Hey Everyone, seems like Melo maybe on the move, check out this proposed deal.
Thoughts......!!???
add in the comments section below!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the video i posted is no longer available according to espn.com, it was pretty sick, anyhow you can read about it here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5618346
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Coyotes of...
Just got back from a conference that was held in Windsor, Ontario and had an exhausting and yet fun filled weekend!!! Glad to be back in Toronto, although I do miss the Boom Boom Room!!! LOL
So after writing the first Blog of the hockey season, a lot of people were saying how can those be your top 10 things to watch for in the coming season and not include the Phoenix Coyotes and their ownership situation. The reason I didn't have it in my top 10 due to the reason it is not a true hockey item to watch, it is a political battle between the NHL, and the City of Phoenix and anyone whose name is Jim Balsillie.
So we all know the situation, Balsillie overbids for an NHL team and then promptly decides he's going to move it to Hamilton to bring a second NHL team to the GTA/Southern Ontario Market. Here's my thoughts on the entire situation, from start to finish!!!
SEND THE TEAM TO SOUTHERN ONTARIO!!!
The facts are the facts...a second NHL team in the Southern Ontario Market, will not only generate interest from business owners in those areas, but it will put pressure on the Toronto Maple Leafs to put on a better product! Further more, from a business standpoint and I know @_bigkev_ can relate...a breaking even as opposed to a $35 million dollar loss in profit is a much better profit sharing technique that the other richer owners (cue New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, LA, Chicago, Detroit) will be happier with.
See here is the issue, with the CBA the players and owners signed, the teams that require assistance receive them from the Richer teams. The players have to put a certain percentage of their money into an escrow fund, which may or may not be paid back to them; depending on the profits of the league in total. So by increasing the profit now by say, $35 million dollars the players are happier because now they don't have to put more into the escrow account!!!
Gary Bettman you little munchkin, are you hearing this...Happy Rich Owners and Happy Rich Hockey players! Both people are happy, and both are delivering an excellent product on and off the ice.
Lets face it, I wrote a blog in January about how the 'expansion down south' worked well for the NHL as there are American born hockey players who are now playing for high level Junior programs, either at the National Junior Program USA Hockey, in the CHL up here, or going to be playing high level College hockey in the NCAA. However, lets put our ducks in a row and call it a day. The NHL couldn't have thought that Phoenix would ever succeed. It was a disaster waiting to happen, the moment they changed the name from the Jets.
Here's the scariest part, the NHL makes a profit, but have about 8 or 9 teams bringing the profit down. Teams like Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Florida, Tampa are severely bringing down the profits of the NHL. I've never understood how an owner can stand by and watch as his money goes down the toilet. I mean if he wanted to do that, he could just give it to me and I'll figure out what to do with it!!! If the NHL moved even three of these teams (Dallas and Tampa you can stay) then it would be a much more profitable league.
I will give credit where credit is due. Since the NHL went to these markets, they did have to get a little bit creative, and well they were able to bring us these lovely ladies all the time!!! So Atlanta, Carolina, Dallas, Florida, Tampa and Nashville, thank you for your southern hospitality!!!
Now I'm not saying move the team to Saskatchewan, or to Prince Edward Island; I don't think PEI has enough people on the island to fill an NHL rink...although the Charlottetown Potatoes has a good ring to it...(they can even have Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head as the mascot). But moving the teams to hockey markets that the league knows can be a success (Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec City) would be a step in the right direction.
One of the conspiracies that was being floated around when Balsillie was looking to owning the Phoenix Coyotes was that the NHL could not make any money on that sale because the Coyotes sale was private and only the owners of the team would profit from it. Well now, the NHL has full control over the Coyotes, and can now determine a place to put the team all on its own, and can profit from moving it to Southern Ontario as well.
In an odd twist of fate, I'm remembering when the city of Toronto was awarded a franchise by the NBA and one of the bidders was Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Well they ended up losing the franchise bid to the Bitove Group...however a couple of years later, Maple Leaf Sports comes back and makes the purchase of the Toronto Raptors and the Air Canada Centre (hadn't been built yet but the plans and design) and have profited large from that acquisition. If the NHL doesn't play its cards right, and in fact decides to move the Coyotes to Hamilton wouldn't it be funny if Jim Balsille comes in two years later to buy the team off the guy the NHL sold the team to? Then what would Munchkin Gary say?!?!?!?!?!
