Some Thoughts on the Cancellation of Big 10 Sports

I’m very,  very upset and very angry right now.

The Big 10, my conference with my favorite team that has ever existed, officially canceled all fall sports today, including football. They hope to play in spring, but who the hell knows. I’m too angry to do a full fledged article today. I need time to process. But for now, for today, I hope all of you that laughed at this virus, that refused to wear masks, that take advantage of these student athletes, that think it’s a “hoax”, that support that monster in the White House, that are arrogant and self righteous, I hope you’re at peace with this decision. It sucks, but we didn’t have to be here if we weren’t so god damn entitled. This is crummy.

More to come tomorrow.

Ty

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And Now We Have Lost the College Football Season

Today has not been a good day. Today has been a very sad day for me in fact. And while nothing is official, it seems like, at the very least, the Big Ten and Pac 12 are all but ready to cancel all of their fall sports, including football.

Now, I am not reporting this, I am not trying to be one of the first people to get this out on the internet, I am not trying to stoke any flames. But, if you have read anything this morning or afternoon, or read anything yesterday, big time important people from the power 5 conferences had an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss calling off the season. That type of thing doesn't happen, or if it does, it is not for good news. But, like I said, nothing is official yet, but it seems like it is inevitable. I have read two conflicting reports in the last thirty minutes where one person said the Big Ten voted and canceled the season, and twelve minutes later, I kid you not, another reporter came out and said that they spoke to a Big Ten spokesperson, and that person said that there have been no decisions made. Both of these reporters are reputable too. This isn't 247 or Rivals or anything like that. This was Dan Patrick and Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic. These people are in the know. But either way, this is upsetting and troubling and makes me so mad at our country, and the lack of taking this virus serious. I am also hyper pissed off at the NCAA, which I will get to today.

This is upsetting because I love college football. I truly do. It is my favorite sport played in my favorite season. Look, I love basketball, I love watching my son play baseball, but college football is head and shoulders above all of that. It has been the mainstay for my life to this point. My earliest memories are watching Michigan with my dad. I named my puppy after Bo Schembechler. I have a Wolverines tattoo. One of my most prized possessions is a Charles Woodson signed football. And there is nothing I enjoy more than watching college football from dawn to dusk on a Saturday afternoon in the fall. The fact that it is going to be, most likely, canceled or postponed is a real bummer. I'd be lying if I didn't say I got choked up reading stories about the inevitable downfall this morning.

I'm mad at our country because a lot of people, far, far too many, have just blown off the CoronaVirus. I see people not wearing masks in public. I see people gathering in crowds well over the suggested size, and of course they aren't social distancing. I have seen far too many people flood restaurants the moment they reopened. I see way too many people throwing humongous parties. But what is most frightening is the people who think this is a hoax. How stupid and selfish and ignorant and arrogant do you have to be? What kind of an asshole are you that you think you are above this? Does the death count, which I believe is over 165,000 in the US, not strike fear in you? Do you still think that is a "hoax"? Does your "president" really make you think this is going away, or that it is under any kind of control? If so, I feel so very sorry for you, and I do not need you in my life. The simple fact that sports have been affected by this should be evidence enough that this is real. Sports didn't stop during the Spanish Flu, sports didn't stop during wars, sports didn't stop after 9/11. But sports have been shuttered and left to the unknown since CoronaVirus. The sheer fact that we have had stops and starts, shutdowns, brand new protocols, should be more than enough evidence that this is real, and this is scary. How are you morons going to feel come fall when The University of Ohio State or Michigan or Oregon or Texas or Alabama or Florida or California or UCLA isn't taking the field because of CoronaVirus. Will you then, finally take this seriously? Is canceling football finally going to be the thing that makes you stop and think and act correctly for the first time in your life? I hope so, but I doubt it. You will all say, we can watch it in the spring or we will wait until next season. What if things aren't better by then? We all thought this was going to go away, but it hasn't. It has only gotten worse. Who's to say where we will be in the fall, winter or next spring. But, if we keep living how we are living right now, it won't be better.

As for the NCAA, to wait until now to make these conferences make decisions, and for Mark Emmert to come out and say stuff, I say, sorry mom and dad, shut the fuck up. You have had four plus months. You had time to see how other sports have handled this. You've had time to put things in place to make a season possible. Hell, you have even had conferences shift to a conference only schedule, had them release it, get fans' hopes up, and now you are saying it needs to be shut down. What a crock the NCAA and Emmert are. They are thieves of joy and they are taking advantage of the student athletes. I'm so happy that guys like Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence are putting their voice out there and letting the NCAA know that they want to play, and that they think it is safer to play than to abandon these kids for an entire season and to send them home. Fields and Lawrence both said they think it is safer to stay and play. They have proper protocol going on. Lawrence went as far to say that he thinks it is safer than if he were sent home where he knows people aren't following the proper protocol. Fields echoed that. Hell, even Jim Harbaugh has come out with a statement in support of the players who want to play and feel safe to play. He even added some stats about how Michigan has managed to keep their positive cases so low, in fact zero positive cases as of their last testing date. But the NCAA won't even give these players, or Harbaugh the time of day I suppose. I'm sure they could also care less about the guys who are seniors and will never play football again, or the guys that had a shot at the NFL, but needed to come back to improve. I hope, at the very least, these players get to form a union and get paid for their likeness being used all the time.

This whole situation is crummy and it didn't have to be this way. Fall collegiate sports had more than enough time to figure out a safe way to do this and they blew it harder than the MLB is blowing it right now. It stinks that I and many other college football fans will not be able to watch our favorite teams and players. I know it is the safest thing to do, I really do, canceling or postponing the year, but the NCAA could have come up with something instead of just assuming CoronaVirus would go away, or be tamped down by now. It isn't, and that was fools thinking. Today is a sad sports day indeed. 

Ty

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The MLB Restart Has Been a Disaster

I have to give credit where credit is due. RD was right in his MLB preview. He gave some picks, even a World Series winner, but he ended it by saying that they wouldn’t be able to finish the season. So far, he looks like he nailed it. This first couple weeks have been, putting it lightly, disastrous. Multiple teams, including my Saint Louis Cardinals, have seen Coronavirus outbreaks. The Marlins had to postpone their opener to this week because they had, at last count, 18 players and staff test positive. The Phillies had an outbreak, although now they’re saying there were some false positives. And now we have the Cardinals. It started with four at the start of the weekend, and last night the news said that the team “expects many more positives”. Their whole series with the Brewers was postponed. Who knows if they’ll even attempt to play the Tigers this week. It has been just horrible.

The MLB squabbled all summer long about minuscule, to them, amounts of money. They couldn’t come to any agreement. One day the players would say they’d play only to have the owners ask for more. Then the owners would want to play, and wouldn’t you know it, the players would say they wanted more. They spent months arguing about money and not coming up with a solid, and safe, plan. They could’ve used that time griping about pennies on the dollar, again in relative terms, trying to figure out a safe solution. The fact they didn’t try a “bubble” scenario still baffles me. They could’ve done it in Arizona, Texas or Florida. I know numbers have been high there, but hey, the NBA is in a bubble in Orlando and they’re doing just fine. But the MLB insisted, once they finally agreed to something, on playing in home stadiums and letting players travel. I get the whole idea of traveling within close quarters, but traveling, especially on a plane right now, is just too risky. These players were going to get sick, and most likely easily. That was my first thought when I read the MLB’s agreed upon plan for playing the season. All the while we’ve had these three outbreaks, so far, other teams are still playing. There were a bunch of games this weekend. I even tuned into the Red Sox-Yankees game last night in between NBA games. That means that some teams may finish their 60 games well before other teams do. Most teams, so far, have played anywhere from 8 to 10 games. Then we have teams like the Phillies and Marlins, who’ve played 3 games. The Cardinals have played 5, the Brewers have played 6. And the defending champs, the Nationals, have played 7. Teams are going to be playing catch-up all year if this continues. Like I said before, I’m still unsure if the Cardinals are going to even play this week. I’m sure the Marlins will have another outbreak. It wouldn’t stun me if the LA or New York teams have to stop. Hell, the Midwest is getting punished with positive cases right now, so I imagine both Chicago teams and Pittsburgh will have to postpone in the very near future.

The MLB’s ill conceived and poorly thought out plan is simply not working. It’s been rough. It also is giving me a look into what pro and college football will look like if they proceed with their seasons, and don’t make some serious changes to testing and protocols and isolating. This has had the exact opposite effect that basketball had had. This “plan” has ruined baseball this year. I’ve said it before, baseball could’ve owned the summer, but they screwed they up, and now look where they are after fighting over some money. After watching games unfold for two weeks now, not only do I agree with RD that they won’t be able to finish this “season”, but it has also made me realize how little of a chance football had of being played in full, or at all, this fall.

This stinks and the MLB has shown us all the wrong way to try and play sports in this pandemic. They get a big fat stinky F for their efforts thus far.

