This file photo taken March 13, 2012, shows Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard during an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla. The Los Angeles Lakers have a deal in place to acquire Dwight Howard from Orlando.Kudos gang. Great week and we had so many great letters we had to kick a couple to the curb.
And we’re only going to lightly cover the Dwight Howard trade, which a) makes the Lakers the team to beat – a starting five of Nash, Kobe, World Peace, P. Gasol and Dwight is slap nasty; b) crippled the Magic worse than FDR in the final years and c) lasted six months too long and was five shades worse than LeBron’s “Decision.” The Lakers improved from a 7-to-1 pick to win the NBA title to a 3-to-1 pick, right behind the Heatles at 2-to-1. (Side betting note: IF you want to bet on Team USA vs. the Argentina Ginobilis, the U.S. is a 25-point favorite. If you want to bet straight-up on the U.S. winning, you’ll have to bet $8,500 to win $100. No thanks.)
And we watched the season finale of Dallas, and we have to say that we had high hopes going into season 1 of Dallas 2.0 and they were met and exceeded. Very good first year and an excellent finale (Spoiler alert: A great montage at the end with John Ross going to the dark side to join J.R. Vader as Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” playing in the background.)
We also will be back to update the PGA Championship.
From the “Talks too much” studios, here’s a stuffed mailbag.