MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FELLOW BLOGGERS .. BEEN AWHILE SINCE MY LAST BLOG ... MY BELOVED PISTONS ARE ON A ROLL WINNERS OF 6 IN A ROW . HOW ABOUT THAT BOSTON GAME LAST WEEK ..WOW .. TALK ABOUT A NAIL BITER .. NOW JUST IMAGINE 7 GAMES JUST LIKE IT .. THATS WHAT YA CAN EXPECT IN THE ECF THIS YEAR ... IT WILL MAKE YA FORGET ABOUT LAST YEARS ECF LOL .
IN RECENT NEWS BULLS COACH SCOTT SKILKES GOT CANNED TODAY .. GETTING CANNED ON CHRISTMAS EVE .. COULD PAXON BE ANYMORE OF AN #### ?? .
THE TALK OF THE NBA RIGHT NOW ?? .... THE ODEN - LESS PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS ON A 10 GAME WIN STREAK .. WHO'D THUNK IT ??.
INTRESTING NEWS ON THE KOBE FRONT .. HOT OFF THE PRESS
Online book points finger at Kobe
There is never a dull moment in Kobe Bryant's world. The latest distraction he might have to deal with is a scurrilous online book published by someone who claims to have worked as a bodyguard for the Lakers star. Patrick Graber was charged in September 2003 with soliciting the murder of the woman who accused Bryant of r*pe in Colorado the same year. Nonetheless, Graber recently released an online book, Dead Women Tell No Tales, in which he accuses Bryant of, among other things, asking him to kill the woman who accused Bryant of r*pe. Bryant, who might consider legal action against Graber, declined to comment on the book beyond saying that he doesn't even know who Graber is and that the man never worked for him.
DAMN KOBE DOWN AND DIRTY .
IN THE MIDDLE OF FFB TITLE GAMES IF YOUR TEAM IS STILL IN THE TITLE HUNT CONG .
THE MIAMI HEAT ARE FALLING APART BEFOR OUR VERY EYES .. SHAQ IS GETTING PISSY ABOUT TOUCHES IT'S OBV THE BIG FUNDAMNETAL IS CRUMBLING INTO NOTHING- NESS .. EVEN WADE HAS TAKIN POT SHOTS AT THE BIG OAF .. RILEY SOLD HIS SOUL FOR THE ####LE IN 05 AND NOW IS REAPING THE CONSIQUENCES.
SKILES IS OUTTA OF A JOB WHILE ISIAH THOMAS STILL HAS ONE LOL GOTTA LOVE THE NBA .
THATS ALL FOR NOW ... EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF ME AROUND NEXT YEAR
JUST WANTED TO DROP A NOTE TO SAY I'M STILL ALIVE AND HERE LOL .. BEEN ON VACATION FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS IN SUNNY CALI ... WILL BE HOME AND BACK ON THE 31ST .. OH AND NOT TO MAKE ANYBODY UPSET I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON SOME SPORTS STUFF LOL .
WELL WE GOT KOBE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRADE TALKS AGAIN WHERE WILL HE GO .. EAST COAST WEST COAST ? .. CHI ? .. DALLAS ... WILL HE STAY IN LA LA LAND ?.
BEEN MISSIN MY LIONS GAME OUT HERE IN CALI YEA I KNOW AINT MISSING MUCH LOL .. GO MSU AND I GUESS GO BLUE LOL .. MISSING MY PISTONS PRE SEASON GAMES DAMN IT LOL. WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW
JUST GOT DONE WATCHIN MSU VS NOTRE DAME .. FINAL SCORE 31 - 14 IN FAVOR OF THE BOYS IN GREEN AND WHITE .. WAS A GOOD GAME .. MSU'S RB'S LOOKED SOLID THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AS WELL AND THEIR QB MADE SMART AND QUICK DESCIONS WITH THE BALL .. THEY WILL BE A FORCE TO BE RECOKNED WITH IN THE BIG TEN WITH TWO GOOD GAMES COMMIN UP IN THE LAND OF THE BADGERS AND AT NORTH WESTERN ... BOTH SHOULD BE GREAT GAMES . MSU HAS BEEN PLAYIN AS GOOD OF BALL AS ANYBODY IN THE NATION BUT CONTINUE TO BE DISRESPECTED CASE AND POINT I WASNT ABLE TO FIND THEIR SCORE ON THE MAIN PAGE OF FOX SPORTS .. HAD TO DIG FOR IT .. EVEN AGINST A POPULAR TEAM LIKE NOTRE DAME .. MSU HAS BEEN HERE BEFOR AND HAS SELF IMPLODED IN YEARS PAST CAN MSU FIGHT OFF PAST DEMONS TO WIN THE BIG TEN THIS YEAR ?? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN MY NFL PICK'EM LEAGUE .. MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR PICKS IN BEFOR SUN 5 MINS BEFOR EACH GAME STILL PLENTY OF SPOTS LEFT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO JOIN THE ID # IS 19594 AND THE PASSWORD IS FOOTBALL .. OH AND HI LOL SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I MADE A BLOG .. JUST RAN INTO THE PROVERBAL WALL .. WILL BLOG MORE PROMISE
AS YOU KNOW FOOTBALL SEASON IS SLOWELY CREEPING UP ON US . I HAVE DECIDED TO START UP A NFL PICK'EM LEAGUE .. THE CONCEPT IS PRETTY SIMPLE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK WHICH TEAM YOU THINK WILL WIN EACH SUN .. NOT EXCATLY BRAIN SURGERY LOL. HERE IS THE LINK http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/picke m/19594 .. THE LEAGUE ID # IS 19594AND THE PASS WORD IS ... FOOTBALL. IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE THERE ARE 49 SPOTS LEFT SO .. LETS SEE WHO RESPONDS .. SHOULD BE FUN .
WITH ALL THE BAD REP THAT SPORTS IN GENERAL HAS BEEN GETTING THE LAST 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR ..WITH THE MICHAEL VICKS AND TANK JOHNSON'S AND STEPHEN JACKSON'S .. THE RICKY WILLIAMS .. THE KOBE BRYANT'S .. THE BARRY BONDS .. THE TO'S . AND COUNTLESS OTHERS IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR WHEN THERE ARE ATHLETES OUT THERE WHO DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE .. WHO HAVE SOME KIND OF COMMON SENSE AND WHO AREN'T OUT AT STRIP CLUBS OR PLACES WHERE THERE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE AT 3 IN THE MORNING.
ELTON BRAND FOR THE MAJORITY IF NOT ALL OF HIS 8 YEAR CAREER HAS BEEN UNDER THE RADAR AS FAR AS NOT MAKING A LOT OF NOISE WANTING TO BE PUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN THE LOOK AT ME LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO WORLD THAT IS THE NBA . HE ISN'T FLASHY LIKE KOBE OR WADE OR ANY OF THE OTHER COUNTLESS " SUPER STAR" HE IS IN THE TIM DUNCAN MOLD IN THAT HE JUST GO'S OUT AND DOES HIS JOB HE PUNCH'S HIS TIME CARD AND QUIETLY GETS YOU CLOSE TO 20 AND 10 A NIGHT WITH 1 OR 2 BLOCKS ..AND DOES WHAT EVER HIS TEAM NEEDS HIM TO DO NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT TO WIN GAMES .
