Good Read

If you are a Texans fan or a Houston Chronicle hater (I am a member of both, though the Chron runs circles around the Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald that I grew up reading), this blog post from Matt over at Da Good, Da Bad, and DeMeco in which he calls out Chron sports writer Richard Justice is a solid read and speaks volumes of our local Houston newspaper.

Friday Floetry X 11/2/07

This week I’ve decided to push out some Ludacris for y’all. As most of you probably know, he is both a rapper and actor (appearing in such films as Crash and Hustle & Flow). He also was famously dropped from a Pepsi ad campaign and Bill O’Reilly stated that Luda was ruining society (or something like that). Notice Luda’s partial response to O’Reilly, which is included here (around the dropping of this song, O’Reilly had some legal issues involving extortion and sexual harassment and the parties went on to reach a private settlement where the lawsuits were dismissed).

Floetry:

I'm never going nowhere so don't try me
My music sticks in fans veins like an IV
Flows poison like Ivy, oh they grimy
Already offers on my 6th album from labels tryin to sign me
Respected highly, Hi Mr. O'Reilly
Hope all is well, kiss the plaintiff and the wifey
Drove through the window, the industry super sized me
Now the girls see me and a river's what they cry me
I'm on the rise, so many people despise me
Got party ammunition for those tryin to surprise me
It's a celebration and everyone should invite me
Roll with the crew or meet the bottom of a Nike
Explorer like Dora these swipers can't swipe me
My whole aura's so mean in my white t
Nobody light-skinned been rappin' harder since Ice-T
You disagree, take the Tyson approach and bite me!


Taken from Number One Spot by Ludacris

NBA 2007-08 Preview

The 2007-08 NBA season starts tonight and for some reason, I couldn't be happier. I don't really care all that much for the NBA as I much prefer college basketball, which I believe is generally a superior product. However, this season is looking like it can be a good one and hopefully has a more exciting NBA Finals than last year's Spurs/Cavs snoozefest. The best teams are still out West and especially in the State of Texas. The Mavs, Rockets and Spurs are among the favorites to represent the West in the NBA Finals, along with Phoenix. In the East, the big news is in Boston where Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen join Paul Pierce to make a solid three-man core and a favorite in the East. The Pistons, Heat, Bulls and Cavs join the Celts as favorites in the East. However, there are upstarts and surprises to expect this season. If their core remains healthy, keep an eye towards D.C. and fearless leader Gilbert Arenas, aka Agent Zero aka Hibachi. [Side note - If you have never read his blog, go check it out on nba.com - always a good read and keep an eye out in your city for the Gil II Zeros - 20 different shoes all set to be worn by Hibachi himself]. The other team to be on the lookout for back East is Orlando, with budding superstar Dwight Howard and expensive free agent Rashard Lewis. The two teams out West that may surprise some people are Denver and Memphis. The Nuggets have now had an entire offseason with Carmelo and AI playing together (assuming AI has learned the value of practice) and they both appear to be healthy. Also, the Grizz appear to be healthy as well and they have a solid young core of Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley Jr. and Pau Gasol to keep them in check.



Of course, one big story to follow will be in LA and whether the Lakers will trade Kobe and if so, where he will end up. Will this effect their chemistry? Will it even matter considering how good the rest of the West is. The other plotline for the season is just how well Kevin Durant does in Seattle and whether he will truly change the game like Bill Simmons believes he will.



Tonight kicks off with Portland @ San Antonio, Utah @ Golden State and Houston @ Los Angeles Lakers.



Judz' Predictions (playoff teams ranked from 1-8 based on playoff ranking system and not necessarily regular season record):
West: 1. Phoenix 2. San Antonio 3. Denver 4. Dallas 5. Utah 6. Houston 7. Golden State 8. Memphis
East: 1. Detroit 2. Boston 3. Chicago 4. Washington 5. Orlando 6. Cleveland 7. Miami 8. New York
Western Conference Finals: Phoenix over Houston
Eastern Conference Finals: Washington over Chicago
NBA Finals: Phoenix over Washington


Brownie's Predictions (playoff teams ranked from 1-8 based on playoff ranking system and not necessarily regular season record):
East: 1. Boston 2. Chicago 3. Cleveland 4. Orlando 5. Detroit 6. Washington 7. Miami 8. New Jersey
West: 1. Phoenix 2. Dallas 3. Denver 4. San Antonio 5. Houston 6. Utah 7. Golden State 8. Seattle
Eastern Conference Finals: Boston over Cleveland
Western Conference Finals: Phoenix over Denver
NBA Finals Phoenix over Boston


Drillo's Predictions:
West: 1. Phoenix 2. San Antonio 3. Houston 4. Utah 5. Dallas 6. Denver 7. LA Lakers 8. New Orleans
East: 1. Boston 2. Chicago 3. Miami 4. Cleveland 5. Detroit 6. Orlando 7. New Jersey 8. Toronto
Western Conference Finals: San Antonio over Phoenix
Eastern Conference Finals: Chicago over Boston
NBA Finals: San Antonio over Chicago

Site Update

Been kind of busy at work amongst other ventures, so the site has been a little lax in the update department. I hope to get some time to make some more posts this week, so keep checking back. My whatifsports baseball season has just started and I am currently sitting at 5-4 and tied for 1st place in my division. Go Incorporators!!