Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Super Tuesday!

It's actually the day that the main Presidential candidates are chosen. I don't pay too much attention to politics most of the time, but I am a minority and there are two for the Democrats, one of which will win the Democratic Presidential bid, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, for those of you who haven't been conscious for the past 12+ months. This IS a big deal no matter how indifferent you are to politics. A woman and a black man are on the brink of the White House. It's a very exciting time for the US, a country whose history has been built by rich white men. That's about all I have to say about today besides the games of course. Here they are:

- San Antonio went into Indiana tonight and dominated the 2nd half. They were tied at 59, but in the 2nd half, SA pulled ahead and won 116-89. The Spurs got a very balanced performance with 7 players in double-digits with Tim Duncan leading them with 19pts, 15rebs. Jamaal Tinsley came off the bench again for 18mins played and only scored 8pts. He doesn't seem to be back at 100% yet so play him at your own risk.

- Boston and Cleveland played in a great one tonight, with Lebron pulling the Cavs by the KG-less C's. Lebron was Lebron again tonight with 33pts, 9rebs, 12assts, 5stls and 2blks. Needless to say, probably the player off the night, especially in fantasy talks. Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo tried to keep the Celtics afloat with 24pts, 5rebs, 5assts and 20pts, 7rebs, respectively.

- In Philly, the young Sixers beat the Wizards, 101-96. Andre Miller had 14assts for the Sixers, who streaked in the 4th to make up a 10pt deficit. Those of you who have picked up Thaddeus Young are reaping the benefits (17pts, 9rebs in this one). Brendan Haywood had 18pts, 8rebs, but it wasn't near enough.

- The Lakers won against Jersey in Pau Gasol's debut with the team (105-91). He started at center and played great (24pts, 12rebs, 4assts). This game was one of the most telling games I've seen the Lakers play for a while. They beat a team by 10+pts and Kobe was held to single digits scoring (for the 1st time in like probably 2-3 seasons). Fisher got 28pts himself in the Lakers win. New Jersey got a surprising 19pts, 10rebs from Bostjan Nachbar and Vince Carter added 27pts, but Jersey lost after sticking close behind the Lakers for most the game.

- Milwaukee beat the new-look Grizzlies on the road tonight (102-97), but it was the Bucks who had a new look on the starting lineup with Yi Jianlian and Michael Redd missing this game. The Bucks had 3 non-regular starters, Royal Ivey (4pts in 36mins), Charlie Villanueva (16pt, 16rebs) and Charlie Bell (17pts). As far as I can see it, the Bucks need to restart. Michael Redd is NOT a #1 man on any team in this league, unless you call Lebron James a #2 to Redd's #1 status (hint: I'm being sarcastic). The Bucks need to restart building around the talented bigs they have in Andrew Bogut and Yi Jianlian. They have a solid core, but Michael Redd's big contract hinders them to be able to make a big move. The new look Grizz started Hakim Warrick (4pts in 22mins), but JC Navarro still had more PT and points (7). It's tough to say how Marc Iavoroni is going to play out his roster, but that 5th starting spot looks to be up for grabs right now.

I also have one other piece of big news. These are just rumors, but it does involve the biggest figure in the NBA for the past decade, Shaquille O'Neal (arguably Tim Duncan, but Shaq's actually bigger in size so I'll give it to him and his more flamboyant personality). If these do happen, I would think the Heat respect Shaq enough to trade him to a legit contender, but at this point if I were Heat management, I would try to trade Shaq anyway I could. They aren't going anywhere this season and Shaq's cap number is huge for another 2 seasons after this one.

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