- I waited for the NBA All-Star game to finish before making a post so I can see a highlight worth noting and spending an entire paragraph or two with it. And that highlight? Kobe Bryant's lockdown defense on LeBron James (And that's a statement without any bias with Kobe whatsoever... go Kobe!). This has got to be one of the most scratching-my-head scenarios in basketball's entirety; Kuya LeBron is steam rolling everyone in the NBA with his impeccable efficiency in offense (More on that later.) and translating it into wins. But on big time moments in big time games where he can hog the big ass spotlight, he throws a stone at it and knocks the light off to other people. On that All-Star game, not only did he knocked off the light, Kobe hit him in the head with it. Lockdowned on D and a couple of blocked shots, LeBron's offensive brilliance has now become almost a memory, thanks to Kobe. He could have chose to bulldoze his way inside and kick Kobe's ass in the process, but for whatever reason he opted not to. It's as mysterious as the question "Who came first? The chicken or the egg?"
- Going back on LeBron's offense lately, it made me say "Finally! He's enlightened!" There is a reason why Jay De La Cruz (The name of my NBA 2K13 MyPlayer mode) guards LeBron a few inches away from him; he's trying to prevent him from driving to the basket and letting him take jump shots, which he miserably miss and De La Cruz looking like a damn good defensive genius. He was born to drive to the basket and not miss from there, and that's what he's doing lately. That's why he'll never be the next Michael Jordan; he'll be the first LeBron James.
- And everyone who hates the idea of Michael Jordan picking Kobe over LeBron has definitely posses MJ's perspective, or share it. If MJ had his way, he'd pick a scorer instead of a freak athlete because that's what he is. Let's think of it like MJ picked Kobe because he sees Kobe in him and used the "Five beats one everytime" line as an excuse. Well... yes. At LeBron's age now, Kobe had won three (and I just said that in a very biased manner. Suck it!).
- So what the hell the Lakers need to do now? The question that have been asked a million times in a span of four months. All I knew before was the team was in jeopardy since Mike Brown's hiring, even though they had a winning regular season last year. Now, all I think it's management's fault, headed by Jim Buss; firing Mike Brown in the wrongest of times and hiring Mike D'Antoni in the wrongest of times. The butterfly effect.
- Teams doing well minus their star players: Chicago (Derrick Rose), Boston (Rajon Rondo), Indiana (Danny Granger), Denver (no star player).
- Teams who could do well minus star players: L.A. Lakers (2012-13 Dwight Howard), L.A. Lakers (2011 Playoffs Pau Gasol), L.A. Lakers (every other star player in other teams are injured or suspended.)
- Here's to the Lakers who might not be the same without this guy. Dr. Jerry Buss. Thanks for everything!
Quick local thoughts and more after the jump.
- I thought everyone in the PBA agreed to lend players to the national team straight up? Now Sonny Thoss is regulated to "observer" in the Gilas practice until Alaska gets eliminated in the 2nd Conference. WTH??? The Gilas die hard fan in me wishes the Aces find it's place in the bottom of the standings for the next 18 years.
- Still rooting for a Herbert Hill-Matt Rogers showdown. By then Manila Clasico will be dubbed as "Bad Imports' Game 2013". Now it's impossible to happen. Sayang.
- Back to the Aces, after the referee Edward Aquino incident, the probability of Calvin Abueva injuring a table official in a game now increased from 28% to 61%.
- The Shield going clean over the team of Ryback, Sheamus, and John Cena is one of the big question mark that is lurking over my head right now. The biggest is what is John Cena doing in that match. If his program with The Rock now declared to the public, then why did he join that match? They should have given that spot to Randy Orton, so they could go on to WrestleMania 29 and have a Hell in a Cell match (Now that's fantasy booking right there.).
- And the most bizarre, most surprising, most mind blowing story of this past week; Oscar Pistorius' shooting incident. Who would've thought that that ridiculous shooting incident will happen to the most celebrated example of human victory. Speechless.
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