BREAKING NEWS: Yi Jianlian will NOT play for the Milwaukee Bucks, says Chinese team!

Just hours after I wrote about my first impressions of Yi Jianlian in a post, I read this story on ESPN.com!

The Beijing, China news reported that Guangdong Tigers chief, Chen Haitao, has said that Yi Jianlian will "definitely not" play for the Milwaukee Bucks! He went on to say that "This is not, as media reports have said, because Milwaukee, as a city with very few Chinese people, is not good for Yi's commercial development. Rather we want to find a team suitable for Yi's growth. That's the root of the problem." Chen later said, "The national team and the Olympic Games are now our key considerations ... If Yi Jianlian goes to a team where he can't compete, that would be being irresponsible to the national team."... haha

What is this guy talking about? I watched the Chinese National team get WHOOPED by a bunch of 3rd and 4th string Summer League players! Does this guy really think keeping him in China will help him? Playing against the Bucks players in practice all season, would be better competition than he will get if the other teams he will play against look as bad as their national team did. Ya Ya, they didn't have Yao, but they got schooled by summer league teams AND our US under 19 years of age team!

They are simply making excuses the have him moved to another team... I say NBA teams just say, "forget about him!"... there are plenty of other good players out there.. I know the Bucks will get screwed, but if I were a team owner, I wouldn't want a guy on my team that will constantly have pressure put on me and my organization!

Alonzo Mourning will be back for 1 more year with Miami Heat, then Retire

I know, as a Dallas Mavericks fan, I have very little room to talk about choking in this years playoffs.. HOWEVER, I don't think the Miami Heats situation and the Dallas Mavericks situation is the same.. I could argue all day about Dallas exiting in the first round, but I want to touch on Mourning's decision to return for 1 final year, and try to leave the Mavs out of this one..



I haven't quite decided if I think this is a good decision for Mourning or not. I mean, he is still good, but the fact that he has said this will FOR SURE be his last year, just makes this a strange decision, in my opinion. Mourning was quoted as saying,

"I want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track," Mourning said. "That wasn't the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year. ... I was embarrassed. I was truly embarrassed by that outcome. I know for a fact we're a better team. It left a sour taste in my mouth and it's time to really end it all on the right note."

I don't really know what he has to redeem himself from? He has a title, his reputation was not ruined by exiting in the first round, and the Miami Heat will NOT be back in the finals any time soon! Him coming back will not help them get back to the finals. Sure, they have Wade, but other than that you have an aging Shaq, Walker, Williams, and now Mourning... Not to mention they are now without key backups in Posey (most likely), Kapono, and Payton.

In my opinion, if Alonzo Mourning is ONLY coming back to try to make up for this years playoff exit, he SHOULDN'T!!! It will likely only get worse unless they get younger players around Wade! Walk away before it gets worse next season!

Mark Cuban interested in owning Chicago Cubs baseball team

AWESOME!!! So, as many of you know, I am a HUGE Dallas Mavericks fan and Mark Cuban fan, as can be seen by the below picture of me and my good friend Mark...haha.. ok, so he probably doesn't even remember taking that picture with me, but I thought I would try to act like we are best of friends..lol



Anyways, you can say all the bad things you want about him, but you can't deny how much he has done for the Dallas Mavericks! If you are sitting out there, and are a Cubs fan, you better be VERY excited about Mark Cuban wanting to buy your team! He will be a winner, no doubt! Watch out George and the Yankees! Mark Cuban will do whatever he has to win, so watch out!!!

Read the whole story from espn.com about Mark Cuban buying the cubs!

Michael Jeffrey Jordan contimplating NBA Basketball Come back?

haha, ok ok, so he isn't contimplating coming back AGAIN, but that would be a great story, wouldn't it? I was just looking over some of the NBA news and for some reason it made me want to google Michael Jeffrey Jordan's name and read about the best player of all time. I still remember watching in amazement every time i got to see him play!



Does anyone else remember this dunk in the dunk contest? I personally think it was WAY better than the free throw line dunk because everyone does that dunk now adays. Anyways, if you want to find some awesome information on THE Michael Jeffrey Jordan, just take a moment to google his name, and sit back and relax while you read up on the best player of all time!

Derek Fisher of the Utah Jazz leaves team to take care of daughter, Tatum, with cancer

This just rips my heart out when I read this:( If anyone watched the playoffs and saw Derek Fisher show up late to one of the games, due to being with his daughter Tatum in the hospital with cancer, and then came to the game and won it for the Jazz, you know what I mean. This guy has his priorities straight! And I commend the Utah Jazz for letting him out of his contract! Many professional teams would require him to finish his contract, or something stupid like that. It is nice to see someone that is in the spotlight put their family first!

Read the full story here!