Mock Drafts? DeMar DeRozan, Who?

It’s June 3rd. If I do quick math, It is 22 days away from the NBA draft. While most people will be tuning in for the finals, the draft has taken the attention of others. Every blogger who writes for a Lottery team has already posted their ‘mandatory’ Mock Draft. For the serious cases out there, there’s Mock Draft 1.0, 2.0 or even 3.0. I have nothing against Mock Drafts, but after awhile they become boring and useless. It’s still early in the offseason, (two teams are STILL playing) so other player news is highly unlikely.

Now I’m not going to lie, I am very excited for the draft. Why? I’m curious to see what Bryan Colangelo will do with the 9th pick and if he gets any second round picks. I heard rumours that he wants to draft big…. I guess the keyword is rumours.We currently have 6 bigs, not counting who we know is not coming back. Bosh, Bargnani, Pops, Patrick O’Bryant, Kris Humphries and Nathan Jawai. Bosh is main contributing to our rebounds, other than him no else averages more 6 (minus Marion, he’s a forward). Unless were trading our bigs for a better big, drafting a big, IMO, is unnecessary.

Next, in some of these Mock Drafts, DeMar DeRozan is our guy. DeRozan is a 6’7” 211 lb SG/SF. He’s 19 and a freshman out of USC. His Draft Express profile here. Some believe he wont be available at 9, while others say we wont even pick him and he’ll be available later. Now if you’re like me, your saying what does he have to offer? What makes him a ‘9th’ pick? Well I watched him play in the NCAA tournament, and I was impressed…

Then again I’m easily impressed by college kids. So here’s some videos instead:

phdsteve from Raptors Republic has us choosing DeMar DeRozan with the ninth pick. The Knicks Blog has us with DeRozan at nine. Touthouse has him at 6, while we pick PG Brandon Jennings.The Bleacher Report also has DeRozan at 6, but has us choosing Jrue Holliday. Da Bullz.com has him dropping to 12th!! while we choose DeJuan Blair ahead of him. But that’s because they believe we are going to trade Chris Bosh. NBC Sports also had DeRozan dropping, while we pick Jordan Hill, a big. The Dream Shake, just like Da Bullz, believe He will dropped to 12 for Charlotte. They say he’s like ‘Gerald Wallace at best’. They have us picking Jrue Holliday as well. SLAM online has picking Tyreke Evans.

Of course These are just some of the MANY Mock Drafts out there.

The important thing is how Colangelo feels. Last year at 17, I was looking forward to someone interesting like Courtney Lee or CDR. But noooo, we traded our pick for a lower one, and got a ‘Aussie Shaq’! I have faith that BC will do better with the ninth this time around. SO cross our fingers.

If you notice anything incorrect please feel free comment and let me know. I edit this myself and there might be things I miss. Thank you

The finals are here and I have my predictions!!

First, Chris Bosh finally broke out the Big announcement. He is signing a deal with…. Warner Music Canada to produce a unique DVD and CD to be released in the fall of 2009. Chris also announced that he has become the first athlete in the world to launch his own application for iPhone and iPod. Exciting isn’t it? Didn’t think so.

On to the more interesting stuff. The finals will start this Thursday June 4th. After finishing off the Cavs in gorgeous fashion, The Magic are making only their 2nd finals trip in the past 25 years. The Lakers, However, are no strangers to the finals, and are looking to do what they failed to do last year. It is clear that the Lakers are the heavy favourites, but the Magic have just proved anything is possible. It also helps that the Magic swept the Lakers in the regular season and are extremely confident right now

Now the last time I made predictions I went 8/12. This Time I’m predicting the Magic win this in 7. I’m 0-3 in the last 3 years for my finals pick, so I think I just jinxed the Magic.BUT  I believe the Magic have a chance to upset again, so I will stick with them.

Just one more thing, The Nike Puppet ads were good, but they, and everybody else, jinxed suggested a Laker/Cav, I mean, Kobe/Lebron final. I‘m just happy that did not happen, because just like the Denver Nuggets, The Magic had just as much right as The Lakers and The Cavs to be in the final. Unfortunately the Nuggets gave up in game 6 after they played so well to get themselves to Conference Finals.

SO two things everybody learned (Unless you honestly never knew before) in the Conference Finals:

1. The game is a TEAM game. One can show flashes of carrying a team, but in the end, it will not work. Even children know going 5 against 1 is a big disadvantage. And It sucks even more when you think you have that TEAM but they don’t show up when it matters the most. Lebron is ONE of the best players in the game today, but he CANNOT carry a team. Ignore game 2 and game 5, because that wont happen all the time.
2. The game is about MATCHUPS. case #1: Rashard Lewis, a crafty PF, against the likes of Anderson Varejao, Ben Wallace and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Lewis has been a matchup nightmare to most teams in the league. A big part of his game is the 3 ball. Something he shoots pretty well. When a big comes out to guard him he fakes them out or beats them off the dribble, If the 3 is NOT available. Most bigs can’t keep up with that. case #2: Pau Gasol (another crafty big) owned the Nuggets bigs, when his teammate decided to throw him the ball. He kept the ball high, crashed the boards and never shied away from contact (can’t believe I just said that). Trevor Ariza, Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu were others or caused their opponents fits

TSN, ABC, and NBATV will be covering the Finals. Cross our fingers for a seven game series.

