Dr. Feelgood

I'm sure you know this but the GM is Rich Cho of Portland, and not Kevin Pritchard. But other than that, it looks great.

Even without Barnes and Artest, Blake had nothing to worry about. Blake is a scrapper who is willing to get in anyone's face. Just ask Dwight Howard as Blake didn't back down from him. Adding Blake and Barnes to this Lakers team definitely added the toughness they needed. Fearless players.

I'm a little curious to see how he does with more minutes but at the same time, I still think he's one of the most inconsistent players in the league. I don't think he'll be anymore than an average starter at best to be honest.

Smoking, whether it be weed or ciggs is a complete waste of money. I don't know how anyone can seriously spend money on either. It really boggles my mind.

I do not smoke at all, though I'm around people who smoke all the time.

I'm currently reading Limitless (well, the book was originally called The Dark Fields but since the movie, they republished it under the Limitless name, which was stupid in my opinion). I'm liking it so far and can't wait to finish it.

We got this win, especially with West done. Though I'm eager to see how Landry plays tonight for them.

Wow, that's some crazy stuff man. It's great to hear that you're still going to the meetings and really trying to stay sober. I really wish my younger cousin would go to rehab as he's into a lot of shit but that's all on him. We've already tried reaching out to him numerous times and he's proven that he can't be trusted at all. Enough about that though, this is about you. Congrats again and definitely look forward to having you back full time.

I usually wear a zip hoodie (whether it's my black Motley Crue one or my black and red Blazers one) and a pair of basketball shorts and my Adidas shoes. If I'm gonna be wearing pants, I'll have my basketball shorts under in case one of my friends wants to go play ball, I'm already ready, lol. Sometimes I'll wear a hat but rarely do I do that anymore since all the ones I have are beat up and worn out.

Built to Last - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

It's gonna be a lot of fun to see the Rockets and Grizzlies going all out for that last playoff spot, both teams missing their star players. Imagine where both teams would be right now if they had their star players. Obviously the Rockets would be better if they had a healthy Yao Ming good to go but the Grizz would still give them a damn good run for their money.

That's great to hear, glad you got through it with (hopefully) no problems. Looking forward to seeing you back man.

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

What a game we have here. Portland was up big, then gave the lead away to the Spurs by like...7 points, and now Portland makes another run to go up by 6. Just a great game and a great effort by the big 3less Spurs.

The Spurs are still managing to at least keep it close though. I still see an 8-14 point win.

I currently ball in these... http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/1006/xld1018bbbbs.jpg I needed a pair quickly and these were affordable (about $40 at the time, now like $20) and they're comfortable. I only wear them on indoor courts. My previous shoes that I had was the Wades back during their championship run, I loved them and never saw anyone wearing them, lol. http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5087/dwyanewadeshoes.jpg

It is in San Antonio and unless Parker, Neal, or Hill have a big night, I don't see the Spurs having the scoring power to out score the Blazers. EDIT - Maybe if Jefferson comes up big, forgot about him but even then, I'm not scared.

Burnin' Bridges - Slaughter

Especially since Portland is hungry for a win after last night's tough loss. I see Portland winning by 8-14 points tonight.

Even with Roy sitting out, we're still a tough matchup against the Lakers. We've proved that a couple times in the past I believe, even last year nabbing a win against the Lakers with Roy sitting out if my memory isn't playing games with me.

Sermon - Drowning Pool

It's possible for them to catch up but it's highly unlikely in my opinion, despite all the injuries the Spurs have suffered and with how hot the Lakers have been.

I was not driving, was in the passenger seat, hah hah. Though this is the second car accident I've been in were I've been in the passenger seat, the first one wasn't nearly as bad as this one. And the investigation is still going on, I can't wait to see what bullshit the other two drivers came up with though because it literally makes no sense as to how we got in the accident unless one of them was doing something illegally. I'll keep you guys posted as things go down. Though good news for my mom, she'll be getting a new car that will be automatic (about a year ago, she started complaining about her car and how she was sick of always shifting but was only less then 2 years away from having it paid off) and her payments will be much lower, about $150 bucks lower. But still, under these circumstances....yeah, you get the point.

The reason I haven't been posting as much as I have (especially this weekend), is because Friday morning, I got into a car accident that totaled the car we were driving. The air bags deployed saving both my mom's and my life. Happened at 6:50AM about 5 minutes away from home. We came out of the accident scratch free and bruise free. It was a three car accident. I wasn't paying any attention as I was looking down playing a game on m phone.... Here is what happened. We were in the left lane, I believe the car in front of us was in the left lane. He hit a lady in front of him who was turning right. Now obviously, that doesn't make any sense at all since there is both a left and right lane. So either the lady was making an illegal right turn...or he was in the right lane, saw that she was turning right, decided to try and go around her by going into the left lane. He ended up clipping the driver side of her car sending her spinning down the street she was turning, he then slammed on his breaks. We didn't have any time at all to break (though my mom did) and she tried to stop but smashed right into the back of him. Like I said, either she was making an illegal right turn or he was either trying to go around her when she was turning by going into the left lane, or he was in both lanes for some stupid reason and clipped her. Her car had a ding or so on her driver side as well as a flat passenger tire. His car's back bumper was messed up (from us smashing into him at 35MPH, the speed limit) and our car was toast. So one of them initiated the three car crash. The guy behind us almost hit us as well but was able to avoid it. I wish we would have gotten his name but he drove off because he had to go to work, though he did check to make sure we were okay, which we were. So after the entire thing ended, filed the report, contacted the insurance companies, my mom and I still went back to work at about 10:30AM. The reason we went back to work is because our work does NOT offer any sick or personal days (no, I'm 100% serious). We get 1 week of vacation on the anniversary of the time we started and that's it. I actually woke up Saturday not sore at all (thinking I was going to be since I wasn't feeling anything on Friday). I even still went and played basketball with my friends earlier tonight (Sunday). The entire accident did get me thinking a lot though, mainly about my little sister (11yrs old) who could of had to grow up without her mom and older brother. Thankfully, my sister was not in the car at all but it was the one thing that I first thought of once I found out we were both okay. I actually started crying just thinking about it and even now...it still brings a tear to my eyes. But we're okay and that's all that matters. I should be picking up my activity around here starting tomorrow hopefully. I've missed this place, hah.

If you look at the +/- for both the teams, the Raps all have tons of -20+ of the Warriors have tons of +20s, lol. http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=310325009