D. Hall to the Giants???

Well, I haven't posted for the past couple days and I feel bad for that, but I've been writing an english paper so I really haven't had any time. Lets see, I guess I'll have to go over, the trade deadline, the combine and some rumors that I have heard. I guess lets start with the NBA trade deadline.

Trade #1: The nets acquired Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell and Maurice Ager, DeSagana Diop, Keith Van Horn, first-round picks in 2008 and 2010 and cash from the Dallas Mavericks for Jason Kidd and Antoine Wright and Malik Allen. This was arguably the biggest trade at the deadline. There were tons of rumors that this trade wouldn't go through but they some how pulled it off. I think Dallas got the better end of the deal...for short term. Jason Kidd is one of the greatest point guards to ever play basketball but he is 34 years old. Dallas pretty much gave up their future at the PG position. Devin Harris is a future all star, who has a lot of upside. The Mavs will also miss Diop's production and size off the bench. Also the Nets should enjoy having two more first round picks, helping them get more young and talented players. Overall, this trade can only be judged on how you look at it. Short term, the Mavs got the better deal, for this year, but for the next 5 years this will most likely turn out to be a better trade for the Nets as long as they continue to get younger and better.

Trade #2: In the first three team deal, the Houston Rockets acquired Bobby Jackson, Adam Haluska and a 2008 second-round pick from the New Orleans Hornets and the draft rights to Sergei Lishouk from the Memphis Grizzlies; The Hornets got Mike James and Bonzi Wells from the Rockets; and the Grizzlies received Marcus Vinicius from the Hornets and the draft rights to Malick Badiane from the Rockets. Where these are all second tier players, some will be helpful to their respective teams. Houston had a good trade deadline also aquiring Gerald Green from the T-wolves for Kirk Snyder. In this trade, the key piece seem to be Wells going to the Hornets. Bobby Jackson is good coming off the bench and should provide the Rockets guards a good amount of time. The rest of the trade is pretty much a throw in. Overall, I guess its a good trade from all sides.

Trade #3:
In the other three team deal, the Cleavland Cavilers got Ben Wallace and Joe Smith and a 2009 second-round pick from the Chicago Bulls and Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle SuperSonics, Chicago recieved Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Larry Hughes and Shannon Brown from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Seattle got forward Donyell Marshall and guard Ira Newble from the Cleveland Cavaliers and forward Adrian Griffin from the Chicago Bulls. In this trade the the Cavs traded half their team. They got some big time players such as Big Ben and Wally Szczerbiak, but I think they gave up too much. They traded their best power forward, best defender, young talent and depth. On paper it looks as if the Cavs got the best players, but they gave up depth with now the only solid players coming off the bench being Szczerbiak and Smith. The Bulls got better adding depth and size and Seattle added some veteran leadership which the young Sonics could use.

Next up is the NFL Combine:
This year I'm pretty disappointed I dont get to watch it because we don't have NFL Network here. But I will try to follow it on NFL.com, and by the next Monday, I hope to have my first first round mock draft completed.

Also today I read on ESPN that the Giants are looking to aquire DeAngelo Hall from the Atlanta Falcons for their first round pick. This would be a great trade for both sides. The Giants despratly need help in the secondary and a top 5 cornerback could do that for them. Hall is by far better then any corner available in this draft class. The Falcons are trying to get rid of Hall because he is very unhappy there is has done all but ask for a trade. The Falcons could use the pick on helping their receiving core, offensive or defensive line. So I'm just really hoping this trade goes through.

So, hopefully soon I'll have my next post with my mock draft and an explanation for each pick, and also hopefully I dont wait 5 days till my next post.

I'm bored

There is nothing to do. I do my homework, which is boring as fuck by the way, and I'm just sitting here watching the Wizards game. CJ is playing Lost Odyessy which he is obsessed with, and Chu is lifting so we are waiting on him to play Super Smash. I saw that the Kidd trade went through, so congrats to that Mark Cuban.

Last night I experienced "Second Life" for the first time, and what can I tell you, it was so bad. I spent the first hour trying to find my friend Sam, who convinced me to download it, who was stuck in brazil and couldn't get out cause everyone was typing in Portuguese. By the time I found him we, i guess, "teleported" to another "island" and had no clue on how to get out. So after running around for a while with Sam and some other person Sam met named Flofy I gave up and quit. So I'll give Second Life two thumbs down.

Also, I just want to apologize for my last post being long and boring and just a summery. I was bored and just started rambling on about boring stuff. So here's what I was trying to say:

Dwight Howard was nuts. He threw the ball. Down. In to the basket. That means he was higher then the rim, looked into it and "threw it down". I've never seen anything like it. Now that I'm on the topic of basketball, the Wizards are soooo bad. But thats for another day.

I also heard that the Patriots aka Cheaters are trying to sign Zack Thomas, which is perfect for there system of old over the hill linebackers. So, Pats have fun with your 35 and older defense.

