Quick Update: All Star Saturday Night

Hey guys…I know its pretty embarassing when you’re man in the blog world is having a comp problem but that’s life right?  Anyway, I am just going to throw out some things about this Saturday night and hope it works out.  Just so you all know, I lost EVERY call I made for winners of the events (suckers, no one even bet me!)

Shooting Stars – Detroit Pistons – They took the title after Phoenix had a HUGE lead but could not hit the half court shot.  They literally had 35 seconds to pot one from half and could not capitalize!!!

NBA Skills Challenge – Derrick Rose- Rose beat out Devin Harris (my call) by 3 seconds in the final but he finsihed with a huge reverse two hander that had the judges wondering why he wasn’t in the Dunk Contest?

3 Point Shootout – Daequan Cook- Who?  Exactly!  This rookie came out of nowhere to replace Jason Kapono the two time champion as the 3 point king in the NBA.  All the judges said it would be the biggest upset in history if he won but he did.  Beating Rashard Lewis in a 1 minute OT to take the crown. For the record, Kapono finished 1 POINT out of the final round

Slam Dunk – Nate Robinson – Lil’ Nate (5′2 from what I hear) beat out Superman (Dwight Howard) in the finals to claim his second dunk off championship. Although, he owes a HUGE debt of gratitude to his competitor for allowing himself to be a prop in the final round that no doubt sent Nate over the edge to be the winner.  Dwight was killing the crowd with his unreal athleticism but I think the dunk from the free throw line at the end, killed all his momentum.  A big piece of news from this contest came when LeBron James announced he WOULD COMPETE in 2010 in Dallas in the dunk contest.

All in all it was another great night of entertainment but again I lost all my bets.  Oh well better luck next year (when the game SHOULD have been in Toronto, until Dallas decided to put up a billion dollar stadium, DAMN!)

Peace!

NBA All Star Reserves Named

Today the NBA announced the reserves for the All Star game and there are definitely some shady choices here…Lets get to it…

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Centres – Pau Gasol (Lakers) Shaquille O’Neal (Suns) – No problems here – Gasol is the C/PF on the best team in the west and come on, he may not be in his prime but does anybody bring more laughs to the All Star festivities then the Big Aristotle.

Forwards – David West (Hornets) and Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) – Hmmm it gets a little sketchy here for me.  I know last year David West has everyone saying  ”Who the F… is this guy killing my team” and I know he is still putting up decent numbers but what about Al Jefferson?  Sure he plays in ‘Sota and more people watch Slamball then WOLVES games but this guy is a MONSTER!  This season he has had TWENTY, 12+ rebound games and 34, 20+ point games.  I know the Mavs aren’t having the best season but Diggler is the man still.  The big German still gets his buckets and lets be honest if he wasn’t in Dallas they would be MUCH worse (more…)