Wingin It on Wednesday

I've been a little absent for the past couple of days just so I could bring everyone a glorious new blog. I even had some requests and I'll hit on those in a bit.

What a series The Finals have become. I still think that the Heat will win in six (don't I stated at on here but I've said it to people, I swear). Lebron has clearly played second fiddle to D-Wade, my biggest concern is how he will react in the next two or three games. His line last night wasn't awful but to someone that calls himself, "King James," it wasn't royal worthy. As the Abe Lincoln on Deshawn Stevenson's neck said, "He checked out," and he certainly looked like it. Is it too many minutes? I don't know but it's certainly not a time to make excuses, two or three games left in the season.

Dirk has been ridiculous. It's just impressive to watch his footwork and how he gets off shots. Obviously, being 7 foot helps this quite a bit but he has the ultimate old man's game. He knows just when to go and when to stop for a jumper. He likes going to left and the Heat overplayed that last night and he went right and scored to win it. One thing that i noticed was that he swept through low with the ball instead of going high like he usually does when he goes right. Quite an impressive display. Reminded me of my Corning Moose hoops squad when I carried the team to a "W" with a massive zit on my cheek. It was a gutsy performance.

On a surprising note (wink, wink) Terrelle Pryor is out at The Ohio State. After meeting with the NCAA my guess is that they basically told him there is no way he'll play any games next season. UFL or CFL he comes. I sure hope the Toronto Argonauts pick him up. A great city to get some awesome Gucci stuff.

Mark Jackson was named head coach for the Golden State Warriors the other day. I will never understand how someone with ZERO coaching experience gets a head gig in the NBA. Ok, maybe he coached a team at the Rucker but it's certainly not the same, erroneous if you ask me. I do understand that he was a very smart player throughout his career and certainly played for some really good head coaches but this move doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure he'll surround himself with some assistants that have head coaching experience but why take a chance on him? I know the Celtics did the same thing with Doc Rivers but he was a "terrible" coach until all of a sudden he got Ray Allen and KG added to the squad. I don't see any Hall of Famers on the Warrior squad at the moment.

Another move by the Warriors that is running around a little is to trade Monta Ellis and his tattoos for Andre Iguodala (I got nothing). I do like the trade for the Warriors. It doesn't make sense for them to have Ellis and Stephen Curry in the backcourt together when neither is a very good defender, both need the ball in their hands, and neither are true point guards. Plus, it will give Golden State someone that can actually defend. Realistically, Igoudala should be a team's third or fourth scorer and a lockdown defender. He ahd to carry the Sixers offensively for a while and he isn't capable of doing it because he isn't a shooter.

The trade certainly doesn't make sense for the Sixers because it would give them three guys that all do the same thing. Three undersized two guards, who aren't point guards in Ellis, Louis Williams, and Jrue Holiday. Yes, Ellis is explosive as can be but isn't reliable on the defensive end to cover one on one. He is definitely good at anticipating passes but he isn't a lockdown guy. Doug Collins would go nuts with those three for sure.

As I'm watching the Yankees-Sox game, I am so frustrated with managers that pull pitchers to get the better "matchup" a la righty on righty and lefty on lefty. I'm sure percentages say that this whole thing works but it's just stupid to me, especially when the previous pitcher finally caught a groove. Perfect example is what just happened with the Yanks. Girardi replaced AJ Burnett who pitched like poop for most of the game after AJ gave up a base hit. Burnett actually started to pitch alright and then Boone Logan comes in and his sequence goes as single, walk, walk (scored a run), and a strikeout to end the inning. Still cost them a run. Go with your gut every once in a while instead of going with some book that tells you what to do.

The Hutton Arena floor is getting painted right now and it's a MAJOR upgrade. Finally got rid of the Supermodel Piper and went with the HU in the middle of the floor. I don't have pictures right now but it'll be up on our athletic website soon, I think.