NBA Off-Season

This off season has been one of many changes for the strongest teams in the East and the West.  With the most recent coming out of Boston with the Celtics picking up Rasheed Wallace.  This type of player can really make them one of the best teams in the history of the league. Yeah, the history! As much as people don't like Wallace I guarantee you that if he is on your team you are loving the guy.  I mean he is always hustling, he plays a lot of minutes, great rebounder, great perimeter shooter, and an intimidator on the court.  Trust me a lot of these NBA guys do not want to have to put up with Wallace's talent or his attitude not too mention you have KG,Paul Pierce,Rondo,and Jesus Shuttlesworth(Ray Allen).  It looks pretty scary and then you have the scoring power of Eddie "Arizona State" House off the bench.  Ok, ok I'm starting to sound like a Celtic's fan and that I am not,trust me!  All I am trying to get across is that if the Lakers don't get back Lamar Odom who is reportedly being swayed by the Miami Heat and Dwayne Wade and the young moolah$$ then they will have trouble playing with the Celtic's.  If Odom and Ariza are both out of LA you are looking at a totally different team and one that I don't believe can hang with the mighty Celtic's even with Kobe and yet another intimadator Ron Artest.  God, I would not ever want to get on his bad side and would defiantly want him on my side in a bar fight. The guy is athletic,thick,great shooter, and a pure ass hole.  But LA will not be able to hang with Boston if they can't hold on to Odom.  That is as long as the heart of the team, KG stays healthy.

We can't count out "The King" either though, I mean the guy is a beast, I am constantly in fights with my best buddy Sdot about who is better-LeBron or Kobe.  I'm not even sure sometimes, they are different players.  I believe Kobe is better just because the guy is a winner and a pure competitor.  I mean he wants it more than anyone and that's one thing LeBron is lacking but with the acquisition of Shaq it could make for a very interesting season and make LeBron want it so much more. Because even though I'm only 23 and have never met any of these guys I'm pretty sure that Kobe and Shaq are constantly trying to out do each other when it comes to the 'ol Championships.  And you cannot count the Cavs out because they have the biggest,strongest,fastest and pure talent that anyone in the game has seen in a long time.  I might sound like I'm contradicting myself with the King James and Kobe talk but I really think that the all around better player is Kobe...at least at this point.  He has won and he plays his ass off every game. Not to say that LeBron doesn't give it his all but Kobe is a beast in the 4th quarter and you never know what you will get out of him.  Think about this....LeBron is 24 with 6 years of experience....Kobe is 30 with 13 years experience.  LeBron has plenty of time to catch up but Kobe did win his first NBA Title in only his 5th season the 2000-2001 season.  Yes he did have the DIESEL in his hay day but it just doesn't add up.  Ok, I'm done with this!!! This could go on for days!  

The main idea of this post was to talk about the tumultuous big move off season in the NBA.  It will be interesting to see if the Lakers can hold on to Odom.  He needs to wake up by the way and realize who he is playing around and who the hell is coaching his ass!! I mean stick around and win a couple more rings because as bad ass as Mr. Wade is....the Heat are not going to compare to the Celtics, Magic, or the Cavs in the East.  Don't count out the Spurs with Richard Jefferson or the Mavericks with their run and gun offense and the great coaching of Rick Carlisle.