I don’t care about the NBA. I’m 6′2, but I’m White, large, and can’t dunk. Sure, I can set screens and grab rebounds, but if Shaq and I ran a race, we would finish in a tie.
In the past few weeks, there’s been a mass exodus from the Eastern Division where the rest of the country finally gets their collective heads out of their collective asses and realizes there’s an opposite coast to this country. Maybe the other teams are just bowing out to “The Boston 3″ (Where the two new acquisitions were from the west) and giving their talent away, but guys have been coming to the West in droves. There was Gasol to the Lakers, Shaq to the Suns, Kidd to the Mavericks (after he held out until the Writer’s Strike was over), and I guess Bibby didn’t get the message and went east. So, what did our amazing Sonics do to compete?
Brent Barry returns to the Sonics. I know of him, rather then the guy we traded away. He’s the guy that shoots 3’s? We need some points, so I think that’s a good deal. I know some guys on the Sonics, but besides Durant and Green, I couldn’t pick them out from the cast of Semi-Pro. Obviously, we’re rebuilding so Oklahoma can have the Sonics a few years from now when they’re amazing. The upside here is that we get a first round draft pick out of this deal. So what if it’s the Spurs spot in the draft, it’s still a first round draft pick. First round picks are still good in basketball, right?
The Mariner’s start spring training games in a while, and when that starts to happen you’ll get my baseball preview. I predicted the Indians to go to the World Series last year, so I was wrong by one game. Believe me, I’m much better at this baseball thing than basketball. Ever since the league allowed the shorts to go past their crotch, I’ve lost faith in basketball. Sigh, I miss Jack Sikma. Kids, Google up his amazing shorts.
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