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Kentucky Wildcats – A Nine Pro Players Team in 2014
Ranked recruiting classes by ESPN, Rivals and others don’t always pan out the way they should, but they give you a general idea of how good a freshman class is going to be. Kentucky, despite the very disappointing 2013 they’ve had, have landed another impressive one. With Julius Randle committing to the school for next season, they now have the Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 18 players in the ESPN 100.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Fourth Quarter Heroics Won’t be Enough Later on
Despite all of their improvements and all of their depth, the Los Angeles Clippers remain a team that is almost completely reliant on Chris Paul to come up with the scoring in the final minutes while everyone else simply takes a step backs and hopes everything turns out well. In the regular season it’s mostly been working fine for them, but come the playoffs, it won’t be enough to get the Clippers further than ever before.
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Denver Nuggets – George Karl Doesn’t Want Things to Slow Down
With a winning streak that’s at 15 now, you’d expect George Karl to take it a little bit easier going into the final stretch of the season; cut his players some slack. But that’s not how you keep a young team without a clear superstar to fall back on when things don’t go great on its edge, hopefully lasting the last few weeks of the season in the same place they are now in the Western Conference.
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Chicago Bulls – Luol Deng Finally Remembers to Play Well
After losing three consecutive times to the Indiana Pacers in rough, physical games, the Chicago Bulls, despite not playing with Joakim Noah, arguably their best player this season, found a way to beat a team that’s very similar to them, only better in almost every aspect. How? Luol Deng actually showed up offensively, as the idea of playing without a point guard has to be crossing the mind of Tom Thibodeau.
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Boston Celtics – Things are Falling Apart (Again)
Suffering a fourth consecutive loss, making a short three-game road trip as a complete failure, any thoughts of the Boston Celtics being a team capable of making any sort of splash in the postseason after certain promising stretches in the previous month seem to going out the window, regardless of the excuses Doc Rivers makes up for his untalented team
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NFL Rumors – Atlanta Falcons Win Osi Umenyiora Sweepstakes
Of the remaining veteran pass rushers left in the free agency market, Osi Umenyiora created the most interest around the NFL, being a bit more capable and younger than the rest of the competition. Unless something unexpected happens, he’s going to end up with the Atlanta Falcons for the 2013 season.
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NFL Rumors – Elvis Dumervil Wants More From Denver Broncos
The whole scene and story between Elvis Dumervil, the Denver Broncos and the unsigned contract should have been over by now. He wants them, they want him. It should be a little bit simpler. But the Baltimore Ravens jumped in, and the Miami Dolphins are eyeing the situation from a far, while the player himself is claiming it’s about more than just money.
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NFL Rumors – New York Giants Closer to Keeping Victor Cruz
After testing the waters of restricted free agency, Victor Cruz should be back with the New York Giants next season, being offered a new deal by the team that should keep him for a few more years and still leave him a window of one more big contract in his career, but there’s a chance Cruz is waiting for more.
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NFL Rumors – No One Wants Brian Urlacher
You’d think that one of the best middle linebackers in the NFL over the last decade or so might have an easier time finding a new team to play for, but apparently, Brian Urlacher isn’t finding free agency such an easy thing to go through, with no love from the Chicago Bears being sent to the rest of the NFL, and possibly no offers for the veteran
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NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye
If there was one number seed everyone was predicting to make an early exit, it had to be Gonzaga. So according to the script, the Bulldogs fell against ninth seed Wichita State, leaving Ohio State as the favorite in the West Regional. Other than that, upsets weren’t really a popular thing on day 3 of the tournament, as Louisville had no problem excreting their top seed status, while both Michigan and Michigan State enjoyed easy games in their Round of 32 games.