After playing a few rounds of Fortnite, my friend Jeremy and I decided to hop on NBA 2k20 to play in the Neighborhood. Another friend of ours, Silas, was already in a Neighborhood, and we decided to join his park. We got on played one game with Silas and took a big L, before he left the park to play some Fortnite. After he left, we called up our friend Parker if he wanted to join Jeremy and I in the park. As I ran over the park to find Jeremy, I realized there was a lot of people over by the top left court in the park. As I was running by, I realized why people were over by the court.

That’s because Ja Morant was in our Neighborhood playing 3v3.

I yelled into my mic “NO WAY, THAT’S JA MORANT!”

I knew it was him from first glance, because of the NBA logo above his head and his playstation name was “Jmorant12”. I quickly picked up my phone to call my friend Silas to get back on as Ja Morant was our Neighborhood. He quickly got off Fortnite, and joined our Neighborhood immediately.

We kept trying to get in the spot to play against him, but there was so many people that kept getting in the squad spot before us. As we were watching him play, we kept realizing that Ja kept flopping or would cherry pick down the floor LOL. His two teammates were pretty decent, and I think they were carrying him.

Whenever his team would lose, everyone would chase him to which court he was going to next. He would even fake people out by switching directions running to find out which court he was going to play next.

The closest we got him to play against him was he was going to play a team on the orange court, we had the squad spot and we were going to play him next if his team won. But that didn’t matter as his team lost 21-6 LOL. We tried again to play against him, but after 40 minutes of trying to play against him, he left the park.

As disappointing as it was to not play against him or with him, it was still really cool to know he was in the same park as us. I played against a guy from the 2k league, a football player from the Lions, and Ja Morant’s teammate De’Anthony Melton. But I have never been in the same park as a popular NBA player like Ja Morant.

I also looked at what Ja Morant plays for games, and it’s basically Fortnite, NBA 2K, and Call of Duty. That’s the way go! LOL

Free Agent Defensive End Jadeveon Clowney remains unsigned, as there is reports that Seattle Seahawks are not interested in bringing Clowney back for the 2020-2021 season. Clowney is a former first overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. He played five seasons with the Texans, before being traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 2019. As Clowney is still on the market, there is many teams that should go after Clowney. Here is three teams that should make the move and sign Jadeveon Clowney

Tennessee Titans

The Titans had an unbelievable run last season after knocking off the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens in 2020 playoffs. The Titans have an up and coming team that is looking to take down the Kansas City Chiefs as the new kings in the AFC. Adding Clowney will help their defense look a lot stronger in hopes of making it to the Super Bowl.

Baltimore Ravens

Lamar Jackson led the Baltimore Ravens to home field advantage in the AFC in the 2019-2020 season. But it didn’t seem to matter as the Tennessee Titans ended their season early in the AFC divisional round. Adding Clowney could be a missing piece on defense, and could help the Ravens get to the Super Bowl.

Philadelphia Eagles

The Eagles didn’t have the best year last season after being knocked out in the NFC Wild Card game. The Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018, and have not made it back since. They are looking to make their team as strong contender in the NFC, and with all these teams making big moves, The Eagles could use Clowney as their big move of the year.

The third and final Ball brother has announced that he will be declaring for the 2020 NBA Draft. Lamelo Ball, the brother of Pelican’s guard Lonzo Ball, is considered to be one of the top draft picks in this year’s 2020 NBA Draft. But his journey to the NBA is a lot different compared to most prospects players in this upcoming draft. That’s because throughout this journey, the spotlight was always on him. In this blog, I’m going to take you throughout the rollercoaster journey of Lamelo Ball. We will see the rise, the fall, and the journey to rise back to the top.

Early Life

Lamelo Ball was born on August 22nd, 2001 to his parents, Lavar and Tina Ball. He is the youngest Ball brother in the family to his two older brothers, Lonzo and LiAngelo. When Lamelo was four, he was trained by his father Lavar to start playing basketball with his older brothers. His father let him play on the same team as his brothers so Lamelo could face older competition. Lamelo even played with his brothers on the same AAU team when he was 13, which helped his confidence and helped improve his game. Not only he was he playing up with his older brothers at the age of 13, he already committed to play college basketball at UCLA.

Chino Hills Freshman Year 2015-16: The Perfect season

As a 5’8 freshman in high school, Lamelo Ball was the starting point guard in Chino Hills High School, a public high school located in Chino Hills, California. He was in a powerful starting lineup that included himself, his two older brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball, Eli Scott, and Onyeka Okongwu. This team was a team that could score in hurry, and played a smothering full court defense. His team was dominating as that team would go on to win the CIF Southern Section Division title, the MNC national championship, and finish 35-0 on the season. This gained national attention, and was a starting point of the Ball family starting to take off. Lamelo averaged 16.4 PPG, while being ranked as one of the top freshman in the nation and winning the MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year.

