Much Ado About Everything...

What a week we have going here in the world of sports: The old-school Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals, and the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. Both of these events are a major distraction from my normal month of June, where I play bad golf and lose brain cells watching the Twins.

- I'm not feeling Tiger this week. I know that he's the best player in the world. I know that he tears up Torrey Pines. Taking all that time off and recovering from knee surgery will rear it's ugly head at some point this week...in fact he was already limping slightly this morning.

- The movement of putting all major sporting events on the internet is simply awesome. Now we are not only able to watch every NCAA Men's basketball tournament game, we can also follow golfers during all four of golf's majors. You know those people that like to talk about the good old days? Well they can go read their boxscore in the next day's newspaper. I'm going to kick my feet up at my desk and watch Tiger and Phil all morning long on the computer. The link for the US Open video is here.


Rivalries never die:


- Seeing the Lakers and Celtics on HD, I honestly can't think of two better looking NBA jerseys. For all of you owners out there: go with simple and classic. If the marketing person that drives the prius and wears the funky glasses starts talking to you about "rebranding" tell him or her to lay off the latte and stick to your guns. Simple is good...I think it's worked pretty well for the New York Yankees marketing department...wouldn't you say?

- I am pulling for KG. That being said, I am glad that the rest of the sports world can now see the frustrating thing about Kevin: He isn't a top gun. He's the best second-banana of all time, but he is NEVER going to carry a team to a title on his own. Shooting fadeaway 18 footers when you are the most athletic seven-footer in the NBA today isn't going to get it done. He should be demolishing Pau Gasol...

- When Boston made all of the moves to acquire KG and Ray Allen, I gave them a two year window to get it done. After watching them this spring, I think their young guys have some big upside, and that they could be even better next year. A major factor in their continued success is that someone needs to convince KG that he doesn't have to play like a raving lunatic for 82 regular season games. It's ok to take the foot off the gas a touch when you are beating Atlanta by 34 in October. Rondo, Powe, and Perkins give Boston a nice nucleus of young guys to keep the Boston Three Party competitive for the forseeable future...