THAT IS WHY IT MADE ME A LITTLE SAD TO READ THIS ON THE MSN HOMEPAGE ... Brand ruptures Achilles' tendon in workout..... Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand ruptured his left Achilles' tendon on Friday during his daily workout.
The 28-year-old will undergo surgery but plans for the operation have not been finalized yet, the Clippers said.
"It's unfortunate that this had to happen," general manager Elgin Baylor said in a statement. "But knowing Elton and how dedicated he is to his profession and how hard he works, I believe he'll be back 100 percent as good as ever." Last month, Brand - a veteran of eight NBA seasons - withdrew from the U.S. national team because of injury. He averaged 20.5 points and 9.3 rebounds last season, when the Clippers failed to make the playoffs.
CAN BRAND COME BACK FROM THIS TYPE OF INJURY ?? ..IF HE DOES COME BACK WILL HE BE THE SAME PLAYER HE WAS BEFORE ?? WILL HE BE OVER IT MENTALLY ?? WILL HE BE HESITANT WITH HIS MOVES AND HIS CUTS AND HOW HE PLAYS THE GAME ? ... BASICALLY WILL HE EVER BE THE SAME . GOD'S SPEED ELTON. THE NBA NEEDS MORE PLAYERS LIKE YOU ON THE COURT. ..SOUND OFF BELOW AND GIVE ME YOU'RE OPINIONS AND AS ALWAYS THANKS FOR THE READ.
FIRST OF ALL SORRY I HAVNT WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR A FEW WEEKS .. AFTER I GOT DONE WITH MY CALLING ALL BLOGGERS II BLOG .. ( BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR CALLING ALL BLOGGERS 3 WHICH I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON DONT WORRY I HAVNT FORGOTTEN TO DO EVERYBODY SPORTS TAGS ) I GOT BUSY WITH X PHOENIXS NBA LEGENDS TOURNEY .
THE DIME BOYS DECIDED TO DO TWO NFL FANTASY LEAGUES OUR DRAFTS TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND . THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN . I'LL POST EVERYBODYS STARTING ROSTER AS OF RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN TELL ME HOW WELL MY ROSTER STACKS UP THE REST OF THE LEAGUES .
THE DIME AND DUBS LEAGUE
MY STARTING ROSTER .. FIRST OF ALL IN THIS LEAGUE MY DRAFT ORDER SUCKED BIG TIME DEAD LAST IN THIS LEAGUE .. BUT STILL IMO ANYWAY PUT TOGATHER A PRETTY SOLID STARTING LINEUP WE HAVE BENCH PLAYERS OF COURSE BUT I DONT WANNA BORE YOU WITH SCRUBS ..AND OH YEA THERES SOME WEIRD TEAM NAMES LOL
QB. Ben Roethlisberger WR. Lee Evans WR. Santana Moss RB . Rudi Johnson RB. Travis Henry TE . Desmond Clark W/R. Brandon Jacobs K. John Kasay DEF. New England D. Roy Williams
QB. Carson Palmer WR. Javon Walker WR. Bernard Berrian RB. Ahman Green RB. Jerious Norwood TE. Antonio Gates W/R. LaMont Jordan K. Olindo Mare DEF. Chicago D. DeMeco Ryan
QB. Tom Brady WR. Torry Holt WR. Reggie Brown RB. Larry Johnson RB .Marion Barber III TE. Kellen Winslow W/R. Fred Taylor K. Shayne Graham DEF. Seattle D. Donnie Edwards
QB. Jon Kitna WR. Marvin Harrison WR. Donald Driver RB. Willie Parker RB. Marshawn #### TE. Tony Gonzalez W/R. Ladell Betts K .Neil Rackers DEF. Philadelphia D . Ellis Hobbs
QB. Brett Favre WR. Terrell Owens WR. Larry Fitzgerald RB. Steven Jackson RB .DeAngelo Williams TE. Chris Cooley W/R. Plaxico Burress K. Nate Kaeding DEF . Denver D. Terence Newman
QB. Vince Young WR. Roy Williams WR. Andre Johnson RB. Joseph Addai RB. Clinton Portis TE. Jason Witten W/R . Warrick Dunn K .Josh Brown DEF. Pittsburgh D. Justin Miller
QB. Jay Cutler WR. T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR. Darrell Jackson RB. Shaun Alexander RB. Cedric Benson TE. Alge Crumpler W/R. Adrian Peterson K. Jeff Wilkins DEF . Dallas D. Mike Vrabel
QB. Philip Rivers WR . Chad Johnson WR. Marques Colston RB. Willis McGahee RB. Carnell Williams TE. L.J. Smith W/R. Donte' Stallworth K. David Akers DEF. Baltimore D. Mark Anderson
QB. Tony Romo WR. Reggie Wayne WR. Hines Ward RB. Frank Gore RB. Edgerrin James TE. Vernon Davis W/R. Chester Taylor K. Robbie Gould DEF . Green Bay D. Ed Reed
QB. Donovan McNabb WR. Joey Galloway WR. Terry Glenn RB. Brian Westbrook RB. Thomas Jones TE. Jeremy Shockey W/R. Deuce McAllister K. Jason Hanson DEF. Jacksonville D. Dan Klecko
QB. Drew Brees WR. Chris Chambers WR. Marty Booker RB. LaDainian Tomlinson RB. LenDale White TE. David Martin W/R. Braylon Edwards K. Adam Vinatieri DEF. Miami D. Chris Johnson
QB. Peyton Manning WR. Anquan Boldin WR. Laveranues Coles RB. Maurice Jones-Drew RB. Jamal Lewis TE. Heath Miller W/R. Eddie Kennison K. Jason Elam DEF. San Diego D .Shawne Merriman
SO THATS IT FOR THE FIRST LEAGUE .... HOW DOES MY TEAM STACK UP AGINST THE OTHER TEAMS ?? .. WHO HAS THE BEST RB COMBO .. BEST WR COMBO ETC ??