Its great to see the NHL show interest to come back to Canada...lets hope they will actually fulfill it and not cop out like they have in the past!!!
Just so everyone knows, even as a Leafs fan, I'm all in favour of Hamilton getting an NHL team! I think it would be a great opportunity for both teams to truly make a rivalry out of this great game of ours!!!
If the Coyotes move to Winnipeg, it would be a great story...the son runs away with the pretty girl from the Southern United States...realizes his mistake, and then comes back home again...leaving the girl in the Phoenix with a baby and no child support (in the hockey case it would be an empty arena and 0 revenue)...Justice would in fact be served...LAW AND ORDER STYLE!!!
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So after writing the first Blog of the hockey season, a lot of people were saying how can those be your top 10 things to watch for in the coming season and not include the Phoenix Coyotes and their ownership situation. The reason I didn't have it in my top 10 due to the reason it is not a true hockey item to watch, it is a political battle between the NHL, and the City of Phoenix and anyone whose name is Jim Balsillie.
So we all know the situation, Balsillie overbids for an NHL team and then promptly decides he's going to move it to Hamilton to bring a second NHL team to the GTA/Southern Ontario Market. Here's my thoughts on the entire situation, from start to finish!!!
SEND THE TEAM TO SOUTHERN ONTARIO!!!
The facts are the facts...a second NHL team in the Southern Ontario Market, will not only generate interest from business owners in those areas, but it will put pressure on the Toronto Maple Leafs to put on a better product! Further more, from a business standpoint and I know @_bigkev_ can relate...a breaking even as opposed to a $35 million dollar loss in profit is a much better profit sharing technique that the other richer owners (cue New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, LA, Chicago, Detroit) will be happier with.
See here is the issue, with the CBA the players and owners signed, the teams that require assistance receive them from the Richer teams. The players have to put a certain percentage of their money into an escrow fund, which may or may not be paid back to them; depending on the profits of the league in total. So by increasing the profit now by say, $35 million dollars the players are happier because now they don't have to put more into the escrow account!!!
Gary Bettman you little munchkin, are you hearing this...Happy Rich Owners and Happy Rich Hockey players! Both people are happy, and both are delivering an excellent product on and off the ice.
Lets face it, I wrote a blog in January about how the 'expansion down south' worked well for the NHL as there are American born hockey players who are now playing for high level Junior programs, either at the National Junior Program USA Hockey, in the CHL up here, or going to be playing high level College hockey in the NCAA. However, lets put our ducks in a row and call it a day. The NHL couldn't have thought that Phoenix would ever succeed. It was a disaster waiting to happen, the moment they changed the name from the Jets.
Here's the scariest part, the NHL makes a profit, but have about 8 or 9 teams bringing the profit down. Teams like Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Florida, Tampa are severely bringing down the profits of the NHL. I've never understood how an owner can stand by and watch as his money goes down the toilet. I mean if he wanted to do that, he could just give it to me and I'll figure out what to do with it!!! If the NHL moved even three of these teams (Dallas and Tampa you can stay) then it would be a much more profitable league.
I will give credit where credit is due. Since the NHL went to these markets, they did have to get a little bit creative, and well they were able to bring us these lovely ladies all the time!!! So Atlanta, Carolina, Dallas, Florida, Tampa and Nashville, thank you for your southern hospitality!!!
Now I'm not saying move the team to Saskatchewan, or to Prince Edward Island; I don't think PEI has enough people on the island to fill an NHL rink...although the Charlottetown Potatoes has a good ring to it...(they can even have Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head as the mascot). But moving the teams to hockey markets that the league knows can be a success (Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec City) would be a step in the right direction.
