Posted Wednesday March 20, 2013, About: Which Rocky movie was the most realistic?

Any consideration that Rocky was based on a real life situation (Chuck Wepner was rocky and Apollo was Ali) or that Rocky 6 is based loosely on George Foreman accomplishing a similar feat in real life (Foreman won the heavyweight title at, I think 49 years old)?

Posted Friday January 11, 2013, About: The Rock vs CM PUNK .... who wins?

You are 100% spot on

Posted Thursday November 29, 2012, About: Goldberg>Ryback.

GI Joe II was ready to be released last summer. The studio that produced it had just had a couple other big budget flops and the person in charge of the studio was about to be fired if they had another flop. Because of this, the producers decided to delay the release of this movie to "add special features" until closer to WrestleMania time......when the Rock could depend on advertising his movie on WWE programming and get the wrestling fans to go see his movie.

Posted Thursday November 29, 2012, About: Goldberg>Ryback.

Goldberg was very popular with the fans.....but was a TERRIBLE wrestler. Ryback isn't a great wrestler yet, but at least he has the opportunity to improve and become a good wrestler. Neither guy can talk on the mic. They are poplular because each has "the look" and because crowds like to have something to chant when they go to a live show. It'd be great if Ryback can get to the point where he does more than just his 5 moves and can carry a match instead of having to be carried by whoever his opponent is. However, I think he has a chance. He's more comparable to Batista right now than Goldberg in my opinion. Batista couldn't wrestle when he started and he turned into an ok wrestler.

Posted Thursday November 29, 2012, About: If Michael Jordan didn't play baseball, how many titles would he have?

I think for this "theory" to even be considered, you would have to decide if you think Michael Jordan didn't have enough money to payoff any gambling debt he could have ever built up. I'm going to choose to believe its ridiculous that MJ theoretically couldn't afford to payoff his debts.

I also think that somebody that he owed money to would rather get paid by Jordan than kill a family member of his.

Posted Wednesday September 12, 2012, About: Friday night SMACKDOWN... Biggest Losers edition (rastli'N)

Sorry if it ruins the TD, but nobody finishes these wrestling ones anyways, so I'm going to treat it like a discussion forum until an opponent takes the wrestling TD semi-serious enough to put up all arguments.

Best jobber of all time in my opinion: Iron Mike Sharpe (HM Brooklyn Brawler)

Posted Sunday August 05, 2012, About: Top 3 tag teams you couldn't stand in the early 90's, and so.

Beverly Brothers were terrible. So were the Blue Bloods.

Posted Friday August 03, 2012, About: "The One Man band, baby!!!" What Legend would YOU pick to see fight Heath Slater???

I wanna see King Kong Bundy squash Heath Slater for a 5 count. He's not the best legend by any means, but I wanted to pick someone other than Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels, or Bret Hart and make it kind of different.

I'd also like to see Jake the Snake back.

Posted Friday July 20, 2012, About: Total Recall? Total BS.

I'm voting left unless I'm somehow offended in the next 2 arguments. I highly doubt I will be offended.

Posted Thursday July 19, 2012, About: Kobe's 81 vs. Wilt's 100

I'm surprised there's not more discussion of how abnormal it was for Wilt to make the majority of his free throws that game. I'm going off memory instead of looking it up, but I believe he was 28 out of 32 from the foul line, even though he was a bad free throw shooter.

Posted Thursday July 19, 2012, About: Kobe's 81 vs. Wilt's 100

If you criticize Wilt for shooting closer to the basket, are you suggesting he shouldn't have shot closer to the basket? It's his responsibility to get the best shot possible for his team every time. Generally, the closer to the basket, the higher percentage shot it is. Wilt did what he was supposed to do. It's the defense's responsibility to stop him and since they could stop him less than the Raptors were able to stop Kobe from getting the best shot possible for his team, I have to say Wilt's is more impressive.

Posted Tuesday July 10, 2012, About: USA Basketball... who should get the last three spots?