SO LETS GO MAGIC!!

Off -Season Here! So are the playoffs

I have a valid reason for not posting! Its off season time. Well, actually because I'm such a horrible blogger. But, I'm a great tweeter, is that how you say it? Well anyways I'm figured things out and I post tweets in rapid succession, and they can be REALLY interesting. So why don't you follow me at: http://twitter.com/Chauni

Its worth your while ;)

Soo far I've watched every playoff game... except for the Mavericks/Spurs (Not that interested in that series). And I'm liking what I'm seeing. Beside the 1-8 in both conferences and the 2-7 in the west, the other series are actually tied. In other words home court doesn't seem to be a factor.

I know its kind of late to make picks, but I will any way:
CLE and DET : CLE in 4 or 5
ATL and MIA : ATL in 6
ORL and PHI : ORL in 7
CHI and BOS : CHI in 6

LAL and UTA : LAL in 4 or 5
DAL and SAS : SAS in 7
POR and HOU : HOU in 6
DEN AND NOH : DEN in 5 or 6

With a E.CON finals of ORL and CLE and a W.CON finals of DEN and LAL.

Wow, that took time.
I always pick the underdog, but some teams just don't have a chance *cough* utahdetriot....

Anyways that its for now

March Madness!!

Something I forgot to post…

So Why is March a Crazy Month? Well there are many reasons why actually. But Lets get specific:

1. NCAA Tournament. You would have to be mad NOT to be watching it. It was actually weird for me to watch the Raptors game yesterday.
2. The Weather. It has been up and down these last few week of winter. Unpredictable actually, but next week should be stable.
3. Raptors. I know about 3 or 4 or maybe a month ago, people were cashing in on the season. All the draft talk has begun. People are giving us our lottery chances and not our play-off chances…
4. School. 5 weeks left so stress level is ridiculous.
5. My Birthday!!! 19!!

Anyways Everyone has the brackets (I missed the deadline, as usual) set and so far there has been a lot of MADNESS!! I’m upset the Wake Forest didn’t put forth a better effort. The most exciting game for me, Siena vs. Ohio St., Now that was effort.

I know basketball players are watching there alma maters or whatever, DO you think the Raptors see that these college players showing more heart and hustle than they do?

Yesterday was another beat down, I think I have a crush on Gerald Wallace now. He set the tone for his team, and never back down. The bobcats never had to adjust the way they play. WHY don’t the Raptors do that? They never set the tone, and they never continue with what’s working best.

Karrine "Superhead" Steffans vs. JO

So I was i reading a gossip site in pure boredom when I came across this:
Superhead, the former video Vixen sent out the following messages yesterday to her fans:

A two-part video blog entitled "Under the Bus" is coming and a married athlete is gonna wish he never disrespected me … [he’s] gonna wish he kept his hands 2 himself.

Nothing big right? But later she posts this video:

Get your urban news at DimeWars.Com

In this video she says, while the Raptors were in LA for a game (not sure if its the Lakers or the Clippers) Jermaine O'Neal and Karrine met up to see how things were going, catch up and such. However, after JO's guests leave, leaving him and Karrine alone, he slaps her on the ass!!! woooow, this girl has a bad rep already. She writes books about what she's done with other famous men, rappers mostly. So JO watch your back!

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Raptors win... Can you say Defence (with a 'c' for Canadian)
This win would have been better if I didn't have to see AP's wedding band =(
OH welll.... MY HOME BOYS DID IT!!!

Thanks VC for proving me right =]

Vince: Toronto is my Bitch!....

The Raptors are on a winning high and should be able to exact revenge in New Jersey tonight. The Raptors SHOULD be higher than Nets but sadly they are not. Triano is looking for his second win, it would nice for it be against NJ, our ATL rivals.

Who: The Triano Raptors and The “insert” Nets

Tip-off: 7:30 Tonight or 7:45ish
Where: IZOD Center(re)
TV/Radio: TSN, The Fan (590 AM)
Standings: Nets (11-9) and Raps (9-12)
Header of the Day: --
What the peeps are saying: “When we look at history, VC shouldn’t beat us today. He has showed to play in too many games this season he needs a break”

Last time they met: Vince Carter showed the entire ACC crowd, the players and management that the Raptors were and still are his bitch.

Notes: The Nets are currently 2^nd in the Atlantic Division.... They have the highest scoring duo and backcourt in the league....The Nets are 4-6 at home this season.....The Raptors are a measly 8-17 at the IZOD Center(re)...The Nets are 9-1 when they score 100 or more...The Nets suck....

Starting Line-ups (I should probably put ‘probable’):

New Jersey:
PG: Devin “My future Husband” Harris
SG: Vince “Toronto is my Bitch” Carter
SF: Bobby Simmons
PF: Yi “Higher than Bosh AS votings” Jianlian
C: Brook “the better twin” Lopez

Toronto:
PG: Jose “Uno, DOS...” Calderon
SG: Jason “I got a hot wife, and I’m Pacer Killer” Kapono
SF: Jamario “whenever I feel like it” Moon
PF: Chris “This team is lame” Bosh
C: Jermaine “...” O'Neal

Some ‘Hehe’ pictures: