Posts Tagged ‘Shaq’

All of this grumbling about Lebron James leaving Cleveland after this season is starting to really get on my nerves.  Don’t get me wrong, King James can pretty much pick his destination whether it be New York, Miami, or Australia.  I just don’t see Lebron wanting to leave Cleveland unless they really do stupid things in the front office between now and the end of the season.

Bringing in Shaq is a good thing.  Do you think Danny Ferry acted without first calling James and asking him for his opinion?  Danny Ferry is one of the puppets who Lebron controls.  If a player were out there and Ferry were to sign him without first contacting James, he would have a reason to pack his bags at the end of the season.  Fortunately for Cavs fans, that doesn’t happen because James is basically the GM of this team.

Mike Brown won Coach of The Year.  Brown replaced Paul Silas.  Lebron didn’t like playing for Silas because he actually tried to coach the team.  E=MC2?  Catching on yet?  Danny Ferry replaced Jim Paxson because Paxson got fired.  He could not be puppeted out like Ferry.  Mike Brown was basically hand-picked by James to coach the team.  So now Lebron is not only the GM, but now he is the head coach and has a puppet for each hand.

Besides being the GM, Head Coach, and player, James also is basically playing in his backyard.  A home game for the Cavs is a home game for Akron.  Lebron’s mother can come up to watch.  Granted, if he went somewhere else it’s not like he couldn’t afford to relocate his mother to watch games.  However, an incredible amount of the people who own season tickets in Cleveland are people who were following James’ magical run at Akron SVSM.

We all know that Anderson Varajeo is not even close to earning the money thrown at him last week by the Cavs.  He runs a good pick-and-roll with Lebron, so GM James said, “Pay the man“.  Coach James said, “Pay the man“.  Oh, and teammate Lebron James said, “Pay the man“.  So guess what… the man got paid.

Anyone who thinks that Lebron James isn’t running every dimension of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball to some extent is naive and/or blind.  This all raises the point that there is absolutely no reason for James to go anywhere for any reason.  Lebron James will be in Cleveland as long as he has control of all of his toys and titles.  Mario Lemieux owns the Penguins.  Don’t be suprised is Lebron turns around and buys the Cavs someday.  Then he can be owner, GM, Coach, player, vendor, etc…

The Cleveland Cavaliers are scrambling desperately to plug the holes that prevented them from winning it all last year.  Anthony Parker, currently with the Toronto Raptors, is the next guy down on Danny Ferry‘s wish list.

Shaquille O’Neal, in my opinion, was a good signing.  Leadership and experience go a long way in the NBA and Shaq has plenty of both to offer.

I am glad that Ron Artest signed with Los Angeles.  Artest is a head case and will have problems with Phil Jackson and/or Kobe Bryant while he is in a Lakers uniform.  Thanks Mitch Kupchak, we owe you one.  Then they turn around and give Trevor Ariza to Houston.  Who will be worse next year?  Houston or Oklahoma City?

Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon probably wanted to play together like they did at UConn a few years ago.  I want to play kickball at recess again too, but it probably can’t happen.  Joe Dumars isn’t seeing the big picture in Motown.  Rasheed Wallace is going to be gone, Allen Iverson has been used entirely wrong since they got him, and Rip Hamilton is unhappy.  Bringing in Avery Johnson to handle this dog and pony show wont be enough.

I wish the Cavs would just go after Chris Bosh and get it over with.  Bosh will be in a Cavs uniform next season, mark my words.

Fourth of July weekend has a new tradition – the big hot dog eating contest.  I love watching these 180 pound people scarfing down 30 hot dogs in three minutes.  I never really understood why they dip the dogs (bun and all) in water, as water would just add weight to what they are consuming.

• NESW Sports digs up some footage of Shaq holding Gary Coleman in a total opposite scene to see.
• The Fifth Corner reports that Rasheed Wallace has met with most of the Celtics already, and may be close to signing with Boston.
• Josh Q. Public talks about The Little League team known as the Chosen Team in New Jersey.
• PacMan Jonesin’ has the latest from the police blotter as WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi blew a little too much into the breathalizer and got herself a DUI.
• Fansided polled some bloggers (including me) about The Dinosaur Age: Which Athletes Need To Retire?  Check it out, pretty interesting choices on the list.
• The World Of Isaac is having problems with the decisions that Joe Dumars is making for Detroit these days.

