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I hope to God that Goldwire from Charlotte just cost his team an NCAA tourney berth for being a fucking moron. Karma's a bitch.

This guy from Charlotte is a HUGE fucking idiot. They're up 2 over GW with 5.7 seconds left. They have the ball and are ready to shoot free throws and he throws a wild elbow which could end up giving GW a tech that could save them.

Are the other brackets going to have some competitive games in front of crowds or are we looking at a bunch of mercy rule type deals with 1 fan in every 10th seat with them as well?

It was a gut feeling. I had the same thing the night before he lost to Safin at the AO Semis last year. I think Nadal was in his head before this match, and it's even more distinct now. Federer knows he can beat anyone else at any time as long as he's healthy. The only guys he doubts himself against are Nadal and perhaps Nalbandian. I think you meant to say Rafa can beat Roger on anything but grass, because well he's the clay court king and all. It's a good day to be named Rafael, but a bad day to be a Federer fan.

Federer choked as I suspected he might. He made Nadal look like a scrub in the first set and then gagged away the next two. Mauresmo did the same against Petrova (aside from winning a set), so it wasn't a good day for me at all. I'm hoping for better at IW.

The Rock?

Mauresmo becomes # 1 if she beats Petrova in the Doha final this weekend. She'll get it either way at the end of IW since Clijsters isn't playing and will lose at least 300 points, but it would be nice to see her take it with a victory instead of backdooring it. Hingis can't seem to win back to back matches against top 10 level talent, so I don't see her getting any higher than maybe # 8 by the end of the year. While that's not bad by any means, I was hoping she'd at least be able to go .500 against the best players and right now she's not even close to that. I hope Fed cruises, but I have the distinct feeling that my namesake will improve to 3-1 against Roger.

Beats the hell out of me. It's not like Duke/UNC fans give a shit about the team and that's pretty much all there is in that state. I think even lowly NC State is higher on the totem pole than the NBA franchise. I hope Okafor leaves them at the first available opportunity since he doesn't deserve that kind of punishment. Sadly, it looks like the critics who said he'd be too fragile were right and Dwight Howard was the guy who should have been picked first. It would have been kind of funny though if the Magic had picked Emeka since they could have sat him next to Grant Hill on the bench as 2/5 of the NBA All Kinds of Potential but Fragile as Fuck 1st team.

Ouch. They're going to be in both New Orleans and Oklahoma before long, so it doesn't matter either way. I want the Hornets to have a few games in New Orleans, not stay there, but it looks like they will anyway. Stern's already said they will. Even though we are now percentage points behind CHARLOTTE for the worst record in the league you need to stop being so negative. The Knicks are the best team in the NBA at losing games and we're # 1 in payroll! How many teams lead the league in 2 such diverse categories? That's what I thought.

Does anyone else think Ben Gordon would score 25-30 a game if he was a Knick? The guy fucking KILLS the Knicks every time out. He's clutch, something we don't have and we ended up trading for half of the Baby Bulls but of course didn't get him or Hinrich which would have made the team better. I like how CW was optimistic about a game in which the Knicks gave up the final 11 points of the game and blew a 16 point lead. 22 losses in 24 games baby. Somebody get Isiah an extension! Oh yeah, Lil Nate and David Lee didn't play yet again.

Stupid double post.

That was a really exciting final couple of minutes. If Sammy had hit that 3 from 3/4 court that would've been the best finish to a game I've seen this year.

I'm Puerto Rican and I want to strangle Team Boricua, especially the mother. The two old sisters need muzzles. D & D are hot as fuck. The hippies need to win so we can see them smoke a victory joint.

None of those guys were criticizing him. They ended up criticizing Danny Ferry for not giving LeBron the pieces needed so that he's not a one man show. They fit in the camp that never get on LeBron. Wilbon is the only ESPN guy I see who goes after LeBron and says that Carmelo and Wade are better.

Almost every sports analyst in the country. Within the last hour to be specific, John Saunders, Scottie Pippen, Tim Legler and Greg Anthony. Is that clear enough?

Clearly the answer is not JUST to sleep with Scarlett, but to videotape it and "lose the tape" so that your name becomes half of the most searched terms on Google. That way you end up fucking a star, the world has proof that you did it, AND as a bonus you end up upstaging the fucker who beat you for your award.

No, I just find it ridiculous that everyone is acting like LeBron not wanting to take the big shot is a good thing when someone else hits the game winner, but then talk out of the other side of their mouth and say he plays with a bunch of scrubs when they lose because someone else missed the big shot. I'm not denying his statsheet stuffing ability, I just don't think he's a good leader or a clutch player. 14 points in the last 5 4th quarters and not wanting to take a shot on the last 5 possessions yesterday is not something I expect from a guy people still want to talk about as an MVP candidate, especially when the team is sliding yet again. I'm not saying that he should jack up a shot just to get it up, but he cannot rely on a bunch of no names to bail him out all of the time because they are no names for a reason. As the only good player on the team he gets all the praise, but he should also get some criticism for the glaring holes in his game, but it seems like he's bulletproof because he's "only 21" or "only in his 3rd year", but 99% of the hype is BECAUSE he's "only 21" or "only in his 3rd year". I'm just tired of seeing the fucking guy everywhere, except coming up big in the 4th quarter of critical games.

