Jon Blaze

Here are just a few quick thoughts about what’s going on in basketball right now.

I got the text message from my boy O right before I was going into the gym.

I was like damn…he sure does. Shaq is basketball’s Roger Clemens, an aging player who when rested and motivated is one of the most unstoppable players their sports have ever seen. However if I’m the Heat, at some point this is going to get old. Clemens is paid on a yearly basis and was picked up in the later part of the season for a spirited playoff run. The Diesel just sits out the first half of the season for various reasons, then starts the All-Star game, and plays when he wants to the rest of the second half of the season. But once the playoffs start he picks up his play.

Now I understand that its all about winning a title, but at some point if I’m his teammate I’m going to voice my complaints. If I’m out here ballin as hard as I can for all 82+ games and you come in and decide to put up 24 points 13 boards, and 8 assists against Chicago but have like 12 points and 6 boards against Philly…that’s a problem.

The sports reporters except L.A. Times J.A. Adande, that were on Around the Horn on Wednesday have no idea what March Madness is about. They said that none of the little conference tournaments matter this season, because there is no George Mason this year. How the hell do they know that? No one knew that George Mason was going to stir up quite the racket during last year’s tournament. That’s the whole point. In a format like this, you never know. One team gets hot at the right time and we’re branding them the Cinderella of the tournament.

To every critic that said ‘Bron wasn’t playing as hard as he could or that he was on some type of decline. Would you like Bar-B-Que sauce or Honey Mustard to dip your foot in?
Since the Vegas Break ‘Bron has been going wild putting up 40, dropping more dimes than a dude with a hole in his Crown Royal change sack.
And did you see that weak side block on Rip Hamilton….it was like Hamilton threw up a volleyball set and James killed it like Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents.