Now that Carlos Boozer has joined the Bulls...

Is Lebron the next piece of the puzzle? Everywhere you look you get a different report, but I think it's down to New York and Cleveland, although this deal makes me wonder about Chicago again. This has been the most ridiculous year of rumors and roller coaster rides from LBJ and it would be kind of ridiculous if he does all of this just to remain in Cleveland. The New Jersey Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves, and and LA Clippers all have yet to use their cap space to lure in any free agents. After this, only David Lee, Luis Scola, and Ray Allen will remain for top tier free agents. Josh Childress has become a real wild card in recent days. He will be able to cash in on one of these teams with remaining cap space.

Even if they don't sign Lebron at this point, the Bulls will be a much improved team. The addition of Carlos Boozer will only make things easier for improving center Joakim Noah. If they can add a shooter like Ray Allen, or even Mike Miller or Anthony Morrow, this team will be able to run all over team.

For Utah, this was kind of a foregone conclusion for a long time anyway. Boozer had links to either the Bulls or Heat long before the free agency period kicked off. While it is a tremendous loss, Jazz fans shouldn't give up all hope just yet. Paul Millsap will be a serviceable replacement and AK47's contract comes off the books at the end of this season. Plus they still have top point guard Deron Williams. This team is more than capable of still competing for 45-50 wins.

The Oklahoma City Thunder quietly continue to build one of the best rosters in the NBA.

If everything I have heard and read today is true, the best remaining free agents are Lebron James, Luis Scola, David Lee, Ray Allen, Josh Childress, and Shaq. I really am starting to wonder what the Knicks are going to do if they don't get Lebron. Having Amare is a good starting point, but it doesn't even guarantee them a spot in the playoffs.

Seriously, all of this Lebron hype is starting to get ridiculous.








I saw Jesus Montero and Ivan Nova play for the Yankees Triple A Farm team this week. I can't express enough how much of a nerd I have become about baseball again. I even got Matt Fox's autograph at the second game I went to! Anyway, Montero only played in one of the two and obioiusly Nova only pitched the one game. I can see why the Yankees are taking their time with bringing Jesus Montero up to the bigs. He is still a very young, raw catcher. Not only that, but they obviously already have Francisco Cervelli waiting in the wings as well. IF Montero gets everything together, the Yankees brass will have a problem on their hands in a couple seasons.
Ivan Nova appears almost ready to join the Yankees roster. While their rotation doesn't have a lot of room, he could be very valuable out of the bullpen later in the season. He can throw hard and he did strike out nine batters in 6 and 2/3 innings here. He does however still possess some control problems, as there was four walks to go along with those nine stikeouts. If he can work on his control, Nova could be a good third or fourth starter in a couple years.











This was my first time seeing Pat Neshek in person as well. Unfortunately, he didn't make veganism look too good the night I saw him pitch. He gave up a home run and just really didnt't seem to have it. I really hope he regains his 2006 form at some point. This might have been Wilson Ramos' last series in Rochester. A lot of reports have him linked to Seattle in a possible Cliff Lee trade. It would be good for him to get out of Minnesota's organization.

Tomorrow I am going to post up reviews of the new Roots and Alpha & Omega records, as well as the obvious Lebron nonsense..