Chino Hills Sophomore Year 2016-17: No Lonzo, No Problem

Lamelo grew to be 6’2 by the time his sophomore season came around. With his older brother Lonzo off to play college ball at UCLA, Lamelo had to step up in his new role at Chino Hills playing along side brother LiAngelo Ball. Lamelo was not afraid of his new role, as his game evolved immediately. Lamelo was making worldwide attention after a video was posted of him pulling up and draining a half court just a few seconds into one of his games. Not only did that shot go viral, he also went viral for scoring 92 points in a high school game against Los Osos High School. Lamelo averaged 26.7 PPG, while leading Chino Hills to a 31-3 season. To cap off his sophomore season, when he played for his fathers AAU team in the summer, Lamelo got to go up against a future NBA lottery pick Zion Williamson and his AAU team in one of the most hyped up AAU games in the world. The spotlight was on the whole family in 2017, with Lonzo balling out at UCLA and declaring for the NBA Draft, LiAngelo going to play college ball at UCLA the upcoming semester, Lamelo being one of the top guards in the nation, Lavar Ball and his company Big Baller Brand taking the world by storm, no one was slowing down this family.

Junior Year: Leaving Chino Hills to be Homeschooled

At the start of Lamelo’s junior year, The Ball Family was a wide known name. Lonzo got drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, LiAngelo was the starting forward at UCLA, and Lamelo was prepping for a big season at Chino Hills. But at the beginning of his junior year, Lamelo was out of high school as Lavar Ball disapproved of the new head coach at Chino Hills. Lamelo would go on to be homeschooled, as he would train with his father at home until he was eligible to declare for the NBA Draft in the future. But those plans would soon change after Lavar pulled LiAngelo out of UCLA after LiAngelo was suspended from the team for stealing sunglasses at a Louis Vuitton store in China. As Lavar had two sons not playing any competition basketball, he made the decision that it would be best to take the two Ball brothers overseas to play professional basketball before LiAngelo and Lamelo would be eligible for the NBA Draft.

A 16 year old playing professionally in Lithuania

Lamelo and his brother LiAngelo both signed with an agent, which made Lamelo ineligible to play college basketball if playing overseas back fired. Lamelo and LiAngelo both signed a contract with Prienai, an LKL team in Lithuania. Lamelo was now 6’4, 16 years old, and playing against grown men professionally overseas. He was one of the youngest Americans to ever sign a contract with a professional team. As during the time of all of this, it seemed like this was a perfect scenario for Lamelo and LiAngelo. But it turned out as a failed experiment as neither of the boys were receiving much playing time. Lamelo averaged 6.5 PPG, shooting 26.8% from the field, in about 12 minutes of play. As the team was not winning games, and Lamelo not seeing much playing time; Lavar once again made the decision to take Lamelo and LiAngelo off the Prienai team. Lamelo and his family went back to the US, as Lamelo was now going to join his father’s new JBA league, while LiAngelo was prepping for the 2018 NBA Draft.

JBA Los Angeles Ballers: The Face of the JBA

After a disappointing stint in Lithuania, Lamelo was ready for a clean slate with the Los Angeles Ballers of the JBA. The Junior Basketball Association (JBA) was a league started by his father Lavar Ball as a way for athletes coming out of high school to get paid to play basketball and forgoing college before the NBA. Lamelo Ball, who grew to 6’6, was the face of this new league in hopes to draw the JBA some attention. As the new league started, it wasn’t gaining any attention from a national level. There would be JBA games that would have empty arenas, and there was NBA scouts who were questioning the competition level of the JBA. Lamelo Ball was putting in dominating numbers averaging 39.6 PPG, 14.6 RPG, and 11.5 APG. As those were dominating numbers, NBA scouts were not taking Lamelo Ball very seriously with the competition he was playing against. Lamelo and his LA Ballers team won the JBA Championship, after his brother LiAngelo joined the team half way through the season after failing to get drafted in the NBA Draft. As Lamelo was winning in his fathers JBA league, his draft stock was dropping.

