2011 NBA Draft Recap

 

The Knicks Keep Piling on the Mistakes

It is unbelievable how my favorite sports franchise refuses to do anything to make the team better. This year alone, between trading half the team for Carmelo Anthony and in doing so losing Danilo Gallinari instead of Landry Fields, a decision Fields quickly made the Knicks regret as his excellent first half of the season was followed up by a nearly invisible second half and playoff performance (apparently he did not realize that a sophomore slump usually starts in the second year); not re-signing Donnie Walsh, the man who brought the team back to a respectable level after the Knicks were a punch line for half a decade; and now wasting their 17th pick in the draft. Again, that was just 2011, and we are still in June.

My Belmont Stakes Experience

The 3rd Leg of the Crown

Last Saturday was my first experience at a horse race. I had watched the bigger races; the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes; on TV over the last few years as I attempted to get into the sport that has captured so many different people. So as I went to Belmont Park with my friend Dillon last Saturday I really did not know what to expect. There was no triple crown at stake so I was not expecting too much excitement. As we walk in we see people to sets of very different people. Some people were tailgating within the park wearing very casual clothes such as shorts and no sleeve shirts as their young kids ran around them. The other set were people dressed just like you would expect at a horse race, full suit and tie, smoking cigars, and on some occasions wearing fedoras. I realized that this experience was a lot more than just the Belmont Stakes. For some people this park consumed their whole day, arriving at eight in the morning when the first race is run, until eight at night when horses of the final race cross the finish line.

Mavs Win 2011 NBA Finals

Dirk

          That’s all he needs, one name and now you’ll recognize it forever. The greatest European players to ever play in the NBA has now proven himself by finally winning his first NBA title. I could have started this article out with how much I hate LeBron, as you may have seen in my past articles, and how he continually choked in the 4th quarter but that would not give enough credit to the great Dirk. That would not be fair to Dirk nor the Mavs, so I am starting with the NBA Finals MVP. Dirk carried this team throughout the playoffs and finally gets the recognition he deserves.

          Up until winning it all, all Dirk was known for was losing the 2006 NBA Finals to the Heat after the Mavs took a two games to zero lead and being named 2007 NBA MVP after having his top seeded Mavs bow out in the 1st