Mile-High Failure

So the Nuggest played like crap this whole series, anyone who has watched the games knows that they were perhaps the biggest disappointment of the whole playoffs.  Both Melo' and AI played terribly, and the Nuggets' defense couldn't stop Kobe.  George Karl is going to have to make some changes for his team for the future.  It's obvious that they had the capabilities of being a good team, you don't win 50 games in todays Western Conference if you don't have some talent, they have two of the best scorers in the league in Anthony and Iverson, they have a former defensive player of the year in Marcus Camby, who led the league in blocks and was second in rebounds this year, and they have good role players like JR Smith and Linas Kleiza.  All in all, what this team really needs in some form of consistency and for them to have that, the team is going to need to have its stars step up.

The unachievable 8-seed

For some reason, the Denver Nuggets feel like they need to just give the 8-seed to the Golden State Warriors.  The Nuggets put together a good run, moved ahead of the Warriors for the final playoff spot, and then ran into the immovable wall of......the Sacramento Kings?  Sooooo they lost to the lottery-bound Kings, but that was alright because they were about to visit the Seattle Supersonics, who they had already crushed three times this season, so what do they do?  They lose?  Again!!!  Luckily, despite Denver's determination to give up the final playoff spot, Golden State hasn't been doing so well either, so as of right now, the two teams are tied for the 8-spot and meet Thursday in a game that may as well decide who will be staying home for the playoffs. 

What a game

Monday night's National Championship game between the Memphis Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks was one of the best title games I have ever seen.  The game had everything you could want in a championship game: the two undisputed best teams in the country, a stirring comeback, a last second shot, NBA-caliber players, and an overtime victory.  Mario Chalmers's game-tying 3-pointer with less then three seconds left sent the game into overtime, where Kansas prevailed due to the Tiger's poor free-throw-shooting.  Something that writers had been saying about them all year finally came back to haunt them as the free-throw-shooting cost Memphis the game.

So what is the big deal?

I don't understand why everyone is making such a big deal about Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart being pictured at his house with a group of co-eds in his hot tub.  He was reprimanded by coach Ken Wisenhunt and people are treating him as if he was caught stealing.  My question is......who cares?  Why is it such a big deal?  He's single, he's a millionaire, and he was at his own house.  He was not cheating on any spouse, he wasn't doing any drugs, he was just partying and doing what any young, single, millionaire would do, having a good time.  It's not that big of a deal and people need to leave it alone.