Ty

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The NBA Did Not Disappoint

Last night was absolutely amazing. I watched every second of both NBA games that were on, and boy did both of them deliver. The games both started kind of slow, but other than that, they had some great moments, some big dunks, great defense, exceptional passing and it was the first time in four months that I felt somewhat normal. I was watching professional basketball that counted and it was simply wonderful.

This pandemic is just getting started, we are still a ways off from any kind of answers, other sports, mainly the MLB and football, seemed doomed to be postponed or out and out canceled, but the NBA, they seem to be doing it right. They seem to have figured something out. They are, much like other pro soccer leagues overseas, doing the right things, and it is working. And last night was the first big punctuation to their plan. This was the NBA putting their flag in the ground and showing how this could work right now. It was awesome. Outside of the basketball on the court, I'll get to that in a minute, all the prior to the game stuff was done very well. The introductions felt real. The announcers were there, but they were separated by Plexiglass. Everyone who was with the team, but wasn't a player or coach, they were all masked up, and most were gloved. The players that they let come watch the games, they were spread out, they had masks and they seemed to be enjoying themselves and their teammates' company. The kneeling before the game during the anthem was perfect. Every player and coach on both teams knelt before both games. It was tremendous. The social issues that some players chose to wear on the back of their jersey's was very tastefully done, and I loved reading all the different sayings, and seeing which player wore what saying.

Then we have the actual basketball. As I said, it started a bit slow, you'd expect that after an emergency four month stoppage. But as the games wore on, the play became better and better, and more competitive. It seemed like the players were feeling each other out at first, but then they simply switched into game mode. Brandon Ingram, in the Jazz-Pelicans game, was out there cooking for a while. Once he got going, the rest of the Pelicans started to buy in. Zion threw down an alley oop that was spectacular, JJ Redick provided some nice moments off the bench, Jrue Holiday was playing lock down defense and hitting shots, and the Pelicans started to get up and down the floor. The Jazz came out hot, with Rudy Gobert running things, but kind of cooled off for a minute. Then they started to chip away at the Pelicans lead. Mike Conley hit tough shots, Joe Ingles was a pest, Royce O'Neal was hitting threes and Donovan Mitchell started to feel it in the second half. The game came down to the end, with Brandon Ingram just missing a three that would have won the game at the buzzer. It was a great appetizer to the main course.

That main course was a scintillating Clippers-Lakers game. I know the Clippers were without Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams, but hey, they are still a solid team without those guys. The Lakers though, man did they come to play. Anthony Davis was doing it all, including hitting an inordinate amount of free throws. JaVale McGee was rolling and dropping hooks everywhere. Dwight Howard provided solid rebounding off the bench. Danny Green made shots. But LeBron showed why he is still the best player in the world. He had a rough shooting night, but he made great passes, played some solid defense, and when he needed to, he made shots. The Clippers looked pretty good too. No Harrell meant more time for Zubac and Joakim Noah. Both guys had solid defensive games. Reggie Jackson got the start since Patrick Beverly just cleared protocol prior to the game, and he played like he did while in OKC. Beverly was no slouch either when he got in. He didn't shoot well, but he was that bulldog on defense. Paul George looked fully healthy for the first time in two years. He was making jumpers, asserting himself to get to the rim and playing his usual stout defense. Kawhi had some short jumpers, tired legs, but he ratched it up when he needed to like LeBron, coming on real strong in the second half. LeBron ended up hitting what was essentially a game winner, and the Lakers got a win on opening night in a game that was better than the first.

This couldn't have worked out better for the NBA. They had two great games, all the stars that were there played, made some plays and were all over highlights this morning. The lack of a crowd was nullified for me watching from home. Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference. The fact that these guys played as hard, and as well as they did, it made the fact that there were no fans moot. I liked the big TV screens that showed people, and the pumped in noise, but again, it didn't really affect my watching at all.

I'm so happy that the NBA is back and started off with a bang like it did. I hope they continue to have success, as far as people staying healthy and good games, and they are able to let this thing run its course. But, for at least one night, I felt normal again, watching real basketball games. 

Ty

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Tom Thibodeau is Not What the Knicks Need

Awhile back I talked about the New York Knicks and their opening at head coach. I went through the candidates I thought were viable and through my research I thought that Mike Brown was the best fit. He has coached a super duper mega star, he has been to the Finals, he has been to the playoffs and he has helped start a rebuild. Recently he has been the main assistant to Steve Kerr in Golden State. I felt he was owed his next shot at running a team, and I felt he would fit in perfectly with the Knicks.

Well, the Knicks are going to do what the Knicks are going to always do, and they went ahead and hired Tom Thibodeau. The deal was made official yesterday I believe. He is now the head coach of a very young team, younger than when he took over the Timberwolves, without a player of Jimmy Butler's caliber, or KAT's of that matter, who doesn't play much defense and is trying to build around RJ Barrett, who is okay, but I don't even think he is all rookie caliber. The best player the Knicks have is Mitchell Robinson in my opinion, and while he fits the mold of an old fashioned Thibodeau player, he is not going to be the offensive weapon that they need. And while they may try to mold Barrett into that kind of guy, he did not look to have the goods to be a great offensive player in the NBA. Also, Kevin Knox looked lost last season, they waived Alonzo Trier, they won't get a great college guy and the rest of the roster is, well, underwhelming to put it nicely. This should be a full rebuild. But, I just don't think Thibodeau is the guy for that. He wants to win and win now. To his credit, everywhere he has been, he has had teams that are in the playoffs, that make the game gruff and he has always had at least one guy that can score in the crucial moments. In Boston, as an assistant, he had Kevin Garnett to run the defense, and had KG, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, plus Doc Rivers as the head coach, to run the offense. They won a title. In Chicago he had Joakim Noah to play brutal defense, and a young Derrick Rose, the youngest MVP in the history of the NBA, to run offense. He played those guys way, way too many minutes at a very young age, never got out of the second round of the playoffs and Derrick Rose destroyed his knee. In Minnesota he had Butler, who was the do it all guy on both offense and defense, and he had KAT playing good enough D, and scoring in bunches. That team had to fight to get the 8 seed in the playoffs, and then got their asses blown out and Jimmy Butler pushed his way out. Minnesota wasn't very good after that, and Thibs was let go. He has a decent track record as a head coach, but he cannot build a team, he plays his starters far too many minutes and he burns guys out. He has also had, at the least, one all star caliber player at his disposal everywhere he has been. As I pointed out, the Knicks don't have that yet, and they don't have a lot of the other things teams need to compete, even in the East. And I understand that Thibs and Leon Rose are buddies. I get that they hired World Wide Wes, and he knows people. I understand that, at least at the beginning, Knicks fans will like Thibs because he is old school and will work these kids. But what happens if they go 20-62 next season, and strike out on big time free agents? What happens if Mitchell Robinson pans out, but goes the Butler route and wants out? What happens if RJ Barrett is never more than an inconsistent scorer? What happens if Kevin Knox is fully a bust? The list of questions could go on and on, and you may say that these questions can be asked of other teams, successful teams at that, but this has happened everywhere Thibs has coached. Butler pushed his way to the 76ers. Derrick Rose was played far too much and he has never been the same. Rookies in Minnesota never got any real time to show themselves because Thibs wants to play vets. The Knicks biggest score in free agency in the past decade has been guys like Enes Kanter and Julius Randle. This just seems like a situation where Thibs will get frustrated, the Knicks won't get the meetings they want, the Nets will be more enticing, the guys Thibs will want are either too old, or simply not stars and the Knicks will be right here in two or three years again, looking for a new coach to go through yet another rebuild.

I want the Knicks to be good. Basketball is way more fun when they matter. The Lakers haven't been good for eight years, but this year, as much as I dislike them, has been better because they are a legit title contender. We need that from the team in New York, the team that plays at the most famous arena, the team that pushed the 90's Bulls. I just don't think it will work with Tom Thibodeau as their head coach. I feel like I have been ragging on him since he took the Minnesota job, but hey, that turned out to be one thing I was correct on. And this situation in New York is much, much worse than what he walked into in Minnesota. I wish the Knicks would think like a modern NBA team, but that just doesn't seem to be the way they do business. They need to get with the modern game, and Tom Thibodeau is not the head coach to do that. Oh well, maybe they will prove me wrong, I just don't see it. Not with him as the head coach and the current roster they have. 

Ty

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Ty's NBA Restart Preview

The second round of recent tests just came out in the NBA bubble and there were zero positives. This is a good sign, and it leads me to believe, at the current moment, we are going to get basketball, and maybe, just maybe, we can get a long run of games with no interruptions. I plan on watching basketball all day tomorrow. Real games, that will count towards real standing that will lead into the real playoffs kickoff in the afternoon, and games go through the whole night. I plan on parking myself on a couch and watching as much of these games as possible.

