Lamar Odom
Without a doubt the biggest free agent remaining. With Lamar Odom the Lakers are the prohibitive favorites to win it all (again). Without Lamar and the Lakers seem much more vulnerable (frankly short of Artest unleashing bubonic plague on Kobe I'm not sure if they can stopped next year with Odom). Odom is debating a return to Miami are full speed ahead in an attempt to put themselves back in the East contention and placate D-Wade (hey why should Lebron get all the 2010 talk). This week should all but finish the off-season.
TWs
The most interesting event of the week happened to be in the British Open. Tom Watson oh so tantalizing close at age 79 almost win and Tiger Woods not making the cut. I suppose we've gotten so used to Woods wining everything that not making the cut fairly unfathomable. I'm of mind of waiting till the next major before pontificating on subjects that I personally suck at. I never saw Watson win or even really remember him play so the emotional connection wasn't quite there. Perhaps one of the really old members of the blog would like to comment on that.
Matt Cassel
One of the intriguing questions I think over the next few years is how the front office of New England does without Scott Pioli relative to how Scott Pioli does in KC. How much of New England's success was pure Belichek versus a super GM that got all the right players. Well Pioli with a 28 million signing bonus has cast his lot in with one time backup Matt Cassel. Cassel certainly has a solid if not great year in Patriots land but there's a long list of second string QBs that had semi-decent outings, got big money and then flopped horrifically (oh Scott Mitchell). Thoughts on Cassel's chances? The wisdom to flop down the money before a down is played in KC?
Wienermobile Destroys Dreams
Apparently an (the?) Oscar Mayer Weinermobile accidently destroyed a house. I really don't think I need to say anything more than that...
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