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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Some of the NBA Offseason, and the Fantasy Fallout


Apart from the obvious constitution of the Super Best Friends in Miami, Kiwi Sports Blog is highly excited about a number of smaller player movements that have happened so far this offseason.  Even though it isn't the most exciting thing happening right now (the second Spanish Armada, the resurgence of the All Blacks lineout and Mils Muliaina, the emerging of the Warriors as contenders, the craziness of NFL drafts featuring Peyton Manning selected second overall and Rashard Mendenhall ahead of Ray Rice - see right), but there is just something about NBA teams transforming that is fascinating - either like watching a masterpiece being painted, or watching a train wreck.  To avoid this being the longest blog post of all time, I have only looked at a few teams - the Heat, the Spurs, the Bulls, and the three-way currently underway between the Raptors, Suns, and Bobcats.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

The LeDecision Fallout

So the King will reside in South Beach, and razor blade sales will go through the roof in Cleveland.  What will this do to Cleveland?  What has LeBron James done to his home town?

The answer to the first question was pretty clearly answered by Dan Gilbert's letter - they will become like scorned ex-girlfriends lashing out.  Maybe they can get together with those ex-girlfriend websites that people load old sex tapes onto as revenge.  As this guy pointed out, it could be some sort of niche market.  But apart from the initial gut reaction of anger, what will their lasting impression of LeBron be?