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While watching this video of Western Culinary Institute my friend called me on the phone to tell the latest trade rumors in the NBA. He was very excited to tell me regarding the Andrei Kirilenko, Shawn Marion, and Lamar Odom rumor trade. It has been over the news that Shawn Marion will likely to go to Lakers to joined his friend Kobe Bryant for a possible playoff run. Andrei Kirilenko has expressed his disappointment with the current structured play of Jerry Sloan and he wants out of the team. Kirilenko has recently lead his russian team to win the gold at FIBA-Europe Championship and become the MVP of the tournament. The trade also involves Lamar Odom and Brian Cook to be sent to Utah.

Lamar Odom has proven to the league that he’s almost unstoppable when he’s healthy. The problem with Lamar Odom is to remain healthy. He can give you 40-50 solid games a season but the rest he’s right at the bench watching his team because of series of injuries. Lakers need someone that could give them a lift in the defensive end because as of the moment their poor defense is the problem why their not a contender in the title. With addition of Shawn Marion Lakers can be one of the toughest team in the NBA. Let’s wait and see on what will happen before the tip-off.

I’m back again for another NBA scoops and insights. With 2007-2008 season is fast approaching, nearly 6 weeks left before the tip-off I have to make a prediction and hypothesis on who’s team has the chance to win the precious NBA title. Too bad I won’t be there to watch the tip off because I’m scheduled to inquire here. Back to the story, Dallas was knocked-out by the less favorite Golden State Warriors, led by Baron Davis and company last season, but they still my favorite team to win the NBA title. The reigning world champion San Antonio Spurs is also my favorite to win the title. As long as they stay healthy (Duncan, Ginobli and Parker). This two teams will reign supreme in the Western Conference.

How about in Eastern Conference? Does Miami and Detroit can still be the favorite to win the eastern conference title? Probably yes and probably no. It would take a matter of time before we could predict on what team will clinched to the NBA Finals. With the recent addition of Garnett and Ray Allen on the lineup of Boston, they can still be a contender if they could gel on the team. What about the surprise young team of Toronto Raptors? They also have the chance but not sure if they race to the next level this time. They need to atleast double their intensity and effort this year because the
“NBA Powers” are shifting to eastern conference right now. There are too many teams in the eastern conference still have the ability to reach the NBA Finals atleast. Some of them are New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls.

Coming off a buzzer beater, Russia won the gold medal on the recent EuroBasket2007. Russia subdues the reigning world champion Spain with a slim margin of 1 point. It was really a close game from the start and up to the final buzzer. Andre Kirilenko a.k.a. AK47 lead the team with 17 points. And not only that, he also led the team by showing examples and leadership to his teammates. I’ve downloaded the game winning basket by Jon Holden on my iphone so that I could remember the game for years to come.

It was a historical game for Russia because they haven’t won the tournament since they joined the tournament the last time their country won the tournament they we’re called Soviet Union before which won 14 golds on EuroBasket. With the win Russia is now qualified to Beijing Olympics next year and together with Spain and Lithuania to complete the European team that will compete on Olypics.

Yesterday when I was browsing an Marketing Blog it came across to my mind about the latest NBA Live PC game series. I’m looking forward to NBA Live 2008 because I’m an avid gamer of NBA Live Series. What I’m looking forward to NBA Live 2008 is the recent trade of the big time players like Garnett and Ray Allen. Also I want to see an enhanced version of dunks. I want to see more highlight dunks like tomahawk dunk and wind mail dunk. I would like also to see the rookies like Greg Oden and the Joakim Noah because their the two players that I love watching on the recent NCAA season.

I saw NBA live 2007 isn’t impressive really but I saw another NBA game in PS2 that I like more than NBA live 2007 when my friend asked me to play his new NBA game. Unfortunately it isn’t available in PC version. Hopefully the creator of the game can make the game available in PC. I saw the game available as well in XBOX 360. I’ll take a screen shot of the game when I have the chance to borrow the game from my friend. Till my next post

USA and Argentina still doing what they’ve started. They cruise to another devastating win today with a win over Mexico and Venezuela, respectively. I saw the results while looking for a Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney that will help me with my case. I think both teams will compete for the FIBA-America Finals. Carlos Delfino and Luis Escola leads Team Argentina from Day 1 and Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant on USA Team. I really want to see the showdown between Argentina and USA. But I don’t think Argentina can win the game because USA Team composed of solid lineup. Argentina is reserving their key players like Manu Ginobli, Andres Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto and other Argentinian players playing in the NBA. They probably will play on Olympics next year. And will win another supremacy in Basketball.

This is the tournament that no doubt USA team will win. But I don’t think they will win the Olympics. Spain and Argentina are still the favorite to win the championship. But we don’t know what lies ahead maybe Italy or Greece can also be a surprised in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. China still need more key players before they can win a title in Olympics. What about Germany? With Dirk Nowitzki doing all the job, they cannot make it to the championship round. And France are also a contender with Tony Parker playing the best basketball of his young career together with Boris Diaw and Mikael Pietrus. France have a very deep lineup as well like Argentina.