ON TO THE NEXT LEAGUE
WE PLAY TO WIN THIS GAME LEAGUE
MY STARTING ROSTER
QB. Donovan McNabb WR. Anquan Boldin WR. Bernard Berrian RB. Rudi Johnson RB. Cedric Benson TE. Marcus Pollard W/R. Fred Taylor K. Jason Elam DEF. Buffalo D. Brian Urlacher
QB. Philip Rivers WR. T.J. Houshmandzadeh WR. Calvin Johnson RB. Willie Parker RB. Maurice Jones-Drew TE. Vernon Davis W/R. Mike Bell K. Josh Brown DEF. Indianapolis D. Julius Peppers
QB. Carson Palmer WR. Chad Johnson WR. Santana Moss RB. Tatum Bell RB. Ladell Betts TE. Antonio Gates W/R. Donte' Stallworth K. John Kasay DEF. Baltimore D. Jason Taylor
QB. Vince Young WR. Steve Smith WR. Santonio Holmes RB. Brian Westbrook RB. Adrian Peterson TE. Kellen Winslow W/R. Warrick Dunn K .Stephen Gostkowski DEF. San Diego D. Roy Williams
QB. Tom Brady WR. Marques Colston WR. Joey Galloway RB. Reggie Bush RB. Jamal Lewis TE. Alge Crumpler W/R. Chris Chambers K. Jason Hanson DEF. Seattle D. Mike Vrabel
QB. Matt Hasselbeck WR. Marvin Harrison WR. Reggie Wayne RB. Joseph Addai RB. DeAngelo Williams TE. Jason Witten W/R. Lee Evans K .Shayne Graham DEF. Philadelphia D. John ####
QB. Drew Brees WR. Andre Johnson WR. Deion Branch RB. Shaun Alexander RB. Deuce McAllister TE. L.J. Smith W/R. Devery Henderson K. Robbie Gould DEF. New England D. DeMeco Ryans
QB. Jon Kitna WR. Donald Driver WR. Reggie Brown RB. Frank Gore RB. Willis McGahee TE Benjamin Watson W/R. Ahman Green K. Josh Scobee DEF. Jacksonville D. Lance Briggs
QB. Tony Romo WR. Larry Fitzgerald WR. Plaxico Burress RB. LaDainian Tomlinson RB. Edgerrin James TE. Chris Cooley W/R. Carnell Williams K. Nate Kaeding DEF. Carolina D. Terence Newman
QB. Alex Smith WR. Torry Holt WR. Darrell Jackson RB. Larry Johnson RB. Thomas Jones TE. Heath Miller W/R. Marion Barber III K. Olindo Mare DEF. Atlanta D. Donnie Edwards
QB. Brett Favre WR. Javon Walker WR. Braylon Edwards RB. Laurence Maroney RB. Clinton Portis TE. Jeremy Shockey W/R. Marshawn #### K. Neil Rackers DEF. Pittsburgh D. Keith Bulluck
I FIGURED I BETTER MAKE THIS BLOG IF FOR SOME REASON I MESS UP AND SEND XP THE WRONG THING OR IT DOSNT TRANSFER RIGHT OR JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GO'S WRONG BASCIALLY .
YOU CANNOT VOTE ON THIS BLOG TO OFFCIALLY VOTE PLEASE GO TO X PHOENIXS BLOG IF YOU SEE THIS BLOG ON HIS BLOG THEN DONT PAY ANY ATTN TO THIS ONE LOL OBV .. I JUST HOPE IT WILL TRANSFER OK .
WELCOME TO THE 1ST ROUND MATCH UP BETWEEN GR8ONE54 AND RICKO .. THE NAME OF MY TEAM YOU ASK ... YOU READY FOR THIS ?? .. THE MAGNIFICENT 7 ...
...PG. BOB COUSY - .. 6 TIME NBA CHAMPION INCLUDING 4 YEARS IN A ROW ( 1957 , 1959 1960 - 1963 ) .. NBA MVP IN 1957 .. 13 TIME NBA ALL STAR .. NBA ALL STAR MVP IN 1954 AND 1957 .. LED THE LEAGUE IN ASSISTS 8 STRAIGHT YEARS . 10 - TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS 1952 - 61 .. ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM 1962 AND 1963 ....
IN THE 1952 -53 SEASON IN ONLY HIS 3RD SEASON HE LED HIS CELTICS TO THE SEMI FINALS WHERE THEY WOULD FACE THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS ... IN THAT GAME COUSY SCORED 50 POINTS INCLUDING 30 FTS IN 32 ATTEMPTS ..
COUSYS STYLE OF PLAY WAS FLASHY BEFOR FLASHY WAS COOL HE WAS MAGIC BEFOR THEIR WAS A MAGIC HE WAS STEVE NASH BEFOR THERE WAS A STEVE NASH ..
COUSY HELP LEAD THE CELTICS TO A FEAT THAT HAS YET TO BE BROKEN EVEN TODAY FROM 1959 TO 1966 BOSTON WON 8 STRAIGHT TITLES TRULY ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS AT THE PG POSITION .
....SG. DWAYNE WADE - ... NBA CHAMPION IN 2005 .. NBA FINALS MVP IN 2005 .. 2 TIME NBA ALL STAR ... ALL NBA SECOND TEAM IN 2005 .. ALL NBA DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM 2005
IN HIS SHORT 5 YEARS IN THE NBA WADE HAS CAPTURED AN NBA TITLE AND HAS TAKEN THE BASKETBALL WORLD BY STORM .. IN 2005 NBA HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW TO AVG 25 POINTS 6 REBOUNDS AND 8 ASSISTS .. IN THE PLAYOFFS .. THE OTHER PLAYERS ??? .. JUST SOME UN KNOWN GUYS BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL JORDAN .. HIS TEAMMATES IN THIS LEAGUE BOB COUSY AND WILT CHAMBERLAIN .. OSCAR ROBERTSON .. LARRY BIRD AND MAGIC JOHNSON ... HE FINISHED THAT PLAYOFF YEAR WITH A 26.3 POINTS PER GAME .. 8.8. ASSISTS .. 6.0 REBOUNDS AND SHOT 50 % FROM THE FIELD ....... OUTSTANDING NUMBERS FROM SUCH A YOUNG PLAYER IN THIS LEAGUE ..
IN THE 2006 NBA FINALS VS THE DALLAS MAVERICKS WADE HAD HIS BEST GAME OF HIS YOUNG CAREER ..HIS MIAMI HEAT BEING DOWN 3 - 0 TO THE FAVORED MAVERICKS AND DOWN BY 13 LATE IN THE 4TH QUARTER TO PULL OUT A SERIES ENDING WIN 96 - 98 WADE DID WHAT CHAMPIONS DO AND WILLED HIS TEAM TO A PLAYOFF WIN FOR THE AGES HE FINISHED WITH 42 POINTS 11 REBOUNDS 2 STEALS AND SHOT A LITTLE OVER 50 % FROM THE FIELD .. THE REST AS THY SAY IS HISTORY INCLUDING TAKING HOME THE NBA FINALS MVP . .. WADE IS THE PROTO TYPICAL SG OF THE FUTURE LEAN, STRONG .. ABLE TO CREATE HIS OWN SHOT .. AND SCORE AT WILL .. THE FUTURES SO BRIGHT ..HE'S GOTTA WEAR SHADES .
...... SF. SCOTTIE PIPPEN - ... 6 TIME NBA CHAMPION .. 1991 - 93 AND 1996 - 98 .. 3 TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS 1994 - 96 .. 2 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM 1992 - 1997 .. 8 TIME ALL - DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM SELECTION 1992 - 99 ... 7 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1990 ..1992 - 97 ... NBA ALL STAR MVP IN 1994 ...2 TIME OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER 1992 AND 1996 ..
