Lakers' championship drought is over!

 

Going into this season many analysts made The Los Angeles Clippers the favorites to become NBA champions, followed by The Milwaukee Bucks and The Los Angeles Lakers. The critics also said that the Clippers was a more talented roster than Lakers, they questioned Antonio Davis pedigree as a player that Lebron can depend on. It is safe to say that they didn't see a Lakers' championship coming. Credit must be given to Laker's General Manager, Rob Pelinka on trading for AD and then assembling together a roster in a short space of time. Lebron and AD was another factor that Lakers' won. Lebron proved why arguably the greatest player of all time and AD proved he is not a first round playoff player but has tangibles to win a championships.

Winning this season's NBA championship has to be the hardest  because of not only COVID-19, where the NBA players were confined in a bubble for 3 months to protect them from the virus, the new normal was in effect. Many players found this difficult to adjust too.  Another disease was spreading over the world, which is racial equality. At one point, there was a possibility that the season may be cancelled because of the players standing for this cause. It is just impressive how mentally locked in the Lakers' players and coaching staff were.

In the last decade, the Lakers' have had their share of struggle. From Kobe Bryant's Achilles heel injury, his retirement and untimely death to fighting for lottery picks and not making the playoffs for six years. Now it's an opportunity to start a new era of dominance. At the end of the day all this great franchise want is some DAMN RESPECT! 

Manchester United In Shambles

What a catastrophe of a transfer market, it was for Manchester United? The supporters at the beginning of the transfer market on July 27th was excited about the possibility of signing 20 year old Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. Here is a player that has the potential to be next great talent in football. The supporters were encouraged that this could be a reality since personal terms with the player had been agreed and Sancho wanted to play for the club. It has been said that, it is the hope that kills you and many supporters were killed psychologically when the transfer window closed on October 5th and Sancho remained a Borussia Dortmund player.

What went wrong? Let's review the facts. Borussia Dortmund asked for a sum of 120 million euros from Manchester United to prized Sancho from them at a deadline of August 10th. Manchester United didn't abide by either of those stipulations but it's just my theory that Ed Woodward, Matt Judge and company believed that they could bully Borussia Dortmund on the final week of the transfer window by submitting a bid lower than what they asked for and they would cave in. If you look at Borussia Dortmund's history of selling players they never yield to buying clubs. So I ask you, why this wasn't something, Ed Woodward and Matt Judge didn't research? The dynamic duo made the club look like amateurs as their gamble didn't come off. To cover up their embarrassment, they panic signed Edinson Cavani, a 33 year old striker from Paris Saint Germain, who has been plagued with injuries in the last couple years. It hasn't been all bad news because the signings of Donny van de Beek from Ajax and Alex Telles from FC Porto are quality signings who will add dept to the squad but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has not been backed by the board. A Center Back and a Right Winger was needed. The board failed the manager.

This catastrophic transfer market is just another example of the club not backing the manager year after year. It comes to a point that the supporters of this club must stop buying merchandize and when unfollow them on social media. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Covid 19 Impact

The Covid 19 coronavirus has infected most countries, at the time of writing there have been 15,000 deaths. I never saw this coming but who did? What is shocking to me is the rapid infection rate globally that has put a strain on global economies and social integration and sport. As an avid sports fan not being able to watch games, read the latest news of my favorite sports teams like The Lakers, Manchester United and West Indies is very stressful. Sport has always been a place to escape from what is going on in the world but with this pandemic, you can't even do that.


I am staying positive in the hope that things will get better. This virus won't last forever, either it dies all together or a vaccine is created.

Thank You Kobe Bean Bryant

Kobe Bryant loved the game of basketball. He dedicated every single day of his playing career on honing his craft and getting better. He sourced advice from legends on how he can take his game to the next level. He was inspired by Micheal Jordan, who he even mimicked some of his moves He has to be one of the most misunderstood players in the NBA. Critics often said he is too arrogant and self-absorbed but you see when Kobe entered the NBA from high school, he was a boy in a league full of men. He couldn't interact with them, so what he did instead was work hard at his game, which drove him to be the best, this alienated teammates early in his career but later he realized that he needed to be a team player and provide a source of leadership to win championships.


Some of my most cherished memories in my life, have been made through the exploits of Kobe Bean Bryant in his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, which included 5 NBA Championships and dozens of game-winning shots.