One Shining Moment

Wait, that's college.

Yesterday had potential to be a great day in sports, at least for me: UNC/ASU, Cardinals/Indians, and what turned out to be the clinching game of the NBA Finals.

But then, the Tar Heels lost in the tenth, the Cardinals got three hits against Cliff Lee, and the Lakers/Magic game was about as exciting as a Nicholas Sparks movie.

Phil Jackson now has to be considered the best NBA coach of all time, considering he's won more championships than any professional coach ever. Even so, there's no way to ignore the fact that he did so with at least one of the top ten players ever on all of his winning teams. He still did it. It's not like he took steroids or anything. I don't think Jackson's legacy is tarnished for having talent, which seems to be a semi-popular argument.

As for Kobe, I didn't realize that this was his first Finals MVP award. I'd argue that Trevor Ariza, Derek Fisher, and Lamar Odom all played (relatively) better than Kobe, meaning that those three played better than they usually do, whereas Kobe played about average for Kobe. It's pretty amazing, though, when your average play is better than 99% of the world's best play. So, I guess he deserved the MVP.

In between the UNC game and the Cardinals and Lakers games yesterday, I watched Get Smart, the movie not the show. I really liked the show, but I didn't really have great expectations for the film. Thanks to my low expectations, the movie actually far surpassed them. It was actually really funny.

Matthew finally got around to posting that story I promised. You should read it.

QotD:

Am I jumping the gun in naming Shaq, Kobe, and MJ as three of the top ten NBAers of all time?

My take: No. Otherwise I wouldn't do it.