WHEN YOU HEAR PPL SAY THAT A PLAYER CAN DO IT ALL THEY MUST BE TALKING ABOUT SCOTTIE PIPPEN THE MAN COULD HANDEL THE ROCK LIKE A PG .. SHOOT LIKE A SG .. PULL DOWN REBOUND LIKE A PF AND DEFEND LIKE A CENTER .... ALL FUTURE NBA SF'S FROM HERE ON OUT WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS BE COMPARED TO PIPPEN .. HE SET THE BAR FOR THE FUTURE CROP OF SF'S .... FAIRLY OR UN FAIRLY PIPPEN WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMOST ICONIC MICHAEL JORDAN .. HOW EVER EVEN THE GREAT AND POWERFUL JORDAN NEEDED HELP .. PIPPEN BECAME THE ROBIN TO JORDAN'S BATMAN .. THE TONTO TO JORDAN'S LONE RANGER .. FOR THIS MATCH UP HE WILL BE UP AGAINST A MAN WHO MANY SAY IS THE NEXT M.J. IN KOBE BRYANT .. HAVING WENT UP AGAINST THE ORIGINAL IN PRACTICE EVERY DAY HE SHOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE PRETENDER ..
IN THE 1991 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS PIPPEN WENT UP AGAINST A ALL TO FAMILIAR FOE IN THE DET PISTONS SWEEPING THEM IN 4 GAMES .. HE WOULD GO ON TO FACE THE MAGIC LED LAKERS AND EVENTUALLY WIN HIS FIRST OF 6 NBA TITLES INCLUDING TWO 3 PEATS HIS AVG FOR THAT YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS ? A MERE 21.6 PPG 8.9 RPG 5.8 APG AND 2.47 STEALS PER GAME .. THAT'S ALL LOL .. THE MAN COULD DO IT ALL HE HAD THE TASK OF GUARDING THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE 1980 AND 1990'S .. THE MAGIC'S .. THE BIRDS .. THE ISAIAH'S .. EVERY NIGHT HE WAS ASKED TO DEFEND THE OTHER TEAMS BEST PLAYERS WHILE STILL EXPECTED TO GET HIS OWN ON DEFENSE AND HE DID IT BETTER THEN ANYBODY ELSE .. HE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SHAWN MARION'S AND RON ARTESTS OF THE NBA THAT WE SEE TODAY ... JORDAN'S PUPPET ??? HARDLY .
............ PF . BILL WALTON - ... 2 TIME NBA CHAMPION IN 1977 AND 1986 .. NBA FINALS MVP IN 1977 .. NBA MVP IN 1978 ... ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTION IN 1978 2 TIME ALL NBA DEFENSIVE TEAM IN 1977 AND 1978 WON THE 6TH MAN AWARD IN 1986 .. 2 TIME NBA ALL STAR IN 1977 AND 1978 ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY .
WALTON WAS DRAFTED BY THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS IN THE 1974 NBA DRAFT SELECTED # 1 OVER ALL .. AS A ROOKIE HE STARTED OFF WITH A #### IN HIS FIRST SEVEN GAMES HE PUT UP 16 PPG 19 RPG .. 4.4. APG ... AND 4.0 BPG . HOWEVER DESPITE HIS FAST START WALTON WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH INJURY PLAGUED SEASON AFTER INJURY PLAGUED SEASON THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CUT SHORT HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER . DESPITE BEING IN PAIN IN THE 1977 - 78 SEASON THIS WAS PRON WALTON'S BEST SEASON AS HE AVG 18.9 PPG 13.2 RPG ..5.0 APG AND 2.52 BPG ON HIS WAY TO THE NBA MVP .
IN THE 1978 SEASON PORTLAND CONCERNED ABOUT WALTON'S GROWING INJURIES THEY TRADED HIM TO THE THEN SAN DIEGO CLIPPERS WHERE HE HAD A SHORT STAY .. WALTON KNEW HE WAS GETTING OLDER AND WANTED TO GO OUT ON TOP .. IN THE 1984 - 85 SEASON WALTON BECAME A BOSTON CELTIC .. WHERE HE WOULD GO ON TO WIN HIS SECOND TITLE ... ALONG WITH PARISH, BIRD AND MCHALE .
AT THE AGE OF 34 WALTON RETIRED EVEN THOUGH HALF HIS CAREER HE WAS INJURED ON A YEARLY BASIS HE STILL MANAGED TO PUT UP A DOUBLE DOUBLE FOR HIS CAREER WITH 13.3 PPG ... 10.5 RPG AND 2.2 BPG... IF HE WOULD HAVE MANAGED TO STAY HEALTHY FOR THE BETTER PART OF HIS CAREER HE WOULD BE MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH AS THE ALL TIME GREATS SUCH AS BILL RUSSELL .. HIS TEAMMATE WILT CHAMBERLAIN .. AND EVEN KAREEM THE SKY WAS THE LIMIT FOR BILL WALTON .
....... C. WILT CHAMBERLAIN - 2 TIME NBA CHAMPION 1967 AND 1972 ... NBA FINALS MVP 1972 ... 4 TIME NBA MVP 1960 , 1966, 1967,1968...7 TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS .. 3 TIME ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM SELECTIONS .. 2 TIME ALL DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM IN 1972 AND IN 1973 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 1960 ..
FEW PLAYERS HAVE CHANGED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL LIKE CHAMBERLAIN DID .. AT 7'1" AND DEPENDING ON THE SEASON HE WEIGHED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 250 AND 300 POUNDS .. HE TOWERED OVER THE PLAYERS OF HIS GENERATION AND OUT MUSCLED THEM ON A NIGHTLY BASIS HE WAS TRULY A MAN PLAYING IN A LEAGUE OF BOYS THE CAREER THIS MAN HAD IS JUST MIND BOGGLING ...FOR HIS CAREER WILT PUT SOME OF THE MOST UNREAL STATS IN BA HISTORY THAT WILL NEVER BE DUPLICATED ... CHECK THIS OUT HIS CAREER STATS IS AS FOLLOWS AND NO THIS IS NOT A TYPO ... 30.1 PPG...22.9 RBG ...4.4 APG WHICH FOR A CENTER IS PRETTY GOOD ..... OH AND 54 % FG % .. WILT LED THE NBA IN SCORING 7 STRAIGHT YEARS .. AND IN THE 1961 - 62 SEASON HE AVG A FILTHY 50.4 PPG AND ALSO DURING HIS CAREER HAD PUT UP A EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE 55 REBOUND GAME .. HE PLAYED 14 SEASONS AND WAS THE LEAGUES TOP REBOUNDER IN 11 OF THOSE 14 SEASONS AND EVEN HAD THE NBAS HIGHEST ASSIST TOTAL IN THE 1967 - 68 SEASON . IN HIS 14 YEAR CAREER HE PUT UP 50 + POINTS 118 TIMES .. 14 STRAIGHT TIMES HE PUT UP 40 + POINTS 65 TIMES HE PUT 30 + POINTS AND 126 TIMES HE PUT UP 20 + POINTS AS A ROOKIE HIS SCORING AVG WAS 37.6 PPG AND HAS THE HIGHEST FG % IN A SEASON WITH 72.7 % .... I'LL LET YOU TAKE A MIN TO DIGEST THOSE NUMBERS .
