The Olympics are done and the football season is completely over, so what prospective sport or sporting event is on the up and up at the moment?
In professional sports the NBA is three quarters of the way done and heading to the playoffs. The NHL will finally start getting back into action after the Olympic break meaning that they are reaching playoff time soon, while NASCAR is just a couple weekends into their grueling schedule. Finally, college basketball is nearing their “March Madness,” so that means it is almost time for everyone to start filling out their brackets for the office.
Since the NBA trade deadline, the dominant teams appear to have distanced themselves from the competition. The two biggest trades involved possible title contenders which could help them reach the Finals.
The Dallas Mavericks traded for the Washington Wizards former All-Star Caron Butler, defensive minded center, Brendan Haywood and Deshawn Stevenson. These two will combine with Mav’s stars, Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, and Shawn Marion, to form a formidable starting lineup that can match up with anyone in the Western Conference.
This trade puts the Mavs in the top three or four Western Conference contenders. The real question of this trade is, whether it put them ahead of the LA Lakers?
LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers also made a blockbuster deal that involved another former Wizard All-Star. Antawn Jamison was dealt to the Cavs for Zydrunas Ilgauskas (recently bought out by the Wizards) in a three-team deal that also involved the LA Clippers.
Cleveland is arguably the best team in the league already and this trade could further this belief especially if the Cavs are able to re-sign Big Z. This could even not be the biggest deal for the franchise right now. The question for the Cavs is, does this win them the title and further their chance to re-sign James?
“I don’t see anyone but the Cavs winning the title this year. They are too good, and the Lakers aren’t as good as last year,” says Jeff Kay.
Looks like we will find out in just a few short months.
After the exciting gold medal match in Vancouver, could the NHL become more popular?
Sorry, but unlikely hockey fans.
“That was a very exciting game, but come on. Who really believes that the NHL will gain popularity? That sport is just a step above soccer in America,” says DJ Kelley
Though the gold medal game was exciting, the NHL will continue their seemingly unnoticed regular season and head towards the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Which race are they on to in NASCAR now? Three weeks into their season and already the buzz has died down around the sport. Anyone know why that is? First of all, Jimmy Johnson already seems back on track and on pace to win his fifth straight NASCAR championship. Second? Oh yea, that “sex symbol” female driver, Danica Patrick, will be heading back to Indy Racing.
Well it was nice seeing you Danica, see you again in the summer.
With the top two teams falling this past weekend in college basketball does that make the tournament more exciting? Does it matter?
With all the office pools and brackets filled out it just might not matter.
Possibly the best postseason in all of sports, amateur or professional, there will be guaranteed excitement.
If the latter does not appease to you there is always spring training starting up, and the upcoming NFL Draft.
So who is going to be No.1 anyways?
-By Clayton Fawcette
