LeBron, Cavs to KO Hawks in Game 2
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
LeBron winning the MVP was probably the most surprising but expected result we’ve ever had in these races for league MVP.
How? Well, if Kobe Bryant won it again or if Dwyane Wade won it for the first time, it STILL wouldn’t surprise anybody. All three, including LeBron, are legitimate contenders for the MVP trophy this 2009 NBA basketball season, it just so happened that LeBron did just a little bit more to win it.
And since LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were more dominant than Kobe’s Lakers or D-Wade’s Heat at least for the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, LeBron winning the MVP was inevitable.
However, while NBA fans see this year’s race for the MVP trophy as close as it had ever been, the ballots tell otherwise. LeBron James won by a landslide, getting 109 of a possible 121 first place votes to win the hardware. Kobe Bryant finished second while Dwyane Wade, who was booted out of the first round by the ATL, finished third.
And since LeBron always had a thing for the dramatic, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar chose the very gym that he claims to be the place where he first became a star, the gym at the St. Vincent – St. Mary High School, his alma mater.
‘’This is a place where all my dreams started and where I thought they could become real,’’ LeBron James said. ‘’There’s really not a better place.’’
‘’I’m 24 years old and I’m receiving this award, I never thought it would happen this fast. I never dreamed about being MVP, but if I said I didn’t enjoy this award I’d be lying. Hard work pays off and dreams do come true.’’
Normally, MVP trophy presentations were done inside the winner’s team practice facility or arena but since LeBron James singlehandedly brought the NBA back to prominence, the league let LeBron do whatever it is he wanted to do.
Let’s hope this motivates him again against the pesky…
Garnett out of the 2009 NBA Playoffs?
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
When will KG return to the Celtics roster?
That is probably the only question sports fans from Boston are asking themselves these days with the 2009 NBA Playoffs kicking in high gear this week without the guy that led the Celtics to the title last year, Kevin Garnett.
You read it, the Boston Celtics won’t be having their emotional leader at least for Game 1 of their best of seven first round series with the Chicago Bulls. That however, isn’t the real problem. The real one would have to be the fact that KG could be out for the rest of the playoffs as well.
It turns out that Kevin Garnett continues to have problems with his right knee. In preparation for the postseason hoping to come back to the Celtics roster in time, Garnett was put back on the shelf after a 20-minute workout that left the swollen tendon in his right knee in worse shape than it was a week earlier.
Of course, the rest of the Boston Celtics remain optimistic about the entire thing, probably thinking that; one, KG can still come back at some point of the playoffs and two, they think they can still win without him.
Celtics head coach Doc Rivers on the other hand claims that he has, UNOFFICIALLY, ruled out his star forward for the playoffs. Apparently, he’s confident that his team will be just fine without KG, praising the improved play of backup forwards Glen Davis and Leon Powe.
Rivers also said that with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen on board, the Celtics will still be a tough team to beat.
Rivers may have a point. With KG out the last few weeks, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have been stepping up to keep their team afloat. Pierce is playing like the guy who led the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals back in 2002 while Allen continues to set milestones for Boston this season, tying a career high 48 percent shooting from the field and setting a franchise record for free throw accuracy with a whopping 95.2 percent this year.
STILL, a Kevin Garnett is a huge piece to replace. He gives the Celtics that inside presence and the defensive intensity only a few guys can bring to a team. With Garnett out, Boston could still beat a Chicago Bulls squad in the first round and probably a hungry Magic team in the second.
But beating a Cleveland Cavaliers contingent led by…
2009 NBA Playoffs Preview: East
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Although everybody knows the Western Conference is always better, I always found the East to be more entertaining.
Probably because I’ve always hated watching John Stockton and Karl Malone play in those stupid shorts in Utah or watch the seven-foot Vlade Divac get taken down by six-foot-three point guards in Sacramento. And while those guys’ playing days are over, I’d still keep my eyes glued on the East for the 2009 NBA Playoffs just because this side of the NBA has two of the hottest commodities in basketball today, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. Oh yeah, the East still has the Pistons too although I’m not counting on them to win anything this year.
Yup, the Detroit Pistons, after all the struggles they went through all year, still found their way to the postseason as the no.8 seed. How about that huh? Still, the festive mood in Detroit could end sooner than you think since they have the overall no.1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers waiting for them.
Unlike the Detroit Pistons, the Cavaliers have been playing tremendously that the merit the trip to the postseason. They have the best home record and would definitely not lose a home game to the struggling Pistons.
The Pistons have now lost Allen Iverson for the year and Rasheed Wallace now comes off the bench, how in the hell can their fans expect their team to overcome a hungry Cavaliers squad led by an even hungrier LeBron James?
The defending champions Boston Celtics have the Chicago Bulls in the first round and if the 2007 playoffs were to tell us anything, it’ll have to be the fact that you can’t underestimate Chicago. You see, it was two years ago when the no.5 seeded Bulls squad shocked the world when they swept the no.4 seeded Heat contingent led by Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal in the very first round.
The Miami Heat team the Chicago Bulls swept…
NBA Basketball update on waived Players and their new teams
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Drew Gooden, the Power forward from the Chicago Bulls already has committed in signing with the San Antonio Spurs after he clears waivers. Drew Gooden was released by the Sacramento King, making him qualified to play for another NBA team during the 2009 NBA playoffs. The San Antonio Spurs are expected to sign Drew Gooden for $1.5 million for the remainder of their midlevel exception. The contract offered to Drew Gooden keeps the San Antonio Spurs under the NBA’s luxury tax threshold thus making an interesting scenario in the upcoming 2009 NBA Playoffs.
Drew Gooden signing with the San Antonio Spurs would also come as the Cleveland Cavaliers have reached agreement with former power forward Joe Smith in which both teams are getting ready for a post season run that would make both of them heavily favoured contenders in their respective NBA Conferences.
Drew Gooden has averaged 13.1 points and 8.6 rebounds a game in 31 games with the Chicago Bulls this season until he was traded to the Sacramento Kings last February 18. The Sacramento Kings reached a buyout agreement with Drew Gooden that has saved the rebuilding NBA franchise almost $1.8 million. The Sacramento Kings are looking to boost Jason Thompson as a franchise player, putting Drew Gooden in their lineup would lessen the minutes of the 2008 NBA rookie that has shown considerable promise for further improvement.
Drew Gooden has just recovered from a…
2009 NBA Playoff Race Heats Up
Friday, February 27th, 2009
We are less than a couple of months from the postseason.
You read it, and that only means one thing, the 2009 NBA basketball season will just get interesting from here. Unless of course, if you’re a Piston fan like myself.
The second half of the season has already started and we have quite a handful of teams moving up and down the proverbial food chain. One of which is the Detroit Pistons.
The Pistons clearly has some 
serious problems, no matter how much the team (including their fans…) deny it or not. Detroit suffered the consequences of trading Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson, thinking that the young Rodney Stuckey was already ready to step in for Mr. Big Shot.
Enngggrrrkkk… WRONG! A lot of people thought the Allen Iverson deal was the move that could put the Pistons over the hump. After three straight losses in the Eastern Conference finals, losing to Miami, Cleveland and Boston in three straight years, Joe Dumars felt that the move will finally bring Detroit back in the NBA Finals and change the makeup of the team for the better.
The makeup did change, but it wasn’t anything better. From being one of the powerhouse teams in the East, the Pistons are just hovering above the .500 mark with Rodney Stuckey and Allen Iverson running the backcourt. All that is left for this team is hope that teams in the 9, 10, 11 spots won’t be talented enough to overtake them.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other hand, is a team surging in the East. With the injury to Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett, it seems…
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