One of the conspiracies that was being floated around when Balsillie was looking to owning the Phoenix Coyotes was that the NHL could not make any money on that sale because the Coyotes sale was private and only the owners of the team would profit from it. Well now, the NHL has full control over the Coyotes, and can now determine a place to put the team all on its own, and can profit from moving it to Southern Ontario as well.
In an odd twist of fate, I'm remembering when the city of Toronto was awarded a franchise by the NBA and one of the bidders was Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Well they ended up losing the franchise bid to the Bitove Group...however a couple of years later, Maple Leaf Sports comes back and makes the purchase of the Toronto Raptors and the Air Canada Centre (hadn't been built yet but the plans and design) and have profited large from that acquisition. If the NHL doesn't play its cards right, and in fact decides to move the Coyotes to Hamilton wouldn't it be funny if Jim Balsille comes in two years later to buy the team off the guy the NHL sold the team to? Then what would Munchkin Gary say?!?!?!?!?!
Its great to see the NHL show interest to come back to Canada...lets hope they will actually fulfill it and not cop out like they have in the past!!!
Just so everyone knows, even as a Leafs fan, I'm all in favour of Hamilton getting an NHL team! I think it would be a great opportunity for both teams to truly make a rivalry out of this great game of ours!!!
If the Coyotes move to Winnipeg, it would be a great story...the son runs away with the pretty girl from the Southern United States...realizes his mistake, and then comes back home again...leaving the girl in the Phoenix with a baby and no child support (in the hockey case it would be an empty arena and 0 revenue)...Justice would in fact be served...LAW AND ORDER STYLE!!!
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Worst Post Title (sorry): James and Vick and the US and Sports News Outlets Blowing Things Up....
This is the worst title ever I have had for a post, but i did not and will not ever title something like other news outlets (cough cough espn) with the word 'racial' or racism in it. My Brokeankles peeps, do me a favor and watch this entire video. After watching, think about it for a minute and then proceed and read, because this is a bit of a touchy topic. I am not trying to stir the pot but a lot of you may or may not agree with some of the things i may say going forward in this post.
Again, these are my thoughts and do not reflect the rest of the guys who write on the blog. I am not getting into any Jesse Jackson type of ish, but I am gonna say some stuff.....if the embedded video doesn't work, then check the link and find the video
"Lebron James Racial Divide" http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5603433&categoryid=2459788 - story featured on espn 1st/10.
....So, what did you think? If you are a Canadian, i will say it is hard to relate to the views of both the black and white communities in the US, because I am always the first to say that my city, Toronto, is one of the happiest places in the world!! We are truly a melting pot and issues of race never, ever, never ever eveeeerrrrr come up. Seriously. In terms of our sports coverage we have the Hockey Network (TSN), The Score, and all the Raptor/Blue Jay/Leaf and MLS Toronto FC coverage. The sports news outlets up here are ok, they do what they have to do. Report the latest and greatest, update scores, and talk about news i.e. trades, etc. ESPN however likes to have segments such 1st and 10, which is probably the worst thing I have ever watched on their site. I check ESPN almost daily, 10 times a day almost and watch all vids, and reports, but these 1st and 10 segments get on my nerves. After watching the video, the thing that really, "grinds my gears" is the whole comparison between Cross Burning and Burning Lebron James's Jersey's in Cleavland. To compare Lebron James jersey's to a cross being burned, is absolutely, ridiculous. There is a huge difference to me, and the fact that Lebron James and his "decision" have garnered so much negative publicity, you had to see this coming. This chick to the left (Jamele Hill) of the host, needs to get a Van Damme gut punch man...seriously.
Bringing up Jesse Jackson's comments into play after Dan Gilbert verbally raped Lebron and his antics, is nonsense as well. Gilbert has every right to say what he wants, cause his former employee acted like a Pre-Madonna, selfish individual. A self anointed "king" (w/o a ring), who let down an entire state.... Oh yah, he broad-casted it on National Television. Thats a slap in the face, and i like his game, but Lebron as a person, well just seeing what i see and read of him on the daily news.... he is not someone I would ever go have a beer with. I will leave it at that. For anyone else to comment on top of it, like Jesse James did is stupid, he has no right whatsoever, but I feel that is a... (here we go, maybe a little controversial what i am going to say, but i am just sayin...) its a very common American News tactic, to spin things into a racial issue when we are talking about SPORTS. They are making a guy like Lebron, bigger then the actual sport itself. Which is totally wrong.
