A rare Championship air

Smell that? It’s that rare air that only happens when you’re on the verge of something great. It’s that air that gives you a sense of worth. It leads you to believe that you’re more than capable of getting “IT” done. Yes my friends that air your currently breathing means Championship Friday is upon us.

Championship Friday means press conferences, possible trash talk from the opposition, nearly perfect detailed analysis from every football “Expert” on earth. But what makes it stand out is that it’s your team the build up is about. And in this case it the Patriots, as if it could be anyone else.

With a win against the false prophet in Tim Tebow, the Patriots roll right back into the AFC championship game. Given the way things have shaken out, the playoffs have become about righting the wrongs. The Ravens strolled into Gillette in 2009 and rolled the Pats from beginning to end. They could barely see Ray Rice much less touch him. If they want to win this upcoming weekend, the name of this game must be shutdown Ray Rice. They need to shut him down and trust that Joe Flacco will break under the pressure. If that happens they’re Super bowl bound where the biggest wrong will be righted. My hope is that the Giants get there and so that we can really can right some wrongs. To do it in the house that Eli’s brother built would be a statement heard loud and clear.

Brady needs this game! He needs to win this game and the Super bowl. His place at the top of the mountain is dependent on it. A ring this year puts him one and two with Montana. Yes Terry Bradshaw is up there two but that whole Steel Curtain thing put him a notch below. Right now he is just top five. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I think Brady has proven his Jordan-eske desire to be that best. He is way past competing with the likes of the current talent, he competes only with history. That goes ditto for Belichick.

Belichick also stands high on the mount Olympus of the coach ranks. But with one or two more rings, he can become Zeus of Olympus crushing every legendary coach in his way. And what will cement it, is that he will do it with one quarterback. I think we all know that Belichcick is not one to stand in the way of his story.

So that rarefied air we smell on this upcoming Championship Friday could be history in the making.

The circus has come

New England are you ready for some football!... Well maybe. First move the Patriots make for a trade is for a man that has a longer rap sheet then PacMan Jones. The man I speak of is Albert Haynesworth. Now to be fair, this guy is coming from a bad situation in Washington and Belichick brought him in to town on a low risk high reward deal. Hanyesworth will probably be motivated to show people that he's not a waste of talent. I mean Randy did it(only to screw it up later). Now usually I side with most in think bringing in problems will just derail the team concept thing but BB has made it work for the most part. The facts with Haynesworth unfortunately make people throw up. By the way he's currently being sued by a bank and stripper. Wrap your head around that one.

Breaking News!!
Chad Ochocinco has jus recieved a 3 year contract from the genius himself. And I know, looks like the circus is ready to perform but if he decides to play on the field harder than he tweets, New England should be fine.

FINALS WEEK

Well here we are, again at the moment of truth. Once again it is time for the NBA's greatest teams to battle for the golden ball. If your like me, you've probably had all you can take of the Rambis Clothsline. The Magic Hook shot. And Jerry West burning hatred of the Celtics. The history I want to talk about is recent history. Thats really what this series is all about. It's about 2008 revenge for the Lakers. For the Celtics it's not relinquishing control and momentum to the Lakers. Its not about Magic and Bird, it's about Kobe versus Pierce, Gasol versus Garnett, Artest versus Wallace and so on. Ok that was my wierd history lesson, let's talk facts.
Every Lake show fan on the planet thinks their bench is better than the Celts bench. Fact is other than Odom who do you call off thier bench, Jordan Farmer. Wrong!! The Laker bench rotation only goes eight deep. No one can tell me than Shannon Brown is better than Tony Allen(although that would have been a toss up midseason). Jordan Farmar is far less superior than Nate Robinson(ya Nate Robinson) Adam Morrison never sees the floor. Big baby crushes Josh Powell anyday of the week. And is Vujacic even on the team anymore? Fact is Boston's bench body slam's the Lakers.