AS A ROOKIE WILT PUT STAGGERING NUMBERS THE LIKES WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN PUT UP BY A ROOKIE SINCE .. 37.6 PPG .. 27.0 RPG .. WHILE ON HIS WAY TO WINNING NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ALL - STAR MVP AND NBA MVP .
SO DOMINANT WAS WILT THAT TEAMS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RESORT TO FOULING HIM AND FOULING HIM HARD TO STOP HIM .. HE HAD DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TEAMS ALMOST ON A NIGHTLY BASIS . DESPITE BEING SO BIG AND STRONG WILT NEVER WAS A BULLY OR A MENACE IN FACT IN HIS ENTIRE 14 YEAR CAREER IN OVER 1200 REG SEASON AND PLAYOFF GAMES HE NEVER ONCE FOULED OUT .
MARCH 2, 1962 .. A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN NBA HISTORY .. WILTS WARRIORS WENT UP AGAINST THE NEW YORK KNICKS IN HERSHEY PA .. WILT SCORED AN UN WORLDLY 100 POINTS AND 25 REBOUNDS .. AND EVEN WENT 28 FOR 32 AT THE FOUL LINE WHERE FOR THE SEASON HE SHOT 50 %. INCLUDING 34 POINTS IN THE 4TH QUARTER . SINCE THEN THE ONLY PLAYER TO EVER COME CLOSE HAS BEEN KOBE BRYANT WHO SCORED A MEASLY 81 .. HEY KOBE .... WILT TOLD ME TO TELL YOU BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME KID .
TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT HE WASN'T JUSTA SCORING AND REBOUNDING MACHINE IN THE 1966 - 67 SEASON HE WAS 3RD IN THE LEAGUE IN ASSISTS WITH 7.8 WHICH STILL STANDS AS THE BEST ASSIST AVG FOR A CENTER IN NBA HISTORY ... ALTHOUGH HIS NUMBERS DROPPED THEY WERE STILL OUTSTANDING EVEN BY TODAY'S NUMBERS 24.1 PPG 24.2 RBG AND SHOT AN AMAZING 68 % FROM THE FIELD ..
IN THE 1970 - 71 SEASON AT THE AGE OF 35 WILT WAS PLAYING THE LAKERS AND PUT UP MORTAL NUMBERS WELL FOR WILT THEY WERE MORTAL TODAY'S NBA PLAYERS WOULD GLADLY TAKE THESE NUMBERS OF 14.8 PPG AND 19.8 RPG WILT WAS NEARING THE END OF HIS EPIC AND HISTORY MAKING CAREER HE HELPED THE LAKERS WIN AN ASTOUNDING 33 REG SEASON GAMES IN A ROW ON THE WAY TO AN NBA TITLE IN 1972.
WILT WILL FOREVER GO DOWN AS THE CENTER WHO CHANGED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL FOREVER .
.... BNCH - REGGIE MILLER ..5 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998 AND 2000 .. ALL - NBA THIRD TEAM IN 1995,1996,1998. 2 TIME OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER IN 1994 AND 1996 .
THE WORD CLUTCH IS TOSSED AROUND A LOT BUT THIS MAN WAS MR.. CLUTCH .. HE HAD ICE WATER IN HIS VEINS COME PLAYOFF TIME JUST ASK THE N.Y. KNICKS .. IN THE 1993 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS IN GAME 5 MILLER PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE AGES DROPPIN 25 POINTS IN THE FOURTH INCLUDING GOING 5 - 5 FROM DOWN TOWN TO PULL OUT THE COME BACK WIN . .. WITH THAT GAME HE CEMENTED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE PREMIER CLUTCH PLAYERS IN THE NBA .. IMO HE IS THE BEST CLUTCH PLAYER IN THIS TOURNEY NOT NAMED M.J. .
MILLER DROVE HIS OPPONENTS CRAZY MAKING THEM CHASE HIM AROUND A MAZE OF ENDLESS SCREENS AND DOWN PICKS .. EXPECT THE SAME AS BOTH WILT AND WALTON WILL SHOW OUT HIGH FOR THE PICK AND POP ..ALL DAY BABY ..ALL DAY .. AND LOOK FOR HIM TO TRY TO GET INTO BIRDS AND KOBE'S HEAD .. PLAYING THE MIND GAMES THAT HE PLAYED SO WELL .. KOBE'S NOT GONNA LIKE ALL THE HOLDING AND GRABBING .. AND LETS HOPE JOE D HAS THE STAMINA TO KEEP UP WITH REGGIE AND NOT GET BLIND SIDED BY A WILT SCREEN .
TODAY I HEAR THE FORECAST CALLS FOR HEAVY SHOWERS CURTSEY OF OF # 31 AS HE MAKES IT RAIN FROM DOWNTOWN ... HE'S NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF TAKING THE TOUGH SHOTS AND MAKING THE TOUGH SHOTS .. FOR HIS CAREER HE SHOT 39 % FROM DOWNTOWN .
HIS MIX OF MID RANG SHOOTING AND LONG DISTANCE DIALING MAKES HIM THE X FACTOR FOR THIS SQUAD IT WILL INDEED BE " MILLER TIME " ALL OVER AGAIN .
........ BNCH - DOMINIQUE WILKINS .... ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTION IN 1986 .. ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM SELECTION IN 1987, 1988, 1991, AND 1993 .. 9 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1986 - 94 ... SLAM DUNK CHAMP IN 1985 AND 1990.
THERE'S FLASHY AND THEN THERE'S DOMINIQUE WILKINS .. FEW PLAYERS COULD PUT ON A SHOW OF OUT OF THIS WORLD ATHLETICISM THEN WILKINS THE WAY HE FLOATED ON AIR WAS OTHER WORLDLY .. HE COULD ALSO SCORED WITH THE BEST OF EM FROM INSIDE AND OUT HE ATTACKED YOU FROM ALL SIDES . IN HIS SECOND YEAR IN THE LEAGUE HE AVG 21.6 PPG HE ENDED UP SCORING 20 + POINTS A GAME FOR 11 STRAIGHT SEASONS ... FROM 1985- 86 TILL 1988 - 89 HE RACKED UP 30 PPG TWICE AND FOR ALL 4 YEARS HE AVG 29.1 ALSO IN THE 1998 ALL STAR GAME HE 29 POINTS IN 30 MINS AND IN THAT POST SEASON AVG 31.2 PPG.