The USA Senior Men’s Basketball Team cruised to a 112-69 win over Venezuela on their first match on FIBA-America Qualifying Tournament. They looks promising with these devastating win. As expected Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Dwight Howard led the team. Let’s see on how far they will go. Meanwhile, I’m browsing a website about free credit card processing when I saw a news about Laterell Sprewell. Sprewell wasn’t active in the NBA for 3 years now. He reject an offer 3 years ago by Minnesota about $21 million contract. Sprewell’s Yatch was recently repossessed by New York Bank.

Back to the US Men’s National Basketball Team. Kobe Bryant made some great move during the game versus Venezuela. Not only his offense but also his defense. As always Carmelo Anthony deliver the points for the Team USA, Jason Kidd made lot of great assist, Lebron James made some spectacular dunks and Dwight Howard sealed the rebound and take care of the inside. The team would definitely is a complete lineup right now unlike before. I’m excited to see Team USA compete with Argentina and Brazil which is one of the favorite to go to Olympics.

After working on a Denver Real Estate company, I’ve decided to watch the film Rush Hour 3. And to my surprised Dream Team was mentioned on the film. They told on the movie that Americans can’t win world/Olympics championship anymore because Dream Team is Dead. Dream Team was the team that won 1992 Olympic in Barcelona. Composed of the best players in the world during that time. Michael Jordan led the dream team to win the championship with an average opponents losing margin of 43.8 points. The team has unblemished record of 6-0 during the elimination round and the closest team that compete with the 1992 USA Men’s National Basketball Team was Croatia which looses by 32 points. Still a big margin for a basketball game.

No doubt that the world respect this team as the best team in the world over the last century. Now there are new breed of players ready to resurrect the glory of USA Men’s Basketball Team. With Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Lebron James, and Carmelo Anthony leading the way for the US Men’s National Basketball Team. If they can duplicate the success of the 1992 Men’s National Basketball Team they will surely earn the respect of the world. Let’s see on what they can do first in the FIBA America Qualifying match set to start next week August 22.

Yes, you heard it right. There are lot of rumors right now that Reggie Miller is making a planning to comeback this year. I was in hotels in Miami relaxing when I read about this news on NBA.com. Reggie has been practicing everyday to condition his self. They said that Reggie will join Kevin Garnett, Rey Allen, Paul Pierce and the rest of the Celtics. Reggie Miller probably thinking of atleast get a championship ring before his career will end.

Reggie Miller will bring a veteran boost off the bench on the powerhouse Boston celtics. Boston will be the favorite to win the Eastern Conference this season. Some teams are already building their roster to compete with highly competitive Eastern Conference. The power is now shifting to the East, I’m very excited now on 2007-2008 NBA season to start.

I think Reggie Miller still can give quality minutes. I hope too see him this NBA season.

Finally Garnett’s wish to be traded has been granted. He landed to Boston Celtics with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. I heard this news on NBATV while browsing http://www.gibbsny.edu/career.asp. Garnett finally had a chance to be on a competitive team. In the last 2-3 years after their championship run, Minnesota wasn’t the same team that compete in the NBA Western Conference Finals. Garnett wanted this trade badly because his former team, Minnesota Timberwolves we’re not the same team that can compete with championship caliber like San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Dallas Maverics.

Lets go back to Boston Celtics. Boston gave up their rising star Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, and other key players like Theo Ratliff and Ryan Gomes plus the return of Minnesota’s conditional 1st round pick. Now Boston have 3 key players and 2 steady players like Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins and a promising rookie Glen Davis. But still I think this lineup cannot compete with top Eastern Conference teams. They need more bench players that could relieve their center Michael Olowakandi. Although Olawakandi is a free agent this year. I think they can let go of Michael Olowakandi because of his physical condition. If Glen Davis can mix with the team early he can help Boston to atleast win a division championship. The real question to this Boston team is could they remain healthy? If yes, they surely compete on Eastern Conference contender Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, and Detroit Pistons.

Yes you heard it right. Scottie wants to return to the game he love. Scottie of thinking of taking another title by returning to play in the NBA. I was on a rhinoplasty revision center when I heard this news. Scottie wants to prove more. He was once asked during the NBA Allstar 2007 regarding Jordan’s shadow and this is his reaction “I think people love me just as much as they love Michael,” Pippen said. “The fans who understand the game, the GMs and coaches. I think they’d rather have a Scottie than a Michael. Because I’m an all-around player. Coaches would rather have a Scottie-type player than a Michael. I was an all-around player. I made people around me better.” Pippen might have said too much but analyst said that Pippen isn’t really a good speaker because he cannot express himself perfectly. Analyst also said that Pippen should just walk away from the game but the man is motivated to make a comeback this season. I wish him all the best hopefully he can still play his A game.

I just want to share this video of Scottie Pippen, how he annihilate Kobe Bryant back then. Do you think he can do it again if ever he will make a comeback in the NBA?