Steroid Era

With Mark McGwire finally admitting his guilt and getting his steroid pumped monkey off his back. The sports commentators have again started talking about the steroid era and whether or not players such as McGwire, Clemens and such should be inducted into the hall fame. In my opinion they should be with a note under their names explaining their story and place in history. Now this is something that has been debated within the past 10 years. However, what hasn't been talked about much within my media circle until today, when it was brought up on Around the Horn, is should coaches during this era be accepted into the hall of fame?

Think about it. What if the majority of coaches knew that their players were taking steroids? Which I don't believe is too far fetched. Coaches like Joe Torre, benefited a lot by the hands of Roger Clemens and Andy Petite. Would the Yankees have won the World Series if Clemens and Petite allegedly were on the juice? Maybe Yankees wouldn't have won as many World Series that they did or maybe they would have. This types of questions should be asked and debated since players have fallen under scrutiny, it would be only fair that coaches take it as well. If Clemens and Bonds don't get into the hall of fame, coaches who benefited from players who were juicing and had known about it should face the same fate.

The Electric Slide

For those of you who haven't heard, LT made a rap video that reminded me of the 80's and for some reason I had a strong desire to watch the Fresh Prince of Bel Air afterwards.

NBA Trade Rumor

Just finished listening to the January 13th B.S. Report. While listening, I was blindsided by the revelation that Chris Bosh could possibly be traded to the Lakers (the NBA version of the Yankees). The first thought that popped into my psychology filled brain was "how the heck is that going to happen". It's like pumping steroids into an already bulging Mark McGwire, anymore juice and he's going to pop like Bruce Willis in Planet Terror. For those of you who care, that was a gory movie, so don't watch it if you don't have the stomach for it.

So how could this trade go down? Well, by all reports from Bill Simmons and Chad Ford, the move could be made by swapping Bosh with Bynum. Let it simmer a little bit. The Lakers would have ever aging Fisher playing the point, Kobe "nuff said" at shooting guard, Artest and his muscles at small forward, Bosh "the happiest man in the world" at power forward, Gasol with the big nostrils at center and candy eating Odom off the bench.

If this deal gets done, would this make the Lakers the best constructed team in the history of the NBA? If big names = great play. I would say the jury would be out until they win the championship and believe me, if this trade goes down it will be championship or bust. No excuses, with that much talent and with Phil Jackson at the helm, barring any unforseen injuries, this team would have no challengers in their way. The only challenge will be the ones looking at them in the mirror.