Tuesday Morning Thoughts: We are the Champions!

1. Manchester United vs. Barcelona (Wednesday at 1:30pm Central time) Champions league final. I hope that Barcelona kicks the, you know what, out of Manchester. I’ll be watching at Fados.

2. I can’t understand the NBA anymore. There used to be a time where the best teams won their playoff games. We all knew it would be Bulls/Jazz or Lakers/Celtics or Pistons/Lakers. But not in today’s NBA. An Orlando team lead by the Turkish Jordan (sorry for that reference. It's insulting to everything Jordan) might beat the hyped up Cavaliers. The Cavs ineptitude might allow Orlando to advance to the playoffs. The same Orlando whose main scorer is Hedu Turkaglu. Even that awful 76er team that made it to the Finals was lead by Allen Iverson. Can you think of a worse team making it the Finals than Orlando? I guess Lebron isn’t the King after all.

3. Speaking of bad, do you realize that the Denver Nuggets also have a chance of making it to the Finals? Denver was so bad earlier this year, that “the trade” made Chauncey Billups seem like Isiah Thomas (the player, not coach). It’s conceivable that a team with the likes of Nene, Kenyan Martin and J.R. Smith (the all head case team), will make it the Finals. I guess Kobe isn’t the next MJ. Heck, he may not even be the next Paul Pierce.

4. So I watched my first hockey game on TV this past Sunday (Hawks v. Red Wings). Not a good game to get into hockey. Man I hate Detroit.

5. Speaking of the Hawks, there are too many teams ending with the “Hawks” nickname. It’s sort of like reading a ticker and seeing that the Sox are up 4-2 on the Yankees, except that it’s the Red Sox and not the White Sox. We got the Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Hawks, and Chicago Blackhawks, just to name a few. The “Hawks beat Detroit” isn’t clear enough. I insist that ESPN, et. al. must use the full nick names on headlines or tickers (and even city names if necessary). Also, WNBA scores and Women’s college basketball scores should not televised.