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Spanish article so Google translated: http://www.tubasket.com/noticia/real-madrid/houston-vuelve-llull-madrid-quiere-ampliarle-contrato-remite-clausula/1566061/6304 Basically Real Madrid is trying to commit Llull to a very long term deal but the Rockets are trying to convince him not to take it and pursue a career in the NBA. Houston paid $2.5 million for his draft rights in the 2009 draft, which made him the most expensive 2nd rounder in NBA history, which means Morey has some very high hopes for Llull or else he wouldn't have overpayed for a prospect who may not even come over here. Llull is under contract until next season where Houston can buyout his deal, haven't heard anything about him possibly coming over this season but maybe its possible.

I'm thinking we go 6-3 as well but with the way this team has been playing recently I wouldn't put it past them to pick up another win at least. The Grizzlies only have to worry about two games with the Spurs and Magic, maybe Jazz and Suns too but the rest of their schedule is cupcake. The Clippers on the other hand have to play the Thunder twice, and then four road games with the Suns, Nuggets, Knicks and Hawks. The Clippers have 9 games remaining with 6 of those games on the road, where they are currently 13-14 and considering the teams I listed then its possible to see them do worse in that brutal stretch. No chance Houston can pass the Lakers or Grizzlies in the standings, but the Clippers are VERY possible. The Rockets are 2 games back of LAC so they're going to have to make every count if they want to jump up in the standings.

I wouldn't be opposed to Moultrie at that point in the draft, I doubt he's going to make any significant impact in his rookie year but he has potential so he's someone the Rockets can groom for a few years and possibly send down to the D-League although not many players seem to like Houston doing that. It depends on how Houston management sees Moultrie, is he stuck as a tweener or can be play a definite position in the NBA as a power forward or center. It would be preferable that he can play center due to Motiejunas coming over next season and likely playing the 4 slot although I could see him playing the 5 if his growth spurt is true. I could see Houston going two other routes here by either moving up about 6-7 slots in order to draft Tyler Zeller (think he should be our #1 realistic target) or simply stand pat and take Austin Rivers in hopes of him reaching his potential and replacing one of Kevin Martin and Courtney Lee.

My only issue is that Punk vs SCSA should be THE main event of a Wrestlemania but with Rocky and Brock back I don't see this happening.

http://www.WrestlingInc.com/wi/news/2012/0405/551505/the-undertaker/#ixzz1rDcvNCyq Make. This. Happen.

After listening to the tape myself, I agree with this.

Best. Crowd. Ever. "Si! Si! Si! Si!" when Del Rio returned. Awesome to have Brock back, wonder if he's here for the weekly basis or just time to time like The Rock did for the past year. Speaking of The Rock, I guess Brock answering Cena's callout means that there won't be a rematch for a while and Rockly claiming to be WWE champion is interesting.

Jericho should have won the Rumble, seriously there was no point in Sheamus winning it and then going over in a 18 second match. If not the Rumble then he should have won the title from Punk at Elimination Chamber, would have made the match at Wrestlemania a lot more meaningful and maybe sparked a stronger reaction from the crowd when Punk won the title back. Jericho only came back to put Punk over.

No surprise but looks like Jericho is gone. Wonder who is the next opponent for Punk for the next couple of ppv's. Ziggler? Cody Rhodes (if drafted to Raw)? Cena is a viable option as well but I seriously hope he stays the [expletive] away from the title scene for a while.

I have both and 360 is definitely better especially for online. Do love my PS3 though for games like Uncharted.

Supposedly WWE's reason to end the Bryan match so quick: http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/252441-backstage-reason-for-the-quick-world-title-match-at-wrestlemania-28 So weak that they build Daniel Bryan up for this crap and I don't understand why you would give the Brodus Clay (or Funkosaurus, whatever you want to call him) segment more time than Bryan's match. Not going to complain too much though because it was still a great Wrestlemania. I'd give it a 9/10 just because of the top 3 matches.

Undertaker/Triple H easily stole the once again, holy crap that was an amazing match and Shawn Michaels played his part well. I thought it did drag on a little bit towards the end but 99.9% of the match was so freaking well done that I don't give a shit about that. CM Punk and Chris Jericho both put on an awesome match, its just a shame that the crowd really wasn't into it until the very end though. The crowd didn't seem to care about anything after Taker/HHH, this match probably should have been done before the streak match. Rock/Cena wasn't the flashiest match I've ever seen but it was solid and the ending was spectacular. I wasn't expecting anything less than Cena coming out on top. When The Rock dropped Cena for another Rock Bottom at the end, I kept thinking at the back of my head that Cena was going to kick out and when the ref counted him down 3 it was unreal. I was just left speechless. Great Wrestlemania. I can't wait till Raw tomorrow.

OH MY GOD

Is something better than getting the crowd to chant catchphrases for 20 minutes and a stupid "concert" too much to ask for? Seriously I'd take any generic promo over the crap the WWE has been spewing the past couple of weeks. I agree that the fued was built on its own but it was HOT last year and its like they expected that same momentum to carry over for a year and didn't seem to care about trying to add anything. But Triple H did bury Punk depending how you want to look at it. Punk was OVER, way more over than he ever has been during his stint as WWE champion but losing to Trips (doesn't matter to me how he lost, it still hurt him) and getting involved in a feud that did nothing more than make him look like a whining bitch and eventually tossed him aside hurt the momentum carrying over from Money in the Bank and Summerslam. I seriously think that Punk could be a bigger star today if he won the match with Triple H and/or if Triple H turned heel.

I'm getting sick of Blake.

The Rock has been so weak in his promos the past few weeks, he was tearing it up last year but all he's done for the build up for Wrestlemania is get the crowd to chant new catchphrases. Cena hasn't been any better, he keeps spouting the same shit (I come to work every day hurr durr) and the one moment where The Rock actually tried to get this feud serious a few weeks back and all Cena could do was look back with his same goofy smile. Honestly this "dream" feud started off with so much promise but has been so disappointing. This match should have happened last year when the build up was actually done right. Taker - Triple H stole the show last year and can do so again. Great build up. Said it before but I would preferred if it was Trips feuding with Punk rather Jericho, more starpower and it would make up for his previous burial match with Triple H (also works story wise). Jericho and Punk are both great workers though so this could be the match of the night despite it possibly being the opening match to the card.

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Stud. I'm not saying he's better than Lowry but his play does make Kyle expendable if the Rockets have a deal in place during the summer for an All-Star. I hope we can bring him back but he'll likely leave for a team that will allow him to start full-time.

Kind of down? He had a two game stretch this season where he recorded 0 tackles and 0 sacks. His production can easily be replaced but his leadership can not. Agreed on the second half of your post. Schaub, Brown and Barwin are all too crucial to this team and we can't afford to lose either one of them. Yeah. The Winston tweet to Daniels was hilarious though.

Texans players are not happy.