Yo... Moe

Stars want a shortcut to a championship. Going back to the '80s, most championship teams have two or more players with generational talent on their rosters. It's hard to develop it organically, so modern ball players are collecting where one or more already are on the roster. LeBron got with DWade along with Bosh. San Antonio won with Duncan, Ginobili and Tony Parker [[and earlier with David Robinson). KD signed with Golden State, who already had three of the top 20 players in the league. Philly is being discussed because Embiid and Simmons look special early in their careers. And also because they have so many guys on their rookie deals.

Right now, Wall and Beal are not in the All-Pro discussion. They're very good, if not great. If either was great and Washington had available loot, players would be giving them a harder look. Putting so much of the salary cap in very good players doesn't leave enough left over for a great one or two. That's why I said you have to get lucky in the draft if you're going to make the leap to the next level.

Yes,but the gizzards are terrible at drafting,if both[donald duck and daffy duck]were available...that jackass gm would pick-lame duck-sigh..i wish i had a team!!

Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch ow owee ooch ouch owwwwooowwwow. I already hated boston [[not gonna capitalize, nope) but now I reeeeeaaaalllllllyyyyy hate them. I tip my hat off to them, though. We're getting out-coached by a mile.

Whoooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,what the 411 happened????? Jerry we're getting killed by those leps from beantown.

I'm back on the LeBron bandwagon. To be honest, anybody but Boston [[even Golden State).

Hey jerry,that[23]on his uniform has turned into an[s]i think that labron would actually have a breakdown if he didn't make the finals,and i admire that-if only more players got that scared of failure..like a certain noaccountnodefenseplayingsoorybunchoflosers...i wish i had a team-sigh!!

Well,like him or not you gotta give labron his props for this one,damn if he didn't drag his sorry bunch back into the finals again[8 years in a row is pretty good]i don't wanna hear any more talk about what a good coach stevens is,he's too smart for his own good..when your team is up by twelve and the other team makes a run call time out dummy,he didn't they lost and that's that!!

Hey jerry,i'm not too big on hockey,but the caps are in the finals[how did that happen?] did ted make a deal with the devil? No not the one in the white house the other one..and the vegas golden knights[expansion team??]oh well...go caps???

I'm typing this in small letters[YA'LL DIDN'T THING I WAS THIS SMART,DID YA??]anyhow,I'm gonna approach a subject that many sports fans have thought about at some point,but kinda hate to bring up...How Much Of Sports Is Fixxed? look you can call me a conspiracy theorist if you want but certain events have me wondering...The Ali-Liston Fight?..Superbowl III?[yes I know that upsets happen,but on the eve of the AFL-NFL merger-hmmmmm??]...Hurricane Carina hits New Orleans and the Saints just happen to win the Superbowl??...Las Vegas is awarded a Hockey Team and they make the Finals in the first year??...Houston is hit with a devastating flood and the Astros win the World Series??...It may sound far fetched even for me,but some things are planned whether we want to believe it or not,let me hear from all you sports fans on this-PRO OR CON..IS THE FIX IN?

I don't think the league's work for teams that have compelling story lines to win. But I do believe that game officials give breaks on a lot of calls to teams that are in situations like that. I know that the Stains got a ton of breaks in their Super Bowl season [[and we know about the bounties). It's really hard to fake in baseball; about the only thing you can affect is strike calls and if you watch on TV, the ball placement relative to the strike zone is tracked, so if they're making a ton of BS calls the opposing team can prove it, so I'll give the Astros the benefit of the doubt.

Hockey games are too easy for the referees to impact. Half the calls are subjective and penalty time seems to be left up to referees. I've also seen goals reversed for some crazy reasons. I don't think the league tells them to help certain teams but I think they look the other way when "things happen".

And the NBA is so star driven that you could leg whip Ramon Sessions and not be called for a foul but if your jersey brushes John Wall on a layup, it's a foul and a free throw. It's always been that way. Bird and the Celtics got so many calls, it made them my least favorite team in any sport [[until the Patriots. And the Saints.). I don't think there's a league-wide conspiracy because I don't think [[for example) the owner of the Falcons will let the league fix it so the Stains can win a championship when he is paying hundreds of millions hoping to win one himself. But I do believe that "human error" skews a little too much toward helping some teams win and never seems to help others.

The Cadavers reanimated and won the East. I'm from Ohio and I'll be the first to admit that I never thought they'd win game 7 in Boston. The whole "who is the GOAT, MJ or LeBron?" conversation is pointless, but I'm thinking that LeBron has made his case. Very well. Now, I think they have a chance if they play Houston, especially since Chris Paul's hammy is injured. But Golden State [[who's going to win tonight) is going to clobber the Cavs in four games.

Oh no question about the warriors in four,as i stated,brad[the genius]stevens got too smart and it cost him the series,but i think that a star was born[number zero]the rookie looks like a keeper...oh and i'm rooting for whoever wins the west[go warriors]while i admire what labron did i don't like him enough to root for him!

I'm too close to Cleveland to root against them. Nine times out of ten, I'm rooting for the East in the NBA Finals [[unless Denver one day, against all odds and probability makes it in the West). The only team in the East that I'd root against is the Cs. I want to root for Houston but I'm not because I think they'd accept "President" Poopy Pants the Effing Moron's invitation to go to the White House if they won. He won't even invite Cleveland or the Warriors.

I can dig it jerry,for all the darts i throw i still want them,them,them..oh you know who i'm talkin bout to one day do something in the playoffs.

