As today is my birthday and I am at work, I feel it is necessary to let everybody know what the NBA should gift me. Basically NBA, what have you done for me lately? Now this wish list, while mostly unrealistic, would totally be good for the NBA. There might not be a fan out there that does not want to see most of these changes take place. Here we go:
1) David Stern gotsta' go!: Please, please, please get rid of David Stern. At least make him stand under the rim while Dwight Howard, LeBron James and Robert Swift posterize him for an hour. His smug face and stupid comments always piss me off. Hate that guy....
2) Bring the Sonics back: Seattle deserves to have their team back. If Minnesota can make roster moves that are not in the best interest of basketball, if Cleveland can lose and be pissed off for the next 20 years and if that shit-hole Oklahoma City can have a team: Seattle deserves the Sonics. Keep Durant, keep Presti, keep those nasty uniforms. We'll do an expansion draft with Las Vegas, take Shawn Kemp with our first pick, bring George Karl back, Gary Payton as an assistant and have a reality TV show to determine the GM. Seriously. Do it. This would be great.
3) T-Mac regains his old form: Tracy McGrady has always been my favorite player. He was amazing back with the Magic. You want to talk about superstars, T-Mac was up there with Kobe at one point, pouring in buckets, perennial all-star, leading his bad team to the playoffs. Watch videos of him with the Magic and everything he did was so effortless. His jumper was stupid, silly. He'd simply rise up in your face and drill it (hahahahahahahahahaha). On his drives, he would slowly cut in and finish creatively (hahahahahahaha). He was just a joy to watch and I never understood how he scored so easily, despite not being that fast or strong. Hopefully he gets something back with Detroit. Just one good year....
4) Better NBA replay system: Or maybe I just need TiVo. I watch games with people who will, no matter what the announcers see and say, no matter what the coaches reaction is, no matter if the player admits he messed up, ALWAYS wonder how the ref, "MADE THAT CALL?!?!?!" Seriously, as long as the call was on their squad it's the wrong call. I want a program where I can look at every angle and I want it to show an explanation of why it was a foul. Seriously. Charges and blocks will never be right. Get over it.
5) Kobe's best year ever: Plenty of people hate Kobe Bryant. No big. People hate Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and....hmmmm....who's good in baseball....oh well, no one watches baseball anyways, I'll have to ask Lucas. Either way, if you are a dominant athlete, people are going to say that you "suck" and that you are "gay." Don't know how that last one applies to sports talent, but doesn't seem to stop people. These last few years, Kobe-bean Bryant has been the man. He is a champion, MVP, and has a reputation as one of the most dangerous players ever because of his competitive spirit. I want Kobe to have an amazing year, just out of his mind play. The type of year we will forever remember as "The Kobe Year." I believe he's the only player right now that has the kind of drive to will himself to legendary status. Mostly due to the fact that he is older than guys like LeBron, Wade and Durant, therefore, he is more pressed for time. I just really enjoy the fact that I get to watch so many talented players competing at one time, and I want to see Kobe do something to truly set himself above the pack.