NBA Musings from Whiteboy

1) Lebron Graduates from Rabbinical school- Lebron is way too good to say he just had his Bar Mitzvah last night. He also has already had a legendary performance to win a dramatic game 5 of the Eastern finals last year in Detroit. However, he has yet to show me that he could play great end of game individual defense against a fellow superstar. Well, get your Torah ready LBJ because you are now a Rabbi. Lebron's blanketing defense on Kobe yesterday was something I had never seen before from the phenom. His in your face defense propelled his Cavs to an impressive come from behind win in La La land against Kobe and Phil's Lake show. I guess the only thing left for Lebron now is to get a second good player on his team.

2) The Celtics are really good but in a totally different way than I thought- Yea the Celtics lost yesterday in Whorelando on a crazy fade away three from Hedo Turkoglu at the buzzer. But I was more impressed by the hated Celts than I was disappointed by them while watching the last 5 minutes of this game. They play incredible defense. For a team that has two perennial all world scorers that are hardly known for their defense, this team plays suffocating d. This was the case yesterday despite missing their best player in all world defender and rebounder Kevin Garnett. Secondly, what makes this team so good is not so much their big 3 as their big other 3. Rajon Rondo is a phenomenal young talent and Kendrick Perkins looks like Vin Baker before the alcohol and big macs. James Posey should continue to knock down 3's and play solid defense to help propel the Celtics to the conference finals at the very least.

3) HOW IN GOD'S NAME DOES LAWRENCE FRANK STILL HAVE A JOB!- True, Isaiah the GM has done a horrendous job. However, Isaiah the coach is not only not the worst coach in the NBA, he's not even the worst coach in the Tri-state area. How do you have a team with a hall of fame point guard, a star shooting guard and an excellent small forward and be this horrible. I know that nobody cares about the Nets but this is a joke. This is by far the biggest disappointment in the association this year. Frank's teams have underachieved every single season he's been the head coach and this trend won't change any time soon. I know you love him Rod but unless he has pictures of your wife dancing at a strip club; I advise you can him and get a real coach in there like ehem Larry Brown.

4) Deep Breath.............. New York Knicks section- I decided to sit down and watch the entire last 2 Knicks games. Screw you for judging me; I was sick and had nothing else to do! However to my delight I actually enjoyed what I was watching. Yes they lost last night but overall I was pleased with the way the team has played without "Starbury." Jamal Crawford is starting to look like he might finally become that consistent scorer Isaiah told us Knicks fans we were getting in that sign and trade all those years ago. David Lee and Renaldo Balkman have to play at least 25 minutes a game. Their energy is contagious and their ability to finish around the basket is needed on a team with overweight and/or chronically injured players who can barely dunk. I want to see more of Mardy Collins too. He plays solid defense and is selfless with the basketball. However, please don't ever take a jump shot thanks. Finally, either Randolph or Curry has to be traded. They are both too talented and explosive offensively to not start. However, Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon they are not. In other words, they can't play on the court at the same time. Trade one of them for a nice defensive guard in the mold of Eddie Jones or Eric Snow. Okay Straight up Sports resumes its regularly scheduled programming of over the top Superbowl coverage until next week. Thanks everybody YOU'VE BEEN GREAT!