- This topic has already been gone over extensively by the mainstream media and on this page, but allegedly the Miami Heat had players crying after their loss to the Bulls over the weekend. I don't necessarily think its a sign of them being weak, but to cry after a losing streak in March is a bit weak. If anyone on that team should be crying it should be Coach Spoelstra and Dwyane Wade. Spo because he's going to get fired after this season when the losses aren't his fault. Dwyane Wade because he has become the odd man out on his own team. LeBron needs to stop shooting so much in the fourth quarter, as he becomes a stagnant jump shooter or lofts challenged layups that have little chance of going in. Get Wade, a proven closer, the ball more in the clutch and there won't be so many choke jobs. Also, perhaps implementing the Triangle/Motion offense would greatly help them, that and an offseason of learning to work off the ball. Also, don't hold a championship celebration before the season starts and perhaps the media and fans won't revel in your failures.
- Dan Henderson justified my ranking him as the ninth best MMA fighter of all-time by winning the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Title this past Saturday. He probably couldn't contend for that same title in the UFC, but he is still relevant at the age of 40 and has a nuclear missile of a right hand. I think the UFC missed the boat by not keeping him around, as he can still fight and win against a high level of competition. Anderson Silva would still eat him for lunch, but he is still probably capable of winning a round against him like he did in their first fight.
- I don't know how ESPN's John Hollinger develops his metric statistics, but his playoff odds now features the Chicago Bulls as the team most likely to make it to and win the NBA Finals. Hollinger has not expressed much in the way of praise of the Bulls, so this came as quite a shock to me. I don't want to talk too much about it, since I'm a die-hard Bulls fan and I fear jinxing them, but it is about time the Bulls get some respect from ESPN. They are the only team to beat all the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, Celtics, Magic, and Heat. They have managed to do this with Noah and Boozer both missing significant chunks of the season and without a decent starting shooting guard. I'm not certain of their championship chances, but that team has believed in themselves from day one and have had great chemistry and it is nice to see that paying off.
- ,UFC 128 is coming up next week, and I believe that both my brother and I will have our predictions up for that. The main event is Jon "Bones" Jones against UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Jones has been very vocal in his confidence by saying things like, "In my mind I've already won." Nothing major, but over the past year it seems as if Jones has started to buy into his hype as the future of MMA. Shogun is coming into this fight after knee surgery and a lengthy layoff (nearly a year). This, and the aforementioned hype contribute to the fact Jones is a slight favorite heading into their fight. But it seems to me that Jones and a lot of fans are forgetting that Shogun Rua is a bad, bad man. Jones has never faced a man with the power and striking abilities of Shogun. Also, Shogun is no slouch off his back either and at age 28, should be in his athletic prime. While Jones is inexperienced with someone of Rua's style, Shogun has fought and defeated a wide range of people, from strong wrestlers like Mark Coleman to another skilled striker and grappler with a huge size advantage in Alistair Overeem, and was the first man to figure out how to beat Lyoto Machida. While Jones is favored and rightly so, I just think that people are overlooking just how good Shogun Rua is.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Odds and Sods
Didn't really have any particular topic to discuss today, but there are a bunch of little stories I felt like going over.
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