Around The League

With a full slate of games around the league, let's breakdown Friday night's action:

High's:

• The Electricity in Boston – With the World Series just wrapping up and the Patriots-Colts showdown set for Sunday, I was worried the Celtics might be overshadowed. Absolutely Not.
• Chris Kaman Dominating – 26 and 18 in the win. Just a thought, but could you imagine Kaman rolling up to Rucker Park?
• Atlanta’s Big 3 – Young, Athletic, and Talented. The Celtics aren’t the only team in the league with a Big 3. Keep a close eye on Marvin Williams, Joe Johnson, and Josh Smith.
• D-Wade commercials – Does anyone else get chills from the new D-Wade Converse commercial?
• Andrew Bynum’s double-double ­– After lobbying to have Bynum shipped out of town, do you think Kobe roots for him to play well?
• From Courtside’s 5 “Ready To Break Out Players”
  

Low's:

• Kevin Garnett’s First Shot - I think it clipped the bottom of the backboard.
• LeBron’s mouthpiece – I’m not sure if LeBron’s rocking a mouthpiece to prevent biting his nails, but watching him dangle a clear mouthpiece all night is painful.
• Arenas backing up his predictions – In case you don’t follow hoops as closely as some of us, here’s an excerpt from Arenas’s blog:
  "On November 2nd, we're going to go into that building, we're opening up Boston. Right now I'm telling the Boston fans: You guys are going to lose. It's not going to be a victory for Boston."
  Boston won by 20…
• Wizards from deep – 0 – 16 from 3... Perhaps part of the reason for the lopsided loss.
• The Bulls home opener – At 0-2, someone might want to tell John Paxon that a Luol Deng package might be worth Kobe Bryant.
• Sacramento Kings first half – Is Orien Greene really your starting point guard? I guess that explains 23 first half points.
• Stephon Marbury riding pine in crunch time – It appears Steph has a new role for the Knicks and it consists of rooting his teammates on down the stretch. Impressive.