Another Martin Luther King day is upon us. I will always remember where I was on Martin Luther King Day 2009. I caught a bus down to Washington, DC to witness history. Most people have heard the story of how amazing those two days were by now. If not, here's a couple photos of what I witnessed those two days...
One other thing I recall from that day was chilling in a bar for a couple hours before the Beastie Boys show started. Every year on Martin Luther King day, the NBA has a full tilt of games. 2011 will be no different. I will be sitting around watching basketball all day today. Not much different from any other days. First, here is a recap of what went down in the association this weekend...
There was 22 games this weekend. I did not see as much action as I would like to have seen. I will play catchup with you here.
The Bulls won back to back games and Derrick Rose was clearly the star, averaging 31.5 points, 7 boards, 6.5 assists, and 2.5 blocks(!) and threes in the two games. As several media outlets have recently pointed out, Derrick Rose is quickly blossoming into a superstar and deserves MVP consideration at the midway point of the season. Carlos Boozer sprained his ankle at the very end of the Heat game. If he is to miss anytime, the Bulls will need to rely even more heavily on their emerging star.
The Dallas Mavericks losing streak reached five games as they lost by double digits to the Spurs and the Grizzlies over the weekend. Dirk Nowitzki returned to action after three weeks against the Grizzlies, only to get ejected in the third quarter for arguing a foul call. He probably needed the early exit anyway. This team is clearly starting to feel the stress of losing a lot of their players to injuries. I have been seeing Tayshaun Prince's and Gerald Wallaces's names tied to Dallas recently in trade rumors. Anytime your teams leading scorer is Ian Mahimi, you know you are in trouble.
The Cleveland Cavaliers lost back to back road games by 50 points combined. They have now lost 13 games in a row by an average of 16 points. Things are not looking good in Cleveland. Again, I would like to point out that Dan Gilbert guaranteed that help was on the way when Lebron James took his talents to South Beach. I don't think the Cavs are as bad as the Nets were last year, but they are not far off. Poor Antawn Jamison. Maybe the Cavs just need a little extra motivation.
Blake Griffin continues to do his thing. He is well on his way to earning rookie of the year, averaging 22 points and nearly 13 rebounds per game. Not only can the dominant rookie boast about wins over the Heat and the Lakers in the last week, but he can also brag about his first NBA ejection!
I would have liked to have seen Baron Davis and Lamar Odom go toe to toe. I wonder if they both would have been able to keep a straight face. Don't expect anything too crazy in the way of punishment by the league. This was a pretty small fight. The Clippers host the Pacers today.
The Spurs continue to lead the pack with an astounding 35-6 record. I still wonder how they are going to do in the playoffs with an aging Tim Duncan.
The big news out of the Carmelo Anthony saga yesterday was that the Denver Nuggets are now letting Carmelo and the Nets work out an extension this week. That would appear to be the final step in getting this deal done. Of course at this point this is all still chatter and I will believe it when I see it. Carmelo keeps updating his status after each game and it would appear as though he plans to remain with the Nuggets at least through this week.
Robert Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant have a film debuting all star weekend, most likely a short. Trailer here...
KU Alum Kirk Hinrich looks to be joining the ranks of Amar'e Stoudemire and Horace Grant. Never a bad look for an NBA player in my opinion!
Here's what will be on Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant's feet today.
I don't claim to enjoy football very much, but Bart Scott had some good things to say last night.
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