NBA Round-up

Gilbert, Gilbert, Gilbert

Talk about a hot player. Gilbert Arenas is a kid and the League is his playground. For those of you who listen to the show, you know I am a huge Gilbert fan. RIGHT NOW, he is the best offensive player in the game. He is making shots from 40-feet out with ease and at the same time taking it to the hole. The best thing about Gilbert is that he knows he is this good but never comes off as cocky. He has a personal vendetta against anyone who doubts him. Even if your favorite NBA's water boy doubts Gilbert, he will come after your team and light them up. Gilbert is that kind of player. For the season, Gilbert is putting up 30.5 points, almost five rebounds and 6.6 assists. He is shooting 44% from the field and only getting 9 freethrows a game (making about 7.5 of them)...Those are MVP numbers. Gilbert Arenas is the MVP right now.

The Tables Turn

With the big win over the Spurs on Friday, the Dallas Mavericks have turned the table. Now they are the team that dominates opponents and wins the big games against their fierciest rival. I think the Spurs are a good team but they lack that winning edge at the end of games. The championship Spurs teams would be winning all the close games but now it seems like every close game goes agaisnt them. The Mavericks have more talent right now and have made more moves to upend the Spurs. The Mavericks are made to beat the Spurs and thats it (hence the horrible showing in the Finals)...The best move they made was signing Devean George. He is a finals tested player who can make big shots in the clutch. Dirk is playing his best basketball yet. Harris is panning out to be a solid NBA player and Jason Terry is still thanking the Houston Rockets for his coming out party two seasons ago.
---The X-Factor--- In the first meeting between the Spurs and Mavs, Coach Pop used Francisco Elson to keep Dirk in check and it worked. Since then he has not used Elson...He is probably doing this to leave the matchup for the Playoffs where both teams know they will face each other. I'm not saying Elson will shut down Dirk but he will give him problems like Haslem did for the Heat.

Shhhh Dont Jinx Him

This is what every Tracy McGrady fan is saying. If you have not noticed, T-mac is on a very hot streak right now. Since coming back from injury, he has lead his team to big wins against the Jazz and the Nets to name a few. During the team's five game winning streak, he is putting up 32 points, 4 assists and about 6 rebounds a game. He is taking the Rockets and putting them on his back while the best center in the league is recovering. The most impressive stat from this steak is that he has only shot 42 freethrows (making 31)! In a day where most stars get 15-25 freethrows a game, T-Mac is putting up 30+ points with about 5 freethrows a game. Now this is impressive to me but at the same time it says that T-Mac can get a lot more points from the charity stripe. It seems now that T-Mac is like a very hot girl that you have no chance with, he is a tease. Whenever he really gets going it seems like something bad happens to him. Now the only thing T-Mac can do for Rockets' fans is not get hurt while Yao is out.