Complete Let Down!

Lets just vent with the embarrassing lost that the San Antonio Spurs had last night, a game in which the Spurs easily should have won. Let me start by giving props to Goran Dragic who absolutely torched the Spurs from the end of the 3rd quarter till the end of the game. Dragic basically single handedly beat the entire Spurs 1st team. He ended up with 26 points on 9 for 11 from the field, and 4-4 from the three point line. Something I thought was actually funny that I heard on the broadcast last night was that the Suns had traded for the right to Dragic from the Spurs in the draft two years ago. It was also pretty cool to see Steve Nash go out on the court after the game and give him a huge hug and congratulate and basically giving the Suns the win, They had also said that Dragic's long time idol growing up was Steve Nash, and i'm sure that only made it sweeter. On the other had is the Spurs once again blowing a huge lead, and losing yet another game to go down 0-3. Now if this were to happen every now and then but no, we saw it against Dallas and we've seen the Spurs have a chance to win each of the three game against Phoenix but the difference in this series is that Spurs could get lucky enough against the Mavs to pull off the win, against Phoenix is a completely different story playing against one of the greats Steve Nash. What really makes you sick is that Amare Stoudemire didn't even play in the fourth quarter and Nash barely any. If you can't get it done against the 2nd team then you might as well just call it a season. Once again the Spurs struggled at the line hitting only 16 of 28 free throws, with Duncan going 5-12 from the line, which is absolutely terrible, and Tony Parker going 0 for 4 from the line. I mean come on you get paid millions to play the game of basketball, The free throw shot is the easiest in the game, make a STUPID free throw! Ginobili showed up once against like he has throughout the season and post-season scoring 27 on 10-17 from the field, but once again struggled from beyond the arc, only make 4 of his 9 attempted three point shots. O and big surprise George Hill and Richard Jefferson once again didn't show up only scoring a combined 12 points, with Jefferson having only four in 29 minutes. Its a good known fact now that we know the Spurs can't handle the pick and roll offense, can't switch, just can't defend it at all. You have to admit Phoenix looks good, I mean real good. I see them beating the Lakers in the Conference Finals, and really have a legit shot at the Finals this year. As for the Spurs, they'll win game 4 hopefully, but game 5 back in Phoenix might be the end of the road for a well seasoned Spurs team. Time to evaluate what they have and see about adding some depth to the roster in the off-season, possibly a player who is a pure shooter from beyond the arc? (maybe the should have just re-signed Stephen Jackson back in the day?), hopefully they make some moves somewhere. Guess we'll see how game 4 goes, Until next time.....

Current best #5s

Today on SportsCenter they did a segment to celebrate Cinco De Mayo where they did the top 10 athletes to ever wear the number 5. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, I agreed with most of their picks, their number one was Joe Dimaggio and second Johnny Bench. Most were older players with the exception of Jason Kidd and Donovann Mcnabb. I decided I would do a quick list as well, but on my list I would do the top 4 numbers 5s that are currently playing in their respective sport in my opinion. So here it goes.....



4. Kevin Garnett

Garnett has always been one of my favorite players to watch in the NBA, There's not another player in the league that has always brought as much energy and love for the game than he has. I basically carried a franchise when he was in Minnesota and after coming to the Celtics in 2007, let them to a championship. He's been a 12 time All-Star, an MVP and a continued force on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball. His career stats include 19.8 points,10.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game.




3. Donovan Mcnabb

Number three is going to be the ex-Eagles QB Donovan Mcnabb. Although he could never win the big one, Donovan Mcnabb has been one of the winningest QBs we've seen in our generation, behind the likes of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Mcnabb is just an all around class act, great leader, and good role-model. Mcnabb has averaged 2,665 yds with 11 touchdown in his 11 year career with the Eagles, with a career passer's rating of 86.5. Mcnabb lead the Eagles to 5 NFC Championship games and one super bowl, falling short to the Patriots. He holds numerous Eagles records including most single season completions and yards. With his ability to escape the sack and make plays outside the pocket has always made Donovan a very exciting player to watch. His ability to win, and his on and off the field demeanor will put him down as one of the greatest Eagles of all time.