Those Over at the Four Letter have said that Ron Artest is the X factor in the series. Not so, the number 1 X factor is Rasheed Wallace. Because as he goes the bench goes. I'll be looking foward to the match up between he and Odom. Believe me,if Sheed starts splashing 3's. Things could get out of hand. No don't get me wrong The Lakers can be a better rebounding team than the Celtics, so that needs to be watch closely. I dont expect the Celtics to do a much different job on Kobe than the first go around. As for KG, he needs to put a consisent 18 and 10 plus just about every night.

Lastly if Doc win's another ring, he'd be placed in catergory with the coaches who have multiple rings, which thier are only a hand full. Thats Pretty good company. But if Doc get another ring, he be one of the only coaches that would fall before Phil Jackson in the finals. And lets face it, Jacksons gone from LA if he loses. So I thinks it time to push him out of LA like we did Lebron out of Cleveland
LET IT BEGIN!!

New Enlgand freedom at 9:29pm

It's time to be very clear about what took place sunday night at 9:29pm. Peyton Manning probably made the worst mistake of his career thus far. To throw the ball going backwards off your left foot is almost always disastrous. To do it in the superbowl when you are about to be crowned greatest quarterback EVER is monumentally catastrophic. Up until then Manning(and I'd hate to say it) looked like a world beater. It seemed this season that it became "Peyton time" when losing by a TD or less with three or so minutes left in a game. He made you forget that he's always been a play-off bust when it came down to big game situations. I dont care what anyone says about AFC Championship 2006. If Reche Caldwell could catch Peyton never gets that ring either. However that pick 6 reminded everyone of exactly who Peyton Manning really is. A big game let down that could'nt hold Tom Brady play-off Jock strap. Yes my friends it was the return of the "lame duck in big moments" Peyton Manning. Big game quarterback always know how much time is left in a quarter and when to throw sideline to sideline.
The second half of that superbowl took me back to the times when Belichick would confuse Manning so much that he didnt know what a play action pass was. Since 2007 Peyton had suckered all of us into believing that those days were long gone. That Tom Brady could possibly be a notch below him. That all of those play-off losses to the Patriots happened because he was a young and immature quarterback. That the manning face now reigned supreme in huge monments until......Nantz: "Picked off! Look out ... and it's Tracy Porter taking it all the way! Touchdown, New Orleans!"
When that happened, Peyton went back to being that regular bully that picked on you until someone his own size came along. Still their will be the Manning apologist who say that he will get past this and still become a top 5 quaterback. But what that pick 6 did was push him a notch below Brady, give the Patriots the team of the decade title and end the Brady/Manning discussion. Somewhere Brady sat on a couch with his feet up and sreamed FREEDOMMMM!!!!!! at 9:29pm with a braveheart look on his face.

Where were you at 9:29?

THE NEVER ENDING SERIES

I have never seen this before. I have never seen this before. Thats all I have been saying for the last 5 of 6 Celtics games. Ya know.... I come into work during the week to sit and figure out what I'm going to do for 8 or so hours. I'm sure im not the only one in this catorgory. But you know what gets me? It's the fact that for 30 of those hours get filled up by doing obscure things like trying to find a way to play Zombies ate my neighbors on the computer. Then their are those ten magical hours that are filled with excitement and so much joy you might find it a little hard to handle. Those magic hours are the 2009 NBA Eastern Divisional Play-offs. The excitment that I felt during game 6 was that joy time 20. Im watching the game from my desk at my job and i'm literally sweating. By the second quarter I just go into my screw everything mode, bufuddled by the coaching of Doc Rivers. Where's the great defensive coaching of Tipido? O ya KG is out. We all are finding out that Tom is only as good as KG is healthy. But still how do you leave Brad Miller open like six times?! I know he's overwieght and looks like he should have a drinking problem by now, but still. By the end of quarter 4, I'm happy and thanking god that Vinny is coaching the bulls and not Phil. Two and a half minutes later im confused and shocked. So my buddy from NY calls me to let me know the magnitude of this game like I didnt already. Whats interesting about this is that he's a T-mac fan and could care less about the celts, but even he can't stop watching.
The first overtime comes to a close with a tie. And after kicking over a trash can, I start to realize that we have a sqaud featuring Scalabrine, Pierce, Marbury, Moore and Rondo on the floor. Shaq in his prime could'nt win a championship with 3 of those guys around him. Another Brilliant coaching move by Doc.
I refused to watch the second overtime and had my buddy relay what was going on. Instead I walked to the liquor store because I could'nt take anymore of this game sober. I felt like I was about to walk into a bar full of hells angels just to fight. That's right, I hate to say it but the Bulls never say die attitude has put the fear of god in me and I know I'm not alone. After chugging 3 beers i'm ready for the final overtime game.
Maybe it was the way Paul Pierce keel over in pain or the clueless look on Scals face but something told me that only Ray Allen was ready for it.
Just when I thought it could'nt get any worse.... it did. Pierce tries to throw a lazy pass to Scalabrine and it gets picked off by Noah who races down the court with the ball for the dunk and 1.
Game over
Game 7
Bottoms up!!!
I forgot to mention that those hours turn into magic only if your team pulls off a win that they were suppose to get. Especially if one of your best players scores 51. Well if its game 7 you want then its game 7 your going to get. I just hope I dont have to say "I never seen this before" again

