First of all, I have got to address the fact that I have not posted in this thing for a long time. Another season started and let me re-cap my predictions, I believe if you look at my previous posts about this Nash-Howard-Bryant trifecta I predicted it was going to be a shit show and surprise surprise I was right. Nash should have just stayed or retired, he is not cohesive in the Kobe system at all. And of course we have Howard who is being Howard, I knew it wouldn't be long before their personalities clashed. Howard is too much of a super star in his own mind to play alongside someone like Kobe. Now I may not be the biggest Kobe fan out there but he needs his props, he has had some pretty amazing games this season scoring very high carrying his team but now you have Howard who is just playing like he doesn't care because he can leave next season. Very selfish of Howard but are we really that surprised? Nope.
Moving onto the drama in the eastern conference, let me address New York first, yes you guys beat the Heat at the beginning of the season and JR Smith had a field day with but if I have learned anything over the years watching athletes tweet trash talk is that it always comes back to bite you in the ass. Eveyone was hollering "Melo for MVP" and Melo is a great and talented player but just because you start a season off with 30+ point games that does not guarantee or qualify you for an MVP award. Melo and his Knicks team are just not consistent enough to be a big threat for Miami in the playoffs or for Lebron in the MVP battle, and I think last night Lebron proved he he was worthy for his fourth MVP award as he dismantled a fellow contender in the race with Kevin Durant. I said it from the beginning of the season, wish I would have said it on here but the Heat were not and have not been going full throttle out there. They lost some games they should have easily won but they have just been cruising up to this point, expect after all-star weekend for them to turn it up even more on the court.
About the all-star game, if the East plays lazy like last year I will be pissed, I know most of them don't care but I do as a fan and the East should be dominating but maybe now that we don't have Howard we can play like adults and not children. Now don't get me wrong I am still a fan-ish of Howard, that guy cracks me up on and off the court I just wish he would start playing big kid ball and leave some of his fuckery attitude off the court.Follow this link to keep up on all that is going on with NBA All-Star Weekend 2013.
