Sunday's Quick Hits

NBA:
The NBA trade deadline passed on Thursday and without much fanfare. The big deals happened before Thursday (the Mavs getting Caron Butler and the Cavs getting Antwan Jamison) and many teams were busy clearing cap space for the this summer's free agent pool. My winners and losers:
Winners:
Cavs- the fact that Lebron has someone else who cal play at an all star level makes them a little scary.
Mavs- Caron Butler is underrated in my eyes. The Mavs need an impact player who can match Dirk's consistency. The question is whether or not he can play when it counts.
Knicks - They successfully cleared cap space and got a good marketing tool in Tracy McGrady. TMac could be good and if he does agree to stay for a discounted price, they could really draw some talented

Losers:
Clippers- There is no way they are going to be able to get great free agents, so clearing cap space is an exercise in futility. I will say dumping Marcus Camby for might have been a good move, but they needed to move a lot more than that.
Bulls - I have absolutely no idea what they were doing. They got rid of an underachieving athletic big man (Tyrus Thomas) and picked one up (Hakim Warrick). They basically traded role playing guards for role playing guards and made pretty much gave themselves a tougher chance to make the playoffs by making Milwaukee a little bit better.
Nuggets - They are too inconsistent to win with what they have now and basically made no moves. They will lose to the Lakers in the conference finals if they find a way to beat Dallas.

MLB:
Spring training is about to start up and its my goal to get more conversations going about both the Royals and the Rockies. I am excited for summertime to return.

College Basketball:
Kentucky finds a way to win. Its not pretty and they get the advantage of some brainlessness from the referees and opposing players, but they find a way to win. That said, there is no way they are going to win it all. I have seen them get down to the end and miss a ton of free throws. You can't do that if you want a national championship. Just ask Memphis.

Speaking of Memphis, the Jayhawks have all but locked up another Big 12 title. With a win over Oklahoma on Big Monday tomorrow, they will have assured atleast a tie for the title. The bigger news for the Jayhawks is the race to 2,000 wins. Kansas currently has 1996 wins as a program. If KU somehow finds a way to go undefeated in Big 12 play (I am not saying they will by any means) they will get win number 2,000 in Mizzou Arena. I understand that means beating another top 10 team (Kstate) at home, beating one of the hotter teams in the Big 12 on the road (Okie State) and finding a way to win a rivalry game on the road to close out a long conference season. But it would be Legen...... wait for it.... dary!

To top it all off, North Carolina is currently sitting at 1998 wins as a program. If KU can win out and Carolina only wins one more conference game, KU will beat Carolina to 2000. This is pretty amazing because to start the year, UNC had 14 more wins than KU. Excitement!


Olympics
Finally, something live! USA vs. Canada men's hockey. Pretty great stuff. Even Mrs. DDSF is getting excited! Go USA!

I think that's enough for today.

Give me thoughts on what you are excited about right now. Comments will appear just below the post, so feel free to start the discussion.

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