I just struck out looking.  Or dropped the ball or something of that sort.  Less than 24 hours after pumping up the Guaransheed pistons victory I am going to have to do some back tracking double talk... I hate doing that.  I'd much rather be right all the time but turns out... 

I DONT KNOW ANYTHING!!!

I thought the Pistons was as sure as a bet as there is.   I know Lebron is filthy but the Pistons knew what they were doing and the first 2 games gave me a tidal wave of confidence heading to Cleveland.  I am not crawling away now I still think the Pistons are taking it... but... but... I have to give credit to the Cavs, the fans in Cleveland, and to Lebron.  Lebron is doing it all- a near triple double and a side serving of defense.  I won't compare him to you know who but he is looking more and more like you know who. 

One thing about you know who is he put other stars past him.   John Starks may be his most memorable rival.  Even Magic Johnson's Lakers got crushed in 5 games.  And didn't we see the same thing happen to Gilbert Arenas.  Gilbert played tremendous in that series but Lebron was just a lil better.  In the end Arenas will not remembered for being a scorers duel with Lebron but for missing 2 free throws in game 6 and getting burned on the baseline for the game winner in game 5.  Forget that Gilbert had just put his team up 1.  Its old news.  Guys like Lebron make other players remembered for what he did to them or forgotten altogether.

Speaking of Gilbert

He was playing poker at halftime of games?? I can not for the life of me get away from poker.  I used to love poker and played all the time in college. We would play all the silly games acey duecey, 5 card draw or stud, 7-27, 2-4-6, hold em - everything.  I loved it.  I wasn't unstoppable but always one of the better players and I liked that.  At the very beginning of this Hold Em take over the world phase we started playing nothing but Hold Em.  Great it has always been my best game and I started winning more and more money off my friends.  Then a funny thing happened.  Poker was on TV, then online, then every one was playing at work, celebrity poker, nobody poker, poker world series, books on poker, tapes on poker, Hold Em this Hold Em that. 

Poker was in my dreams it haunted me when I did well and it haunted me when I did bad.

Worst of all was the "poker stories." You know the ones, the ones everyone in the world starting telling you or someone next to you.  "Then bam he catches the flush on the river."  "Of course I had pocket rockets"  "He goes all in with 4, 7 off-suit and flops a full house." 

I dont care.   

I don't want to see bugs bunny in an animated poker tournament on cartoon network, Idon't wan't to here how you lost to someone way worse than you - don't be so shocked it is gambling- I don't want to read about it, I don't even wan't to write about it.  But here I am doing just that.

Speaking of not knowing anything

De La Hoya just smoked Mayorga.  The Golden Boy once again looked bad.  And if you would have asked me a week ago what I thought would happen in a DLH vs. Pretty Boy Floyd fight.  I would have laughed.  Mayweather will whoop him like has everyone else.  What about the weight difference? Ha its nothing but a number to PBF!  He is quicker, badder, and smarter than any boxer in the world right now. 

But now that weight is looking a little scarier.  Floyd is getting a long way away from his earlier fights against other small guys like Corrales and Castillio.  When does the weight catch up to you?  And DLH is no punk.  Sure he sang for a while and sissyfied himself, but when he is focused and in the ring he is a tough hombre.  De La Hoya has taken some punches from guys alot bigger than PBF like Vargas, Mayorga, and Mosely.  He has swapped punches with guys like Tito, been humbled by judges and Bernard Hopkins.  This is a smart seasoned vet who also has a weight advantage.  It would not only be a HUGE money fight but a huge test for both fighters.  And now I have to say I dont know who would win.

JC

Thanks JC for carrying the SportsNUTTZ banner as of late.

I am kinda bummed that the Guaran-Sheed didn't come to fruition last. Sheed's my boy, and I take everything the man says as the gospel truth. But he didn't foresee his own injury, made worse by his own poor 3-13 shooting and no relief at all from the bench (7 points TOTAL!).

I guess Sheed and his team just weren't "feeling"  the guarantee, and I don't blame them. It was a lame guarantee. As for as their teams go, Cleveland isn't in the same league as Motown. It would be like Vince McMahon predicting higher ratings and PPV sales than TNA (or the old WCW). It would be like Phil Hellmuth promising to bust Steve Dannenmann.  On one side, you have a history of excellence and dominance, and on the other side you have the inferior. It's not really going out on a limb, Sheed. Next time,  make a guarantee against a high-caliber squad (Heat, Spurs, or Mavs). Or if you're stuck with another crap opponent, guaran-sheed a sweep.

The Pistons must be like me, and their hearts just aren't in it right now. I'm just not that pumped about the NBA playoffs at this point. And I LOVE the NBA. Yet, ever since halftime of Game 7 between LA and Phoenix, I just haven't cared as much. (I got this same "letdown" feeling in the NCAA Tourney...pumped and excited for nearly every game, everyday...until the Huskies from UW were screwed by the refs and lost to the Huskies from UConn. From that point, not much else mattered.) Kobe = ratings. Period. You don't ever see the Clips or the so-called MVP Steve Nash on Christmas day, do you? Yet the NBA always makes sure everyone opens their gifts under the tree with Kobe on their TV's year in and year out.  Phoenix and the other LA team are squared in a 2-2 series, yet game 5 isn't must-see for me. It'll probably take an elimination game to finally peak my interest.

Suns vs Kobe was DRAMA in the 1st round, but everything since has been a snooze. A Detroit/Miami conference final rematch is much anticipated...can the Cavs and Nets PLEASE let us see that series start now!?! And I hope the Mavs can finish the job versus the Spurs. I've been overloaded with them and Eva Longoria for the past 2 years because they made it seem like 10. Like JC is pulling for a De la Hoya/Mayweather boxing spectacular, all I am just looking for from the NBA playoffs is another classic confrontation.

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