With that being said, I want to do a restart preview and playoff prediction. I already gave everyone my award winners, except for Rookie of the Year, it is Ja Morant in a landslide by the way, so those will not be mentioned. I will pick my playoffs, conference title matchups and Finals winner and MVP. The fact that there are only 22 teams makes it easier. I am not going to go through each team, but the absence of eight teams just makes this so much easier to do.

I am going to start with the East, or as we call it on the pod, the JV. The East isn't bad, it just isn't as good as the West. The East invited the current 8 playoff teams, and added the Wizards. Sure, they had a chance to make a push to possibly get in the playoffs, but the real draw was Brad Beal, and he opted out of the restart. The Wizards will see what kind of young talent they have, but that is it. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't win a single game while in Orlando. The East playoff will be good though. The Bucks are the clear favorite, and they should be. I wouldn't expect Giannis to play much in the first eight games so he can be fully ready for the playoffs. The Raptors are good too. They are the new era Pistons, not the Bad Boy Pistons either, but the team that had Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace. They are gritty and they beat the hell out of you on defense. Then it gets kind of jumbled. The Celtics are good, but very young. The Heat have a great, loaded defense, but can they score enough? The 76ers, my preseason pick to come out of the East, have been wildly underwhelming, and they are not good on the road. All the games in Orlando are away from Philly. Then we have the Magic and Nets. The Magic are a nice story, and it's cool that they are playing in their home city, but they won't do much. The Nets are a shell of themselves, and if they win a game in the playoffs, I'd be stunned. As much as I cannot quit the 76ers, I am going to finally bury that and pick the Bucks and Heat to play in the East Finals, with the Bucks winning in 5. Giannis is the MVP, the Bucks are the best team in the NBA by record, they are deep and they can pretty much do it all. It is their turn.

Now for the varsity, the West. The West is loaded. I mentioned the Wizards were the one extra East team, the West has the Spurs, Suns, Pelicans, Kings and Trailblazers. Add that to the Grizzlies, who currently sit in the 8 spot, and the fight for the 8 seed in the West is going to be the most fun thing to watch in these first eight games. It is going to be an all out brawl. Every game is going to matter. Every team is going to want to win and get in. The Suns and Kings are the only teams I look at and think they don't have a real chance, but hey, they have looked okay during the scrimmages. The Spurs have the best coach, so who knows what he will pull out. The Trailblazers have Dame, and he alone can carry that team. He also plays his best when his back is against the wall. And the Pelicans, before the shut down they were figuring it out, the NBA wants them in the playoffs and Zion is officially back as of today. Also, the Grizzlies have a two game lead, they have the ROY, Jaren Jackson has looked good and they only have to win 3 of the first 8 games to secure their spot. But, it is going to be tough. In the end, while I think it is going to be a great, great ride to the final playoff spot in the West, the Grizzlies are going to hold onto that 8 spot. Maybe it is the fan in me, but they have a pretty big lead, and their schedule isn't nearly as rough as it was going to be had the league not had a stoppage.

The rest of the West is so good. The Lakers and Clippers are so goddamn good. I think the Clippers are deeper and play better defense, but the Lakers have LeBron and AD. Two of the five best players in the league are in their starting lineup, and that is a humongous deal. The Nuggets are a very solid team, they have great ball movement, and as I wrote yesterday, Bol Bol is the new face of the league. Dallas is historically great on offense and at full strength. They also have a great coach, but who knows if their defense can stop anyone. The same thing with the Rockets. They can score in bunches, but they can also go ice cold and they are so, so small. PJ Tucker, while being their only good defender, is only 6'8, and he is going to have to guard centers and power forwards. That is a tough task. The Thunder are the best story in the league, and they will put a scare into whoever they face in the first round, but no more than just a scare. They do have the building blocks for a great future, and while this season has been fun, just wait until next season. I am sticking with the Clippers to come out of the West, but they will have to fight to get there because the Lakers are a very, very, very good team, and LeBron is going to want to prove that he is still the dude in the NBA. Also, AD, while only being in the playoffs twice, he has shined both times. The Clippers do have a ton of guys they can throw at both of them, and in the end, I just don't think the Lakers have enough outside AD and LeBron to get to the Finals. Clippers will win the West Finals in 7.

This gives us a Clippers-Bucks finals. I think they are the two best teams, I think this is the best matchup, I think it will get the most eyeballs on the screens and it will be a dynamite Finals. As much as I'd like to pick the Bucks and make my dad's dream come true to see another Bucks championship team, the Clippers have so much firepower on both offense and defense. It will be another hard fought, fun series to watch, and I think it will go 7 and I think all of the games will be close, but the Clippers will always have one better guy on the floor than the Bucks will, and that will bring the title to LA. The Clippers will exorcise past playoff demons and they will win the title. As for the MVP, it is going to be Kawhi. He has proven to be the best overall player in the league the past 2 years, he is rested, he is always ready and he has already shut down Giannis once before.

There you have it, my restart preview. The NBA is almost back people. Now let's just hope it sticks around. 

Ty

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Bol Bol is the Early Star of the NBA Bubble

The 2020 NBA restart is just two days away. By all accounts, it looks like things are a go, and teams will start playing real games on Thursday. I have a whole restart blog I will do with picks and who I think will get into the playoffs, and win, tomorrow. Today though, I want to talk about Bol Bol and how wonderful he has looked in these scrimmages.

Yes, I have watched an inordinate amount of the scrimmages as well. I am starved for sports, the MLB doesn't look great right now after last night, I am not a soccer or golf guy and I have never seen a UFC fight. That means these scrimmages have been what I have watched, and gladly watched I might add. It is cool to see the teams playing, kind of taking it seriously and what kind of wild lineups teams are putting out there. That was what led me to watch Denver when I saw what they did on the first day of the live scrimmages. They put out a lineup that had no one under 6'8 as a starter out there, including Bol at forward. He is over 7 feet tall, and they played him at forward. That was more than enough for me to tune in. As I watched, I remembered why he was such a get when he committed to Oregon two years ago. He was a top flight recruit out of high school. You go back and see his mixtapes, and he was dominant. Bigger, faster and more nimble than anyone that he was going up against. He parlayed that into, I think it was only seven games that he played at Oregon. He was a nightmare matchup for opponents. He was a very solid rim protector. Sure, he was a bit too thin, but his speed and quickness more than made up for how much he weighed. He could also drill threes. Like, he wasn't just taking them to see if he could shoot them, he was a solid three point shooter. Players needed to be prepared to come out and guard him at the top of the key because he can hit that shot at a solid clip.

Then he got injured. Then he decided to skip out on the rest of the college season all together. Then his injury got worse. Then he had a bad showing at the combine. Then he slipped out of the first round and went deep into the second round. When the Nuggets took him at 44 I was stunned. I couldn't believe he fell that far, and I couldn't believe that the Nuggets were able to steal him from a team that might actually need him. The year before they were able to snatch up Michael Porter Jr in the late lottery due to injury concerns. This is what the Nuggets do. They are so loaded with talent, that when the draft comes, they can take any gamble they choose. Hell, they had both Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic, both later first round picks, and were able to trade Nurkic without a second thought. The Nuggets are a very well run franchise, and these picks prove that even more. Porter Jr is going to be good when he gets real minutes, and when he can stay healthy. But the way that Bol has looked in these scrimmages, my goodness, he can be great. He just needs time too. I have seen him take, and make, contested threes. I have seen him recover and swat both jumpers and layups. I have watched him throw down alley oops and run pick and rolls for easy dunks. He is out jumping guys for rebounds. He looks like the kid that was such a coveted recruit. He even looks a little thicker too, which is good. Bol looked so good in his first scrimmage, he got "randomly" selected to be drug tested by the NBA. I mean, if that isn't recognition that he is good, I don't know what is. And believe me, I understand these are scrimmages, not everyone is going 100 percent, not every team has their full roster of players and some are going a little easy, waiting for the playoffs. But, these guys are all still pros, they are on these teams rosters or part of their G League affiliates. They have been in the league for awhile. They are pro basketball players. And Bol is looking more and more like a dude that can be special in the NBA. If it happens in Denver, great. But, with their depth, I could see them striking while the iron is hot and trading Bol for a solid deal as well. Based on these scrimmages I think some teams, especially ones not in the bubble, are wishing they had taken a chance on Bol, and now, they may trade a bit more than they would have to acquire him.

I have loved what I have seen out of him, and I am rooting for him. I would love to see him do something similar to what Rashard Lewis did. For those that may not remember Lewis, he was a prep to pro that was invited to the green room for the draft, and he didn't get picked until the second round. He was the last person left in the green room. He vowed to make teams regret their mistake, saying as much at his interview, and he went on to have a very, very solid NBA career. He was an important player on some very good teams. I want Bol to have that same career, he just needs a real chance. But damn has he been fun to watch in these scrimmages, and I think he will force the Nuggets to play him, or trade him to a team that will play him. Bol Bol is good. 

