And starting at point guard for your Miami heat!.....

Pat Riley suggested signing a pair of sumo wrestlers to the Heat squad so Shaq could figure out how to work around someone as big as a Sumo wrestler hanging on him when he tries to back down the defense. Now wouldn't that be a sight?! Riles was only joking but he was making a valid point. No one is guarded defensively the way that Shaq is. They hold, they push, they claw and sometimes they even grapple the big man to keep him from getting position on the block. All of which is illegal. There is truly a different way of officiating Shaq as opposed to everyone else because 9 times out of 10, whoever is bullying with Shaq should be called for the foul. If Shaq was guarding people the way that he was being guarded, there would be many big men falling to the ground in pain. And Shaq would be fouling out by the second quarter. Just watch next time. There's no real way to get around that because they've been changing the rules against Shaq since he came in the league, and also, you ask any referee who is the hardest guy to officiate, I'm sure they would say Shaq.

What was up with the words that Lamar Odom had for Gary Payton after the Lakers vs. Heat game on Christmas day. Was that Lamar Odom?, or a snooty Englishman from the Hamptons. If Gary's yap offended you, Lamar, step up and go hood on the old man. Drop a 'bo or two. You made yourself look like a complete wuss. And Gary's like what, 64 years old now!

Tony Parker and Eva Longoria are all over the entertainment news. Not for looking GQ, but for verbally assaulting a Police Officer on Saturday night. Talking about a mexican cop in San Antonio is not a good P.R. move. Especially in San Antonio. The only question I have....is why were they holding up traffic? (and why do about 30 different porno-like thoughts come to mind when I do ask that question?)

Larry Bird has gone public and says that he felt betrayed by Artest and his trade demand. Does anyone buy him actually saying that for real? All I can say is Artest should be happy that Larry Legend was stuck in Europe when the news broke. If he's anything like the Larry Bird of old, Artest would still be running from the old geezer from Frenchlick with a bad back......scared for his life. Ghetto aint got nothing on Larry Bird in his prime.