I’m not a converted soccer fan by any means.  I am patriotic though, so I enjoyed the US Soccer Team shocking the world and beating Spain to advance to the finals.  Here are some great stories:

• ESPN.com threw me a bone Wednesday linking to my Kerry Wood story.  Check out the love that author Rob Neyer gave me by clicking here.
• Predominantly Orange salutes high school coaches of all sports.
• PacMan Jonesin’ warns you to be careful of who you mess with in the parking lot after games.
• The Friendly Blogfines looks at some truly amazing Cubs stats.
• Steady Burn covers Seve Ballesteros’ first post tumor appearance where he likens cancer to golf.
• Zoner Sports tells us why Twitter has changed sports.
• Detroit4lyfe comments on Magglio Ordonez’s new haircut.  Maybe the aerodynamics will improve and we will see Magglio steal 50 after the break!
• Fansided gives their Top 10 list of sports transformers.
• Major League Jerk reports that Texas has activated El Duque, Orlando Hernandez in his article El Duque or El Dookie?
• PSAMP brags for his territory saying at least one Pittsburgh team is going to lose.
• Josh Q. Public looks at the NBA’s drafts past busts and bargains.
• King James Gospel already found 20 nicknames for the newest Cav, Shaquille O’Neal.
• Sports Rubbish has a classic find of an old Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett commercial.

College Football is only a couple of months away.  Probably my personal favorite sport to follow from year-to-year.  The Buckeyes are reloaded and favored to win another Big 10 Championship.  Here are some stories from other sites.

• My Sports Rumors does an interesting comparison of the Transformers to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, sighting good vs evil.
• Sports Rubbish posted a Ryan Parker song about the two A-Rods, Alex Rodriguez and Andy Roddick.
• Zoner Sports posted a picture of a Ryan Leaf jersey for sale in an NFL Shops brochure, I wouldn’t pay the shipping fee just to get the shirt.
• Josh Q. Public posted a video of Joana Krupa expressing hatred toward Terrel Owens.
• NESW Sports posted video of the Shaq and Ben Stein Wild West Comcast Commercial.
• PacMan Jonesin’ writes about the retirement of Donald Fehr after 25 years of trying to ruin baseball in Darth Vader retires.
• PSAMP has video of Rashard Mendenhall dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
• Steady Burn informs us that William & Mary University will change their school nickname again.  They were the Indians, then The Tribe, now God only knows what.
• The Fifth Corner reports that Tyler Hansbrough has been invited to Madison Square Garden on draft day meaning his stock is definitely on the rise.
• Fansided gives their Father’s Day Lifetime Achievement Award to Marv Marinovich.
• Detroit4lyfe thinks the Pistons should avoid taking BJ Mullens with the 15th pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
• Style Points has the story on Vince Young getting booed at Coach Fishers charity softball game.
• Bootlegger Sports tells you why the US Soccer Team is setting a good example.
• Major League Jerk finds Yahoo saying Mike Cameron is suspended 25 games for using an illegal substance.  Are they guessing?  Nobody else has said a thing.

Ah… victory.  Congratulations Pittsburgh Penguins!  What a great show of heart in the decisive game 7.  Here are some stories from other great sites.

• Total Pro Sports has video of Sidney Crosby hoisting the Stanley Cup out of the sunroof of the bus while still in Detroit.
• Bootlegger Sports brings footage of Ray Mercer vs Tim Sylvia in a boxing match with MMA surroundings.  See what happens when you piss an old man off…
• Sharapova’s Thigh takes an in-depth look at what is wrong with Johan Santana after the worst outting of his career.
• On the other end of the pitching spectrum, Mighty Matt Cain is having a great year and putting up solid numbers as told by Josh Q. Public.
• Fanhouse has a disturbing video of LA Lakers fans rioting after the championship was decided last night.
• NESW Sports provides an EA Sports video of Tiger Woods clowing around with Scott Van Pelt.
• No Guts, No Glory thinks the Cavs would be making a huge mistake if they obtained Shaquille O’Neal.
• PacMan Jonesin’ found Shaq sending tweets of congrats to Kobe and calling Stan Van Gundy a panicker.
• Sports Rubbish has an entertaining story of an umpire who ejected the entire crowd at a high school game recently.

