fuck up a high first round draft choice. Jesus, the Leafs even fuck up losing. And does anyone really think anyone other than Cliff Fletcher will be running this team come next year. I really don't see Brian Burke leaving the Ducks for this mess.

- If Donnie Walsh is running the Knicks Isiah's days are done. There is no way in hell Walsh would have agreed to run the team without James Dolan getting rid of him. Which means Isiah will be out of the NBA for good because nobody else will hire him, leaving me with much less to work with as he has been one of my favorite punching bags for a while now.

- In last week's episode of CSI: Miami they mentioned "Making It Rain" in a strip club (throwing 100 dollar bills around). And for that reference we can thank Pac Man Jones who I hope to God is back in the NFL this year.

- Is P. Diddy and Cameron Diaz a strange couple or is it just me?

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