I am actually done talking about Lebron, I will say, its a decision he made to move on, but the way he handled it, was f'n insane. Thats it. That is the problem with the entire Lebron story. Anyone, who thinks this story is racist, racial, is totally off and totally wrong. Which bring me to my next subject of this post,Michael Vick.
This lady goes onto somehow involve an ex convicted felon NFL player who recently had a shooting take place at a birthday party into this Lebron story. :| that means "straight face" BBM emotican. Now I am thinking what the F does Michael Vick have to do with Lebron James. Like he's a football player, and LBJ is a basketball player. In case everyone forgot, this is what Michael Vick did....
Yah, so shut the F up.....she also goes on to say the following:
"a lot of black people protecting Michael Vick and what he has been through and what he repersents in the black community" -- yah watch that video above this paragraph again. He's suppose to be a role model??? Interesting.
I am just saying that people need to stop all this black and white talk, and realize its sports. Sports is sports, and if you try to over analyze things and start picking things apart, these messes come up and the tards like the one's on 1/10 have jobs. Seriously, Lebron is an immense talent, as is Michael Vick. But a bozo is a bozo, my old Coach in High School Basketball use to say that to us all the time. You can have all the talent and be the best at this and that, but if you are a bozo, then you should go join the circus, and leave others out of it. So "UTARIOOO, Stop BEING A BOZO!"
Jemele Hill, your the worst.....
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Mo' Better Blues
“That’s how bad it got,” Mo Williams said. “I contemplated it. I really sat down and envisioned life after basketball. …I really saw myself not playing. “It just didn’t make sense to me. …It doesn’t make sense to me.” “This summer was very, very stressful for me,” Williams said. “I really lost a lot of love for the game this summer". Williams said he was so depressed by James’ exit that he considered walking away from the NBA.
Really Mo? Walking away from it all? You are 27, healthy (at least physically) and have three years and $26 million remaining on your contract. Life has its ups and downs and we all have been to that dark place where we contemplated whether to walk away from things we love (job, drugs, alcohol, PS3s, marriage or relationships).
What you are is blessed my friend, to be in the league and to be healthy to compete at the highest level and get paid really well for it.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Two and a Half Men
I came across this video this morning and thought that it was hilarious. I love Derrick Rose and David Lee. The third guy in this video - not so much. In fact, I am not sure why he keeps popping up in these 2K11 commercials. Dude looks so uncomfortable in front of the camera..maybe that explains Game 7 of the finals.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
@JollyBenjabi's NHL Top 10 Season Premiere!
Well its Premiere week in TV Land now, and well after a long hiatus, Hockey is back on Brokeankles! So here is the season premiere episode of what I'm looking forward to this hockey season.
1. The Chicago Blackhawks
Now this team, was built by Dale Tallon (who was then unceremoniously fired for a fax up...errr fuck up in administration). He built the Stanley Cup champs to become the Stanley Cup champs and first and foremost, deserves a ring for it. But now here's the really messed up situation in Chicago, after waiting 48 long and torturous years for a Stanley Cup parade, the team was dismantled just like the Florida Marlins. It was a sad sad state when more than 10 players had to be shipped off the team, because of salary cap restraints. The Blackhawks will no doubt be the most interesting team this season, not only because of the star power they have, but because of all the new faces on the team...this isn't your father's Chicago Blawkhawks...
2. Halak a Blue
Jaroslav Halak had a magical playoff run with the Montreal Canadians. As a Leaf fan, I hated every minute of it...as a hockey fan you couldn't help but think of the Ken Drydon or Patrick Roy goalies. This was a goaltender who single handily took out the Presidents Cup trophy winners, and the defending Stanley Cup champions! Unreal! And just as quickly as his glove would make a catch, he was shipped out of Montreal for a couple of prospects. In a weird way, I actual agree with what Montreal did...for two reasons and two reasons only...Halak's value was at the highest it has ever been, possibly ever will be...why wouldn't you trade an asset like that away. The second, they showed a lot of balls by sticking with Carey Price. Price as we all know was looking like the second coming of Ken Drydon...Its going to be a season where not only do the Blues finally have a legitimate number 1 goalie, but now we get to find out if Halak is the real deal or not.