What's the plan??

So whats the plan? Should we play our hearts out for the rest of the playoffs and see where we end up? Of course! Ray and Paul will determine how far their team is going to go. Perk is now the only dependible big they have. Not to state the obvious, but the team is under manned, significantly. This team's size has been obliterated to the point where Mikki Moore is going to have to play more then ten minutes(I shutter to even think). It seems that every five minutes someone's going down with some monumental injury. So I beg the question again, whats the plan?! Does anyone even have one? Should anyone have one? I mean, no one plans for this sort of thing. No one plans for the moment thier top guy goes down. Thier is no section in the handbook that tells you what to do if your energy big off the bench goes down for good. Jordan didn't plan on having the flu before game five of the 1998 finals. But what did he do? He went out and scored 38 point for his team to get the win. The point I'm trying to make is that all plans are thrown out of the window when the play-offs come into effect. If Lebron goes into to game 2 and breaks his leg, the Cavs just will have to move on. To overcome injuries younger players need to step and play through the adversities. A will to win must come into effect every night whether it be against the Bulls or the Lakers. Plan's don't make champions, determination through adversities do.

My Conversation with Boges

As we get down to the stretch, the Celtics are asking themselves: what do we need? Well its clear they need help inside the paint. Signing 7 foot Center Mikki Moore definitly will considering his offensive skill and experience. In the play-offs he posted 10 points and 5.3 rebounds in his 15 games. So that will solidify the paint, but what else could they possibly need? Well theie back-up point guard situation is a little suspect, given the fact that Eddie House is not a true point. But he has managed not to hurt them in that second unit. However, when it comes down to it, he is a much better spot up shooter. So whose out there? They need a low risk player to run the second unit. How about Sam Casell? No, no we just traded him after he gave us little in last years play-offs and showed us how many bad shots he could take. Oh I know, how about that guy who has a head tatoo. Who? You know, the guy who Knicks didn't let play for a year because went crazy and told Isiah Thomas he expose him. Starbury? No Marbury. Why would they want that cancer on their team? Because if he goes nuts we can cut him and that will be that. Is it worth it? Of course, if everything goes as planned then they will have a guy who will know his role, and could put up 15 points off the bench. Ok, but what about team chemistry in the lockeroom? Once KG, P2, and Ray Ray, all sign off on this, they're going to sit down with him and explain the what this team is all about. Sure KG will baby-sit a little but he will keep him in check. Are you not worry about the resurgence of Starbury? Ya, I can't say im not, but once he touches down in Boston, I have faith he will turn in his cape and cowl for the sake of the team. And besides, he had like 10 years to be Starbury and reak havic through the league. This is certainly his last chance to salvage his career and tear away from his alter ego. Well if he is not a Chemistry killer, a super villian, or cancer then can he atleast still play at high level? I think thats the biggest question mark the Celtics have because he's low risk. Your right, he hasn't play in a year, so when he gets here, he will have an immediate positive impact to prove everyone wrong. This all to similiar to Randy Moss, lets just hope this goes down that same road. I want Starbury dead as much as the next guy but I will miss him.