nba news

the big news in the nba this week is of course kobe's 81 against raptors. after a whole week of being analyzed to death, i still can't really throw my 2 cents on this. for one, i didn't watch the game, so i can't really judge. even if i did, i still dunno what to say about it. heck i don't even know how i feel about it. indifference maybe the right world. to put it into perspective, AI and ray allen both had monster games the same day as they scored 39 and 42 respectively. but add them up and you get 81. that's pretty damn ridiculous. (side note: have you noticed that kobe looks different than he was before? his face seems thinner with his cheekbone as prominent as ever. i can't pinpoint it but it's different than when he was a 3 peat laker.)

the other news in the nba are the trades. peja is now a pacers and ron ron is playing for the kings. ron ron will bring some toughness to a decent starting 5. no they won't make the playoff, but it'll be interesting to see how the new kings are gonna play together. besides bibby, it's a different team than the one that couldn't beat lakers in the big games. this team is not much of an upgrade, but they will be alrite. on the flip side, peja may struggle as a pacers too because i'm not entirely sure he can play the type of defense that rick carlisle wants his team to play. but then again, as a columnist pointed out, they can use peja the same way they used reggie, with a lot of screens for catch-and-shoot.

another block buster trade was celtics/wolves 7 men swap. basically wally and kandi man are in the celtics green and ricky davis and mark blount are playing for wolves. it's really just spare parts exchange, though i do like the trade because it got rid of 2 guys whom i don't like on wolves. kandi man is as impotent as ever, so getting rid of him is addition by subtraction. though i'm not quite sure about mark blount. he may just be another dud. i like ricky davis though, i think his quickness and penetration can help out KG a little more. more than wally can anyway.