The Sports Guy is doing a pre-season power poll and he puts the Skins 24th. Here’s his take:
Coming off an injury-riddled 2006, the Skins have Sleeper Potential for a variety of reasons — multiple impact guys, a full season from Jason Campbell (who’s not bad), an impact rookie (safety LaRon Landry), an impact free agent (London Fletcher), an easy first six weeks (Miami, at Philly, NY Giants, bye, Detroit, at Green Bay), and even a full year for everyone to absorb Al Saunders’ 700-page playbook. Does any of this change the fact Joe Gibbs is starting to look and act like Uncle Junior during the final season of “The Sopranos?” No.
(Random note: The recent trend of successful athletes with conventional first names that start with “La” — like LaMarcus Aldridge and LaRon Landry — has me more excited than ever to name my first son “LaBill Simmons.” My wife is less excited.)
I like Bill…but he’s wrong on this one. Skins make the playoffs, book it.
Now that’s an interesting idea. Bill Simmons has an interesting trade idea that, more then likely, has not the slightest change of happening (this is in the context of Simmons suggesting the Pistons blow up their roster):
Deal Wallace (two years and $26 million remaining on his deal) in a three-way trade in which ‘Sheed goes to Washington, Antawn Jamison (expires in 2008) goes to Portland and Zach Randolph goes to Detroit. … Or they could just deal ‘Sheed for Jamison straight up if they wanted the cap space.
Now this leaves me conflicted. I actually like Jamison, though more as a person then I do as a player. And I love Wallace’s game but think he’s a total head case. Having said that, I’d much rather have Wallace then Jamison on the Wizards as they are currently constructed. Wallace is a top-notch defender, Jamison, uh, is not. Wallace, as he has shown in Detroit, has no problem not being the go-to guy which is a must on team that has Gilbert Arenas (not to mention All-Star Caron Butler). Wallace, at least in a basketball sense, would seem to be exactly what the Wizards need.
But of course it won’t happen, more then likely for the same reasons we won’t be trading for Zach Randolph anytime soon. Abe Pollin prefers high character guys without a history of trouble making: Jamison is that, Wallace and Randolph are, in a word, not. So would I like to see a deal like this (or the Randolph deal) happen? Yeah, pretty much. I love Jamison and I’d miss him but the Wizards would be a better team with Wallace and thats what really matters.
(post inspired by Bullets Forever’s posting)
Joey Gathright might not be able to hit a baseball with any consistency but dude can jump. Here’s video of him jumping over cars.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg[/youtube]
(via the Sports Guy)
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