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1) Will Miami repeat as NBA champs?
In a perfect world, I'd say they have a good chance, but you know how to finish this sentence. Last year everyone on that roster wanted one thing, an NBA title. Alonzo Mourning left every part of him, minus a kidney, on the court in the playoffs last season. I think he will turn it down a notch. Gary Payton; do we really believe the glove is looking forward to being Jason Williams backup for two straight years? JASON WILLIAMS BACK UP. Wouldn't this be like Al Pacino playing a supporting role in a light heartened buddy movie with Billy Bob Thorton? Then being asked to do the sequel! During the shooting of the second movie don't you see A - Pac blowing up and screaming "I'm the f&$*ing Godfather! HOO AH! Look for GP to do the same around January. Antoine Walker is from the same mold as Gary. I would put money on 'Toine taking Riley aside during practice and calmly explaining that at one point he played in all star games and that 'Toine did an adidas commercial (Walker gets into character for Riley) "I'm employee # 8, I make baskets". Count on 17ppg and 25% shooting from the arc in his future. Yep good times.
2) Is A.I. going to be in Philly this season?
Yes Iverson will be a sixer. This is the most beaten down story in the NBA, every year we hear this rumor and nothing happens. If a GM put an ad in the paper it would read something like this: Looking for an aging, disgruntled, injury plagued superstar to revamp struggling franchise. Must have large contract and ability to alienate coaching staff in short amount of time. Willing to give high draft pick and expiring contracts.
Oh yeah where does my team sign up?
3) Who is the best U.S. born white player in the NBA
Antawn Jamison. Just let that one sink in.
4) Who is the front runner to usurp Vin Baker as the NBA's poster child for obesity?
The two candidates have to be the Knicks Eddy Curry and Portland's Zach Randolph, with the edge going to Baby Face Randolph. In this situation we are betting on Eddy Curry's will to live. With a serious heart condition you'd think Curry would do everything he could to avoid dying. Jelly Donut Zach on the other hand has no heart... err, problems to worry about, has a fat contact which seems to be a prerequisite for NBA fat guys and is on a team that has no veteran leaders to tell him to put the fork down.
5) How much street cred does Eddie Griffin have right now?
For those of you that don't know, police were called to a convenience store when witness' reported that Eddie Griffin hit a parked car (it happens), due to being intoxicated (logical cause and effect), while watching an adult DVD (different, but whatever) and masturbating (stop the bus I want off). If dating a super model is the NBA equivalent to dating the head cheerleader in high-school, then Easy Eddie just did the equivalent to spending a Friday night getting off to a wonder woman comic book. Zero street cred.
6) Who has the worst nickname in the NBA?
Well prior to any nickname Eddie Griffin will receive it has to be Steve Francis being referred to as "the Franchise". Stevie Franchise has played for three NBA teams, and all three teams have been a representative of the NBA draft lottery. I guess it works if it's like calling a fat guy as slim or tiny, but I would really like to see a movement made to start calling him "Stevie Lotto".
7) Will "Starbury" and "Stevie Lotto" lead the Knicks to the playoffs?
Do I have to go any further than those two nicknames to answer my question.
8) Who has a better chance of playing in the NBA this season, Jay Williams or the autistic kid who scored 20 points in 4 minutes in a high-school game?
A year ago I would have taken the kid, but because of the CBA we won't see a GM take a shot on his upside for another year.
But before we jump on Jay Williams playing this season let's examine the initial press conference by the doctor after surgery... "We were able to save the leg". WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE LEG! This implies that another option was to just remove it. Jay's lucky not to have a plastic leg with a swoosh printed on it. I'm calling this a push.
9) How many games will Ron Artest play this year?
70+ games. Xavier McDaniel who played in Phoenix and Boston once said that on the east coast it's cold and gray, so you just wake up pissed off and want to punch someone. I'm guessing the same holds true in Indiana because of boredom. X-Man went on to say that on the west coast you just wake up happy because the sun is shinning and the birds are chirping. I think Artest will feel the west coast love and behave.
10) Will Kobe get the Lakers back to the playoffs?
You could make the case that the only team that has no shot in the west is Portland. But being conservative I see 11 teams fighting for eight spots. Teams like Houston, Seattle and New Orleans that didn't get to the post season last year should have improved chances this season. The Lakers haven't really done much to improve.
I would like to see the Lakers do a remake of the Wizard of Oz. Phil Jackson could play Dorothy, sitting on the bench, knocking his ruby red Bulls championship rings together saying "there's no one like Michael, there's no one like Michael". Lamar Odom could be the Lion looking for courage in the face of a double team, and I was thinking of combining the Tin man and scarecrow into one character and calling it Tin Crow, because we all know that Kwame Brown needs some heart and a brain. Shaq could guest star as the wicked witch of the east, and Dwayne Wade as his evil helper monkey. Wouldn't you love to hear Shaq in that deep monotone voice utter the line "I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too". C'mon, you didn't think I forgot about Toto, did you? Yipping, yapping and nipping at everyone's heels, barking for attention through the entire movie. Who else but Kobe.
Your 06-07 L.A. Lakers. Enjoy
11) What will be the best free agent signing this season?
They paid a lot of money to get him, but it has to be Ben Wallace. For the next two years at least, he makes Chicago a contender in the east while simultaneously leaving a huge void in Detroit's lineup. Coupled with the acquisition of PJ Brown, at times the Bulls will have the stingiest front line in the league when those two plus Nocioni are on the floor together.
12) Which coach will be on the hot seat going into the season?
My guess is Mike Montgomery. When Golden State landed Baron Davis mid way through the 04-05 season expectations were the Warriors were going to make a strong run at making the playoffs last season. Instead Baron did his best to rip away the Mr. Glass award from Marcus Camby, which you can't blame the coach for. But speculation is Montgomery and Baron don't see eye to eye and they have only been together for a little over a year, and in these situations players seem to outlast coaches.
13) How will Adam Morrison do in his rookie season?
Okay for a rookie until his first game against LeBron or Ron Artest. My prediction is after being physically and mentally beaten for an entire quarter, Morrison will fake going into diabetic shock two minutes into the second quarter, be carted off to the locker room and the remainder of his career will be spent shooting wide open 18ft jumpers, passing the ball around the perimeter and calling for help on defense.
14) Who will win Rookie of the Year?
This is too easy. Without looking at anything but the fact that the guys' last name is an acronym for Rookie of the Year, Brandon Roy should get it solely for that reason. All joking aside, he's the most NBA ready guy out of the draft and is in a perfect situation to get minutes and shots.
15) Where can I get the 911 tape of the Eddie Griffin incident?
