So the NFL now has a new collective bargaining agreement. The NBA is now on the clock. Still, I can't help but consider the similarities between NFL owners locking out the players and politicians locking out Americans in the current debt ceiling debate. This isn't a politics blog but I'm just saying...
Would the equivalent of a new CBA be amending the constitution or dissolving most regulatory agencies and starting over?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Move over Vlade Divac
It's about time I do a Jimmer post!
So I've never really sat down and done a formal list but I've always kind of compartmentalized teams into three categories in my head: teams I like, teams I don't care about, and teams I dislike.
Here are some examples. I like the Rays, Cubs, BYU Cougars. I'm neutral on the Royals, the Washington Capitals, the Denver Broncos. I dislike the Nuggets, the Yankees, the Cowboys.
Up until the evening of June 23, 2011 the Sacramento Kings were on the margin between teams I dislike and teams I don't care about. They switched margins during the first round of the NBA draft.
I tried to think of a Kings player I've enjoyed watching in the past and I came up with Vlade Divac. He drove me kind of nuts but in the same way I enjoyed watching Dennis Rodman play basketball, I enjoyed watching Vlade play basketball. He knew how to do it.
And now without ever playing a single minute for the Kings I have a new favorite Kings player of all-time: Jimmer. I'm curious if I become a full Kings fan or just a Jimmer fan but assuming he gets some good playing time I think I'll actually become a Kings fan.
All I know is that I'll be at the game when the Magic host the Kings next season as long as it isn't on a Sunday. Never say never. Never say always. But I'm pretty sure.
I know it is just sports. But this is a sports blog. And as far as sports go, Go Jimmer!!!!
So I've never really sat down and done a formal list but I've always kind of compartmentalized teams into three categories in my head: teams I like, teams I don't care about, and teams I dislike.
Here are some examples. I like the Rays, Cubs, BYU Cougars. I'm neutral on the Royals, the Washington Capitals, the Denver Broncos. I dislike the Nuggets, the Yankees, the Cowboys.
Up until the evening of June 23, 2011 the Sacramento Kings were on the margin between teams I dislike and teams I don't care about. They switched margins during the first round of the NBA draft.
I tried to think of a Kings player I've enjoyed watching in the past and I came up with Vlade Divac. He drove me kind of nuts but in the same way I enjoyed watching Dennis Rodman play basketball, I enjoyed watching Vlade play basketball. He knew how to do it.
And now without ever playing a single minute for the Kings I have a new favorite Kings player of all-time: Jimmer. I'm curious if I become a full Kings fan or just a Jimmer fan but assuming he gets some good playing time I think I'll actually become a Kings fan.
All I know is that I'll be at the game when the Magic host the Kings next season as long as it isn't on a Sunday. Never say never. Never say always. But I'm pretty sure.
I know it is just sports. But this is a sports blog. And as far as sports go, Go Jimmer!!!!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Paging MC
Anyone seen Mark Cuban lately? He is due on stage soon if things go according to plan.
Out of sight out of mind, I guess. I hadn't thought about him so far during the NBA Finals until last night as I watched Lebron lose the biggest game of his life (his words, not mine).
I'm not your typical fan. I enjoy sports playoffs more in the early rounds than toward the championship because more often than not my team isn't one of the final 2 or 4 teams and there aren't as many underdogs (likable teams) around.
So this year is a little different because I kind of like the Mavs even if I thought the most intriguing Final would pit the Bulls against the Thunder. We'll never know if I'm all talk or not but I think I would have watched all of that series.
Anyway, I started to reminisce some of my favorite NBA playoff memories and the Mavs come to mind a lot. I enjoyed their battles with Pheonix back in the day and I was disappointed they couldn't disappoint Shaq when the Heat beat them in the Finals a few years ago.
The more I thought about the Mavs the more my memory was filled with the distraction that is Mark Cuban.
But I can't think of one time in the 2011 playoffs that I've seen him on the bench or on the court or in the media, which is a bit out of character so I'm assuming it is by design. Seems to be working. I wonder if all that pent up MC is going to pop on Sunday or Tuesday if the Mavs get this done.
Out of sight out of mind, I guess. I hadn't thought about him so far during the NBA Finals until last night as I watched Lebron lose the biggest game of his life (his words, not mine).
I'm not your typical fan. I enjoy sports playoffs more in the early rounds than toward the championship because more often than not my team isn't one of the final 2 or 4 teams and there aren't as many underdogs (likable teams) around.
So this year is a little different because I kind of like the Mavs even if I thought the most intriguing Final would pit the Bulls against the Thunder. We'll never know if I'm all talk or not but I think I would have watched all of that series.
Anyway, I started to reminisce some of my favorite NBA playoff memories and the Mavs come to mind a lot. I enjoyed their battles with Pheonix back in the day and I was disappointed they couldn't disappoint Shaq when the Heat beat them in the Finals a few years ago.
The more I thought about the Mavs the more my memory was filled with the distraction that is Mark Cuban.
But I can't think of one time in the 2011 playoffs that I've seen him on the bench or on the court or in the media, which is a bit out of character so I'm assuming it is by design. Seems to be working. I wonder if all that pent up MC is going to pop on Sunday or Tuesday if the Mavs get this done.
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