3. Dion Phaneuf as the Leafs Captain
To wear the "C" for the Toronto Maple Leafs is such an honour and a privilege that is given to a player worthy of that honour. Ron Wilson and Brian Burke made the decision this past summer in giving Dion Phaneuf a chance to be the leader. He was kicked out of Calgary for numerous rumours, and has a fresh start in Toronto. That just sounded weird, most players leaf Toronto to get a fresh start somewhere else...but he is here and hopefully can not only bolster the defense of the team, but motivate everyone on the team to do their role, and finally take this team into the playoffs. If nothing else, at least we'll see Elisha Cuthbert at the games...ahhhh the girl next door...
1. The Chicago Blackhawks
Now this team, was built by Dale Tallon (who was then unceremoniously fired for a fax up...errr fuck up in administration). He built the Stanley Cup champs to become the Stanley Cup champs and first and foremost, deserves a ring for it. But now here's the really messed up situation in Chicago, after waiting 48 long and torturous years for a Stanley Cup parade, the team was dismantled just like the Florida Marlins. It was a sad sad state when more than 10 players had to be shipped off the team, because of salary cap restraints. The Blackhawks will no doubt be the most interesting team this season, not only because of the star power they have, but because of all the new faces on the team...this isn't your father's Chicago Blawkhawks...
2. Halak a Blue
Jaroslav Halak had a magical playoff run with the Montreal Canadians. As a Leaf fan, I hated every minute of it...as a hockey fan you couldn't help but think of the Ken Drydon or Patrick Roy goalies. This was a goaltender who single handily took out the Presidents Cup trophy winners, and the defending Stanley Cup champions! Unreal! And just as quickly as his glove would make a catch, he was shipped out of Montreal for a couple of prospects. In a weird way, I actual agree with what Montreal did...for two reasons and two reasons only...Halak's value was at the highest it has ever been, possibly ever will be...why wouldn't you trade an asset like that away. The second, they showed a lot of balls by sticking with Carey Price. Price as we all know was looking like the second coming of Ken Drydon...Its going to be a season where not only do the Blues finally have a legitimate number 1 goalie, but now we get to find out if Halak is the real deal or not.
3. Dion Phaneuf as the Leafs Captain
To wear the "C" for the Toronto Maple Leafs is such an honour and a privilege that is given to a player worthy of that honour. Ron Wilson and Brian Burke made the decision this past summer in giving Dion Phaneuf a chance to be the leader. He was kicked out of Calgary for numerous rumours, and has a fresh start in Toronto. That just sounded weird, most players leaf Toronto to get a fresh start somewhere else...but he is here and hopefully can not only bolster the defense of the team, but motivate everyone on the team to do their role, and finally take this team into the playoffs. If nothing else, at least we'll see Elisha Cuthbert at the games...ahhhh the girl next door...Friday, September 17, 2010
ESPN - Greatest Team of All Time
Guys, if you havent seen this cool sub site up on espn.com then check it out!
Really cool concept, allows you to pick any NBA team and decide all time who the greatest at each position would be. So of course my buddy already facebook'ed the greatest Raps team of all time, and here is what it looks like:
PG- DAMON
SG - VINCE
SF - JALEN
PF - CHRIS BOSH
C - A.DAVIS
really cant argue there, i would however have TMAC as my 3 and maybe Oakley as the 5 if you could have him eligible as the 4/5. Check it out if you havent already, im having some fun with this...
here is the link for the raps team, from here you can navigate around
http://espn.go.com/espn/greatestteam/index/_/teamId/5559484/the-greatest-raptors-team-all-time?teamId=5559484&votes=0:24~1:5555308~2:5555314~3:5555307~4:5555300~5:5555296~
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