HEY JERRY,THE DEVIL HAS BEEN PAID[NO,NOT THE ONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE,THE OTHER ONE,HEHE]I'M NOT MUCH ON HOCKEY BUT THE CAPS[YES THOSE CAPS]ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM,FROM[GULP]I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TYPING THIS...ONE WIN AWAY FROM THE CUP[YES THAT CUP]A CHAMPIONSHIP IN D.C. AND THIS TOWN IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE...go caps????

I'm not shocked. I expected the Caps to win after they came back on the Blue Jackets. If they get it done, that'll be two championships for the four major D.C. franchises. Lots of cities are jealous.

I ain't going nowhere near downtown d.c.if they pull it off.

You should go. Take video and edit it on your computer with captions declaring "Redskins Championship Celebration" and "Wizards Celebrate NBA Championship". Live that dream.

Edit?????? I still learning how to paste the words on this thing.

Looks like you still learning the English too arr&bee :p

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

And the Caps are world champs. Are you going to the celebration?

Heck no,them fools are crazy down there,ain't goin to the parade either...i am glad that the city has a champ though now if the deadskins or them no account no defense playing all mouth gizzards actually do something i will be there...but that ain't gonna happen.

Four major league teams and half of them have a championship in their resume. Which one's next? The Nats look closer than the Wizards right now.

I don't know jerry,they have too many injuries to key players and strasburg hurt his arm the other day,the only one they can count on is scherzer,the skins are going nowhere because the nfc is loaded although i think they will have a decent season..as for them no account no defense playing all talk gizzards i see more of the same one an done.

Oh, the warriors made short work of the labrons[talk about mercy killings,hehe].

Hey jerry,now that all that-hockey-basketball stuff is over time for the real season-football[yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]well not quite yet but preseason is almost here,the nfc looks to be very strong with-the saints-packers-eagles-panthers-vikings-rams-49ers,and don't count out the seahawks yet and detroit could be a darkhorse and who knows with a break maybe dallas or atlanta could sneak in..ms.m where you at?

Falcons don't need a break. We will be the best team in the NFC. With that said, I'm not watching the NFL this year. The owners killed my interest in watching the games. It's a bad time, too because I was serious about what I said about Atlanta. We're going to have a top 5 offense and defense; all we need to do is actually catch the passes that we dropped last season.

It'll be interesting to see how the Rednecks do this year. I'm wondering if Jay Gruden is not another version of Marvin Lewis, a guy who keeps his job forever, regardless of whether he's shown to be able to anything better than an average coach. We'll see if Alex Smith does better in his system than "You Like This!" did. I don't really have the faith in the Iggles that most people have. If your boys sweep them, the task of winning the division is made much more attainable.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,jerry the season ain't even started and you already got jokes...the falcons don't need a break[i'm on the floor]the chances of gruden lasting as long as marvin lewis you forget who owns this team..let em start[0-5]and he'll be outta there faster than customers runnin outta grady's,as for the iggles they'll be better than last season and come championship time your poor dirty burds will be home with them dumbskins who i think will have a good season[9-7]but not make the cut..jerry you gotta watch-jer-ry-jer-ry-jer-ry!!!

Hmmm... The Quiz shipped Marcin Gortat out to California for Austin Rivers. You guys need more help in your backcourt like I need two greedy ex-wives. How does this trade make you better? Doc Rivers sent his kid off to bring in a big because DeAndre Jordan is about to boogie off. But I'm confused as to how Washington benefits [[especially with them picking ANOTHER SHOOTING GUARD last week).

??? They did what,i haven't read the sports today...austin rivers???

Yeah. So far, the "experts" are saying that you won the trade by a lot. Citing Gortat being a 33 year old dinosaur and Rivers having a career season last year. They're saying that it looks like Ernie is trying to bury Satoranski on the bench as Wall's backup. I thought he played well when Wall was hurt.

He did indeed play well,but rivers is a better scorer which will move him up,but they're gonna need more than him...one an done again...i wish i had a team-sigh.

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He did indeed play well,but rivers is a better scorer which will move him up,but they're gonna need more than him...one an done again...i wish i had a team-sigh.

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Don't sweat it. Your best chance to get better is to find something better to do with Gortat's [[and now, Rivers') $13+ million. You have another $23 million coming off the books after 2018-2019, so that's $30+ million to get some help in a year where there's going to be a lot of really good free agents available. The only problem I see is that Mahinmi and Jason Smith are your only centers and they're just serviceable. You're going to have to find somebody else and also play stretches with Morris playing in the middle. I don't know about that...
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Like i said jerry-one and one for the gizzards for the forseeable future,ted is scared to fire ernie so they ain't getting any better..these clowns might go and trade[wall-beal]next season for dwight howard,i don't put nothing past this clown show.

You can get Howard for veterans minimum off the waiver wire right now. That might be why they sent Gortat away.

Oh??? He was waived?is he healthy? If they can get him dirt cheap then maybe but at bare minimum.

Brooklyn already announced their intention to buy out his contract. If he is going to receive $20 million or so for not playing for them, he can easily afford to take $1.7 million [[vet minimum) to play for the team of his choice and still come out ahead.

Well,it seems that the king will go to the lakers after all..[and by next season that team will be loaded]but not this season,so labron won't be in the finals but the celtics will...i wish i had a team-sigh!!

Do not count my Sixers out just yet. If we don't gut the roster to get Kawhi, I think we will be just behind Boston in the Eastern conference by the end of the year. They have us for depth and experience. We'll have experience by the time the playoffs roll around and our depth is improving.