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May 23, 2008

Carmelo Anthony Needs to Become a Net. And the Lakers Need to Win.

Carmelo Anthony in a Nets Uniform (Courtesy of Universe at S2 message boards)Why? Because it just needs to happen, to make my life complete. Oh, and Anthony needs to lead the Nets to a championship.

Everyone knows of the rumors of Carmelo coming to the Nets. And if you don’t shame on you. But if that happened, imagine how great that would be. That trade woud be up there with the Nets stealing Kidd and Carter from the Suns and Raps, respectively. I mean, Carmelo Anthony, one of the top young players in the game…for RJ? Are you kidding me? That’s a no-brainer. Carmelo’s twice the player Jefferson is. It’d be a dream for me, with my Nets-Orange fandom.

So, the other night, I caught the Lakers’ win over San Antonio, in L.A. How amazing was that? Who wasn’t surprised and amazed when the Lakers came back from a 20 point lead?! It was such a good win for L.A., though. For L.A.’s bench to make such a run, and Kobe to follow up by leading another run, thereby giving L.A. the victory was great. (As you can tell, I’m sick of San Antonio.)

Also, anyone else surprised with the improve game of Sasha Vujacic? Wow, what a player he’s become. His defense has Kobe Bryant and Sasha Vujacic, of the LA Lakers(Jerry Lai/AP Photo)improve greatly, and his shot selection is looking much better than it previously was. Not to mention those clutch free throws in Game 1. I used to think he was trash…I was definitely wrong about him.

Anyways, the Game 2 was tonight, and how thankful was I to hear that, while I on my walk, the Lakers had blown out the Spurs by 30 points! That’s the best thing I’ve heard since…well, since Kidd got traded for Devin Harris. I hope this trend of the Lakers whooping the Spurs continues, because I can’t stand the Spurs.

So, for the Pistons-Celtics series…shall we consider that over? With the Pistons’ win at Boston, home court advantage has shifted to the Pistons. Now, all the Pistons have to do is win at home in the rest of the series, and they’re the Eastern Conference Champs. Of course, the Pistons did lose one against the 76ers, of all teams. But Boston hasn’t won yet away from home. And I really doubt the Pistons are gonna underestimate the Celtics, as they know perfectly well what they’re capable of.

The keys to the Pistons winning this series is gonna be Chauncey and Sheed: For one, is Chauncey healthy enough to lead Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons gives the thumbs up after a Detroit win at Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)his team to the Finals, and will he be able to stay healthy throughout the whole series? Let’s hope so. And will Sheed step up to the call, and get the better of Garnett in the series? I think he will. He matched his average last night of 13 points, played good defense, and his teammates stepped up from the Game 1 blowout. I think that, as long as Chauncey’s fine and healthy, this series should be Detroit’s for the taking.

Since my hopes for a Hornets-Magic Finals were squashed in the second round, I’m hoping this round will make up for it, by providing with about an equally entertaining Lakers-Pistons Finals.

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