The starting lineups for the NBA All-Star game were announced today and seemed to be somewhat decent choices. There's always going to be a massive amount of debate whenever a list of all-stars is released for any sport and the NBA is no different. The reserves to the all-star teams will be announced a week from today, but I'll go ahead and include the players I believe should be named. Instead of spamming Twitter with my choices, figure I could just make a post for it!
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USA Men's Basketball Finalists Named
A list of 20 NBA players was revealed yesterday as candidates for the 2012 Olympics and it is a smorgasbord of top tier talent. Blake Griffin from the Los Angeles Clippers & LaMarcus Aldridge of the Portland Trail Blazers were added to the pool that included the roster from the gold medal winning Olympic team from 2008 and the roster from the 2010 world champions. The candidates include a slew of MVPs, all-stars, & NBA champions with Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, & Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, Carmelo Anthony & Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks, Chris Paul & Chauncey Billups of the Los Angeles Clippers, Lamar Odom of the Dallas Mavericks, Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets, Eric Gordon of the New Orleans Hornets, Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies, Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves, & Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers. There will be a final roster of 12 players, with 6 alternates, issued by June 18 and head coach Mike Krzyzewski (also head coach of the Duke Blue Devils) & USA men's basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo will have a heck of a time dwindling it down. For shits and giggles, here's my personal opinion on who the final 12 & 6 should be...
1 - LeBron James
2 - Dwyane Wade
3 - Kobe Bryant
4 - Derrick Rose
5 - Chris Paul
6 - Kevin Durant
7 - Carmelo Anthony
8 - Dwight Howard
9 - Blake Griffin
10 - Kevin Love
11 - LaMarcus Aldridge
12 - Deron Williams
(Alternates)
1 - Russell Westbrook
2 - Chris Bosh
3 - Rudy Gay
4 - Tyson Chandler
5 - Chauncey Billups
6 - Andre Iguodala
Regardless of their final decisions, this USA men's basketball looks to be dominant and will likely continue their domination of national play.
Friday, January 13, 2012
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Happy Friday the 13th!
Friday the 13th is a day of superstition and unluckiness, supposedly. It's had an entire awesome horror film series dedicated to it! So on this day of woe and uncertainty, how about we delve into the notion of superstitious athletes? Perhaps the most famous & talked about act of superstition is that of Hall of Fame baseball player, Wade Boggs. Boggs absolutely HAD to eat chicken before every single game. If he didn't? He would request to be taken out of the lineup. Not to mention, for night games, he had to go into the batting cages at precisely 5:17 pm before every game and took his pre-game sprints at exactly 7:17 pm. Then when he went up to bat, he would draw the Hebrew word for "life" in the dirt. He's not the only one though, from Tiger Woods wearing red every Sunday, which is the color of luck in Thailand to Michael Jordan wearing his college shorts under his NBA shorts during every game, a lot of players have their superstitions that they think help enhance their games. NBA player, Caron Butler drinks a liter of Mountain Dew before every game and then another at halftime. His former teammate, Jason Terry wears the shorts of his next opposition to bed the night before. Former MLB pitcher, Mark Fidrych would yell at the baseball on the mound and if one was being hit too often, then he had to replace it with another one. Former NHL player, Bruce Gardiner would dip his hockey stick in the toilet if he was in a slump and at times, would dip the whole blade inside to show the stick he was in charge. Weird as hell? Sure. But these athletes have made it to the top of sports pinnacle, so they must be doing something right!
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