Ty

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Letting Sports Stars Talk About Social Issues is Why We Need Sports Right Now

Of all the professional sports leagues in the US that have restarted, started a shortened season, or at least have some kind of plan, the NBA seems to be doing it the very best. The NHL isn't too far behind, but they don't start until August. MLB started yesterday, pro soccer has started in some spots, golf is going on and the NBA is supposed to restart in six days.

So far the bubble seems to be working. I know it has only been about two, maybe three weeks, but the guys there seem to be having fun, they are making the best of it, they are following the rules and they are trying like hell to play. They also had zero positive Covid tests during their last run, which is the best they could have hoped for. It may not, it most likely won't stay this clean, but for right now, this has all been very good news.

I also saw something else on Wednesday, when the scrimmages started, that made me even more on board, and happy with what they are doing in Orlando. During the post game interviews, which they are conducting very properly, all of the players are taking their time to focus on social issues. They will answer one question about the game just played, or about basketball in general, and then they will completely turn their attention to social issues. Paul George answered one question and followed it up by saying he only wanted to talk about Breonna Taylor and the officers who are still not arrested for her murder. He spent the rest of his time strictly talking about it. LeBron did the same after the Lakers first scrimmage yesterday, and he didn't wait. He immediately went into it, calling out the officers, talking about being a black person in America today and saying some very important, very poignant things. Tobias Harris did it too on the 76ers first media day. He simply, and politely stated that he will only talk about Breonna Taylor. I loved it. He made sure to let the media know that was all he would speak on. It was perfect. Now it seems like most players are doing the same, or something similar. I saw videos of Alex Caruso, Jeremi Grant, CJ McCollum, Jaylen Brown and Malcolm Brogdon, among many many others taking this same stance. They would only talk about social issues currently going on in the world today, and it is a perfect way to get the word out to millions upon millions of people.

There isn't much else to do right now, and with CoronaVirus numbers skyrocketing pretty much everywhere, people are aching to watch sports, and lots of them are aching to watch basketball, just like me. LeBron was correct when he said that he didn't think playing in Orlando in the bubble would stop him from talking about changes that needed to be made. I hate to say this, but Kyrie Irving was wrong. I don't hate to say that actually, he was wrong, and LeBron was right, as usual. You can play basketball and you can help change things. These guys have billions of fans all over the world who are accessible to them via their phones. So, for them to take their media time to only talk about racial inequality, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, defunding the police and so on, that will reach so many, many people, and it may help change their minds.

I think this is great, I think the NBA is doing a tremendous job of letting their players speak and I think doing this while the whole world is watching is going to be remembered for a very, very long time. This is wonderful. A spark in a very rough year so far. 

Ty

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The SeedSing 2020 MLB Preview

Much to my surprise, and it was a pleasant one for once in 2020, I realized the MLB season is starting today.

I usually don't watch the MLB, I find it mind numbingly boring, but hey, in 2020 I have found myself watching snippets of UFC, soccer, Korean Baseball and, just yesterday, NBA scrimmages. So, the fact that a major pro sport, who couldn't seem to get things right this summer, is finally getting underway. Who knows how it will go, who knows if they will finish, who knows how many players will get sick, all of that is up in the air. But, they are going to be playing real games that will count towards real records and will, hopefully, get to a World Series and crown a champ.

With all that being said I am going to do my best to do a mini MLB preview. The season is going to be mini, I don't know as much as RD does about baseball, I honestly don't know who is and isn't playing, my dad had to remind me that the Nationals won the World Series last year, so my preview is going to be like all of what I just wrote, very jumbled and mini. Okay, here we go.

I will start in the AL. The season is going to be 60 games, so anything can really happen. If this pandemic was last year, the Nationals wouldn't have even made the playoffs. So, I don't think it is going to be as clear cut as some do. I know people have said that the Yankees and Astros and Red Sox and Twins were all good last year. Well, the Astros are cheaters, so I hope, and don't expect that they will be any good. The Red Sox lost their best guy to the Dodgers, who knows if Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton can stay healthy for such a short season and maybe the Twins were a one season wonder. I would say the best bet of those teams is the Twins, but who knows. I also wouldn't count out teams like the Rays, Athletics, Indians, Blue Jays, if they can find somewhere to play, or even the Angels. Each team has something special that can propel them in such a short season. I do know that the Orioles, Royals and Tigers will not be good because they have been bad, possibly on purpose, for the past couple years. If I am going to pick one team to come out of the AL in this shortened mini season, I think it is a real toss up between the Twins and the Yankees. Again, not much would surprise me, except the Orioles going .500. I could see the Rays making a run, they have solid pitching. Or maybe the A's find some kind of magic like they do every couple of seasons. Or maybe the Astros have found another way to cheat that the MLB doesn't know of yet. But, if I have to pick one team, in a 60 game season to come out of the AL, what the hell, I am going with the Twins. I like their bats, I like their pitching a bit better and I have family that lives in the Twin Cities, and the Twins making the Series would delight them to no end.

Now the NL, the varsity if you will. The teams in the NL are so much better. There is so much more competition. Even the teams considered "bottom feeders" will be hard to beat in a shortened season. The usual suspects will be there. The Dodgers are going to be awesome. They spent enough money to make sure of that. The Braves are very young and very talented. The Phillies have Bryce Harper. The Nationals won it all last year. The Brewers are liable to win 40 plus. Same thing with the Cardinals. And the Diamondbacks still have really solid pitching. Even the teams that I consider "surprise" teams are already good. The Reds are solid. The Cubs still have a great core. The Mets have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. And the Rockies made a ton of noise last year, and they still have Arenado. The only teams that I think won't be great, but still tough, are the Pirates, Giants and Marlins. The NL is far, far superior to the AL. There is no Baltimore or Detroit in the NL. The Marlins come closest, but I'd still take them over one of the bottom dwellers in the AL. Which team do I think will come out of this and represent the NL? I'm not sure. But, if I had to pick, I'd go with the Dodgers. They have bought the best team money can buy. They also have a really great pitching staff and they have been, and should have won, the past couple of Series. I do think the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves can challenge, but the Dodgers are too good on every level. They truly do have it all.

So that leaves me with a Twins-Dodgers World Series, and I am picking the Dodgers, and picking them in a sweep. They are too loaded, and in this shortened year, I feel like they are going to run roughshod over the league. I could see them winning 50 plus games. I'm serious. They are that good. I also don't see them struggling too much in the playoffs, whenever, or if ever, that happens.

Okay, there is my weird, bizarre 2020 MLB shortened season preview. Time to play ball.

Ty

RD’s thoughts on the season 

I am happy baseball is back. I am not thrilled with how they are doing the season.

I would normally breakdown each division and talk about surprise teams, but that is pointless with this MLB “season”.

Ty is right, the Dodgers are the only sure thing I see in this season, and that is mostly due to the fact that they will play the weakest competition with the AL and NL west. LA is also loaded, I was going to pick them as my NL champs back in late March.

The AL will be won by a team with 35-40 wins. There is a bunch of crap in that league, but no one is as sure a bet as the Dodgers are in the NL. The Yankees have bats, but their pitching is not there and those bats get hurt a lot. The Twins also have bats, but their pitching is a bigger problem than New York’s. Also, the Twins have to play a brutal schedule with all the NL Central teams. The Yankees schedule is not much better adding in the NL East. I think a 35 win Twins, Yankees, or Astros team will come out. I’m going to go with the disgusting Astros.

Astros v Dodgers. LA is going to crush Houston and get their overdue World Series trophy from the cheaters that should not be there.

Oh, and the Cincinnati Reds are going to be solid like Ty said. A solid 30-30 team.

Last prediction, I do not think the season will completed on time, or at all. Too many covidiots that won’t wear a masks

Play Ball.

RD

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Ty's Two Cents on the NBA Awards

With the NBA restart approaching, and boy do I hope it happens, award season is right around the corner. They usually do it during the Finals, but 2020 has been anything but normal, so they have had to push all their awards to the beginning of the restart playoffs. But, the people who vote have to have their ballots in within the next week.

Some of the awards I feel are easy. I think Nick Nurse is coach of the year hands down. Toronto has been surprisingly great, and they lost Kawhi. Brandon Ingram should be a shoo in for most improved. He has only gotten better in every phase of his game, he was an all star I believe and he is the reason why the Pelicans are where they are right now. Zion is the reason people want to watch, but Ingram has carried the offensive load in his absence. Lou Williams or Montrezl Harrell are winning sixth man. The Clippers have owned that award since they signed Jamal Crawford years ago, and that has continued since they signed Williams and traded for Harrell.