Going back overseas with the JBA All-Stars

Lamelo was selected to be apart of the JBA USA team that was a team filled with the best players from the JBA. The trip overseas was for JBA players to get some experience playing against grown men professionally in hopes to catch the eye of teams in the NBA and overseas team. This world tour was huge for Lamelo as this could be his chance to reboot his draft stock by playing against professionals. Lamelo was putting up solid numbers overseas, but still wasn’t getting the attention from NBA scouts. His draft projection for the 2020 draft was from as high as an early second round pick to possibly going undrafted. As Lamelo was not enjoying his time playing overseas, Lamelo and Lavar made the decision to pull from the JBA USA tour to go back to high school to play basketball.

Spire Institute Senior Year: The Return to High School

Lamelo Ball enrolled into Spire Institute, a prep school located in Geneva, Ohio. As Lamelo made the return to high school, the buzz started to come back to him. At the beginning when Lamelo arrived at Spire Institute , there were schools that were cancelling to play Spire, because they didn’t like the fact he was an overseas professional basketball player on a high school team. As teams were cancelling, it didn’t seem to slow down Lamelo as he was catching the eye of NBA scouts again. As a 6’7 point guard, Lamelo was averaging around 21 PPG as his 2020 draft projection was now to a mid first round pick to a late first round pick. With Lamelo starting to get media attention, he was not selected to the McDonald’s Senior All-Star game due to him being ineligible from playing professionally overseas. Not only he was ineligible for the All-Star game, but was ruled ineligible to play college basketball. With having to wait a year before declaring for the 2020 NBA Draft, Lamelo decided to go to Australia to play in the NBL league.

Illawara Hawks: Taking Australia by storm

Lamelo Ball signed a contract with the Illawara Hawks, a professional National Basketball League (NBL) team located in Wollongong, New South Wales in Australia. Lamelo was much more prepared going to Australia as he had the experience playing professional basketball when he was 16. In a preseason tournament, Lamelo was putting up good numbers for the Hawks as he climbed to the Top 3 of the 2020 NBA Draft board putting him talks to possibly be the first overall pick. Even though Illawara was not winning many games, Lamelo was putting up solid numbers. Through 12 games, Ball averaged 17 PPG, 7.4 RPG, and 6.8 APG before going down with a foot injury. Lamelo and his manager made the decision that to would be best for him to sit out the remainder of the season and head back to the US to prep for the Draft. As Lamelo ended his NBL career, Lamelo walked winning the NBL’s Rookie of the Year Award.

NBA Draft: The Future Awaits

Lamelo Ball was there the night when his brother Lonzo got drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. Now Lamelo will soon wait his turn to hear NBA commissioner Adam Silver call his name to be drafted. As we don’t know when the NBA Draft will be, Lamelo’s journey to the NBA Draft has been a crazy ride. He has the potential to be the best Ball brother out of the three. Lamelo can shoot the ball, play with confidence, and has a very Basketball IQ.

Just think if the Warriors draft him on draft night. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Lamelo Ball all on the same team……….THREE SPLASH BROTHERS!?

It didn’t take long for Andy Dalton to find a new team. After being cut by the Cincinnati Bengals, Dalton was immediately picked up the Dallas Cowboys after he signed a one year/$7 million dollar contract.

The Three time Pro Bowler spent nine seasons with the Bengals, before being cut after the Bengals drafted LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the first pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Dalton will most likely serve as the back up for Cowboys QB Dak Prescott. He will most likely get in the game if Prescott can’t return or if the game is a blow out.

And you never know, when the season ends, and they don’t give Dak Prescott the contract he wants. Andy Dalton could be the new quarterback of the Cowboys. You may never know these days.

And just like that, there is only four episodes left of the ten part Chicago Bulls documentary series “The Last Dance”. Episode five and six were released on Sunday talking about the 1992 USA Basketball Dream Team, The Bulls winning the ’92 and ’93 championship, Michael Jordan’s gambling issue, and the late Kobe Bryant talking about what MJ meant to him.

My thoughts

I thought that these two episodes were pretty good, It wasn’t my favorite episodes, but they were still entertaining to watch. My favorite part was definitely the Kobe Bryant scenes. Seeing old footage of the 1998 NBA All-Star game, and seeing a very young Kobe Bryant guarding Michael Jordan was so cool to see. Just to see how Michael was determined to stop Kobe, even if it was just an All-Star game just made that whole episode. I still can’t get over that Kobe is gone, just seeing him being interviewed was just sad to watch knowing that he is no longer with us anymore. Same thing with seeing David Stern being interviewed, just crazy how they were interviewed months before they passed.

Seeing the 1992 USA Dream Team footage was cool, but there was a lot of footage that I already saw from when they did a documentary about that team on NBA TV. But I had no idea that Jordan and Pippen were having a little beef at Tony Kukoc, because they were mad at GM Jerry Krause. Like Kukoc had no idea why Jordan and Pippen were going at him so hard, and it was when he was drafted by the Bulls! I could see why they went so hard at him to prove a point, but they didn’t really need to say bad stuff about him, because it wasn’t Kukocs fault.

