You're stuck with Z-man for the weekend, because I won't have a computer anywhere near me in a camp site, unless they have WiFi. But I doubt it.
Actually, Zak is away makin' it rain or watching that practice (which may or may not be one of his plans to make a profit this summer) for Senior Week. So...this site may be vacant for the weekend, but I'll try and fix that. Maybe another FYI staff member will help us out.
The big story of the day is ESPNs crap program they put out for all of us last night during the NBA draft.
Stuart Scott is, and was, horrible last night with many errors, like, you know, saying Eric Gordon went to Illinois and constantly reminding us that there were in fact many freshman picked in the first round. May we remind you that the NBA has an age limit.
Jeff Van Gundy made sure every Exec. felt good afterwards by assuring that every pick was a great one and it should turn out just fine. He was too nice. Not every pick was great. Ask New York fans (you heard the boos), and there were some other questionable choices (DJ Augustin to Charlotte when Raymond Felton is running the show?)
Jay Bilas was great as usual and was the only one of the talking heads up there that was actually knowledgeable.
I didn't really have a problem with Stephen A. Smith but some of the repeated questions got annoying.
Let's rally for TNT to host the draft instead of ESPN.
I'm not very good when it comes to the NBA so sorry for the lack of writing on this post, just wanted to share my opinion on the whole ordeal.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The blog formerly known as The Gun Show (sorta)
We're lookin' for a new start. And like the Tampa Bay Rays, we're hoping that a new name can help us out here.
So this blog is now called Calling the Shots. The name comes from Zak, oh, excuse me, "The Profit- Z", his old blog on AOL which he no longer runs (does that make me "The Revenue- N? I don't think so.) I don't know what point I am getting to, I guess just letting you guys know we are still apart of a site called FYI Sports Fans, which is currently being worked on but you can check out the forum at http://fyisportsfans.net. Anyway, enough of that.
* About an hour ago Jermaine O'Neal was traded to the Toronto Raptors. Some noise before the draft tomorrow night?
* Speaking of draft, Pat Riley has implied that they are probably going to skip over Michael Beasley with the No. 2 pick (assuming that Chicago takes Derrick Rose, which they will). I think he's out of his mind, Beasley is Elton Brand and then some, but it may just be a ploy and hopefully they do take him. You can't pass up a talent like that, no matter how bad you need a point guard to compliment Dwayne Wade.
* Fresno State won the College World Series yesterday (it's 1:00 am). To me, this needs to be publicized more. Yeah yeah, college baseball isn't as popular as the other college s
ports, but this "postseason" I guess has been nothing short of amazing and what Fresno has done is unbelievable. As I said in an earlier post, a No. 4 seed is like the equivalent of a 13-16 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. We know how big a Cinderella like that is, well the shoe fit tonight with Fresno. Congratulations.
* Germany ousted Turkey's run in EURO 2008 today, winning 3-2. And because of a power failure, none of us were able to see it.
* Gary Sheffield just won the game for the Tigers. Slowly crawling up to .500 and this is a big win considering they waited out a 2-hour rain delay and won it in this fashion.
Pic from Wimbledon
So this blog is now called Calling the Shots. The name comes from Zak, oh, excuse me, "The Profit- Z", his old blog on AOL which he no longer runs (does that make me "The Revenue- N? I don't think so.) I don't know what point I am getting to, I guess just letting you guys know we are still apart of a site called FYI Sports Fans, which is currently being worked on but you can check out the forum at http://fyisportsfans.net. Anyway, enough of that.
* About an hour ago Jermaine O'Neal was traded to the Toronto Raptors. Some noise before the draft tomorrow night?
* Speaking of draft, Pat Riley has implied that they are probably going to skip over Michael Beasley with the No. 2 pick (assuming that Chicago takes Derrick Rose, which they will). I think he's out of his mind, Beasley is Elton Brand and then some, but it may just be a ploy and hopefully they do take him. You can't pass up a talent like that, no matter how bad you need a point guard to compliment Dwayne Wade.
* Fresno State won the College World Series yesterday (it's 1:00 am). To me, this needs to be publicized more. Yeah yeah, college baseball isn't as popular as the other college s
ports, but this "postseason" I guess has been nothing short of amazing and what Fresno has done is unbelievable. As I said in an earlier post, a No. 4 seed is like the equivalent of a 13-16 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. We know how big a Cinderella like that is, well the shoe fit tonight with Fresno. Congratulations.* Germany ousted Turkey's run in EURO 2008 today, winning 3-2. And because of a power failure, none of us were able to see it.
* Gary Sheffield just won the game for the Tigers. Slowly crawling up to .500 and this is a big win considering they waited out a 2-hour rain delay and won it in this fashion.
Pic from Wimbledon
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Just Another Reason To Hate Beantown
First and foremost, I must congratulate the Boston Celtics on their recent NBA championship. Although this years Celtic's team was completely bought and I feel as if their win was nothing special, they won nonetheless. The only good I see in this win is that Paul Pierce has finally received the ring he deserves. This guy has been the heart of the Boston franchise for awhile and deserved to be a champ for at least one year. The same goes for Kevin Garnett considering he carried those horrible T-Wolves for his entire career but that team was completely controlled by the $$$.
I also give credit to the league MVP, Kobe Bryant. Throughout all types of situations and scenarios in the season, Kobe stayed strong and proved that he was the key to that LA squad. No matter who was on the court with Bryant, he would make them shine. A Lakers' win would have been the greatest thing to happen all year in the NBA world because when you look at that team, they were all heart. Kobe didn't even want to be caught dead in a purple and gold uniform this season and look what evolved from that decision.
Although the series panned out the way many expected, the Lakers put up a solid fight and this Celtics win shows some sign of dominance building up within the East. Those All-Star games will probably be MUCH closer from here on out.
P.S. Can we please stop Boston? It's no fun when they are winning all the championships. I see the Patriots weaking up a little bit and the Red Sox are not AS dominant so there is hope for the rest of us teams out there.
---Z
I also give credit to the league MVP, Kobe Bryant. Throughout all types of situations and scenarios in the season, Kobe stayed strong and proved that he was the key to that LA squad. No matter who was on the court with Bryant, he would make them shine. A Lakers' win would have been the greatest thing to happen all year in the NBA world because when you look at that team, they were all heart. Kobe didn't even want to be caught dead in a purple and gold uniform this season and look what evolved from that decision.
Although the series panned out the way many expected, the Lakers put up a solid fight and this Celtics win shows some sign of dominance building up within the East. Those All-Star games will probably be MUCH closer from here on out.
P.S. Can we please stop Boston? It's no fun when they are winning all the championships. I see the Patriots weaking up a little bit and the Red Sox are not AS dominant so there is hope for the rest of us teams out there.
---Z
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