The MVP and defensive player of the year, to some, seems to be the one with some questions. Not for me. I think Giannis more than deserves both of these awards. He was the MVP last season, and he has been better this year. It shows on the floor and in the stats. The Bucks are also, record wise, the best team in the league. Giannis is also putting up these numbers in less minutes than last season. Add on his newfound tenacity on defense, he is far and away the MVP. And his defense, he is getting to that Kawhi level. He erases whoever he defends on any given night. He is so long, so it's easy for him to block shots or recover on the rare occasion he gets beat. He is one of the better thieves in the league, getting a solid amount of steals for a power forward. He can also be a rim protector. He can guard the perimeter. Giannis, once he gets a semblance of the jump shot, will be more unstoppable than he is right now. He is the MVP, and he is the defensive player of the year. It is that easy for me.

I have heard some argue that it isn't that clean cut. I have seen names like Rudy Gobert and Anthony Davis mentioned as DPOY. Sure, they are good, but not Giannis good. Look, I think Gobert is one of the best modern defenders this league has seen, but he won't get the award this year because people will point to him as the guy that shut the league down. Also, he can't guard the perimeter like Giannis can. Giannis has taken that step. While Gobert is the best rim protector, Giannis can do it well, and he can also guard shooters. Anthony Davis came out like a house on fire with his defense, and had he kept that up, I would have listened to an argument. But he tailed off near the shut down. He would do good things here and there, but he wasn't the dominant force that he was in the first half of the year. I think the Lakers also asked him to take on more of the offensive load, and that meant defense had to take a little hit. Davis is still a great defender, but he isn't Giannis.

As for the MVP, Giannis is a no brainer for me, but some have started to take LeBron James' side. In fact, I think a lot has to do with voters doing to Giannis what they have done to LeBron. They don't want to vote for the same guy year after year. It has happened to LeBron, Shaq, Jordan and Giannis seems like the new guy that will have to endure this. Don't get me wrong, LeBron has been wonderful this year, and to do the things he has done at 35 years old and 18 years in the league is amazing. But, I think Giannis is more valuable to the Bucks than LeBron is to the Lakers. Both teams wouldn't be that good without either guy, but I think the Lakers would be a little better if they had the same roster they currently have. AD, Rondo, Kuzma, Danny Green, these are vets, all stars and solid players. Sure, the Bucks have Khris Middleton, but he only got good with Giannis. Same thing with Eric Bledose, and he chokes in the playoffs. After that, the Bucks have solid guys, but no one near Davis, and no one that will impose their will like some of the guys the Lakers have. Both LeBron and Giannis have had great years, but Giannis is coming off an MVP season and he is better. I just don't see how he doesn't win the MVP again. He deserves, his team is better record wise and they'd be a middling, at best, team, if he weren't there.

That's just my 2 cents.

Ty

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Some Good News For Michigan Basketball

Isaiah Livers announced earlier today that he will return to Michigan for his senior season.

If they get to play any type of basketball this winter, this is great news for my favorite team. Michigan missed out on some top recruits, understandably so, but getting Livers back is big time for this team. And, even though they missed on the top flight prospects, they still have a solid group of incoming freshmen. They have got a few solid guards, one of which is Juwan Howard's kid, and a big seven plus foot center. Add that to two grad transfers, and Michigan could have a solid season coming up. Getting Livers back was key for that to happen. He is the glue. He is the engine. With Zavier Simpson running out of eligibility, Livers is now the big time vet that a young team will crave. He will be the guy that players look to when they are confused, upset, struggling, because he has been through it all. He also happens to be a hell of a basketball player. He can shoot threes, he is relentless when attacking the rim, he can handle the ball a bit and he is one of the better defenders on the team. He will have to do much more on the defensive end this season, but that will be okay because his offensive load should go down a bit due to who is coming in. Both grad transfers can shoot. The kid from Wake Forest, Chaundee Brown I think his name is, is also big and can attack. They will help take the scoring load off Livers. And while Livers can help lock down the perimeter on defense, he will have the big seven footer back there patrolling the paint, along with Brandon Johns Jr, who I expect to have a big time season.

All in all this really helps Juwan Howard and the team, and it helps Livers come back and work on the little things he needs to to become a NBA player. Howard will love having his leadership, his mentality and his tenacity on the floor. He will be the captain for sure. Bookmark that. The team, with all its youth and new guys, will adore having a guy that has been through all this before. Livers knows what the coaches want and expect. And he will make sure that everyone does as he does. He will go hard, and you better believe when you see your best, and most important player going hard, everyone else will too. They will want to keep up. As for Livers, he can get better at shooting the three, he can work to build more muscle so he doesn't get injured as often, he can shore up the little things he needs to to get a shot in the league. This was the best decision he could have made, and hopefully they will have some kind of season so he can prove that he is worth being drafted in the next NBA draft. I can see Livers being a Caris Levert type, or even Duncan Robinson. He can have a career as long as he works out some of the little things he needs to in his final year at Michigan.

In a year filled with crummy news, especially on the sports front, this was a welcome and happy surprise. I am glad Livers is coming back, I think this helps everyone involved and I hope I get to see him play his final season as a Wolverine. Finally some good news in this world, at least for me and my sports mind. 

Ty

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Maskless Covidiots Will Cost Us Football This Fall

Late last week the Big Ten, ACC and Pac 12 all decided to ditch their non conference schedules and commit, or at least try to commit, to a conference only schedule for the upcoming 2020 season. The SEC hasn't done this yet, nor the Big 12, but it is just a matter of time I feel.

The SEC commissioner, the University of Ohio State's AD and Michigan's AD have all said they are "very concerned" about the upcoming season as well. Me, I have kind of given in to the fact that the season is going to be cancelled. I feel that it is inevitable. The Ivy League has already said they won't even look into fall sports until January 1st. The NJCAA, junior college for those of you that may not know, is most likely going to switch to a spring season. And while I find it commendable that the power five conferences want to play this fall, I just don't see it happening.

It took me a while to get to this point, but it just feels like it is leaning so much that way. We have done a horrible job as a country in containing this virus. We have proven how selfish, arrogant and self righteous we can be. We thought we were above this. Some thought it would go away in a few weeks, I know I did in early March. Some figured we would be good after shutting things down for three months. But all the progress we made in three months was shattered because people wanted to go out and party over Memorial Day weekend. There were no masks, no social distancing and nobody following what we were supposed to do, and pretty much all did, for three months. We threw all that out the window the moment things reopened. People started to flood restaurants, bars, beaches, clubs, any place that was open. We felt cooped up, not me personally, but others, and people just figured the pandemic was over. It wasn't and still isn't. Not even close. And I know I was right here last week saying that I hoped my kids would be in classrooms in the fall, but now that seems as likely to me as a college football season happening.

People refuse to follow the easiest of rules, wearing a cloth mask in public and social distancing, and we are now paying for it dearly. Numbers are approaching, if not passing in some states, where they were when this first started. I know much more testing is being done, but the numbers are terrifying. In Missouri alone we went from about 200 cases a day to nearly 500. That's wild. And it is because people couldn't contain themselves and just had to go out. And that is fine, if they were following proper protocols. They weren't, and now we will all suffer. Schools won't be normal at all in the fall. I have heard that here in Saint Louis it will be a hybrid thing, two days on, three online, or you can do all online, but that won't last long if people continue to live, and disregard the rules like they have since shelter at home was lifted. I wouldn't be surprised if by early September my kids are strictly online learning.

Which leads me to college football. If my kids can't go to a regular, smallish elementary school, how is big time college football going to be played? You can say, no fans. Okay, but what about the players? You can say, test them every other day. Sure, but what about immunocompromised people or the elderly? Shouldn't they have priority over college athletes? The NBA, MLB and NHL right now are getting tests done regularly, and they know within a day if they are positive or not. But my friends and family that have been tested, they have to wait upwards of a week before they know. How is that fair? And with football, these kids are constantly colliding with one another, spreading sweat, spit, all kinds of bodily fluids everywhere. It would be the easiest way to get it. And I have seen some people talk about making full shields for helmets, or having kids wear some kind of face covering, but they all balk at that idea. Why? I have seen players wear every type of extra padding and gadget on their body. Why would they be against the one thing that could actually give them a chance to play this fall? I'll never know.

I have also seen people say they can push to the spring, but that leaves me with two questions. What star college player, who isn't getting paid a dime, would play in the spring, a few months before the draft and risk getting injured?  Also, who knows what this pandemic will look like in the spring. It could be worse, the same or better, we have no idea. All I know, or at least feel right now is, this season is going to get cancelled, billions, with a B, will be lost and a good amount of seniors will never get to play their last season of football because we are a selfish country. Where cases are record highs right now, places like Alabama, Texas, California, South and North Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio, these states live for college football, but since they couldn't, or simply wouldn't follow rules, they are going to miss out on another year of college football. The OSU's, LSU's, Alabama, Texas, USC, they won't get watched because a good majority of people didn't take this pandemic seriously enough, and refuse to wear a mask, even though they think they have to go out now.

