Say What You Want About Shaq...

...but he's one of the funniest athletes of all time.


Good luck.

...even if it is with Boston.

Where Were We???

A lot has happened that I haven't really gotten the chance to blog about. Mostly because I felt the need to keep up my tribute to MJ up a little while longer than usual. Back to business: Where were we??

NBA Basketball:

• Shaq goes to Cavs, VC goes to Orlando.

This would have been bigger news had it been five years or so ago, but they're both still headliners. Shaq + _____ = Championships in damn near all cases [except Phoenix.] I'm pretty anxious to see if he can put his game together for a year so that Lebron can get his [first] ring in Cleveland... The Vince trade makes the Eastern Conference Champs instantly better, but remember, this isn't stuffmyarmintherim Vince Carter, this is damnniggamykneeshurtletmeshootthisjay Vince Carter. We'll see what happens.

• NBA Draft

I wasn't really feeling the Bulls' picks this year, but last year was the first time I have in awhile. A few of the winners: The Hawks managed to trade to get Jamal Crawford [who gets buckets] and also drafed Jeff Teague from Wake Forest. Damn. The Nuggets were able to get a solid backup for Chauncey by acquiring Ty Lawson and even the Spurs did their thing by trading for Richard Jefferson and stealing picking up DeJuan Blair in the second round.

Soccer:

• Ronaldo traded to Real Madrid

This one hurts. Not only was this my favorite player leaving my favorite team, but it lead to another great player departing. Manchester United just couldn't hold onto Ronaldo and Tevez after their disappointing loss to Barcelona in the Champions League Final. I'm torn because I don't know if I should follow Ronaldo to Madrid or if I should stick to ManU. I'm sure I'll still have some loyalties to ManU but I know for damn sure if Lebron left the Cavaliers I'd be like "Cleveland who???"

• Confederations Cup Final

The USA men's soccer team was coming off of one of the biggest upsets in soccer history and followed it up by blowing another huge upset. The US has a 2-0 halftime lead against a Brazil team that many feel is one of the best in the world, only to allow three second half goals to lose 2-3. Well damn. Americans went from this to this in a matter of 45 minutes. Smh.
But I don't want people to keep saying to me, "Why do you like soccer?? It's soooo boring." Check this goal from yesterday out:

Dope.


I'll be back with some new music and maybe even the one thing I enjoyed about the BET Awards. Oww.

Lakers Get Embarrased in Game 4. Well Damn.

I'd be lying if I said I expected the Lakers to play so poorly in Game 4. The shorthanded Rockets were missing Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady [like that matters] but still managed a 29 point lead during the game. Who really saw this coming?? It ended up being a 12 point win for Houston, but it wasn't even that close. Aaron Brooks fucking balled with a career-high 34 points and he even made a couple Lakers look stupid in the process:
So with that being said, why are the Lakers having trouble knocking out the Rockets even without Yao and McGrady?? What is the missing link??  The answer is easy...I know you all know it. The answer is none other than SHAQUILLE O'NEAL. Now, I'm not saying that the Lakers can't win a championship without Shaq, they came close to doing it last year. But it's obviously that it would have been so easy for Kobe x Shaq x Phil to win at least 3-5 more Championships had they stayed together. And by NO WAY am I making this a whole "Kobe ran Shaq out of L.A." conversation. The Kobe fan in me [pause.] wouldn't allow that. I'm just saying...remember the Good Ol' Days.
[Note: Shaq is still in the running for funniest nigga in the league.]
...remember the Good Ol' Days.

Got Damn, Jodie Meeks

Big game jitters?? Hell naw. This fool Jodie Meeks from Kentucky's basketball team fucking BALLED last night against school rival Tennessee. Now when I say he balled, he BALLED. With his previous high being 46 that he scored against Appalachain State he went off for a school-record 54 points, breaking Dan Issel's 39-year-old record. And this wasn't off of dunks and put-backs. This was off five jumpers, 11 threes and 14/14 freethrows. Didn't I say he BALLED??! He probably won't win, but I'm sure this puts him in the conversation for National Player of the Year. Yes, I said it.

Check the facts:

• No player has scored 54 in regulation in the last decade,
• No player from a BCS school has scored this many points since Eddie House put up 61 in 2000. (But that was in OT.)
• This was a college game which is shorter than an NBA game with a longer shot clock which leads to less possessions for each team. Once again, he BALLED.

[Note: Is anybody else wondering about what Lebron's 1.18.09 announcement will be?? I just hope it's not rapping. We've all seen how that can turn out...it's not pretty.]

My God.

Don't let me be right, Lebron.