The NBA All Star Circus

Welcome to the big show. In my incredible arrogance, I have decided that my friends (and hopefully some others ) will care or be amused by what I write about sports. I have been thinking about creating a blog ever since Barney Stinson made it cool. ( If your thinking to your self who in the hell is Barney Stinson , then you should watch How I met your mother on Monday at 830 0n CBS . There is my shameless plug for our sponsor, CBS. ) Now that the idea of blog went from nerdy to somewhat cool (kinda of like how Steve Carell made being a virgin somewhat popular), I decided I needed to be involved. So since there are like 10,000,000 sports blogs and like 99 percent of them are about the NFL , I have decided that my blog will be about the two things in sports I love the most. 1) The NBA 2) The New York Yankees. (Hence the title)

Due to the fact that the NBA is at the all star break and that baseball steroids have not even been shipped yet, this was probably not the best day to start a blog. However, as my bro Mitch would say, " You got to be in it win it. "

The NBA All Star game. Is it any thing more then Purple pinstripe suits , Somewhat sexy strippers and terrible turnovers. Yet I can't look away. Its kind of like how I feel when I watch Desperate Housewives. So since I like gambling as much as basketball here is an over under of what you will see tonight.

O/U of 1.5 Mentions that Shaq Kobe and Phil Jackson were together in LA hated each others guts and now love each other as much as Rhianna and Chris Brown. BTW. This is maybe the most interesting part of the game to me. This guy Kobe literally walked into the GM's office in 2004 and told Jerry Buss and Mitch Kupchak that if they don't get rid of Shaq and Phil he is bouncing. I love it, this after Shaq and Phil lead them to the 3 straight titles where Kobe was second fiddle. Then Kobe gets arrested for having a little to much "passion for the game" in Colorado and costs them their fourth straight title by refusing to pass the ball against the Pistons. He still has the unbelievable stones to demand that they get rid of Shaq and Phil. The Lakers did what he asked because lets face it Kobe was the best player in the game at the time. I love how every time they play against each other now they fake hug at half court as if they love each other. ( Reminds me of the presidential debates when they shake hands before they are about to rip their credibility to shreds.) So let the fake love fest begin.
O/U of .5 amount of comments about Craig Sager's suit ---- I mean seriously how does this guy still have a job? He has suits that make Sinatra look like a hobo. This guy does terrible interview after terrible interview and yet he gets to cover TNT's biggest sporting events. WHY You may ask? Well its because he dresses like like a pimp. I wonder if I went to work tomorrow and did nothing to contribute but I wore a purple suit would I still get a promotion? Probably not.Take the over..

O/U of 25 spectacular plays ---Here is the major thing about this game. The players will play less defense then the Knicks and they will probably have a few too many terrible turnovers but there will be some awesome, incredibly athletic plays. That's the reason I watch. Well that and because I am secretly hoping that Joe Johnson goes off for like 50 points and they have to give him the MVP. (David Stern will be like the "MVP is uh who? Joe Johnson? I mean Kobe Bryant. " ) The bottom line is this is by far the best all star game of all the three major sports. ( sorry hockey)

The talent level is truly displayed at a high level. Isn't that why we watch sports??