I'm so, so bummed about this because I love college football. I live for it. I love nothing more than wasting an entire Saturday afternoon in the fall watching college football, especially my Michigan Wolverines, who only have had four positive cases I might add. It's the best. But, at this point in time I have zero faith that any type of college football season is going to happen in 2020. I hope the parties and the beaches and the restaurants were worth it because we are going to have to start all over again, and that likely means online, at home school for those of us with young kids, and no fall sports. That is a real bummer. It makes me very upset. 

Ty

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The Nets Made a Few Big Moves Before the NBA Restart

Jamal Crawford was finally, finally signed: the Nets picked him up for this restart.

The Nets are currently decimated with positive Covid cases and injured guys opting out, so they needed to do something. How much Crawford will help them is questionable, but he should’ve been on some team way before this. He’s too good a scorer, who can still fill it up, to not, at least, be an instant offense bench player for someone. He could’ve been a great vet for a young team too. I still don’t get why Phoenix didn’t retain him. But, he’s back in the league, and he seemed pumped. He was all over social media after he signed saying how happy an grateful he was to be back. That’s great. He should’ve already been back, but better late than never. And while he’s stoked, and I’m stoked for him, I’d be a little upset that it took a pandemic and a restart before he was signed. Like I said, the dude can still play. He is liable to go off for 20 plus at any given time. He can come in and hit clutch shots. He could help young teams, and playoff teams. Hell, I signed him on NBA2K when I went on a deep playoff run with the Grizzlies. He was available, I needed a bench sniper, and I didn’t hesitate. And he was awesome in limited minutes. That’s a video game, think how much better he will he in real life. I know he’s been around for twenty years, but he stays in shape, and he stays shooting. The dude is a walking bucket. With the Nets, they’ll need him to do so very much, and while I think he’s up for it, it will be a tall task. He will now be the guy other teams game plan for. I know Caris Levert is younger, and Jarret Allen is a great time defender, and Joe Harris is lights out from 3, but those guys are specialists. They are more apt to give you solid numbers, but not the numbers it takes to win in the playoffs. Crawford is that dude, but he’s never been counted on as that dude in the NBA. He also hasn’t played at this level all year. The guys coming back have been off for four months, Crawford has been off for a year. He will be fresh, that’s for sure, but he’ll need these eight games to get into NBA shape, and if they still find their way to the playoffs, the Nets will need him to go to a whole other level. But, he’s back, he deserves it and I will cheer and root for him to show everyone what they’re missing out on by kit signing him.

The Nets are also bringing in Michael Beasley. This move isn’t near as enticing as Crawford, but it helps fill out the roster. Beasley has never been able to shed the “bust” label, but maybe he’ll show something in the NBA bubble. Maybe he’s been working on his game. He was once a coveted prospect, maybe he’ll show some glimmers of what could have been. He will also add size and strength to a weakish front court. Allen is good, but he’s skinny and he’s all they have. Beasley will add some beef, and frustrate opposing forwards. That’s one thing that kept him around so long, he’s a nuisance. He can get into other dudes heads. It doesn’t necessarily help his game, but it sometimes helps his team, and wrecks the opposing player. Beasley, hopefully for Nets fans, will flash some potential and bother other players on opposing teams.

I like the Beasley signing, but I LOVE the Crawford signing. The Nets still look bleak, but at least they’re giving guys who deserve a spot a chance. Good for them.

Ty

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Did You Hear About the Patrick Mahomes Extension?

Somebody in the NFL is going to get paid. Ten year extension worth 450 million dollars, and if he reaches certain numbers, it could get up to 503 million dollars. That is the extension that the Chiefs handed to Patrick Mahomes yesterday afternoon.

I was stunned when I first saw this deal. I was shocked at the price. I couldn't wrap my head around that much money over that amount of time, especially for a football player. Those deals are almost never given to a football player. I remember the Matt Ryan deal, the Jared Goff deal, hell, especially the Aaron Rodgers deal. But those pale in comparison to what Mahomes got yesterday. Those guys have plenty of money, but nothing approaching what Mahomes is going to make over the next twelve years. I mean, it is so wild to just read that, and think why would anyone give an athlete that kind of money. But when I sat with it, read some more things about it and really let it sink in, I don't think it is as wild as it seems now.

The contract is humongous, no denying that. I believe it is the biggest sports contract in history. But, when you have a player like him, a guy that can lead your franchise for the next decade plus, a player that will make guys off the street look good and a coaching staff that is as good as KC has, I'm not so blown away by it. Dare I say, it actually makes sense. The point of professional sports is to win titles. And when you have a player like Mahomes, who is as young and gifted as he is, you have to try everything to lock that up. This deal, to me, is akin to when the Bulls gave Jordan a one year 30 million dollar deal. I don't think any athlete is "worth", in real life terms, that amount of money. But, in the sports world, it is more than worth it to bank on a guy like Mahomes or MJ. Jordan delivered a title the year he got 30 million. Mahomes just won a ring, is young, the core of that team will be together for the next few years, so who is not going to make them the favorites? They have it all right now, especially offensively, and they have the type of QB needed to win in the modern NFL. I wouldn't have hesitated to give him that deal in hindsight. And the way they wrote it, and how he will get the money, it is simply perfect. He won't crush their cap the next two years because he is still under his first contract. This is an extension, so it doesn't really kick in until 2022 or 2023. Brilliant. The biggest chunk of money is set up for him to get in the middle of the deal. So years six, seven, and eight, he will be getting paid, and the Chiefs will be over the cap, but look at how the Patriots dealt with that during Brady's tenure, and right now, Mahomes is a more dynamic QB than Brady could ever dream to be. They will be pulling guys off the heap, but we would have never known the Julian Edelman's, Danny Amendola's, Jabar Gaffney's and Laurence Maroney's of the world had it not been for Brady. Mahomes will do that with similar guys, but might make them even better.

When I fully pull back and look at this deal though, and ponder what the future will hold, I see nothing but good times for the Chiefs, Mahomes and their fans. He obviously likes the team and area. The fans adore him. And the team, well they are set at the most important position in sports for the next twelve years, barring injury. If you have a good, or in Mahomes case, great QB, everything else can be figured out later. The Chiefs are going to be the dominant AFC team. They will be the next Patriots. Fans of other teams will be bored seeing them year after year after year in the playoffs, title games and Super Bowls. I could see him winning another 3-5 rings, which will more than make up for that contract, and he will bring home several other individual awards.

This is an absurd amount of time and money in this deal, but with a player like Mahomes, it just makes sense. Congrats to both parties involved, and I am stoked for my friends that are Chiefs fans. This is some great news for them. 

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The Football Team in Washington DC May Soon Have a Non-Racist Name

It looks like, finally, the NFL team that resides in Washington is going to change their name.

This has been a long time coming. I don’t know why they haven’t done it yet in fact. I’ve mentioned plenty of times that they need to change the name. I think the Indians in MLB should change their name too, or at the very least, their logo. The name is offensive. It’s a racial epitaph. The fact that people run around and scream the name, yell it from the stands, proudly wear shirts with the name plastered on it, it’s all so very insensitive. And this isn’t a recent thing, or a white guilt thing for me. As I said, I’ve been saying this since I was in high school. If the Bullets can become the Wizards, or the Bobcats can return to the Hornets, or the Saint Louis Browns switching to Cardinals, it’s easy to change a name. All it takes is one person deciding it needs to be done. I know the Wizards came about due to actual guns in the locker room, but still, they went with a change, and it was needed. The very same can be said, even more so, about the NFL team that resides in Washington. And while I know the change is only coming because Nike and FedEx have threatened to stop selling items, Nike going as far as taking all their stuff off their website last night, it needs to happen. Dan Snyder needs to stop being so bullish on this. I know he’s said that he will not budge, but when major investors start to threaten to pull out, his tone changed quickly. He released a statement this morning saying he’d have a meeting to discuss, and about an hour later it was revealed that a “name change was inevitable”. Finally.

As far as what I would like to see them change their name too, that’s a loaded question. I have been thinking about this for a very long time. At one point I really wanted them to change to the Warriors. I figured they could keep the logo, and all they’d have to do is change the name on the merch. I think it’s a much better representation to their team symbol. I still like that name a lot, it still might be my favorite in fact. But there has to be other choices. I saw someone mention the name the Red, White and Blues, and go by the Reds. I don’t like that. It’s too long, and kind of lame. My dad said the Diplomats, and while I think it’s appropriate, they’d have to do a full overhaul of all their merch, and I think it would be too patriotic looking, and the Patriots already own those colors on their gear. As far as other names, that could cause little change, they could go with the Native Americans or Cherokee’s or something in the Native American, American Indian realm. They could also go with something that represents the area. They could do Senators or Diplomats, my dad’s choice, Congress People, I don’t know. They just need to change it. I know it will cause a wide conversation, but it’s needed, as is the change. I’m sticking with my choice of Warriors, but hey, anything is better than what they have now.

This has been a long time coming, and hopefully they will have a new name whenever football comes back.