Carmelo played one year of college ball (35 games), LeBron is now in his 3rd NBA season with almost 220 games played in an offense structured around him to take the game winning shot, what's the point there? Is he a slow learner or is 'Melo just more advanced? If Cleveland has to rely on Flip Murray and role players of that ilk to win all of their big games they won't ever be able to get out of the first round of the playoffs. But then again, I'd enjoy that so pass the ball LeBron, pass it all of the time.

Carmelo and Wade have done so fairly consistently. My point is that I'd rather see someone like Kobe try and fail miserably, than not see a guy even attempt to put the team on his back when it really matters. LeBron is like Sammy Sosa or A-Rod, they put up huge stats but come up really fucking small when the team needs someone to make the big play. Flip Murray and Anderson Varejao shouldn't be taking game winning shots if LeBron has the ball in his hands most nights, and from what I've seen he's less likely to keep the ball and shoulder the blame than he is to be the one his franchise lives and dies by, which doesn't bode well for the Cavs should they ever make the playoffs.

That was a good play because of the outcome. If Murray misses the shot, or the final play is his pass that was 3 feet behind Varejao, I'm sure you guys would still praise him because apparently LeBron can do no wrong. On the four previous possessions he could have iced the game but passed it up 3 times and didn't even touch the ball on the fourth one. He's scored 14 points in the last five 4th quarters (Flip had 11 yesterday) and his team nearly gave up a 25 point lead in the midst of a playoff push, but I forgot the rules of criticism do not apply to the anointed one. My humblest apologies. If there's anyone in the league needed to make the play that wins or loses it all, I'm now going with LeBron because that's what I've been instructed to do, and statistics be damned.

65% of shots from what distance? A corner 3 is one of the hardest shots to make in the game even though it's the closest of the 3 point shots because you don't have much if any rim or backboard to work with. Most importantly, Flip Murray is not Reggie Miller or Ray Allen. The Cavs were 30-20 last year and leading the division. . . they went 12-20 down the stretch and didn't make the playoffs. Sounds like a chokejob to me. The Cavs had the same record, or maybe it was 30-21 that they mentioned, and were in the midst of a 5 game losing skid, and nearly choked a 25 point lead away just last night. They're under .500 w/o Hughes, and he's not coming back in the regular season. The numbers are there to say that they could very well miss the playoffs AGAIN even when being 10 over with about 30 to go. 'Melo and Wade haven't gagged away surefire playoff spots yet. When they do, I'll shit on them for playing poor down the stretch. When the "King" carries his team to a playoff spot on a good run instead of trying to backdoor his way in on a losing streak I'll praise him.

The only thing working against Pitt/W. Va., even if they run the table is that it would mean that the monster that is the Big East would have three of the 1 seeds, and that all 4 teams would play on the East coast when you toss in Duke.

Which one? Half of the guys were geeks.

I am arguing that setting up FLIP MURRAY for a 3 pointer when LeBron was two dribbles from the hoop is not the best play because if he draws contact he will get 2 free throws. If Flip misses the 3, and the Cavs blow a 25 point lead last night, who gets the blame? Flip Murray for missing the shot instead of LeBron for giving it to him to take in the first place, and that's bullshit. The average 3 point shooter only makes about 35% of their attempts, wide open or not, if that's the "best" percentage shot in the game, then please tell me what's the worst. Wade delivering a facial to 'The Prince of the Palace' in Miami didn't look wide open to me. There was also the matter of D-Wade going off for the last 17 against Detroit of all teams to win a game. LeBron might do that against the Bobcats, Hawks or Knicks, but there's not a chance in hell he'd take over a meaningful game because he is not that kind of player. Also, Wade broke him down off of the dribble and hit the J, something a superstar should be able to do. Carmelo's hit many contested game winners too. If LeBron can score 31 a game, but only average like 2.5 points per in the 4th quarter during a critical losing streak something is WRONG with his game.

What about his draftmates Carmelo and Wade? They are two of the best at closing the deal. They've both taken teams singlehandedly to the playoffs. That's all I'm saying, if LeBron is so "great" why can't he do the things necessary to win games and take his team to an 8 seed in the weak Eastern Conference? I think Kobe tried taking game winners early on and failed, but LeBron doesn't seem to WANT to have that pressure on his shoulders, and much like Yao Ming I don't think you can teach him to break his passive style of play because that's who he is. It's not like LeBron's ever going to play with another guy who is the primary scoring option so if he's not going to do it now, when is he going to start? He had five chances to get it done yesterday in the final minute and change and passed it 4 times and avoided the ball a fifth time. There were a bunch of bums relatively speaking wearing Cavs jerseys on the court, and he didn't drive all the way to the hole (where you KNOW he'd get the call anyway) or pull up and take a big shot, he passed it to a guy in a bad position or 20+ feet from the hoop each time, that's not a coincidence to me.