Message Board Oddities: Volume III April 14, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in NBA.Tags: Chris Paul, Hedo Turkoglu, J.A. Adande, Jemele Hill, Message Board Oddities, MVP, NBA
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Today’s message board oddity includes two oddities and doesn’t come from an actual message board. However, the absurdity of the statements fully qualify as “message board oddities.” In a feature entitled “Roundtable: Who is the league’s 2007-08 MVP”, each of ESPN’s NBA writers submitted annotated ballots telling who should receive the NBA MVP and why. Most of the ballots presented logical arguments except for those of J.A. Adande and Jemele Hill. (more…)
The NBA: Where “I Don’t Remember” Happens March 30, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in NBA.Tags: Devin Harris, NBA, New Jersey Nets, Vince Carter
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Should Chris Paul Be This Year’s MVP? March 27, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in NBA.Tags: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, MVP, NBA
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Kobe Bryant will win this year’s NBA MVP – but he probably doesn’t deserve it. Not because he hasn’t been outstanding and extremely valuable to L.A.’s resurgence as a contender, but because there’s someone else who’s been having a hall-of-fame type year. And no, it’s not Lebron James.
Many sportscasters and analysts have somehow overlooked Hornets point guard Chris Paul’s remarkable numbers this season. Not only has he averaged 21 and 11 thus far, but he’s played a primary role in putting a mostly irrelevant franchise at the top of the western conference standings. There literally isn’t a legitimate argument against Chris Paul winning the MVP this season, especially since Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki have dominated the award for the last three. (more…)
America Needs A New Pastime March 10, 2008
Posted by nedd_turrley in baseball.Tags: baseball, NBA, NFL, salary cap, steroids
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Let’s stop kidding ourselves. 
When it comes to America’s favorite sport, it would be absurd to suggest that it were anything other than American Football. It’s the most watched, most anticipated, and reaches a wider fan base. You simply can’t dispute it. While this could be attributed to a variety of causes, it’s important to note that, while the NFL is mostly a flawless league, its competition certainly isn’t helping itself. Not only does Major League Baseball put out an inferior product, but the league is far too old-fashioned to compete with the NFL, college football, and even college basketball and the NBA. The majority of the MLB’s remaining fan base is comprised of purists who are forced to defend a league that favors wealthy owners and illegal drug usage among its players. It’s embarrassing that a league so poorly constructed and managed is still labeled “America’s Pastime.” Let’s go over some of the most prominent reasons why. (more…)
“This Is Unbelievable, This Is Jordanesque” March 8, 2008
Posted by justingerman in NBA, Top 10 Highlights.Tags: Detroit Pistons, Lebron James, NBA
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May 31, 2007
LeBron’s domination of game five of the Conference Finals is 8 of 10 on the list of best sports highlights that I’ve witnessed. The rest of the list can be found here.
LeBron scored 29 of the Cavs final 30 points, including the last 25 to lead his team to victory over the Pistons in game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is truly unbelievable, but I think the Pistons might have totally forgot the meaning of help defense for a quarter or so.
As for the Jordanesque comment, I don’t think it’s true. Jordan never did anything quite like that.
Forget Sports Center, My Top Ten Highlights March 3, 2008
Posted by justingerman in NBA, Top 10 Highlights.Tags: Derek Fisher, LA Lakers, NBA
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In lieu of ESPN’s rankings of the greatest sports highlights of all time, I decided to rank my own top ten highlights. All of these are events that I’ve watched live during my 21 years, if I didn’t see it then it doesn’t make the list. I’m planning on starting at number 10 and releasing another highlight every couple days until until I reach number one.
“He Scores! Derek Fisher Scores!” (Number 10)
May 13, 2004
Not only did Tim Duncan make an unbelievable shot to give the Spurs a one point lead in game four of the Western Conference Semis, but Derek Fisher did him one-up by draining a jumper with .4 seconds left. What I love is how Fisher runs off into the tunnel directly after making the shot and the rest of the team follows. It’s even better because Al Michaels is announcing. The Lakers went on to win the series in six games and then beat the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Pistons in five games.
Superman? February 18, 2008
Posted by justingerman in NBA.Tags: Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard, Gerald Green, NBA, Olympics, Superman
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Sure Dwight Howard’s superman dunk was incredible, but there’s something silly to me about a 6-11 guy in the dunk contest to start with. Kevin Garnett probably could have made made almost all of Howard’s dunks but I don’t think he’s ever had the audacity to try and get in a dunk contest. At the same time Gerald Green went between-the-legs in his socks and nobody cheered. All I’m saying is that it seemed like Howard was predestined to dominate after losing last year no matter what he did.
That being said if I had to pick one player, right now, to start a team it would be really difficult to pick against Dwight Howard. At least there’s no way we’re going to lose at the Olympics this year with this guy playing center.