Ty

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Looks Like the Patriots Did it to Us Again

The Patriots just refuse to let it go. They refuse to let someone else win their division. They refuse to play an unproven player since they struck gold with Tom Brady. They refuse to just let go, give in and rebuild. They are a less fun, meaner San Antonio Spurs. They just find ways to always keep themselves in the conversation as a contender.

The New England Patriots went out and got Cam Newton yesterday for absolutely nothing at all. They signed him to an incentive laden one year prove it deal after Brady left for Tampa. This is a move that will either be genius, or they can get away with it without having people drag them. They got Newton to sign for one year, if there is a football season, and even if he doesn’t make the team, it will cost them nothing. Any other team could’ve signed him, except Carolina I suppose, and while it shouldn’t surprise me, I was stunned that New England was who got him. They lost a hall of fame QB, but other than that, they were set up to compete simply because their defense is so good. All they really needed out of the QB position this season was a game manager, and it seemed that Jarret Stidham or Brian Hoyer was going to get the job. They looked like they were going to lean on the run game, short passes and their defense. And then they go out and get Newton. He may be the most overqualified game managing QB that was available. I understand he’s been hurt. I know he’s gotten three shoulder surgeries in three consecutive years. I know he hasn’t quite looked the same since his MVP year. I know he’s taken way too many cheap shots since the Super Bowl appearance. But, he’s won a MVP, he’s played in humongous games at all levels, he’s shattered records in the NFL and he has had over a full year to totally recover and get into shape. And if you’re like me and have been watching far too many pro athletes work out videos, because I miss sports so much, Cam looks about as in good a shape as any human can look. He was, in my opinion, the prize free agent QB. You may say that Brady was a free agent too, welp, at this point in their careers, I’d honestly rather have Cam. He’s younger, bigger and faster. So I guess it only makes sense that he’d replace Brady in New England.

I think the reason I’m so frustrated by this, why I wanted Newton to play anywhere else, is because I despise New England as much as almost everyone else does. They’re cheaters, they did get fined yesterday right after signing Newton by the way for filming a Bengals practice, yet they never truly get in trouble. They always get a slap on the wrist. I also was excited to see someone else win that division, and play in the playoffs. I’m fed up with seeing the Patriots every year. I want new blood. And I figured we’d get that. Be it the Bills, Jets or Dolphins, I was stoked for someone else to represent that division. But, if he stays healthy and is even half as good as he was three years ago, Newton will lead this team to another easy division title and playoff spot. This is the best O line he will ever play behind. The receivers might be the best too. Running back isn’t even close, Carolina is set there, but they still have guys that can fill that role solidly. And this defense, it’s better than the one that newton had when he led Carolina to the Super Bowl. This Patriots team was going to win somewhere around 5-8 games I thought with, most likely, Stidham. With Newton, I’d he’s healthy, they’re a 10 win team easily. They are already set everywhere else, and now they have a great QB who will be out to prove a ton of people wrong. Newton wants to show he’s still one of the better players in the NFL. This was exactly what he, and the Patriots needed. I mean, I’m pissed, but it makes too much sense for it to not work out. I thought he’d go to Washington to reunite with Ron Rivera, or go be the real dual threat the Bears want, or even go tutor Tua in Miami. None of that happened though. He went to the dark side. He’s playing for Palpatine, except it will probably work out much better for the Patriots than it did for Palpatine in the last “Star Wars” movie. I mean, the Patriots did it again, and while I shouldn’t be shocked, I am. I am stunned in fact. I’ll be very curious to see what happens next, but this is a home run for both sides, and that’s what’s most frustrating.

The Patriots  just won’t die. They won’t go away. Jesus.

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The MLB Coronavirus Plan is Idiotic

I know a few weeks back I dumped on baseball for its lack of starting a season. They could’ve owned the summer, could’ve had all the eyeballs of sports fans craving live sports on them and could’ve been the ticket. They missed out on all of that because both players and owners started to fight over money. It was millionaire versus billionaire fighting over money. It was disgusting and disturbing and flat out upsetting. One side would come up with something, and sure enough the other side would say no. This went on for far too long.

Just recently, it seems that both sides came to some kind of agreement. It’s worth noting that the MLB said something along the lines that players will report on a certain day, all but making the decision for them. Eventually the MLBPA agreed on the proposal because I don’t think they really had a choice. This is where I actually agree with RD, that the players are being screwed. The fact that the MLB just picked a day shows how little they care about the players. But, for the time being, they seem to have a plan in place. It’s a weird plan, drought with problems from my perspective, but a plan nonetheless.

They’ll play 60 games, have an expanded playoff and do the playoffs as usual after the wild card stuff. Now, where this gets weird for me is where they’re playing. It appears that teams will play at their home stadiums, and travel to other stadiums for road games. That’s scary. To get on a plane to go play in another city is one of the no no’s bring handed down by the CDC and WHO. It’s unnecessary travel. I don’t know about the testing, but I can’t imagine it’s what the NBA has, or what colleges are doing right now. That number of games is so small too. If they did that last season, the Nationals wouldn’t have even made the playoffs. Sixty games is nothing in baseball. That’s like playing 4 NFL games. And, I don’t think fans will be allowed, I know for a fact that Busch Stadium isn’t allowing fans. But I bet they will make concessions if numbers of the Coronavirus slow down, which will only make numbers go up. I’m also not big in the number of players they’re bringing per team. RD told me they’re going to start with 30. Thirty guys on a bench, in a locker room, on a plane together is just asking for a cluster to happen. That number doesn’t include coaches or other staff either.

This plan is reminiscent of what the NFL is doing, almost acting like the pandemic is over. It’s not. It’s far from over in fact. I feel like baseball is picking money over health and safety, just like the NFL and college football. I hope I’m all wrong about this though. I hope this works, along with the NBA bubble, the NHL restart, training camps and summer football practice. I want sports back. I crave sports coming back. But we need more guys like Adam Silver in control of this weird time we live in, and less Roger Goodell and Rob Manfred. Silver cares about his players. These other commissioners seem to not care enough, or at all.

We will see what happens with this truncated season, but it seems weird, and seems too little too late. The MLB had a shot to really take over, and they absolutely blew it. Now they’ll be fighting for viewers with the NBA, NHL, soccer, NASCAR, golf and football, possibly. They made a humongous gaffe, and I don’t think a 60 game season during a pandemic is going to help. They blew it.

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Happy Retirement Vince Carter and Thanks for the Memories

After 22 years Vince Carter officially retired from the NBA this more.

He said, "I'm officially done".

I have always been a fan of his. There were times that I rooted for other players, wanted his team to get beat, I was not a fan when he was in college, but things changed over time for me. I have a distinct memory, as I am sure most NBA fans do, of the dunk contest that Carter entered and won going away. I don't remember when Jordan and Dominique went head to head, I am too young for Dr J's stuff and while Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine have put on some shows in recent years, the dunk contest Carter won was the most spectacular thing I have ever witnessed as a basketball fan. The reverse 360, the elbow in the rim, the bounce off the side of the hoop, it was all amazing and all new to me. He then went on to the Olympics and dunked all over Frederic Weis. I only know Weis' name because Carter ended him. He literally jumped over him and made the poster to end all posters. I had a picture of that on my wall, and I know a good group of my friends did too. That was when the fandom started for me. It was the dunk contest, then ending Weis. I have always been a fan of more thunderous dunkers. Guys that would dunk, and dunk hard. I loved seeing Shaq pull down rims. Daryl Dawkins is an icon dunker to me. I am, and always will be, a big time Shawn Kemp fan, he is my all time favorite player in fact, and that is because of his incredible dunks. Carter was able to do that, but also put some finesse into it. He was like a mixture of Dawkins and George Gervin with the way he would dunk. He would do these incredible twists and turns and loops and throw it down with authority.

I started liking him more and more after the dunk contest when he was in Toronto. When he moved on to the Nets I cooled a bit, but that was because I was naive at why he changed teams. Toronto wasn't going to do much to help him. They weren't going to compete for a championship, and Carter knew it. He figured the Nets were his best shot. And he had chances. He played on some good teams. Teams that made deep playoff runs. But they couldn't quite get over the top. This was also when Carter's game started to evolve. He was still doing magnificent things in the air, but he also started to work on his jumper, try a bit on defense and become more of a team guy. This made my fandom grow even more. After his tenure in New Jersey, he became a journeyman of sorts. He would go to young teams and kind of be a mentor, but also he could still play. He was still a contributor. He spent a season in Orlando, the next in Phoenix, then three years with the Mavericks, when his jumper became a real threat, three more seasons in Memphis, two in Sacramento and his last two years in Atlanta. Watching him play when he went to Memphis, then Sacramento and then Atlanta, he played into his 40's, he still contributed and you could see the love of the game. He didn't want to leave. Father time is undefeated, but Carter fought it more successfully than a lot of pro athletes.

