The east meets west in the most exciting basketball final to the very end!!!! The east, Boston Celtics, coached by Glenn " Doc" Rivers versus the Los Angeles Lakers, coached by Phil Jackson met their fate last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles!!! Did the LA Lakers retained their NBA crown or did the Boston Celtics rob it from them??? Stay tuned....
Who are these two franchises and their coaches???? This is the 5th time these two powerhouse have competed with each other, Boston Celtics defeating the LA Lakers 4 times!!! Doc Rivers played for the US in the 1982 World Championship basketball, the US garnering a silver medal, and DOC earning MVP honors. He was the assistant coach in 2001 for the USA men's basketball team at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, where they captured the gold medal!!!! Very impressive qualification indeed!!!! This is his 5th season with the Boston Celtics, the 16th head coach of the franchise since 2004! On the other hand, Phil Jackson was the prior coach of the Chicago Bulls who won 6 NBA titles from 1989 to 1998, with Michael Jordan!! Phil has been with the Lakers since 2000 and has earned 4 NBA titles with the team!!! Wow!!! How about that??? He has a lot of the NBA championship rings!!!! Is that all you can think of, the rings??? Yup!!! If he decide to wear all of those rings, he will have all of his fingers including his pinkies with rings!!! If he is in the water, will he sink or float with all those heavy rings???? Ha! Ha! Ha!! You are sooo crazy!!! Enough of your silly, outrageous thinking!!! Sorry, I cannot help it!!! I was just thinking that if he wins this game, where will he put this ring??? On his nose??? He! He! He!!! You are really, really insane!!!! Back to Phil... he is an outstanding coach, no doubt about it!!!! No wonder he is earning 12 million a year!!! Let us go back to Game 7.
The beginnining of Game 7 was just blah, nothing exceptional. It was a one sided game in favor of the Boston Celtics. I was so sure that the Celtics will surely win at that point!!!! No doubt about it since the Lakers were playing sluggish and Kobe Bryant seems not to be landing his ball in the basket! I was disappointed with the game, there was not too much action, so I turned off the TV. At around 11:00 pm, I was just going to see who won, but the game was still going on. The Boston Celtics were still on top of the game, until 7 minutes to go, and bam!! the Lakers tied the score: 61-61!!!! It was a roller coaster ride from then on, and it was an exciting, very intense ball game!!! There were beautiful 3 pointer shots by both teams!! Unbelievable!!! The Lakers were able to come from behind and once they were leading, they never let it go!!!! At that point, there was sheer determination on Kobe Bryant and team to win!!! They were smelling the roses, the icing in the cake that seems to elude them at the start of Game 7!!! It seems that 7 minutes before the end of the game, the Lakers suddenly woke up in a deep slumber!!! What was the sudden adrenaline rush at the end? There were other great players like Ron Artest that was helping Kobe accomplish their goal.!! Artest, the player involved in a brawl with the fans in Detroit, was instrumental in the Lakers defense! You could see that the players were sooo tired and edgy until the end because both teams were very determined to win!!!
Who finally won??? The Lakers won, 83-79!!! This is a back to back win for the Lakers, the 5th NBA championship for Kobe and 11th win for Phil Jackson as an NBA coach!!! Jackson, 64, is now a free agent! Will he stay in LA try another title next year or will he move on to other pastures??? That remains to be seen!!! Didn't he also get a bonus for winning the 2010 NBA championship??? There is also a rumor that the owner of LA Lakers, Jerry Buss, is asking him for a pay cut!!! Will he do it in respect to Buss' daughter, his girlfriend??? Now, now, you are gossiping. Leave the two alone!!! His finances does not have anything to do with their relationship!!! Oh,ya??? She is the daughter of the owner... she might be able to persuade him to take a pay cut and stay in LA for another shot at the championship next season!!!! What do you all think?????
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers!!! Yo, Lakers, you did it again!! Hep! Hep! Hurray!!!!!
Posted by vs at 6/18/2010 8:10 AM Add Comment
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
To Leave or Not To Leave
To leave or not to leave??? That was the million dollar question that was haunting Tom Izzo for a few days. The agony of waiting for his fans finally came to an end with his press conference last night! Is he leaving or not??? Who is he???
Who is Tom Izzo?? For those of you who do not know him, he is the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team in East Lansing, Michigan. He just completed his 15th year directing the Spartans! Tom, 55, is a 4 time National Coach of the Year, won the 2000 National Championship, and has led the Spartans to 6 Final Fours, including the last 2!!!! A very impressive accomplishment indeed for a college basketball coach!!! He is making 3 million a year as head coach of the Spartans! What is the big uproar then?? He was offered 2 times of what he is making by Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who is an alumni of Michigan State!!! He was going to replace the fired Cavaliers coach, Mike Brown!! Can you imagine that? Six million dollars a season for up to 5 years, with perks including the use of one of Gilbert's private jets!!! How neat will that be??? So, you could just imagine the things going in on Izzo's mind and the agony of deciding which way to go!!! That was one sweet and juicy offer that nobody can resist!!! Can you blame him for taking his time to make up his mind??? Of course not!!! This is once in a lifetime offer that people would really think very carefully if it is worth to transfer!!!!!!
What will Izzo gain to move to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers??? Power?? I think he already has that in the NCAA! Prestige?? He has that!!! Money??? He has that! He is already earning 3 million dollars a year!!! But if he move to Cleveland, his salary will be doubled!!! He is going to move up coaching the professionals!!! You are right! That is one, what else??? He can prove to himself and others that he can do it and be successful!!!! That is true! What else?? I cannot think of anything else, can you???