NIQUE WILL BE MY SECRET WEAPON OFF THE BENCH I CAN SUB HIM IN FOR PIPPEN WHEN I WANNA TRADE DEFENSE FOR OFFENSE MR.. ENGLISH WONT KNOW WHAT HIT HIM .. HE WILL BE LEFT IN NIQUES DUST . KOBE VS NIQUE WHO'S WITH ME IN WANTING TO WATCH THAT MATCH UP ?? .. THOSE GUYS COULD SCORE 45 - 50 BY THEMSELVES ... AND WHEN I PUT PIPPEN AND NIQUE ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME WITH NIQUES OFFENSE AND PIPPENS DEFENSE NASTY NASTY COMBO AND IN THE OPEN COURT YOU MIGHT AS WELL FORGET ABOUT IT .. IT WILL NOT BE A GOOD DAY IN MR.. ROBINSONS NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN HE SEES THOSE TWO COMMIN AT HIM ESP IF WADE IS THE ONE LEADING THE FAST BREAK IF I SHOULD GIVE COUSYY A BREATHER .. SOMEBODY'S GETTIN TEA BAGGED .. THAT'S A GUARANTEED . AND IF YOU GET THE BALL OUT OF NIQUES HANDS THEN PIPPEN WILL TAKE OVER .. WHAT'S THAT DOUBLE PIPPEN ?? WELL SEE NOW YOU HAVE WADE TO DEAL WITH WHERE HE WILL DRIVE AND GET THE AND 1 .
MR.. TWO TIME MVP HAS NEVER BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS DEFENSE .. SO HOW DO YOU THINK HE WILL HANDEL WADE WHEN HE'S IN AT PG ?? NOT VERY WELL WOULD BE THE ANSWER ... HOWEVER WADES DEFENSE IS UNDERRATED AND WILL ONLY GET BETTER AND HE HAS THE SPEED TO KEEP BOTH NASH AND JOE DUMARS IN FRONT OF HIM HOUNDING THEM .
IN CONCLUSION I FEEL THAT I JUST HAVE TO MUCH SCORING POWER IN WILT .. WADE .. NIQUE .. AND JUST ENOUGH DEFENSE IN WILT .. PIPPEN AND WADE AND TO MANY GUYS WHO CAN COME THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH .. WADE .. MILLER .. NIQUE FOR MY OPPONENT . BIRD AND KOBE ARE THE ONLY TWO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PIPPEN WILL TAKE CARE OF KOBE AND THE COMBO OF WADE ON THE WINGS AND WILT DOWN LOW WILL TAKE CARE OF BIRD AND KEEP HIM IN CHECK .
LAST WEEK A CEARTIN BLOGGER PUT UP A BLOG SAYING HE DIDNT LIKE THE BLOGS THAT WERE BEING WRITTEN ON FOX SPORTS .. BASCIALLY SAYING HE THOUGHT WE AS A BLOGGING COMMUNITY SUCKED OR THAT WE WERE NOT CARRYING OUR OWN WEIGHT AROUND HERE .. BASICALLY TELLING US WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT PUT IN OUR OWN BLOGS .. AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DISRESPECT LONG TIME BLOGGERS WHO LEFT COMMENTS ON SAID BLOG . AT FIRST I WAS NOT GOING TO COMMENT BUT WHEN I SAW THE COMMNETS HE SAID AND HOW HE WORDED HIS BLOG AND THE ARROGANCE IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN I HAD TO STEP IN AND LEAVE MY THOGHTS AND OPNIONS .. IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT COMMING UP WITH A BLOG THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A COUNTER BLOG TO HIS AND THATS HOW I CAME UP WITH THIS PROJECT THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WHICH IS TO SHOW MY APPREACTION TO ALL THOSE WHO MAKE UP THIS FINE COMMUNITY AND TO SHOW SOME REPECT TO THOSE BLOGGERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGENNING ..AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHAT COULD I DO TO SHOW MY APPREACTION JUST A SMALL JESTER AND THATS WHEN I THOUGHT OF MAKING TAGS OR SIGGYS OF BLOGGERS FAV SPORTS TEAMS .. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I ENJOY DOING AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I AM DECENT AT SO WITH OUT FURTHER ADU HERE ARE THE SPORTS TAGS THAT I MADE FOR THE FIRST 10 PPL WHO SIGNED UP LISA4USC, FATMAW1, N.Y. ACE, CHUXTORY, LSU FAN, BLUEGRASSLADY, LITTLE SPIDEY, PHILLIP 1THRU 12,ED CLINCH , AND LET'S GO BUFFALO .
I KNOW THESE ARE GOING TO BE HUGE TAGS AND I COULD HAVE RE SIZED THEM IF I WANTED BUT I DIDNT WANT TO RE SIZE THEM AND TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO HERE AND IF I HAD RESIZED THEM THATS WHAT I WOULD BE DOING . IF YOU WANT TO RE SIZE THEM THATS COOL .. FIRST UP IS LISA4USC . LISA IMO I THINK THIS ONE IS THE BEST OUT OF ALL OF THE 10 I MADE UP
NEXT WE HAVE BLUE GRASS LADY .. THIS ONE TURNED OUT PRETTY COOL AS WELL .. LOL I KNOW SHE'S BEEN DYING TO KNOW WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT I HOPE IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT BGL
NEXT IS LSU FANS .. I WAS HAPPY HOW THIS ONE TURNED OUT AS WELL .. REALLY KIND STANDS OUT AND POPS OUT AT YA .. HOPE YOU LIKE IT MAN
NEXT UP WE HAVE CHUXTORY .... I LIKE WHAT I DID HEAR WITH THE GOLD AND CREAM COLORS .. GAVE THE OLD METS LOGO A NEW SPIN
N.Y. ACE IS UP ..ACE MAN YOURE LUCKY I COULD FIND THE TOYKO SWALLOWS LOGO OTHER WISE YOU WOULD HAVE GOT STUCK WITH THE KNICKS .. TRIED TO FIND THE MANLIEST FONT LOL SINCE BEING FROM N.Y. AND ALL ALL THE SWALLOWS HAVE FOR A LOGO IS A Y AND S LOL NOT MUCH TO WORK WITH
LITTLE SPIDEY IS UP .. AK . I HAD TO GO OLD SCHOOL ON THIS ONE HAD TO DROP SOME OLD SCHOOL ON LITTLE SPIDEY ON THIS ONE .. YOU CAN EXPALIN IT TO HIM LATER LOL
PHILLIP 1THRU12 COME ON DOWN .. I KNOW I'M PROB NOT THE PSP WIZ YOU ARE BUT I HOPE YOU LIKE IT ANYWAY
LET'S GO BUFFALO IT'S YOURE TURN BUDDY HOPE IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT AND THAT YOU ENJOY IT ..
