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?