Alex and Frank over at BrewHoop started a bi-weekly MVP and ROY ranking system.  It will rotate amongst the contributing blogs every other week.  I was one of the esteemed panel members who was allowed to contribute and vote.  If you read Alex's entry, you'll find the entire rankings (10 players for MVP and 5 players for ROY) along with Alex's comments and some "featured" comments from selected submissions.  Yours Truly even makes a few appearances.  Here's my Top 3 MVP votes and my ROY vote.  To see the full standings after the first week, head over to BrewHoop.

 

MVP:

1) KG: Despite snapping his consecutive double digit scoring streak, he’s still the best player on the team with the best record in the league.
2) Lebron: Hard to put him at number two with the Oscar Robinson-esque statistics that he’s putting up across the board.
3) Dwight Howard: Putting up sick numbers on one of the most improbable division leading teams of the early season.  Oh, and he’s leading the league in rebounds per game and Double-Doubles.

 

ROY:

1) Kevin Durant: Despite an occasional “clunker” of a game, he has the ability to go out and put up 35 points in each and every game he plays… much like he did last Friday night.

The list of esteemed blogger participants, as well as the entire ranking list can be found over at BrewHoop for this first edition.

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I apologize for interrupting your regularly scheduled Timberwolves programming, but I felt that what I have to share is something that all of us need to hear. 

As basketball fans, we're all well-aware of how powerful this game can be. There just something about basketball that can take a group of 40,000 strangers and unite them towards a single cause.  Often times, that "cause" is something as simple as cheering on the Timberwolves to victory. But if we limit the game to something that gets our pulse pounding every now and then, and serves no other purpose than to make the players and owners rich, we're doing the world a great disservice.  The game of basketball can be used to accomplish something so much bigger...

My best friend and high school basketball teammate, Dan Occhiogrosso, has made it his goal to do just that.  He's decided to take his world-class ball handling skills and use them to accomplish something that will change lives.  Through Dan's website, www.ballforlives.com, he's been able to sell instructional videos with 100% of the donations going to the Bethesda Outreach in South Africa to help AIDS Orphans.  Dan has also spent time doing performance demonstrations for teenagers with the goal of educating them about poverty and the AIDS epidemic. 

Dan's next activity with Ball For Lives will be to dribble the entire NYC Marathon, this coming November 4th, in the hopes of rasing $10,000 for the Bethesda Outreach and Meals on Wheels.  This latest fundraiser is the reason I'm telling you all about Dan and his website.  I don't want to put a guilt trip on anyone, but none of us think twice about plunking down a ton of cash to go to games, order NBA League Pass, or buy jerseys and other merchandise.  Yet by donating only $10 to support Dan and his cause, you'll be able to change the life of a child whose parents have been taken from him by AIDS.  You'll be able to help give that child food, shelter, education, and a future.  I apologize for going all Sally Struthers on you, but this problem is real and there's something that we actually can do about it. 

If you'd like to find out more about the Bethesda Outreach, Ball for Lives, and what you can do to help children who have been orphaned by AIDS, you go to http://www.ballforlives.com/.  Again, 100% of your donation goes directly towards helping the children. 

Thanks for hearing me out.

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The Chronicles of Stephon Marbury - Episode 3: Dogfighting In Italy

A look into the mind of a certified lunatic.  It's the offseason... and Stephon Marbury of the New York Knicks doesn't have **** to do.

 Some of you may not be completely familiar with all these jokes.  Go HERE and watch EVERY minute of the three videos at the bottom of the blog entry.  Some hilarious stuff!!!  Then read this article.

 

The inspiration for this episode can be found HERE, HERE, and HERE.  Enjoy!

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The Chronicles of Stephon Marbury - Episode 2: Loungin' 

A look into the mind of a certified lunatic.  It's the offseason... and Stephon Marbury of the New York Knicks doesn't have **** to do.

 Some of you may not be completely familiar with all these jokes.  Go HERE and watch EVERY minute of the three videos at the bottom of the blog entry.  Some hilarious stuff!!!  Then read this article.

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As noted by My Brain Says Rage, when bloggers suffer from writer's block, we tend to look to YouTube for material.  And today, I happen to be suffering from writer's block.  So, here are some video picks...to make things more interesting, I'll have a theme for today's stuff: Great outbursts and meltdowns.

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The Chronicles of Stephon Marbury - Episode 1: The Interview 

A look into the mind of a certified lunatic.  It's the offseason... and Stephon Marbury of the New York Knicks doesn't have **** to do.

 Some of you may not be completely familiar with all these jokes.  Go HERE and watch EVERY minute of the three videos at the bottom of the blog entry.  Some hilarious stuff!!!  Then read this article.

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Just in case you didn't know, when you're a sports blogger you get a lot of respect. It's instant credibility in the journalism world because they don't just hand out blogs to anyone that signs up. It took me three or four applications before I got my blog. no comments