ALL STAAAAAAAAA

Ok, so the NBA trading deadline is here and the names that are going to be traded read like a whos- who of the NBA.
JASON KIDD, KEVIN GARNETT, PAU GASOL, RAY ALLEN, RASHARD LEWIS, VINCE CARTER, and MIKE BIBBY.
This group of six could probably make one hell of a team but unfortunately, these six players are trying to get in to better teams.

They seem to believe that their team can no longer offer them the right situation so they want out. And fast.

A few days removed from what was one of the laziest ALL STAR GAMES (I turned the game off by the second quarter), it seems that the NBA is lulling itself along till the playoffs which should be great. I dont want to say the obvious but come on, Sunday, there were probably more hangovers than a college frat house after a kegger.

Putting the NBA All Star Game in Las Vegas is like expecting an alcoholic to go the Johnny Walker factory and not sample the goods. You know its going to be about as pure as the nightclub down there.

Few observations from what I DID see:
- Players need to stop doing the off the backboard dunk. Lebron's attempt looked like it was going to end up ugly by the way he ran into Amare Stoudemire. Everyone in Cleveland must've started closing their eyes and having their knees knock in nervousness.
- NBA took a major risk by bringing the All Star Game to Vegas. The mood is very laid back and relaxed and pretty much everything is legal out there. So two things must happen: let the Maloofs bring the Kings over to Las Vegas OR just make the NBA All Star game there permanently. I agree with only one opinion about Vegas: that place, with all its pending situations that can occur is a goldmine for whatever sport lands its flag!
- Craig Sager's suits are enough to convince me NOT to upgrade to HD. Somethings should be seen in regular or dim lighting.
- Nate Robinson needs to have a limit on attempts, but man when he completes a dunk it is spectacular. He's like that little kid that you want to see do the dunk just because of the effort he gives.
- The best thing to happen in that weekend aside from Charles Barkley's race with a 60 year old referee was Dwight Howard's dunk. The crowd had the same puzzled reaction after Vince Carter's elbow in the rim dunk back when he won it. I think in my generation, Vince Carter had the best array of dunks to win a contest.
- There is no legitemate shooting threat anymore. Remember how Larry Bird used to enter a 3 point shooting contest and you just knew that he was going to win it? Unfortunately, Dirk doesnt live up to the promise in those contests.


Ok, in the annals of sporting All Star festivities, I think baseball's All star game is the best, followoed by the NBA's and then third is the NFL.

The MLB's game is interesting because there are a good number of guys actually trying to play hard to let his league get home field advantage in the World Series. It ups the ante for the players to rise up to the occasion. The NFL's regular and post season are the best but their All Star Game is without a doubt the worst. There's no blitzing, no real competition, and its like the NBA being in Vegas. Who wants to play a serious game of football when you would rather catch a tan in sunny Hawaii?

The NBA's overall weekend is number two because of all the pre All Star Game festivities, but its game is soo horrible that it brings it down to number 2.

Thats all, I'm freezing. Time to catch some sleep.