Three Point Discussion on the NBA

I know many of you out there are wondering, "what am I supposed to do with all these NBA headlines?" Have no fear, Sweet Emotion will help you intelligently think through the recent NBA situations.

Question: What am I to think about Billy Donavan going to coach the Orlando Magic?
Answer: Billy Donavan has just joined the ranks of a long list of college coaches that will end up hating their job. Five things Donavan had at Florida: Influence over his players, great recruiting, the disparity of college sports (a.k.a. no salary cap, no draft, you can get as much talent as you can recruit), quite a lenient window for some bumps in the road (if one wins back to back national championships he can do no wrong for at least a couple of seasons....see Coach Rod Barnes), and sole possession of the slick backed hair look. He has now thrown those things out the window for an extra three million and a house near Disney World. Don't get me wrong, the proximity to Disney World might get me to Orlando as well. However, I think he will have the same experience as Rick Pitino and John Calipari. The NBA is a players run league, coaches are marginalized, and Pat Riley is king of the slicked back hair.

Question: How good is Lebron James
Answer: Ridiculous! He scored 29 of his teams final 30 points...25 of those points coming in a row. And oh yea, he is 22. Lebron is amazing. I don't think they have much of a chance against the Spurs, but that was Jordanesque last night.

Question: What am I to think of this Kobe Bryant Trade/Jerry West demand.
Answer: Kobe needs to settle down. He needs to remember two things. First of all, he is the employee. Sure his team might have made some less than wise moves. However, they pay you millions to play basketball, and you are the employee....not the reverse. Second of all, how quickly Kobe turns his back on the Lakers. Remember just a few years ago with the rape scandal in Colorado. The Lakers incessantly backed their star player amidst shaky times. What does Kobe pay them back with? He pays them back with trade talks, management demands and other whiny pleas.

Glad Sweet Emotion can help your day. Feel free to disagree and we'll continue the game show rankings next week.