NOW WE COME TO FATMAW1 .. I THINK THIS ONE IS THE MOST UNIQUE OF ALLTHE TAGS .. CEARTINLY ONE OF A KIND .. IT JUST KINDA CAME TOGATHER AS I WAS MAKIN IT
AND LAST BUT CEARTINLY NOT LEAST WE HAVE EDCLINCH ... HOPE YA LIKE IT BRO
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS THATS WHAT THE BIG SURPRIZE WAS FOR THOSE WHO WERE IN THE FIRST 10 I TRULY HOPE YOU ENJOY YOURE GIFTS .. FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL ON THE LIST AND IF AFTER SEEING WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ALL ABOUT AND IF YOU STILL WOULD LIKE YOURE TAGS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL BE MORE THEN HAPPY TO DO THOSE ... AFTER SEEING THIS AND YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT THESE SUCKED AND YOU REALLY DONT NEED A TAG THATS PERFECTLY FINE TO .. JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW EITHER WAY ... THANKS FOR STOPPING BY FOLKS
I HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECT IN MIND FOR MY FELLOW BLOGGERS IF YOU ARE INTRESTED PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE LIST SHOWN BELOW ALONG WITH YOURE NAME AND FAV SPORTS TEAM OR PLAYER .. AT THIS TIME THE LIST IS FOR THE FIRST 10 BLOGGERS WHO RESPOND AS THIS PROJECT IS SOMEWHAT TIME CONSUMING AND TO JUDGE THE INTREST. IF OTHERS ARE INTRESTED ANOTHER 10 SPOTS WILL OPEN UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE .. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THOSE WHO SHOW INTREST IN THIS PROJECT ... BTW IF FOR SOME REASON I DONTG GET 10 NAMES THOSE WHO DID SIGN UP WILL STILL GET THEIR SURPRIZE .. THIS IS JUST A SMALL JESTER TO SHOW MY APPREACTION TO ALL THE BLOGGERS OUT THERE
WITNESS THE STORY OF A EPIC NBA FRANCHISE CRUMBLING DOWN AROUND IT'S SELF .. WATCH AS A BRATTY SELF ABSORBED DRIVEN KID OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TURN A ONCE PROUD FRANCHISE INTO A SHELL OF IT'S FORMER SELF ..WATCH AS A COACH TURN HIS BACK ON A TEAM HE HELPED BUILD SIMPLY CAUSE HE COULDNT TAKE IT ANY LONGER AND WRITE A TELL ALL BOOK SLAMMING HIS STAR PLAYER .. WITNESS AS THE SELFISH KID FROM PHILLY RUN THE BEST CENTER OF OUR GENERATION OUT OF A TOWN THAT HE HAD LIVE IN FOR YEARS AND MADE POPULAR .. RE LIVE THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED THIS YOUNG PLAYERS LIFE WHEN HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE IN THE SMALL RURAL TOWN OF VAIL, CO .. AND THE TRIAL THAT DID CHANGE HIS LIFE THAT SOON FOLLOWED .. TAY DIGGS AS KOBE BRYANT .. DUSTIN HOFFMAN AS PHIL JACKSON AND DONALD SUTHERLAND AS JERRY BUSS IN " L.A. STORY II " RATED R .. PLEASE CHECK YOURE LOCAL LISTINGS .
THE MAN WAS A POWERHOUSE IN THE RING .. HIS PUNCHING POWER WAS SECOND TO NONE WATCH AS HE RISES FROM HUMBLE BEGENNINGS TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST HEAVEYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF ALL TIME HE WAS THE MOST INTIMDATING AND FEARED MAN IN BOXING HISTORY HE WEAS GIVN THE NAME THE BADDEST MAN ON THE PLANET .. HE WAS ON TOP OF THE BOXING WORLD UNTILL ONE MISTAKE CAUSED HIM EVERYTHING .. HE DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE IN RING SNACK CURTOSY OF ONE EVANDER HOLYFIELD .. HIS IN RING INTERVEIWS WERE SOUND BYTE GOLD RE LIVE SUCH FAMOUS QUOTES AS THIS GEM"My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!" AND WHO COULD FORGET THIS CLASSIC TYSON - ISM " If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me? I'm a Muslim, but do you think Jesus would love me ... I think Jesus would have a drink with me and discuss ... why you acting like that? Now, he would be cool. " .. COME FOR THE BONE CRUNCHING VIOLENCE STAY FOR THE WORDS OF WISDOM .. A MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO ENJOY .. BOB SAPP AS MIKE TYSON ... JACK NICHOLSON AS CUSS DAMATO .. AND JENNIFER HUDSON AS ROBIN GIVENS IN " MOMMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT "
IN THE WORLD OF BASEBALL THIS MAN WAS A HOME RUN GOD .. EVERY TIME HE STEPPED INTO THE BATTERS BOX CHANCES ARE IT WAS GOING OUT OF THE PARK .. HE BROKE RECORD AFTER RECORD AFTER RECORD IN MLB .. TILL SUDDENLY AS IF OUT OF NOWHERE ALLIGATIONS OF STEROID ABUSE RAN RAMPENT IN THE MEDIEA AND HE WAS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF IT .. EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF BREAKING THE ALL TIME HOME RUN RECORD HE COULD NOT ESCAPE THE STRANGLE HOLD OF EVERY MAJOR SPORTS NEWS PAPER IN AMERICA SOME WERE EVEN CALLING FOR ASTRECKS TO BE PLACED NEXT TO HIS RECORDS .. HE QUICKLY BECAME THE MOST HATED SPORTRS FIGURE SINCE TY COBB .. HIS TEAM MATES WERE UNSUALLY SUPPORATIVE THOUGH .. SOME CLAMING TO BE BEST BUDDYS .. IN FACT IN ONE SCENE WE SEE HOW THIS BRAVE UNSELFISH HERO RESCUED A KITTEN FROM A BURNING BUILDING AND TOOK TIME TO READ TO ORPHENS IN THE SAME DAY . TRULY A HERO AND ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG ONES NEAR AND FAR .. MICHAEL DUNCAN CLARKE AS BARRY BONDS .. AND MICROSOFT FOUNDER BILL GATES AS MLB COMMISONER BUD SELING IN " GOT JUICE ? "
HE WAS THE TOP RATED QB IN THE NFL .. HE HAD IT ALL .. THE FAME .. THE MONEY ..THE ENDORSEMENTS .. THE LADIES .. AND THE NATURAL ABLITY .. THE MOVES HE MADE ON THE GRID IRON WERE NOT SEEN SINCE # 20 FOR THE DET LIONS SUITED UP .. YES LIFE WAS CEARTINLY LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS YOUNG MAN UNTILL A DIRTY LITTLE SECRET FOR ILLEAGAL DOG FIGHTING LEAKED OUT AND TURNED HIS LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT .. JAMIE FOXX AS MICHAEL VICK WITH GUEST APPREANCES BY LASSIE .. RIN TIN - TIN AND HOOCH FROM TURNER AND HOOCH IN " WHERE MY DOGS AT ? " * NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM *
FROM THE 1980'S TILL THE EARLY 1990'S THE DETROIT PISTONS WERE NAMED THE BAD BOYS OF THE NBA AND USALLY SHOWED IT OUT ON THE COURT .. IF YOU WERE GOING INTO THE LANE YOU BETTER BE WEARING YOURE CUP THAT NIGHT .. SOME CALLED THEM THUGS .. SOME CALLED THEM BRUTES .. OTHERS CALLED THEM BULLYS .. THE PEOPLEOF DET CALLED THEM CHAMPIONS .. WITNESS BILL LAIMBEER AS PLAYED BY VINCE VAUGHN CLOWN OPPONETS ON AND OFF THE COURT .. BEHOLD THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CAPTIAN ISIAH THOMAS PLAYED BY WESLEY SNIPES AND HIS BACK COURT PARTNER JOE DUMARS PLAYED BY DON CHEADLE LEAD DET TO BACK TO BACK NBA TITLES IN 1989 AND 1990 .. AND WHO COULD FORGET THE MAN CALLING THE PLAYS CHUCK DAILY AS PLAYED BY JON VOIGHT IN A MOVIE EVENT THAT WILL BE HARD TO IGNORE COME OSCAR TIME IN " AS BAD AS WE WANNA BE "
SO I'M READING THE MSN HOME PAGE AND I CAME ACROSS THIS ARTICLE
Marvel Comics Buries Captain AmericaJun 30, 7:15 PM EST
It's a funeral fit for a superhero.