I think Team USA actually benefits from being thin in the post. Chandler will start and Love will be the backup center. Griffin may play once in awhile, but he will be an extra piece. By having limited PF's, it makes it easy to move Lebron and Carmelo into the PF spot where they are actually both more effective, and it gives Team USA a chance to exploit their biggest advantage. You can't play Carmelo, Lebron, Durant, and Kobe all at the same time and still have a traditional PG on the floor. Being thin at PF requires you to play one of those two at PF and it makes USA a lot better in the process.

Posted Monday July 02, 2012, About: Guys that deserved it the most.. Heres my number.. Call me maybe:)

Is that Kurt Warner Idaho comment a jab at Iowa? Or a legit mistake? I'm from Iowa, I can see how someone might want to take a jab, but I think its a legit mistake.

Posted Thursday June 21, 2012, About: All-time NBA Starting 5

I've read a lot of basketball writing that suggests Wilt Chamberlain was a lesser player than he could have been because he was more focused on stats than winning games. That he would stop playing defense if he got in foul trouble, that he would block shots out of bounds instead of controlling the ball and keeping possession of it, that he was so selfish about stats that he would take his teammates out of the game and then when they played better competetion they would lose because of it, and that many of the great players from that era thought Bill Russell was better than Wilt.

I could be wrong on this, but I think I remember that the players used to vote for the MVP award instead of the media and the players picked Bill Russell more times instead of Wilt Chamberlain. Could anyone else verify that last part?

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: Is Kevin Durant better suited with a pass first PG?

The biggest thing the Thunder could do to improve would be to get something better in place of Kendrick Perkins. This guy offers almost nothing. If he got paid like Nazr Mohammad it wouldn't matter, but he makes big money, doesn't contribute on offense, is WAY OVERRATED on defense, and it looks like he's not trying very hard on defense when he gallops back instead of sprinting. Where are the rebounds this guy is suppposed to produce? Wasn't he supposed to be the missing piece instead of the big waste?

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: Should we fault LeBron for leaving Cleveland?

why wouldn't anyone blame him for "The Decision"? Of course you blame him for that. That's a big chapter in the book of becoming a public doucheebag

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: Is Kevin Durant better suited with a pass first PG?

I think people using those kind of stats are just looking at numbers instead of the momentum of the game. Westbrook took his team out of the offense in Game 2 and there were legit reasons for criticism. Then compare to last night when Durant couldn't seem to get open and Westbrook pretty much carried the team at times. The momentum and what the team needed was way different and they did need Westbrook to carry them last night. Durant is very good, but he allows himself to be taken out of the game at times.

What I wish is that Westbrook would eliminate the fast-break pull-up jump shot when he has numbers and/or a teammate who is on a hot streak.

I don't mind if he shoots more shots as long as he's properly reading what his team needs from him or if they should be getting the ball more.

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: Should we fault LeBron for leaving Cleveland?

Lebron wanted it to be easy. He didn't want to have to truly earn a title. He needed some people to cover up his weaknesses and it had to be multiple superstars on the team to accomplish it. After failing horribly in the NBA Finals last year, he FINALLY began working on his weaknesses and started shifting away from "dribble, dribble, dribble, fade-away brick to actually consistently going to the basket and/or posting players up." Why he didn't do this in any of his previous seasons is unknown, but it is/was his biggest weakness. 2nd biggest is missing key free throws....but they go hand in hand. You assume he wouldn't go to the basket before because he was afraid of his poor free throw shooting.

Lebron's teams were good enough to win titles in Cleveland. They just didn't. They didn't need more talent, they needed the talent they already had to produce.

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: Is Kevin Durant better suited with a pass first PG?

signs of making it work long term? Are you kidding? Does improving each year, advancing to the conference finals last year, advancing to the NBA Finals this year, and being very close in each game not count as "signs of making it work"

You must be f'n crazy

Posted Wednesday June 20, 2012, About: All-time NBA Starting 5

I would put Hakeem at PF. He played there long enough and his skills match that position well enough to justify it. I think Olajuwon could defend as well as Duncan and had a little more on offense. I couldn't come up with any other changes.

Posted Monday June 18, 2012, About: Top 10 Athletes/teams who were at the wrong place at the wrong time..

I don't really get Reggie Miller's inclusion in this list. It doesn't seem like it fits to me.