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Tigers:

What's worse: The fact that we let freaking Tulane hang around the whole game or the awful announcing by the CSS guys? Will Witherspoon. Willie Sims. Who are those players? Brian Oliver and Dave Something...awful.

Big news coming today regarding Elliot Williams, who tweaked his knee. If he misses some games, that could be trouble. Although according to my homie, Alfred, "Elliot William so sorry." Which could be true, since he really hasn't done much against good teams, but if he's not our best player, he's second best behind the increasingly good play of Wesley Witherspoon, who had 16 points 9 boards and 5 steals last night. Also, I know I bash Roburt Sallie a lot, but he has been playing really well lately. Coleman put up decent numbers, but he still has no clue on defense.

Rematch with SMU is Saturday.

Grizz:

Grizzlies giving the fans a little scare last night after blowing the doors off early. Starters once again looked sharp, even Conley (more on that guy in a minute). Our bench is still shit. At one point we had Marcus Williams, Sam Young DeMarre Carroll, Darrell Arthur (how bout DA showing some range last night) and Marc Gasol on the floor. Who is scoring in that lineup? Once again, no Tinsley, Thabeet or Lester Hudson.

Trades:

Multiple sources have said the Grizz are shopping Mike Conley and a potential deal involving OJ Mayo and Monta Ellis that was rejected by the Warriors. I guess I'm alright with shopping Conley, but we have to get a point guard back in return right? If we trade Conley then we're stuck with Williams and Tinsley? That might be the worst back court ever.

As far as OJ, I'm not in love with Monta Ellis. I know he's good, I've watched him torch the Grizz several times, but for OJ? I don't see Ellis being the team player OJ is. If we do the deal for Ellis, where does that leave Rudy? I think Rudy can play better with OJ than Ellis. Maybe we let Rudy go and build around Ellis and Z-Bo? Who knows? But I do know this:

The Rockets got better. Rockets ship T-Mac, Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to Kings for Kevin Martin and some throw ins. Losing Landry hurts, but adding a top 10 scorer is quite nice. With a healthy Ming next year, they could make some noise. Of course, that's what they've been saying in Houston since T-Mac joined Yao.

Update: Knicks traded for T-Mac. Rockets still get Kevin Martin in addition to Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries. Knicks gave up on Hill pretty fast. So the Rockets got a lot better. With T-Mac expiring contract, the Knicks now the cap space to sign 2 max deal players this offseason. The LeBron/Wade sweepstakes just took a huge turn.

Not so sure about this Jamison to the Cavs deal. If I'm the Cavs and I'm trying to keep LeBron, I don't get a 33 year old player, who in 2 years will be putting up Grant Hill numbers as a role player. If I'm Danny Ferry and I can't get Amare, I go younger wing guy, like Iguodala or Kevin Martin or Caron Butler even. Oh well, they'll lose in the first round to Charlotte and LBJ will leave anyway.

Hoop Family:

Game tonight at 9:15. St Luke's Arena. I've been working on my layups this week after pulling the 0-4 on layups last week, including blowing 2 wide open putbacks.

USA USA

Big night for USA in the Olympics last night. Big wins for Shani Davis, Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn all taking Gold. I don't have much commentary on the Olympics, I can't really tell if someone had "a good run" unless I see them racing someone and not a clock. America's favorite gay sweetheart, Johnny Weir, looked super zesty. I think he stole that outfit from Horace's House.

Music:

So I have never been to Bonnaroo nor have I ever wanted to go hang out with a bunch of dirty druggies for a weekend, but this years hip hop lineup is tempting me (well, not really). They got Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Wale, Jay Electronica, Nas and B.O.B. If that was anywhere but Bonnaroo, I would be seeing that.


Mexican Rankings:

I'll be honest, I'm not too excited. I've got enough info to do them, it's just not going to be good.