Firstly, I could not pass up the alliterative opportunity in the title this week. Secondly, it's my favorite month of the year in terms of sports, due in large part to March Madness, but spring training is in full swing, the Champions League gets pared way down, curling championships are crowned, everybody preps for the Masters, and the NBA playoffs are in sight so the game start to mean something again, which brings us to the first of our Monday Musings:
- Almost half of March Madness is now in April, go figure. League games should have ended this weekend, conference tournaments this week, stack 'em up Sunday and start knocking 'em down next week. Before long, there will be no March in the Madness. And the NBA took a full week off for the All-Star break this year for the poor kids killing them selves night in and night out. Did you know, the average age of the Philly 76's this year is 23.7 years old (the ancient Spurs hit the list at 29 years old). Michael-Carter Williams is playing more than anybody else at just under 34 minutes a game. On an average week that's about 130 good solid minutes of work. And the average 24 year old in the league is banking $4 million this year. I totally understand why they need a full week off now. Here's a link to the 2014 NBA census that has some fun insights. And let's shorten the MLB season PLEASE. I'm a fan of tradition and respect for the game, but c'mon, and while we are at it, drop the DH already.
- Ndamukong Suh is an unrestricted free agent now - How about Seattle? Be a part of the best defense ever.
- Here is the maddest shot of the year - maddeningly funny. My 2 year old shoots better:
- Kevin Garnett had a March (late Feb) homecoming of sorts, traded back to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he spent his first decade in the league. He was greeted long ago by a mad fan dubbed Jiggy Boy and he was there to welcome him home once again. This may be the greatest welcome home ever - this never gets old:
- And lastly, before basketball monopolizes the sporting world, there's a feel good story in the NHL that needs to be told. Jordyn Leopold, the 11-year old daughter of NHL player Jordan Leopold, missed her traveling hockey dad playing for Columbus while herself living with the family in Minnesota. She took it upon herself to write a heartfelt letter asking for him to be traded closer to home. It's well worth the read and guess what? Jordyn will be seeing much more of Jordan now. He was a trade deadline move to Minnesota. Good on ya Jordyn.
Let the Madness begin. Front Butt Sports claims no responsibility for your poor opinion.
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ReplyDeleteOn the topic of March Madness in April and MLB needing a shorter season, you couldn't be more right as Baseball now goes into November, which is absolutely ridiculous--more so than this massive run-on sentence--if you get my drift. They should play 2 extra double headers each half of the season and cut 2 games out of the schedule. That'll shorten the season by a week or more. In general, it seems like all sports are lengthening their seasons. College football is the latest to the mix. Maybe when the world economy finally crashes and puts us back into the stone age, we'll see some contraction.
ReplyDeleteAs for the 76ers, they've gone all-in on embracing analytics, so we'll see if this youth movement gets them where they wanna be.
Totally agree - should never be baseball in November.
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