Only in America

So last night marked the green light of free agency for the NBA. The Detroit Pistons, yup, they play in the shittiest city imaginable, just spent almost $100 million dollars on two bench players. Ben Gordon, AKA The Microwave, is a VERY good scorer, but you may notice that he's best COMING OFF OF THE BENCH!! Charlie V coming from the Bucks is a soft big man who doesn't rebound, 6.7 RPG, but loves jacking 3's up like it's All-Star weekend. Auto industry failing, Pistons throwing money around like it's on fire.

Side note: The Pistons don't have a coach, they just fired Curry last week. What coach wants to walk into a room surrounded by the shitshow the Pistons have created?

I love the thought of free agency and that there is a constant bidding war for your services. It'd be awesome if real life worked like that. It always just amazes me how much money gets thrown around for not really special players. I really hope A.I. finds his way onto a contender where he can become a great 6th man/ scoring option off the bench and use his considerable talent in a limited basis to save himself and focus himself. I'm a huge Iverson fan because in his younger days he would stand taller than anyone else at 6' MAYBE as he ran at the basket with no fear before this candy-ass handcheck rule was put into effect. Anyone who fails to see that the handcheck rule sucks is an idiot. After watching the 2006 NBA Finals as Dwayne Wade spent 20 minutes a game on the foul line, I almost puked. That rule exists when Iverson was going head-to-head with the Lakers and I'd have to think the 76ers are NBA champs, probably more than once. A.I. still has averaged 27.1 PPG, only trailing MJ, Chamberlein, and Baylor on the all-time list. I've mentioned this before, but that man can BALL.

Random thought: The Brewers should do just about ANYTHING to secure Jake Peavy before the trade deadline. Maybe we can get Clay Bucholz, but Peavy knows the NL and is young and relatively cheap. Melvin shouldn't blink at shipping Hardy, Hart, or anyone besides apparently Gamel (not sure why not), and Escobar (Melvin lists them as untouchables) to get Peavy in a Cervaceros uniform. Look at it this way, Prince should be labeled Red Sox DH 2011, so the window is pretty narrow unless Mat Gamel starts hitting BIG in a hurry among a lot of other things.

I'll try to catch Transformers 2 and Public Enemies this weekend, though they've bothed been utterly bashed by media and my friends so far, but I'll give you the real story since I'm always right.