The Sports Beat

I just want to call your attention to a few things I’ve noticed that amuse me:

• Brian Scalabrine is having a career-year in terms of PER at just over 11.00. Amazing.
• Tony Allen is BACK. Dude is almost 100% back to where he was before his post-whistle dunk. I’d say he’s at 89% back. The unfortunate part is that while he’s a better player than James Posey, he’s a worse fit for the green.
• Speaking of Green, Gerald is back to being terrible after a brief stint as an effective shooter during the season’s first few games. Too bad, I thought he could be the next T-Mac when he first hit the scene–and I meant the guy on the Magic, not the bum who’s always hurt and less-than-advertised in Houston.
• LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh. Pick one or two of them and slot them on the Knicks in 2010 thanks to Donnie Walsh’s genius maneuvers. The Nets better hurry up and get to Brooklyn already if they think they’re landing anyone, let alone the King.
• The Lakers are looking absurdly good, you can pencil them back in the Finals again this spring.
• Meanwhile, back in the better conference (yup, that’s right), the Celtics and Cavs will likely be facing off in the Conference Championship before heading to L.A.
• Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade, and LeBron James are all putting up insane seasons. Thier PERs are all over 32.00.
• Kevin Garnett’s numbers are wayyyyyy down. He needs to attack the basket a bit more–like he did Sunday against the Raptors–in order to raise his PER back up to the mid-20s level we’ve grown so accustomed to during The Big Ticket’s storied career.
• Leon Powe might be the best dunker in the NBA.

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