I believe in B-ball ...

Good point.

A couple of thoughts...

There are so many teams in the league now that there will probably be ever more hall of fame players who never win a title. Oscar Robertson (a notable James supporter of late) only one once, and that was in a season when the league expanded to (gasp) 17 teams. So I don't know that retiring without a title necessarily equals "overrated." Was Charles Barkley overrated? (Maybe, but I watched the dude in his prime and I don't think so.)

It's become a bit of a cliche to say so, but the James/Jordan comparison doesn't equate. They're very different players -- I watched James a lot during his rookie year (I watched his first game ever against the Kings) and some of his televised high school games, and the role he played with the national team is closer to what I expected of his career than the hold the ball, score the points role he was forced into with the relatively talent-free Cavaliers. The guy's court sense is phenomenal. If you want the Jordanesque killer instinct, carry the team to the title thing, look to Kobe, not LeBron. Again, a cliche, but I think LeBron is lot more like Magic -- capable of carrying a team when necessary, but more effective as a facilitator and integrator of other talents. Of course, now that he's actually playing with other talent, we'll get to see if that's true.

2010-11 could be a very interesting NBA season. Obviously Miami has been the big story, but a lot of teams have new looks, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of the league shakes out.



Oh, and I'll repeat the joke (I think from PTI) that Shaq's statue thing was just him playing pick-and-roll defense....

Good one!
I hadn't heard that.

Really, really looking forward to Chicago, Phoenix, Portland, OKC...

I find it funny and telling that in this ESPN poll, even Florida is not rooting for the Miami Heat to win the NBA Championship:

i guess they'd rather see orlando go all the way.
wholesome disney vs riley's evil empire...

kobe is to jordan as lebron is to magic --
spot on, p-dawg...

rondo is on a ridiculous assists-per-game pace to start the season.
he has 82 dimes so far -- good for a 16.4 average...

I was just looking at the NBA standings so far, and the Knicks are 3-3!

IF THE SEASON WERE TO END RIGHT NOW, THE KNICKS WOULD BE IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!!

Sorry, I had to say it. It may be my last chance this year to be able to put the words "playoffs" and "the Knicks" in the same sentence.

Hah

Really? How about, "It's only February, and the Knicks are already mathematically eliminated from the playoffs."

Go Bucks!

millsap (46) & jazz co knocked off the heat...

Oh shucky-darn. The terrible trio didn't dominate. Sadness of sadness.

the miracle jazz did likewise to the magic last night.
in back-to-back road games, they overcame deficits of 22 & 18 points.
lest anyone think that's easy to do... it's not.

C's-Heat II tonight...

Yup! Want to see that one!!

Half-watching, not much of a contest. (A lot closer if Allen shoots like a normal human, though.)

Wondering, though, what the big deal about Bosh is? I'd never been impressed with him before this season, but I hadn't really seen him play, so I figured I was just missing something -- but he just seems to me like a skinny 6'10" jump shooter, the kind of guy opposing teams let shoot on a bad team because it's worth it to keep him off the boards.

Also wondering -- is this Miami "Big Three" supposed to be better than, or even comparable to, the '80s big 3s of Magic/Kareem/Worthy or Bird/McHale/Parish?

Oh, and now the lead's shrunk. Back to game...

Hahahahahaaaaaa! The "Big Three" indeed! LeBron is looking WEAK!!!

but 48 seconds left...