2. Albert Pujols

Number two is going to be St. Louis Cardinal's 1st baseman Albert Pujols. Baseball's pure power hitter, and what puts this guy aside from the rest is his ability to avoid the off the field drama, and to be able to actually say he's never used PEDs. Pujols is absolutely an animal when he comes up to the plate, in my opinion he's arguably baseball's best player. Pujols is an 8 time all star, 3 time NL MVP, and has won a world series(2006). He leads all active players in batting average(.334), slugging percentage (.628), and on-base percentage(.427). Pujols is also one of the leading home run hitters in major league history. Its hard to say that Pujols isn't one of the best of this last decade if not the best in the game right now, easily one of the best #5s.




1. Jason Kidd

Although he is wearing number 2 now with the Dallas Mavericks, Jason Kidd will always be number 5. What isn't there to say about one of the best point guards of all time? Kidd has done and seen it all. Lets start with he has been a 10 time all star, was the NBA co-rookie of the year, a five time league leader in assists per game, 9 time All-Defensive selection, only player in NBA history to have 15,000 points, 7,000 rebounds, and 10,000 assists throughout his career, hes second all-time in playoff triple doubles, 2nd all time in assists, and 3rd all time in regular season triple doubles. Kidd has average 13.6 points, 9.2 assists, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.0 steals per game in his career. He lead the Nets to two consecutive Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003. Based on his stats, records, and being an all around winner there's no way he isn't number 1 out of the current number 5s.


Well there's my top 4 active players wearing number 5 at the moment. What would your order be? who would you add? until next time.....

Good Ol' Western Showdown

Well guess i'll have to start somewhere so here we go... Keep in mind this is my first blog post so hopefully it will be easy to follow. I'm going to go ahead and start with something many will be following tonight, the NBA playoffs. The Spurs vs. "los" Suns, game two of the Western Conference semis. I guess i'll go ahead and go through the way the San Antonio Spurs can even this series up, seeing as I am a spurs fan. As much as the los suns jerseys are a major headline for game 2 is the question of whether or not Senor Nash will continue to perform as well as he did in game 1. Nash is coming of a 30 point, 10 assist performance, taking us back to his MVP days. The veteran point guard had his way with the Spurs D, driving hard to the basket, knocking down the open three, running the pick and roll to perfection, basically being the Steve Nash who at one time, if not still, was the best point guard in the game. This has to be the big one the Spurs will be focusing on the most tonight. Tighten up the D,Stop the easy layups and drives to the basket, and close out on the open shots. Its not like the Spurs played horribe in game one, the big three combined for 73 of the Spurs 102 points, where the Spurs lacked was the little contribution from George Hill and Richard Jefferson scoring 9 and 5 respectively. I see this to change in in game two, we really didn't start to see Hill dominance until game three of the first round against Dallas, I see him to be much more comfortable in game two which will lead to more shots falling for him. The same goes for Richard, although he's been inconsistant for much of the season, we have seen glimpses of the old player he was in New Jersey here in the playoffs and look for him to respond early in game two. Moving on i'll talk about the lack of DeJuan Blair in game one. Blair only had 2 points in 10 minutes of game one, grabbing two rebounds. I think Blair's physical play can come in handy against the spurs. If Blair can get in on the offense early and draw some quick fouls on Stoudemire, this would be a big blow to the suns, without Lopez in the lineup, the suns virtually would have no one to cover Blair, Duncan, and McDyess with Grant Hill running around to cover just about everyone. Another aspect of the game that would come from getting the bigs involved early in the game is the three point shot. The spurs only made 4 threes in game one(21%).If the Spurs can start to draw a double team down low on Duncan then they can move the ball around the outside to get the open three with Hill and Ginobili. To wrap everything up The three main keys the spurs need to focus on is slow down Nash/tighten up the D, get the bigs and Blair involved early, and more production from Hill and Jefferson. Should once again be a thriller, a physical fight from start to finish with plenty of scoring and excitement(too bad the suns don't have Eduardo Najera on their team)Tune into the game at 8:00 on TNT, Until next time......