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I will not watch a Summerslam headlined by Umaga vs Cena. I just won't.

Camps and individual workouts/interviews are going to play a bigger role than usual this year because of the uncertainty of all the players this year. I think this'll be another draft where a guy taken mid to late 1st round can turn out to be a better player than those taken as a lottery pick. GM's have their work cut out for them this year. Time to earn that paycheck. It's drafts like these that I'm glad my team (Kings) have a guy like Geoff Petrie.

That's too much PPV if you ask me. It's called saturating the market. If and when the ECW PPV's start outdrawing the WWE PPV's is going to intrigue me because that's when Steph and/or Vince step in and start to kill ECW, not remembering they own it. Still, 14 PPV's a year at $35 bucks a pop and WM @ $50 is too much.

I'm slowly starting to get back my MMA game. Used to be into Pride really big from ending of 2001 up through the end of 2003. Then a bunch of things hit in a row and I fell off (father had a stroke, moved away from city I'd lived in for more than 13 years) Slowly, I'm starting to get back into things though. I've been keeping up online and trying to catch up to fights and read up on history.

That's a decision that will get someone fired. Morrison needs to be on a better team than Charlotte to be effective. I agree. I don't believe in the Morrison hype that much at the next level either. Next Larry Bird my ass. More like the next Keith Van Horn. I am starting to doubt that people will ever understand how good Keith Van Horn has been in his career. My statement is more defending Larry Bird than downing Keith Van Horn. It seems any white guy over 6'7 who has a perimeter shot is pegged Larry Bird and it's not right. KVH is a career 16ppg guy, which isn't bad. Not great, especially for the 2nd overall pick the year he came out, but he's solid, if unspectacular. Morrison should be glad if he can hit KVH levels of success because he's a worse rebounder and defender than KVH ever was.

DaVinci Code will probrably have a huge dropoff next weekend with X-3 and people holding out listening to bad reviews, but on a moneymaking level, it made $224 million worldwide, which makes it a financial success.

At the end of the match, Finlay was left saying it wasn't over.

And just like that the Pistons are back in it.

D-Wade put it down in the 1st! 6-6 from the field.

The whole point to being a manager is to help get the wrestler paired up with you over. Estrada doesn't compliment Umaga, he upstages him. What he does, he does to get himself over and not Umaga. And I don't think he's funny and I don't laugh at everything he does. In fact, I usually turn the channel now when he comes on the screen. That's just me though. I see his appeal to some and that's fine for them, but he's not my cup of tea.

That's a decision that will get someone fired. Morrison needs to be on a better team than Charlotte to be effective. I agree. I don't believe in the Morrison hype that much at the next level either. Next Larry Bird my ass. More like the next Keith Van Horn.

You don't rig a weak draft like this one for a major market, especially since there are practically zero franchise type players this year.

Chad Ford of ESPN says the Raptors are high on Andrea Bargnini of Italy as a #1 pick and Bargnini wants to play in Toronto. He's a 7 footer who scouts say is Nowitzki like in that he can put the ball on the floor and shoot the 3. Chicago will take Thomas. They may also deal the pick, depending on what they can get for a package of pick #2 and Chandler. They have a ton of operating room right now to get a very good. Bobcats will likely take Adam Morrison or Brandon Roy, leaning more towards Morrison.

Dammit, I'm stuck at work. Who has the top 3 picks?

Laetner actually made an All Star appearance and put up near All Star numbers for a number of years. I wouldn't put him in that category. The Trajan Langdon comparisons are the best analogy except Langdon is worse because he was a lottery pick while Reddick will probrably be a late 1st round-2nd round pick and even if he's not picked, will be invited to someone's camp.

LOL!! at Reddick averaging double figures in the league, let alone 15. He won't even get that on Cleveland or Lakerland. Guess we'll see next year.

Here is a link lifted from the F4W message board with a madeup song by a guy named Mr Canada using Bas Rutten video sound bites (I think the Rutten video is from his street fighting techniques video) to the tune of Eminem's My Name is... MY NAME IS (EL GUAPO) - The Uncut Extended Unrated Version! (3:46) http://www.rapidsharing.com/3c95a6c403eadb50df469f18c05837de

Next year's the year to get a top 3 pick since potentially you can land either Greg Oden, Joakim Noah, or Josh McRoberts. Depending on how a few other freshman play, the year to get a high pick is next year.

I heard a rumor that Umaga may be groomed for an ME run in the fall, which is an idea that I completely hate. Umaga should be positioned as the upper midcard foil the face has to get by before challenging for the WWE title. He shouldn't be main eventing. Basically, Umaga should be to Raw what Abyss is to TNA- the monster guy you have to conquer to get to the champ. On the subject of Umaga, I do not like Estrada. I think he overacts. That deal on OVW is fine because it's that hokey small promotion/borderline indy stuff. But on the big league level, it doesnt' work for me. Since when does overacting = charisma? Estrada=overrated.

Reddick will be lucky to be a 2nd round pick. I don't think he'll get his shot off in the league, even with double teams. The recovery defense in the league is still pretty good and the length of players in the NBA vs college game is enormous. Add to that Reddick isn't a good ball handler and will be an even bigger liability on defense and you see why I think he'll be lucky to be a 10-12th man on a roster.

Detroit in 7- Miami is definitely going to take one of the first 2 in Detroit. Either game 1 because they had the rest or game 2 because fatigue is going to catch up to Detroit for playing 7 with the Cavs. I think Detroit will win game 1 though, Miami will take the next 2, Detroit takes game 4 to tie, then the home teams wins out the rest of the series. Dallas in 5- I'd like this to go longer, but I think the high of knocking off the Spurs will give Dallas a ton of positive momentum and propel them to the Finals. Dallas can shoot it out with the Suns, they just can't do it for the entire series. They'll pick and choose their spots of when to go shot for shot. The difference here is Dallas can get a stop if the game is close. Phoenix is good for one on their floor.

KG is versatile enough to play all the frontcourt positions, depending on what is needed. Having KG on your roster is a good thing. BTW, that is an interesting Clipper trade for KG. Might be something there since Maggette is definitely going to be moved. Also cheech, the Cavs should not take Reddick. He's going to be lucky to even get his shot off in this league.

More like 80/20 that Vince would make Joe a Savage.

I say Curtis opens 24-Season 6 and leads the operation to break Jack out of Chinese prison.

Like I said, you are always in the game vs the Suns