On the other hand, what will he gain if he stays at MSU????? He is under contract with MSU until 2016! That is not a gain! Okay! NBA is different than college football! The NBA players are making millions more than the coaches and they have big heads and big egos, bigger than a watermelon!!! Am I right??? The professional players have different work ethics than the college kids because they are spoiled NBA players and they think that they are superstars!!! Do you think Izzo can handle that??? Maybe, maybe not!!! I think Izzo can handle them. He is fiery, emotional and demanding of his players!!! Oh, oh.... stop!!! I can see from this that he might always have conflicts with the players! If he is headstrong like the NBA players are, there will always be a collision!!! Don't you all think so????
Well, well, well.. Did he choose his heart or his head?? Fortune or loyalty??? Kids or men???? There was sooo much outpouring of support for Tom Izzo on the Michigan State's campus that probably helped him decide!!! There were banners all over town!!!! So, tell us, what did he choose???
Okay, here goes.... sound the drums, please.....bam! bam! bam! Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Izzo chose to stay at MSU!!! The MSU fans and alumni must be realy grinning from ear to ear, much to the chagrin of the University of Michigan Blue fans, their #1 competitor!!! Sorry, Blue, Tom Izzo is here to stay!!! You cannot get rid of him that quick!!! Good decision, Tom. I wonder though if MSU gave him a raise???? Hmmmmm....Does anybody care to comment????
Well, there goes another chapter of Tom Izzo's life!!! I think that he made the right choice considering that he is going to coach LeBron James. Did LeBron have anything to do with the firing of the Cleveland Cavaliers coach??? Why? He was going to be a free agent come July 1st. Did they listen to him??? Oh..oh.. do not assume anything!!!! Tell me basketball fans, what really happened????? Enough of the Cavaliers!
Let us all wish Tom Izzo continuous success on all his endeavors, especially as coach of the one and only Spartans!!!! Way to go, Tom!!!!! Go Green!!!!!!
Posted by vs at 6/16/2010 8:43 AM Add Comment
Who is Tom Izzo?? For those of you who do not know him, he is the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team in East Lansing, Michigan. He just completed his 15th year directing the Spartans! Tom, 55, is a 4 time National Coach of the Year, won the 2000 National Championship, and has led the Spartans to 6 Final Fours, including the last 2!!!! A very impressive accomplishment indeed for a college basketball coach!!! He is making 3 million a year as head coach of the Spartans! What is the big uproar then?? He was offered 2 times of what he is making by Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who is an alumni of Michigan State!!! He was going to replace the fired Cavaliers coach, Mike Brown!! Can you imagine that? Six million dollars a season for up to 5 years, with perks including the use of one of Gilbert's private jets!!! How neat will that be??? So, you could just imagine the things going in on Izzo's mind and the agony of deciding which way to go!!! That was one sweet and juicy offer that nobody can resist!!! Can you blame him for taking his time to make up his mind??? Of course not!!! This is once in a lifetime offer that people would really think very carefully if it is worth to transfer!!!!!!
What will Izzo gain to move to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers??? Power?? I think he already has that in the NCAA! Prestige?? He has that!!! Money??? He has that! He is already earning 3 million dollars a year!!! But if he move to Cleveland, his salary will be doubled!!! He is going to move up coaching the professionals!!! You are right! That is one, what else??? He can prove to himself and others that he can do it and be successful!!!! That is true! What else?? I cannot think of anything else, can you???
On the other hand, what will he gain if he stays at MSU????? He is under contract with MSU until 2016! That is not a gain! Okay! NBA is different than college football! The NBA players are making millions more than the coaches and they have big heads and big egos, bigger than a watermelon!!! Am I right??? The professional players have different work ethics than the college kids because they are spoiled NBA players and they think that they are superstars!!! Do you think Izzo can handle that??? Maybe, maybe not!!! I think Izzo can handle them. He is fiery, emotional and demanding of his players!!! Oh, oh.... stop!!! I can see from this that he might always have conflicts with the players! If he is headstrong like the NBA players are, there will always be a collision!!! Don't you all think so????
Well, well, well.. Did he choose his heart or his head?? Fortune or loyalty??? Kids or men???? There was sooo much outpouring of support for Tom Izzo on the Michigan State's campus that probably helped him decide!!! There were banners all over town!!!! So, tell us, what did he choose???
Okay, here goes.... sound the drums, please.....bam! bam! bam! Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Izzo chose to stay at MSU!!! The MSU fans and alumni must be realy grinning from ear to ear, much to the chagrin of the University of Michigan Blue fans, their #1 competitor!!! Sorry, Blue, Tom Izzo is here to stay!!! You cannot get rid of him that quick!!! Good decision, Tom. I wonder though if MSU gave him a raise???? Hmmmmm....Does anybody care to comment????
Well, there goes another chapter of Tom Izzo's life!!! I think that he made the right choice considering that he is going to coach LeBron James. Did LeBron have anything to do with the firing of the Cleveland Cavaliers coach??? Why? He was going to be a free agent come July 1st. Did they listen to him??? Oh..oh.. do not assume anything!!!! Tell me basketball fans, what really happened????? Enough of the Cavaliers!
Let us all wish Tom Izzo continuous success on all his endeavors, especially as coach of the one and only Spartans!!!! Way to go, Tom!!!!! Go Green!!!!!!
Posted by vs at 6/16/2010 8:43 AM Add Comment
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