Wait, so the NBA IS playing a season this year?

So first thing I see on my go to web resource for sports (cbssportsline.com) is that Kobe Bryant broke some kind of record in yesterday's stupid NBA all-star game. He reached 263 points all time in all star games. Fourteen all star games for him. Whose record did he beat? Of course, the only basketball player I will probably remember when I get old and senile - Michael Jordan. Jordan had the previous record of 262 points in all star games. He did it in thirteen tries. Maybe Kobe has slightly more longevity, but Jordan averaged 20.15 points while Kobe averaged 18.78 points per game. I still surmise Jordan was better than Kobe. It feels like there is too much respect in sport today. Whatever happened with people hating Jordan and would do anything to stop him, not letting a record be set on their watch?

Remember when Michael Strahan set the single season sack record? Favre let him have it. Fell down to the ground for almost a down by contact type of sack. Hehehehehe I said sack. Jared Allen was way close to that record this year, and if I understood his interview right, he was a little puzzled that his opposing quarterback did not take one like Favre did.

I know basketball can be more of a showman's game, but I will be damned if I let Kobe Bryant dunk his way to a record over my head. He is one of the biggest game changers in NBA history, so why not be stiff (hehehehehehe I said stiff) with him to stop him in the short term and in the long term for the season. Why do you want to make way for the roadblock to your possible world championship run?

While I am talking about basketball, how can you score 149 points and still lose a game? Seriously. Understand the all star game is considered a "break", but it means nothing in the long run. The only one with any impact is the MLB game where winning league gets home field in the World Series. That is special. Hockey is kind of cool as they have a captain pick his team. Nothing on the line but pride, but they still score a shit load of goals. People can get hurt real bad in these games so I see why you would not go 100 percent. Which makes for boring television. If you like to hoot and holler at slam dunks, the all star game is for you.

Basketball should be made up of 4 quarters, quarter one and three should be 5 minutes. Second quarter should be 2 minutes, and the fourth quarter should be 1 minute. I bet a game will take about an hour and a half still.

For the record, the only time basketball ever mattered to me was 2001, the Sixers had a big run to the finals. Allen Iverson was spectacular. I never saw a guy more bandaged up and still carry a team. He ultimately fell to obscurity in a rather sad story, but thems the way the cookie crumbles.

So, I only wrote up this blog as our network at work is down and I cannot do much of anything. Maybe this was a little weak, maybe you agree.

*DUBA BLOG NOTE*
-I am sweeping across Europe. Russia, Britain, Germany, Ukraine...where will it end? I have even infiltrated Africa in the Atlantic coast country of Senegal. Soooo close to penetrating the southern hemisphere. So, I will focus my next one or two blogs on gaining those readers. Carnival, bitches.