What made me like Carter more near the end was his attitude. He didn't go to these places and demand things. He didn't go with an ego. It was like I said before, he wanted to play and he wanted to help the new generation of NBA players. I bet you dollars to donuts than a player like Trae Young loved having him on his team. I guarantee he helped John Collins a ton when he got wrongfully suspended. I'm sure Lloyd Pierce loved having him on the court as a "coach" on the floor. Carter became a beloved figure in the NBA, and that is rad.

Do not get it twisted, Carter was the man in his early days, and I think he is a first ballot hall of famer. While he may not have a ring, and I think it rules that he didn't chase one, he was an 8 time all star, twice on an all NBA team and won the rookie of the year award. He was also an All American in college. He was a lottery pick that lived up to the hype. He has a gold medal. He is an important and prominent figure within the NBA. Honestly, I'd rather have his career than super star guys like Carmelo Anthony or Tracy McGrady, who I love also, and is his cousin or James Harden. Vince Carter was steady, at times dominant, one of the most athletic players to ever play and, at the end, a threat when shooting jumpers and, all in all, a great, great teammate. Vince Carter has earned his stripes and my hat is off to him. Now he gets to enjoy retirement.

What a career. A Hall of Fame worthy one if you ask me.

Ty

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Who Should Be the Next Head Coach for the New York Knicks?

Another day another basketball story from me.

Today I want to talk about the New York Knicks and their coaching search. They fired David Fizdale, unfairly I still think, and this team has been in the tank for too long now. The Knicks are a flagship team, and the NBA is better when they are a good team. The last time I can remember them being good was eight years ago, when Carmelo was still good and they won fifty games. They then immediately went out and got washed by the Pacers in the first round of the playoffs. Since then it has been a dumpster fire. They have not been a good team. They have made some odd draft choices, and odd trades. They've made some questionable signings. And they have missed out on some big time free agents they thought they may be getting. And even when they make a good draft choice, Kristaps Porzingis comes to mind, he wants out and they trade him. And Mitchell Robinson is very good, but I am at a point where I think they will trade him when his stock is high. They won't let him stick around long enough to become the all star I think he can be.

The Knicks recent downswing has resulted in them becoming a laughingstock, they need James Dolan to be gone, they need to get a solid draft pick and they need to start making sound free agent choices. I think a lot of that depends on who they hire as their new head coach, and what Leon Rose brings to the team. Rose will get them meetings. He will get guys in the room. He was a super agent. Now the Knicks need to get the right coach.

I've seen so many names connected. It seems like every coach, be it a current head coach, former head coach or upcoming assistant is being mentioned, or have an interview coming up. The last three names I heard recently are Mike Brown, Jason Kidd and Tom Thibodeau. These are the three guys they seem to be honing in on.

I wouldn't hire Tom Thibodeau. I wasn't a fan of his in Chicago. I thought he overworked his best players and I still throw a little blame his way for Derrick Rose's knee exploding in the strike shortened season. He played him far too much. I also wasn't a fan when Minnesota hired him to be the coach and GM. I wrote a whole thing about it. He didn’t do much of anything until the Timberwolves signed Jimmy Butler, and we all saw how that turned out. I am not a Thibodeau guy, and I don't think he has it in him to coach a team that needs to be developed. He needs a team that is laden with vets, and I still would be hesitant to hire him.

Jason Kidd has come on strong as of late because of his relationship to Giannis Antentokoumpo. He coached him in Milwaukee, Giannis likes him and those Bucks teams were solid under Kidd. Unfortunately what I remember most from his tenure there is the water spilling incident to try and save a timeout. Also, it appears that he wears out his welcome quick. Milwaukee let him go after three years and the Nets job, I don't believe he finished one season there. He may also want to stay in LA because LeBron may want him to become the head coach if Frank Vogel screws things up. And, all this talk of Giannis leaving Milwaukee, and teams trying to set up how they will sign him or trade for him, getting the right players to pair him with, I truly believe Giannis wants to stay in Milwaukee. They are always going to be a threat with him, he seems like he likes it there, he started a family there and they can offer him as much money as any other team. He reminds me of a guy that wants to play for just one team his whole career. And if he can bring them a title, man would that make my dad happy.

So we are left with Mike Brown. I actually do think this would be a homerun hire for the Knicks. He has had major success as a head coach. Sure, it was with a young LeBron, but still, he coached a Finals team. He has also been doing wonders as an assistant in Golden State. He has stepped up, stepped in when needed and the players there love and respect him. I know things didn’t go great in Cleveland after LeBron left for Miami, but it hasn’t gone good for anyone else whenever LeBron isn't on that team. They are the Browns of the NBA. Cleveland is a waste land without LeBron. So I don’t knock Mike Brown for that. I also think his time in Golden State has opened him up to the modern NBA, he has helped develop some great players, he has taken the role of head man when Steve Kerr has had to sit out, he has done it all. I also think Knicks fans, and more importantly, players, will adore him. He can coach vets as well as he can develop raw talent. Mitchell Robinson could reach the all star level under him. Maybe Dennis Smith Jr would buy into being more of a distributor than a shooter. Frank Knilitina may be able to work on his jumper and become a poor man's Draymond. They could get a solid draft pick, maybe Tyler Haliburton, that they can turn into a swiss army type guy, because Mike Brown knows how to coach and develop guys like that. I think he is more than deserving of his second chance, and I think the Knicks would be foolish to not give him the job.

We shall see, but I feel that Mike Brown is far and away the best candidate for the vacant head coaching job for the Knicks right now. 

Ty

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Where Should Boogie Cousins Play When the NBA Restarts?

With the restart coming in the NBA, hopefully, there have been some guys that have already said they will sit out, and some players who weren't signed, or just signed before the shutdown, they are now available to be picked up by one of the twenty-two teams headed to Orlando, again, hopefully.

Davis Bertans is sitting out, and I get it. He has had his best year, he will never be as highly regarded and sought after and the Wizards are going nowhere. Trevor Ariza has opted to sit out because he is going through a nasty custody battle, and he wants to spend time with his kid. Those guys I get their reasoning. I'm sure some other players, with about as much clout as them, will decide to sit as well. But the big name I saw today, and oh, by the way, tomorrow is the deadline for players to let their teams know if they are not going to go to Orlando, so I am sure we will see some more names, was Demarcus Cousins.

So, I assumed Cousins was done for the season. Then a report came out that said he said he was going to get himself ready for next season and forego this restart. But then another story came out that said he wasn't fully committed to sitting out, and he may field some offers. That all got me thinking. First off, I thought he was done for the year, but in reality, it has been about a year. He came back last season early from a torn ACL and played, not well, but still played. He has had more time to heal now. He may be in better shape than he was at this time last season when he had to play for Golden State in the Finals. Who knows. He is also still a very, very high volume low post scorer. He was one of the best for a minute there, but injuries have slowed him down to a halt. He isn't the guy he was in Sacramento, but he is still a quality player, and an above average scorer. He can help a team immediately that needs an enforcer, rebounder and a big down low. I do honestly believe that. I am still a Boogie fan. I feel like he has been treated unfairly, and that he can still play offense, and rebound, at a high level. With all that being said, and the injury stuff, and his rehab, I also started thinking about teams that could use him if he wants to play.

The number one obvious choice is the Lakers. He was there, he knows the system, Dwight Howard may not play and LeBron likes him. He has also played alongside Anthony Davis before, and they had a bit of success. He would be a solid replacement for Howard if he were to opt out. I actually think he is a better scorer. Dwight Howard has been so much better on defense, and really accepted his role there. But, Boogie is an All Star and young and can play. Personally I'd rather have Boogie. I also think the Clippers could use him. They have good bigs, but no one like Boogie. Ivan Zubac is fine, but he is just fine. Montrezl Harrell is a super high energy rebounding machine off the bench, but he is small. Other than that, it is Kawhi and Paul George. And while they're great, I think Boogie could be a third or fourth option that they crave. I think Sacramento could use him. They have a crew of young guys, a new head coach and they need a solid big. Sure it would be weird to see him in that uniform again, but almost everything has changed since he was originally there. It is pretty much brand new. And I would love to see him paired with DeAron Fox is a pick and roll. Orlando could pair him with Vuvcevic, and that would be like the poor man's version of what the Pelicans did when they paired him with AD. Vucvevic is more of a scorer, like Boogie, so they may get eaten up in the post. But, they could each put in 20 to 30 a night, especially with all the time off every player has had. People will not want to body him. Hell, I could go on and on with teams I think could use him. Utah could pair him with Gobert, and that would be menacing. Denver could replace Paul Milsap with him and have a younger, more athletic big next to Jokic. Boston is begging for a big man, and the two have been linked prior. Toronto may even want to put him out there with Marc Gasol, and let Serge Ibaka roam for open jumpers on offense, and hunt for blocks on defense.

I feel like Boogie should be a hot commodity if the restart happens, and if Boogie wants to play. I still have faith in him. I still believe in him, and I wish nothing but the best for him. We will just have to wait and see. 

Ty

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