The timer is ready to ding on an overcooked turkey as The Answer Sweepstakes continues. I'd love to see him in a Wolves uni paired up with KG, only to get bounced in the first round of the playoffs yet again. However, I think the Celtics can put together the best package of youth for the Sixers, but who wants to trade with a division rival.
Some great locker room combinations could really happy here so keep a watchful eye.
AI and Artest in SAC: hook up for a killer rap album and then leave the team at the all-star break to go on tour
AI and Stephen Jackson: who better to pair with the writer of "40 bars" but the man who shall soon find himself behind them
AI and Bassy Telfair: More midget PG thugs than any one roster can handle
The oven is set to 450 in Boston not only over AI but for a man looking to add some international flavor to the dish. The Red Sox have entered into the final 48-hour window of negotiations with super-agent and egomaniac Scott Boras over Daisuke Matsuzaka and things are sure to get interesting. After blowing an undeserved $70 million on J.D. Drew, who the Sox should be happy to get 2 full years of service from over the 5 years of the deal, I can't see any reason that this deal isn't going to get done. The BoSox need to make a big splash and this one is calling Theo's name. The guy throws a "gyro"ball for Christ's sake; I don't even know what that is and I'm quite impressed. Without ever throwing an inning in the bigs, I'm willing to say that Zaka can and will be a Top 5 pitcher this year and a perennial Top 10 performer. His first year should surprisingly be his best as teams and players will have to adjust and will have little tape on him.
Dislike the move by the Astros in getting Jason Jennings although I wouldn't expect too much of a difference in numbers as Minute Maid is nowhere close to pitcher friendly and Jennings will see more of Pujols as well as a revamped Cubs lineup this year instead of beating up on my Dodgers and the rest of the paltry West. Hirsch is a great prospect and will probably surpass Jennings as pitcher before Jennings even reaches free agency in a year. I understand that the 'Stros need to get into a win now philosophy after throwing that kind of money at Carlos Lee, but this was another poor judgment call after a woeful off-season. Clearing Taveras in the OF helps to make room down the line for Hunter Pence to arrive, so now the Astros can concentrate their efforts on shipping off Jason Lane. The Astros have now missed out on Soriano, overpaid for Lee, check-swung and missed on Pettite, and try to recoup by dealing one of their best prospects for one year of Jennings. I see no reason for Clemens to come back to this mess, the final nail in the coffin.
Let's not overlook Scott Boras's grand larceny of Rangers owner Tom Hicks yet again as he gets Eric Gagne $6 million for a year. You'd think Hicks would learn after looking like the nations' dunce by signing the A-Rod, Chan Ho Park, and Kevin Millwood deals but I guess thats the way the saying goes: "Insanity is repeatedly performing the same actions yet expecting different results". Boras is bordering on jail time after swindling Hicks for all of these deals; what a con man. Then, just as icing on the cake, why not throw another $6 mil to Kenny Lofton and call it a day. Hicks could just be baseball's version of Isiah Thomas. Speaking of...
Isiah Thomas has FINALLY received a timeline from King Dolan as the Cablevision god has given him until the end of the season to show "significant progress". In other words, nice seeing you Isiah; spend the next year with Art Shell working on your resume. I don't even think Thomas should be fired because of his coaching, it's his complete ineptitude as president that has single-handedly killed the Knicks. After taking on too many teams horrid contracts when already saddled with their own (thanks to the Mo Vaughn of the NBA - Allan Houston), trading away the future for Eddy Curry, and then making multiple suspect draft picks with the few picks his managed to salvage. Too bad Zeke couldn't figure out a better way to fill up MSG rather than just stick Curry inside.
Check out some of these lines of the night in the NBA:
J-Smooth - 21/10/5 with 5 blocks and 4 steals (this is why he went in the early 3rd round in MANY drafts)
Camby - 17 boards, 4 blocks... only a matter of time before the wheels fall off though
Kobe - 23/8/7.. solid but unspectacular going 8 of 26 from the floor
Odom - 4 minutes played and a real scare with a possible serious knee injury
Luther Head - should fill in nicely while TMac is gone (21 pts, 4 threes), if he's available grab him up
Skip to My Lou - still can't shoot (2 of 8 with an egg from downtown)
That's all I got for tonight...
Tomorrow I shall unveil my first weekly dose of Bro's and Ho's for the upcoming week in fantasy football playoffs as well as my NFL picks against the spread.
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