Pirate fans, meet Andrew McCutchen.  McCutchen has been the Pirates #1 offensive prospect over the past couple of seasons.  His time is now.  With the departing of Nate McLouth, McCutchen will have a chance to play every day in the Pittsburgh OF.  Here are some stories from other great sites:

•  Major League Jerk takes a look at the upcoming MLB Draft titled Bud Selig Wants You!
•  Steady Burn pumps the new Lil’ Wayne single called, “Kobe Bryant”.
•  Ballerblogger previews the NBA Finals.
•  A Stern Warning has found the new Vitamin Water commercial starring Dwight Howard. Intentional Foul offers another post on the Dwight Howard Vitamin Water commercial.
•  My Sports Rumors debuts a new feature called the Twitter files, in which some tweets are featured from around the twitter world.
•  Rootzoo posts a great interview clip with Darryl Strawberry speaking about Pete Rose and steroid abuse in the majors.
•  Zoner Sports gives us the scoop on Sammy Sosa saying he will soon formally announce his retirement from baseball.
•  PSAMP invites us to watch a Pittsburgh created dinosaur chow down on an octopus before game 3.
•  Josh Q. Public brings a video clip of Randy Orton wigging out and swearing at a Mexican wrestling commentator.
•  Hugging Harold Reynolds shows us the warning signs that you need to look for to know you need to take a few days off.
•  Pacman Jonesin’ finds the tension between Janice Dickinson and John Salley on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.
•  NESW Sports Thursday version of The Interweb: Featuring a funny video of how Shaq is paying for his MMA lessons.
•  Detroit4lyfe found Matthew Stafford decked out in Tiger gear in the broadcast booth at the Tigers vs Red Sox game Wednesday.
•  Total Pro Sports writes about how Floyd Mayweather has no idea who David Beckham is.
•  Sports Rubbish brings us a fight between two Russian womens handball teams.

The Indians finally managed to win a game without the bullpen coming in to screw things up!  That’s a nice change for the fans!  Here is what is going on around the world of sports!

Manny Ramirez To Be Suspended 50 Games * Zoner Sports
Favre’s Agent: He Wants To Win A Super Bowl * Moondog Sports
Ron Artest Gets Drunk In Portland * Detroit4Lyfe
Canadian Parliament Votes To Use Seal Skin In Olympic Uniforms * Sports Rubbish
Don Cherry Drops The “F-Bomb” On Live Television * Total Pro Sports
Coming Soon: Shaq vs Chuck Lidell (Video) * NESW Sports
Kobe Bryant Self-Assisted Alley-Oop * Lake Show Life
Great Ron Artest Postgame Interview Piece * TalkHoops
Lebron James’ Ride: A Ferrari F430 Spider * Hoop Doctors
We’ll Fackin Look At Whoeve We Want To Fackin Look At * Hugging Harold Reynolds
Yankees Still Suck * Josh Q. Public

Enjoy These Great Stories!

It’s been a busy week and I am surely not able to write about everything that needs touched upon.  Click on a link, visit these other great sites, leave a comment, and learn something you might not have known!

Revisiting The Great Sports Year Of 1991 * In Game Now
Duke QB Greg Paulus Transferring To Michigan? * Fanhouse
Sidney Crosby Struggles To Grow Facial Hair * PSAMP
John Buck’s Two Homers Beat Indians. Who Is He? * Josh Q. Public
Doc Gooden Has (Uh) At Least Six Kids * Hugging Harold Reynolds
Allen Iverson Photo: No Casino For Y’all * Hoop Doctors
Lebron James Must-See Warm-Up Dunk * NESW Sports
Shaq Gets Pranked * Total Pro Sports
Billy Bob vs Joaquin: Roller Derby Fans? * Steady Burn
High School Pitcher Throws Three Consecutive No-Hitters * Sports Rubbish
Dick Trickle: Racing Legend * Rootzoo
2009 Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule * Pro Football Fans
2009 Cleveland Browns Schedule * Pro Football Fans
Lebron James Swats Chris Duhon’s Shot To Half Court * Docksquad
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych Dead At 54 * Fox Sports
Reds vs Brewers Preview * True Blue Brew Blog
2009 Cleveland Indians = 2008 Cleveland Browns? * Midwest Sports Fans
Brandon Roy = Michael Jordan? * A Stern Warning
Leftwich Signs With Bucs, What’s Next For Steelers? * My Sports Rumors
A Tribute To Harry Kalas * Baseball Reflections
Good Morning, MLB Fans * Zoner Sports

Enjoy The Reading!

Here are some stories from other great sites!

In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Tiger * Josh Q. Public
Blake Griffin Is Too Cool For School * Total Pro Sports
The Final Four: Who Will Win It All? * Sports2Debate
Minor League Baseball Team Offers “Gassy” Promotion * Zoner Sports
Examining The Indians Competition: Minnesota Twins * Sharapova’s Thigh
Lebron James Pregame Homerun Video, What’s Next Shaq? * NESW Sports
Why Jamie Dixon Won’t Leave Pitt * PSAMP
Indians Send Trevor Crowe Packing * Deep Left Field
The 10 Ugliest Uniforms of The 1970’s * Fantasy Pros 911
Andrew McCutchen Sent To The Minors * BUCCO Fans

Enjoy These Great Stories!