I got nothing else, I can't think anymore so I'm gonna go try to write my English paper on Cassell Collusem.

Yesterday

Yesterday wasn't a great day. Georgetown lost. VT lost. It was an ugly day of college basketball for me, and I had one thing to look forward to...NBA Allstar Saturday Night, and you know what I think it delivered.

Up first was the Shooting Stars competition where my pick, Phoenix didn't get out of the first round. San Antonio's team won which consisted of Tim Duncan, Becky Hammond and David Robinson. It was kinda funny watching two 7 footers shoot threes and half court shots.

After that it was the Skills competition which consisted of Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, and my pick Deron Williams. From what I read, D-Wade didn't even practice the course. My friends who were watching this were sure CP was going to win but I stuck with Deron and he pulled it out for me. So far I am 1 for 2.

Next up, the Three Point Shootout. This consisted of Dirk Nowitzki, Daniel Gibson, Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Richard Hamilton, and Jason Kapono. The reining champion Kapono repeated with the victory, scoring an insane 25/30, while my pick "Boobie" Gibson got second place. I'm 1 for 3 tonight. But right now I'm calling it, Boobie Gibson wins it next year.

Finally, it came to what I was waiting for all night, the Slam Dunk Contest. It was Dwight Howard, Rudy Gay, Gerald Green, and Jamario Moon. Here are a few of the really good I enjoyed. First up is Jamario Moon. He does a nice lob to himself fully extends his arm, gets the ball, and brings it over and dunks it. He gets a decent score of 46/50. Next up is Rudy Gay who does a boring windmill dunk and gets a 37 for it. After Rudy, my pick Dwight Howard is up. He stands behind the basket, throws the ball against the back of the backboard, catches the ball, reaches under the backboard and jams it barely not hitting his head. I had never seen anything like it before, and he got a perfect score for it.

After him, Gerald Green brings out a surprise. It's a cupcake, with candle on it. His assistant, Rashad McCants (side note: for some reason my tv was on Comcast sportsnet today and there was a woman's UVA-UNC bball game. One player on UNC was named Rashanda McCants and I told my roommate that it has to be Rashad's sister, and I was right, sorry) puts it up on the back of the rim. He lights the candle. McCants bounces the ball Green runs up catches it, dunks it as he is blowing the candle out. The judges gave him a 46, but I think he deserves at least a 50 for the creativity of the dunk.

For they're second dunks noone really does anything extraordinary until the last person, Dwight. His assistant Jameer Nelson hands him what appears to be a wrapped red blanket. he shakes it out and you can see the little superman symbol on it. Howard takes off his jersey and under it is a superman shirt. After he dunked that you could tell it was over. In the next round, Howard dominates Green, and I don't feel like explaining more so here is a link to the entire contest(http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/allstar/2008/dunk_cutdown_080216.asx?siteid=silverlight',%20'http://www.nba.com/media/silverlight_400.jpg), and thats about it.

Kidd Trade

I was just reading about the Jason Kidd trade falling through and where I think it isn't the best trade in the world, I don't think that it should be Devean George who decides whether it goes through or not. Seriously, does a throw in player, a 30 year old, a $2.3 million expiring contract, really have the right to stop an 8 player trade from going through. Thats going to leave a lot of disgruntled players on both sides. You don't think Devin Harris, Stack, and Diop are going to be pissed that they were about to be tossed aside and now they are back where they started. Even George seem rattled about it, shooting 0-11 last night.

I think George is being selfish. I think he thinks he's doing good by stopping the trade because it puts him in a better position to win a championship, but truly it doesn't. Look at the West. In the Mavs current state, they don't stand a chance. And according to ESPN, he's doing it because of money. In George's contract he has a "Larry Bird Right" to which my understanding is where the player can be resigned by the team that they are on and they can go above the salary cap and not take a hit. If he is traded he will lose this right. But if you look at it, George is 30. He is past his prime, this season he is averaging 14 min a game, and this month he is getting about 23 a game, but he is 17-43, and is truly not needed on a team that has Dirk, Josh Howard, and Jason Terry.

Tonight we will really get to see how the fallen through trade has effected the team when Mavs go to Phoenix and play the Suns tonight at 10:30 EST. Also Lost is on tonight so I'm psyched for that.

First Post

Right now I am sitting watching tv, with cj, ziggy and chu. CJ is my roommate whos kidda a dick, Ziggy is a friend i know from high school, and Chu is my friend from across the hall. I'm pretty excited to see how the Kidd trade will turn out. I think it was a good trade for both sides. Kidd will give Dallas a slight chance in the West, and the Nets get Devin Harris and a couple of contacts that Dallas would like to unload and some draft picks and $3 mill. Also the Clemens hearing was today. I think it was a waste of time. Clemens is lying. McNamee is lying. End of story. Well this is my first post and I hope it worked out. Peace.