In the drizzling rain at Arlington National Cemetery, thousands of grieving patriots solemnly watch as the pallbearers — Iron Man, the Black Panther, Ben Grimm and Ms. Marvel — carry a casket draped with an American flag.
Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest issue of Marvel Comics' "Fallen Son," due on newsstands the morning after Independence Day. After 66 years of battling villains from Adolf #### to the Red Skull, the red, white and blue leader of the Avengers was felled by an assassin's bullet on the steps of a New York federal courthouse.
He was headed to court after refusing to sign the government's Superhero Registration Act, a move that would have revealed his true identity. A sniper who fired from a rooftop was captured as police and Captain America's military escort were left to cope with chaos in the streets.
But the sniper didn't act alone, and didn't even fire the shot that killed the captain.
Writer Jeph Loeb has been busy working through the stages of grief in his most recent titles. A book centered on Wolverine dealt with denial; one with the Avengers covered anger; and Spider-Man battled depression.
With the story line so relevant to present-day politics, and the timing of the latest issue so precise, it's hard not to think the whole thing is one big slam on the government.
"Part of it grew out of the fact that we are a country that's at war, we are being perceived differently in the world," Loeb said. "He wears the flag and he is assassinated — it's impossible not to have it at least be a metaphor for the complications of present day."
But Loeb says he was working with more personal material: the death of his 17-year-old son from cancer.
"So many people have lost their sons and daughters over the years, for the greater good or to cancer or other horrible things," said Loeb, an executive producer for NBC's "Heroes." "I wanted this to be something people would identify with."
In the final frames of the book, the Falcon delivers a eulogy asking superheros old and young to stand up and honor Captain America.
Captain America, whose secret identity was Steve Rogers, was an early member of the pantheon of comic book heroes that began with Superman in the 1
A CAN EXPECT IN THE ECF THIS YEAR ... IT WILL MAKE YA FORGET ABOUT LAST YEARS ECF LOL . 
PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS ON A 10 GAME WIN STREAK .. WHO'D THUNK IT ??. 
the man never worked for him.
LE IN 05 AND NOW IS REAPING THE CONSIQUENCES. 
MSU HAS BEEN PLAYIN AS GOOD OF BALL AS ANYBODY IN THE NATION BUT CONTINUE TO BE DISRESPECTED CASE AND POINT I WASNT ABLE TO FIND THEIR SCORE ON THE MAIN PAGE OF FOX SPORTS .. HAD TO DIG FOR IT .. EVEN AGINST A POPULAR TEAM LIKE NOTRE DAME .. MSU HAS BEEN HERE BEFOR AND HAS SELF IMPLODED IN YEARS PAST CAN MSU FIGHT OFF PAST DEMONS TO WIN THE BIG TEN THIS YEAR ?? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
HE IS IN THE TIM DUNCAN MOLD IN THAT HE JUST GO'S OUT AND DOES HIS JOB HE PUNCH'S HIS TIME CARD AND QUIETLY GETS YOU CLOSE TO 20 AND 10 A NIGHT WITH 1 OR 2 BLOCKS ..AND DOES WHAT EVER HIS TEAM NEEDS HIM TO DO NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT TO WIN GAMES . 
...PG. BOB COUSY - .. 6 TIME NBA CHAMPION INCLUDING 4 YEARS IN A ROW ( 1957 , 1959 1960 - 1963 ) .. NBA MVP IN 1957 .. 13 TIME NBA ALL STAR .. NBA ALL STAR MVP IN 1954 AND 1957 .. LED THE LEAGUE IN ASSISTS 8 STRAIGHT YEARS . 10 - TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS 1952 - 61 .. ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM 1962 AND 1963 .... 
....SG. DWAYNE WADE - ... NBA CHAMPION IN 2005 .. NBA FINALS MVP IN 2005 .. 2 TIME NBA ALL STAR ... ALL NBA SECOND TEAM IN 2005 .. ALL NBA DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM 2005 
...... SF. SCOTTIE PIPPEN - ... 6 TIME NBA CHAMPION .. 1991 - 93 AND 1996 - 98 .. 3 TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS 1994 - 96 .. 2 TIME ALL NBA SECOND TEAM 1992 - 1997 .. 8 TIME ALL - DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM SELECTION 1992 - 99 ... 7 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1990 ..1992 - 97 ... NBA ALL STAR MVP IN 1994 ...2 TIME OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER 1992 AND 1996 .. 
............ PF . BILL WALTON - ... 2 TIME NBA CHAMPION IN 1977 AND 1986 .. NBA FINALS MVP IN 1977 .. NBA MVP IN 1978 ... ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTION IN 1978 2 TIME ALL NBA DEFENSIVE TEAM IN 1977 AND 1978 WON THE 6TH MAN AWARD IN 1986 .. 2 TIME NBA ALL STAR IN 1977 AND 1978 ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY . 
....... C. WILT CHAMBERLAIN - 2 TIME NBA CHAMPION 1967 AND 1972 ... NBA FINALS MVP 1972 ... 4 TIME NBA MVP 1960 , 1966, 1967,1968...7 TIME ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS .. 3 TIME ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM SELECTIONS .. 2 TIME ALL DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM IN 1972 AND IN 1973 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 1960 .. 
.... BNCH - REGGIE MILLER ..5 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998 AND 2000 .. ALL - NBA THIRD TEAM IN 1995,1996,1998. 2 TIME OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER IN 1994 AND 1996 . 
........ BNCH - DOMINIQUE WILKINS .... ALL - NBA FIRST TEAM SELECTION IN 1986 .. ALL - NBA SECOND TEAM SELECTION IN 1987, 1988, 1991, AND 1993 .. 9 TIME NBA ALL STAR 1986 - 94 ... SLAM DUNK CHAMP IN 1985 AND 1990. 
