Week in Review 8/24 - 8/30
I'm sure I'm forgetting some stories but it's one in the morning, I can't sleep and have to wake up in 8 hours to watch Syracuse's sad excuse for a football team open up it's season. Honestly, three wins or more and I'll be happy.
Manu Down
San Antonio's title hopes to a shot when it was announced that Manu needs ankle surgery. The odd year dynasty might be coming to an end. In related news, Andrew Bynum and Greg Oden are both up and at 'em; their rehabs are going nicely and they look to be in game shape when the season starts.
Ewing is Back!
Patrick Ewing Jr. was traded to the New York Knicks for the rights to infamous draft bust/Vince Carter poster Frederic Weis. I kind of get why New York did it since Ewing could be one of their better perimeter defenders and would help guarantee that there will be a Knick at All-Star weekend (look up Patrick Ewing dunk on Youtube) but I don't really get it for Houston. Weis is washed up and they could have just waived Ewing. Maybe they just wanted to see if they couldn't help T-Mac's jersey sales in France.
One reason the Rockets didn't need Ewing was because they had just traded the other 2nd rounder they got for Artest for another son of a former New York star athlete. The Rox acquired DJ Strawberry for Sean Singletary.
The Grizzlies sign Iranian Big Man
So now a Serbian bust and Iranian big man will be battling for minutes while likely getting heckled by people from Tennesse. On the bright side, it might be the first time people in the Volunteer State are relieved to have a Gay guy around.
Monta Ellis out for 3 to 4 months
The dreaded high ankle sprain has claimed another victim. The Warriors main man will be out, which should mean more minutes for my man Kelenna Azubuike. The Ellis injury hurts the most because that team needed time to gel. As it stands now, Corey Maggette is going to become the main trigger man with Stephen Jackson helping out. It should be interesting if they are eager to share shots when Monta comes back.
Bring the Thunder!
Oklahoma City is going to be named the Thunder. There was a picture of a possible logo but I don't want to link to it because it looked awful. It basically looked like the NCAA Tournament logo. Not bad for a tournament but terrible for a team. On the other hand, the former OKC team, the Hornets unveiled a pretty nice new logo.
RIP Kevin Duckworth and Get Well Soon Wayman Tisdale.
