Saturday, March 29, 2008
Djokovic upset in Miami
As I said earlier, I'm a big tennis fan and I just recently heard that Djokovic was upset in Miami in the Sony Ericsson tournament. This guy named Kevin Anderson who is a South African 6-7 beast. He got to the final of the Tennis Channel Open where he lost to Sam Querry. They don't even recognize him as an official pro and he beat the #3 in the world. He came to the US to go to the University of Indiana where he's mistakenly seen as a basketball player. This guy looks really awesome but he's fairly old to be making his first ATP appearance. I'm looking for him to finish in the Top 50 by the end of the year though. that'd be a huge accomplishment for him, and he's shown that he can do it.
Friday, March 28, 2008
The NBA playoffs
This is what the standings will look like on April 16th (the last day of the regular season):
East
Boston
Detroit
Orlando
Cleveland
Toronto
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
I think everybody in the world will agree with me on the first 4 spots. They're pretty much guaranteed. The Raptors have struggled a bit without Chris Bosh, but I think they'll get their act together and get back to where they're supposed to be. There are 5 games that they should win. There are 4 games against potential 8th seeded teams that they should win 2 of, and 2 teams they should lose to, although Detroit will want to rest their starters for the last week of the season, so the Detroit game might not be as hard as they predicted. I think Washington will continue to struggle without Arenas, but if he gets back in the first round, Washington will be a great team that should take a couple games from Detroit or Orlando if they split with Philadelphia. And Boston will cruise to a 4 game series against Atlanta.
West
Los Angeles
New Orleans
San Antonio
Jazz (with home court advantage)
Houston
Phoenix
Golden State
Denver
I'm a Lakers fan, so I have to choose them over any other team because of 1. they're easy schedule and 2. the trio of Bynum, Gasol, and Bryant. I think Kobe will play the last week of the season even if they've clinched so that their full lineup can play. I took New Orleans with #2 because of CP3, who I think will get the MVP this year, even though I think Kobe deserves it. San Antonio will get the 3rd seed because Popovich wants home court advantage and they need it, in my opinion. I think the Jazz will win the 4th seed, not just get it because of leading a division. If the Jazz have home court, they'll win the 1st round easily. Houston and Phoenix can go either way, but the Suns will slow down a bit after they clinch a spot. Golden State will definitely get in, but Denver might slip if Nowitzki comes back earlier than expected, but right now they look like they'll split.
East
Boston
Detroit
Orlando
Cleveland
Toronto
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
I think everybody in the world will agree with me on the first 4 spots. They're pretty much guaranteed. The Raptors have struggled a bit without Chris Bosh, but I think they'll get their act together and get back to where they're supposed to be. There are 5 games that they should win. There are 4 games against potential 8th seeded teams that they should win 2 of, and 2 teams they should lose to, although Detroit will want to rest their starters for the last week of the season, so the Detroit game might not be as hard as they predicted. I think Washington will continue to struggle without Arenas, but if he gets back in the first round, Washington will be a great team that should take a couple games from Detroit or Orlando if they split with Philadelphia. And Boston will cruise to a 4 game series against Atlanta.
West
Los Angeles
New Orleans
San Antonio
Jazz (with home court advantage)
Houston
Phoenix
Golden State
Denver
I'm a Lakers fan, so I have to choose them over any other team because of 1. they're easy schedule and 2. the trio of Bynum, Gasol, and Bryant. I think Kobe will play the last week of the season even if they've clinched so that their full lineup can play. I took New Orleans with #2 because of CP3, who I think will get the MVP this year, even though I think Kobe deserves it. San Antonio will get the 3rd seed because Popovich wants home court advantage and they need it, in my opinion. I think the Jazz will win the 4th seed, not just get it because of leading a division. If the Jazz have home court, they'll win the 1st round easily. Houston and Phoenix can go either way, but the Suns will slow down a bit after they clinch a spot. Golden State will definitely get in, but Denver might slip if Nowitzki comes back earlier than expected, but right now they look like they'll split.
Mavericks Ban Bloggers
Welcome!
Thanks for visiting my blog.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-31-109/Almost-a-Victory-for-Bloggers-in-Dallas.html
This was amazing to see because I love Basketball and analyzing, etc, so learning that the Mavericks will let any blogger into the locker rooms to ask questions and whatnot will be cool. I didn't know anything about this until my brother called me the other day to tell me to set this blog up, so I did. Anyway, if you e-mail me, I'll give you my honest opinion on anything in the NBA or tennis. I play tennis competitively, so if you need to improve your game, I can try to help, or if you want to know my opinion on the tight west playoff race, the struggling bulls team, the injured Dirk Nowitzki, or the hopefully soon-to-be MVP Kobe Bryant, just ask me and I'll write a blog about it. Anyway, does anybody know how I can apply to get free tickets to games?
Thanks for visiting my blog.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-31-109/Almost-a-Victory-for-Bloggers-in-Dallas.html
This was amazing to see because I love Basketball and analyzing, etc, so learning that the Mavericks will let any blogger into the locker rooms to ask questions and whatnot will be cool. I didn't know anything about this until my brother called me the other day to tell me to set this blog up, so I did. Anyway, if you e-mail me, I'll give you my honest opinion on anything in the NBA or tennis. I play tennis competitively, so if you need to improve your game, I can try to help, or if you want to know my opinion on the tight west playoff race, the struggling bulls team, the injured Dirk Nowitzki, or the hopefully soon-to-be MVP Kobe Bryant, just ask me and I'll write a blog about it. Anyway, does anybody know how I can apply to get free tickets to games?
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