Houston and Minnesota agree to a trade

ESPN's Marc Stein is reporting that the Houston Rockets have agreed to trade forward, Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for point guard, Mike James.

"We expect for the deal to be officially consummated as early as tomorrow," James' agent, Billy Duffy told Houston television station KRIV.

James is hopeful the deal will happen.

"Even Houston thinking about me is a blessing but until I see it on the ticker I won't believe it. I'm so excited. It would give me that chance to retire in Houston," James told the television station.

I suppose this is the NBA's way of getting back into the headlines because the finals have sucked so far, and with the Spurs already up 3-0, a sweep looks like it will happen.

Breaking News: The Spurs are good....like really good

To be completely honest, I didn't watch any of Game 2 of the NBA Finals last night, and it wasn't because I was watching the Sopranos. No, actually I was at the emergency room for a good three and half hours because my dad decided it was a good time to nearly hack off the tip of his thumb. So yes, I missed Game 2, the Braves eventual win and the Series finale of the Sopranos.

It wasn't a good night for me at all, besides missing what turned out to be a shitty night for sports and television in general, my dad almost cut off his thumb, I got a ticket on the way home and I almost hit an innocent bunny(yes I call them bunnies, don't judge me, the Bible says not too). I was just glad to get home and go to sleep last night, and hope that today turns out better.

Let's get to the game, not surprisingly, the Spurs dominated once again and don't let the final score of 103-92 fool you, because if it wasn't for a late fourth quarter effort, it would've been a blowout. For the first three quarters of the game, the Spurs could do no wrong and at the half, they compiled the third highest lead in NBA Finals history. But in the fourth the Cav's were able to put together a 22-4 run and maybe gave them some momentum heading into game three which is in Cleveland.

Once again, Tony Parker led all scorers with 30 points and possibly furthered himself as the possible MVP. Parker also put up four rebounds, two assists and went 13-20 from the field. The only person who could challenge Parker for MVP honors, vying a Spurs win, which is going to happen, is Tim Duncan who, like he always does, put up a great stat line, but it was just a shade under memorable. Duncan just missed having a triple-double with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. On the Cav's side of the ball, LeBron scored 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists but he turned the ball over six times and Daniel "BOOBIE" Gibson had another good game, coming off the bench of course, with 15 points and oh yeah, he shot 50% from the field. If the Cavaliers have any chance at winning even one game, they have to put Gibson in the starting lineup, come on Mike Brown....start BOOBIE!

I have a feeling all of the games are going to be like this

Last night was game one of the NBA Finals and despite a late rally, the Cavaliers couldn't handle the Spurs. The James-less Cav's went on to lose game one, 85-76, and yes, you can blame that on LeBron, he looked over matched and by "over matched", I mean he sucked. LeBron James only shot 4-16 from the field last night and ended up with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. He also turned the ball over six times, I guess Bruce Bowen can still play some good defense...but he's still dirty. And the Cav's really need to start Daniel "BOOBIE" Gibson, he once again had a great game, scoring 16 points in just 28 minutes of play, coming off the bench of course. He also added four assists and four steals.

To be completely fair, the Spurs didn't get a whole lot of support besides Duncan, Parker and Ginobili but that was all they needed. Tim Duncan scored 24 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked five shots and had two steals. Tony Parker led the game in scoring with his 27 points, he also added seven assists, two steals and four rebounds. And finally Manu Ginobili helped with 16 points and 8 rebounds off the bench.

On a completely different side note, this game did supply one of the greatest pictures I have ever seen.



There are many different factors that add greatness to this picture, for instance take a look at Robert "Big Shot" Horry and his best impression of a mentally handicapped squirrel. I am also quite fond of Ginobili's air boxing...it kind of looks like he hit James...which would've added some excitement in the game.

Cavs win and it wasn't because of LeBron

The Cleveland Cavaliers have defeated the Detroit Pistons, 98-82 to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in the team's history. Like I said in the title, LeBron James wasn't that big of a factor, at least offensively, he had just 20 points but he had a great defensive game getting 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. It was none other than rookie point guard, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson who carried the Cav's offensively, he scored a very impressive 31 points and he added 6 rebounds and 2 assists, oh and he did all this coming off the bench.

The Cavaliers are going to have their hands full in the Finals because they are matched up against the defensive powerhouse that is the San Antonio Spurs this coming Thursday night for Game one.

To quote Cav's coach, Mike Brown, "you leave him open and it'll be Boobie for three....shoot it Boobie...Shoot it!"

I'll get more in dept tomorrow, but for now I bid you farewell.