Mr.Phil Will You Please Shut Up!

The NBA Playoffs are right around the corner and already a familiar voice is speaking out of turn again. My only plea, Phil Jackson can you please shut up?! I mean seriously what has Kevin Durant done to you? He now has the record for youngest player to win a scoring title which is quite the incredible feat and yet you have to try to diminish that feat just because he's coming in to town to face your team, the team already expected to win nonetheless? *



I find this to be in poor taste Mr.Jackson, I always was a fan of your ways back when you coached the great Bulls teams and even during your first tenure with LA, but now that aura you used to have is diminishing at a steady rate which has slowly but surely led me to almost despise you. I don't see you taking any shots at veterans in the league either and that may be my biggest issue with all of this. In 2008 during the Boston Celtics championship run you went out of your way to mispronounce Leon Powe's name. During that post conference, now a NBA classic, we watched you look at the box score and wonder how "POW"** got the best of you. Sadly your arrogance didn't pay off in that series to no ones surprise.



I'm looking forward to the Lakers v. Thunder series and I hope it surprises people. Is it bad that I am pulling for an upset now? Who knows, but one thing I'm sure of is that Phil Jackson needs to go back to his Zen-like mentality and shut his mouth.





*The original quote basically just said that Durant gets to the line too often because the refs call a special game for him. Which in turn is why he shoots so many free throws and scores so much.

** It's pronounced like Poe

Dynasty Over??? I Think Not ESPN!

So I recently read an article on ESPN's website,http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4728559, and I was disappointed with all I heard. Has the championship window of opportunity passed for the New England Patriots? I find this extremely hard to believe!

Shouldn't we know by now that a team featuring Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will always have a chance at championship glory?? The nation is in a state of amnesia due to a few minor flops in a season in which the Patriots are still contenders. The defense is struggling, but the offense is very good, granted not as good as it was during the 18-1 season, but no offense will ever be that good, sorry Saints fans'. So if the Patriots make the playoffs, which they will, am I to believe that no one is worrying about them winning it all?? The Saints and Dolphins beat the Pats 2x in a row, this is true, but is it also forgotten that New England was a yard short of beating the undefeated Colts? That yard is looking huge right about now, but it was in fact only a yard...The Patriots make that and we aren't questioning this dynasty anymore are we?

I'm sorry but I don't believe this dynasty is ending or will end anytime soon. Receivers, Defensive players and Coordinators may change, but the Patriots should never be counted out.



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