End of the Season Awards...

And the 08-09 End of the Season award goes to...
(((MY PICKS)))

Most Valuable Player:

LEBRON "KING" JAMES

Coach of the Year:

MIKE BROWN

Defensive Player of the Year:

DWIGHT HOWARD

Sixth Man of the Year:

LAMAR ODOM

Most Improved:

KEVIN DURRANT

Rookie of the Year:

DERRICK ROSE

COMING THURSDAY...(((I REPEAT))) THIS THURSDAY I WILL RE-CAP THE NBA REGULAR SEASON.

The NBA regular season draws to a close Wednesday night and a few teams are still battling it out for playoff positions (not my Clippers but that's another story). Thursday I will present the good, the bad and the ugly (from my prospective) of the 08-09 season. I'm talking Summer League, Pre-Season, Trades, All-Star...you name it, I'm going in. Check in Thursday and peep what I have to get off my chest. As always I welcome your feedback (((LOL...really I do))). Its playoff time baby...go hard or go home. Like the slogan says...This is where amazing happens.

I LOVE THIS GAME!

Moves Around the League

The Pistons are set to trade Alex Ackers to the Clippers for future draft picks.

Suns set to release Terry Porter of his coaching duties 4 months into the season. In his first year as Head coach the Suns are currently in 9th place in the West with a 28-23 record. Former Clippers Head coach Alvin Gentry is set to assume the head coaching role.

Trade rumors surrounding Amare Stoudemire are still floating around the league but as of this morning he’s still with the Suns.

The Miami Heat traded Shawn Marion to the Toronto Raptors for Jermaine O’Neal and Marcus Banks.

Shaq and Kobe...Tougher Than Leather

The Stars of the NBA were showcased last night during the 58th All-Star Game. The West defeated the East 146-119. Shaq and Kobe appeared to have made up. They were rather friendly during this weekends events and both shared the games MVP honors. It's so good seeing them back together... Read their story here

All-Star Saturday Night Recap

The NBA was on center stage this past weekend and how could you not enjoy every minute of it! Starting Friday night with Kevin Durant (OKC Thunder) taking the MVP trophy as the Sophomores went on to beat the Freshman in the Rookie Game.

Saturday was one of the better NBA Saturday events in many…many years. It’s nice to have young men with character in the league. Durant won the newly added game of H-O-R-S-E, Chicago’s on Derrick Rose won the Skills Challenge, Detroit won the Shooting Stars Challenge, Daequan Cook (Miami Heat) won the 3 point challenge over favored back-to-back 3 point champ Jason Kapono but the event of all events…the Slam Dunk contest.

Now the past two years of the contest has been pretty decent. During the 06-07 all star dunk contest you had the battle between Andre Iguodala and little Nate Robinson with Nate prevailing with nice dunk over Spud Webb. On to 07-08 the Great Superman emerged courtesy of the charismatic Dwight Howard, sending the Dunk contest in a roar with his high flying SUPERMAN dunk.

This year both Nate and Dwight came to put on a show. Now Rudy Fernandez and JR Smith (My boy) did their thing in the first round but the stage was set for Superman and KryptoNate. The 2nd round included costume changes as Superman (D.Howard) transformed from his telephone booth and dunked on a 12ft backboard. Nate Robinson shut the event down emerging from the locker room in all KRYPTONITE green and dunked over 6’ll Dwight Howard. This year the fans were allowed to vote for the dunk contest and with 52% of the votes KRYPTONATE took home the trophy. I love this game

NBA UPDATES 2/11/09

H-O-R-S-E

The competitors in the first NBA All Star Saturday night game of H-O-R-S-E have been unveiled: Kevin Durant (OKC THUNDER), O.J. Mayo (MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES) and Joe Johnson (ATLANTA HAWKS).

If a player makes a shot in H-O-R-S-E, the next competitor must make the same shot or receive a letter. A player gets an 'H' for his first miss and is eliminated once he has all five letters of the word. Players will have 24 seconds to execute their shots, and an NBA referee will rule if they're done properly. Dunking won't be allowed.

Mo Williams... an All Star

NBA has announced Mo Williams of the Cleveland Cavs will replace the injured Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors in the NBA All - Star game this weekend. Many around the league felt Williams was snubbed when the league announced its reserves but now has a chance to shine in Phoenix.

Cavs/Pacers...

A late controversial foul on Lebron James with .2 seconds left cost the Cavs their second loss last night. James scored 47 points and the Pacers defeated the Cavs 96-95.

IMO Granger was fouled but with that little time left in the game I don't think a free throw whistle should have been blown. The rules need to be changed. That late in the game they should have a "Jump Ball". An actual play should decide a game...not a tic-tac foul.

Scores Around the League

wizards
90
hawks
111

cavaliers
95
pacers
96

nuggets
99
heat
82

spurs
108
nets
93

raptors
110
timberwolves
102

pistons
102
bulls
107

kings
100
mavericks
118

knicks
127
warriors
144

thunder
98
lakers
105