La Bomba

High IQ with NBA experience, I'll take it. I'm worried that Memphis didn't hire an assistant with a good track record with X's and O's, but this group of coaches is going to start reeling in recruits.

This album is unreal, and Jay is sounding like the American Gangster, The Blueprint Jay-Z.

Graduating high school was something that took time to hit me. I'm not going to complain about my four years because I loved the people I had been going to school with. I went to a private, all boys catholic school and we all became really good friends, especially senior year. I wouldn't of wanted to go to any other school in the city just because I know I couldn't of developed that type of friendship with people anywhere else. Now that everyone's going to college I only have 4 of my friends going to college with me in my hometown, and I'm really going to miss seeing the friends from high school on a regular basis.

Cool, Ronaldinho's fat ass scored a hat trick that game. Brazilian league is weak and after all these partying Brazilians that Real Madrid has brought through the years, I'm too scared as a Real fan to bring another one. Bring back Adebayor. Cheap, loved by his teammates, and brings the team the type of goal scorer the team needs: someone who is dangerous in the arial game and scores with few touches because he scores most of his goals inside the penalty box. 45 million for an arrogant 18 year old who has already had questions brought up about his work ethic and his sacrifice for the team scares me too much.

Awesome change to the league. Definitely a fair, deserved contract for a rookie fresh out of college.

I always thought Frank was a pretty solid head coach, but the Pistons are such a mess right now, I don't see their woes ending anytime soon.

I wouldn't mind taking part. Right now I'm in Spain, and I don't have much time on the internet, and the time zone change would complicate things. I would be willing to take part in August when I'm back in the U.S. though.

Brown

Considering how coordinated and talented he was for a guy that was 7'6, he could of been so much more. Didn't have many ten rebound seasons and he only had one season where he surpassed 25 PPG. The centers that are consistently on everyone's top 5 centers did both of these things throughout their career, not to mention Yao has never been looked at as an elite defender.

Shaq doesn't get credit for how good of a defensive player he was. He was not as disciplined as Dwight or other top defensive big men, but simply for the fact that he is 7'1 and 325+ pounds makes him makes him a menacing force on defense. Players didn't go to the paint with such ease because they knew if they ran into Shaq, they would land on their ass. And there's no way anyone should ever question Shaq's dominance on offense being that he was the most dominant big man since Kareem. I'll take prime Shaq over Dwight anyday of the week, whether he was playing for the Lakers or the Magic. With that said, when making an all-time team, Dwight gets the nod over Shaq because he's been there for more years and he looks like the face of the franchise for years to come. If Dwight does end up leaving Orlando in the next few years, Shaq deserves to be there over Dwight because he's the better player.

I'll build a team around a young Kidd. Kidd ability to rebound at the point guard position that is rare and I think he's more capable of running different systems. Nash was an all-star point guard in Dallas, but once he arrived to Phoenix's wide open, fast break offense was where he became a MVP caliber player (one of those MVPs I feel was not deserved). Kidd was one of the best defensive players at the perimeter in his prime, and although he was never the scorer Nash was in terms of long range shooting and such, their PPG averages (Nash: 14.6; Kidd: 13.2) are not much different as well as their career highs in PPG ( Kidd: 18.7; Nash: 18.8). Not till Nash came to Phoenix did his assist per game averages go over 9 per game, while Kidd has only had three seasons where he has averaged less than 9 assists. With that said, in a team like Phoenix or a team that is already built and has a favorable system, there are few point guards I would take over Nash.

Curren$y, Mac Miller, Pretty Lights, than jam bands like Phish, The Greatful Dead, Widespread Panic, Perpetual Groove, STS9 are some of my favorites for these situations.

Memphis vs. Kansas in the National Championship. Nothing else comes even close. First time I really cried over a sport, and that image of Chalmers hitting that shot didn't leave my mind for weeks. None of the other teams I root for have ever been successful enough for me to experience a painful lose. Losing the series to OKC in the second round this year sucked, but I saw it coming. Real Madrid losing to Barcelona this year in the Champions League was pretty painful because I know we would of had a really good chance of winning if it wasn't for that bullshit flop by Alves that got Pepe a red card.

I'm still a firm believer in DeMarcus Cousins as long as he keeps his head straight. He's too talented to ignore in this discussion and JJ Hickson could turnout to be a very solid pro. I'm not completely sold on DeAndre Jordan, but whatever front court Blake Griffin is a part of is going to be a handful.