I definitely don’t think that Michael Jordan had a gambling problem. I could see how he puts money on golf matches, and a few other things, but I definitely do not think that he had a gambling problem. I feel like he did lie about a few things about gambling, but I never thought that his gambling problem was an addiction. If it was an addiction, he would’ve bet on a lot more things.

To close it out, I just want to say those Air Jordans that Michael Jordan wore in Madison Square Garden were so cool. If anyone knows where I could buy some, let me know, because I would love a pair LOL.

Episode 7 and 8 will be next Sunday, and I’m excited to see the next episodes!!

Going into the day, if you told me that I was going to meet Dwyane Wade, I would’ve never believed you. This was one of the coolest days of my life, and definitely a day I won’t forget.

This photo was taken back on March 12th, 2017, when Dwayne Wade was on the Chicago Bulls. It was a regular season game when the Chicago Bulls took on the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. This game was some what of an important game as the Celtics were looking to get into first place in the Eastern Conference, as the Bulls were looking to get in the playoffs.

My dad bought these tickets at a golf auction, as these tickets had a postgame access pass to meet the Bulls Assistant Coach Jim Boylen, who is originally from Maine and is currently the Bulls head coach. It was four tickets so it was my Dad and I, and my friend and his dad.

We got to the game and had pretty good seats. Unfortunately though we weren’t able to get in early to get some autographs. As we watched the game, The Celtics blew them out of the water. They were hitting every shot, playing fantastic defense, and Chicago had no answer for Boston. It was so bad of a blowout that the Celtics fan were doing the wave around the arena, and the Celtics players on the bench were joining the wave. LOL.

The Celtics won the game 100-80 as Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points in 24 minutes. The Bulls played so bad that Dwyane Wade scored 8 points, and Jimmy Butler scored 5 points. It was a terrible game for them LOL.

When the game finished, I remember us possibly talking about wanting to leave and not stay to meet the Bulls Assistant Coach, but I’m sure glad that we ended up doing that. We waited about 25-30 minutes for Jim Boylen to come out and probably only talked to him for three minutes, and it was really awkward. After we finished talking to him, we noticed that some players were coming out and saying hi to some guest. Players we saw were Jonas Jerebko, Nikola Mirotic, and Michael Carter-Williams. My friend and I were really shy, but we decided to walk up to Michael Carter Williams and get his autograph. He didn’t say anything to us, but we had to get an autograph.

While we were there, there was a group of these third graders waiting for someone, its turns out that they were waiting for Dwyane Wade. So my friend and I stuck around to wait for Dwyane Wade to come out. A guy who works for the Celtics came out of the tunnel and took the kids to go meet Dwyane Wade. My friend and I were about to go back, until my dad asked one of the mom’s of the kids group if we could go with them to meet him.

Her response was “As long as I can go home soon and have my wine, I’m ok with it.”

My friend and I got so hyped, as we went with her to this tunnel to where all the players were walking out to their bus. While we waited for Dwyane Wade, we saw some more players like Amir Johnson, Jae Crowder, and Avery Bradley walking out to their cars with their kids. My friend and I wanted their autographs, but we didn’t want to disturb them as they had their kids with them.

Then finally Dwayne Wade walked out and my friend and I got shell shocked seeing him walk towards us. He had a pair of Beats in his hands, as he set them down to sign our hats. He said Hi to us and asked us what our names were, and it was just so surreal. I asked him if I could take a picture with him, but he said he was busy so he basically swerved us to take a picture with the 3rd graders instead LOL. I ended up giving my phone to a lady for us to join the 3rd graders in the picture. After that picture, I looked at the photo and I was like No I got to get a picture of just me and him to not make it look like I hopped in some third graders photo. As he went back to get his beats, I snagged a quick selfie of him and I got my picture with him LOL.

He wasn’t really thrilled that I took a photo of him, after he said that he was too busy to take a photo with me, but it was well worth it.

After that we tried to get Jimmy Butler’s autograph, but he was stuck talking to the media so we didn’t bother.

This day was really cool, a day that I will never forget and still doesn’t feel real that I got his autograph and met him in person. 12 days later I ended up seeing Devin Booker drop 70, but this still topped that moment.

It is finally here! “The Last Dance” aired two of its ten documentary episodes last night on ESPN and Netflix. This documentary is about the Chicago Bulls 1997-1998 championship season, talking about what happened throughout the season, and seeing how Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and others on how they pulled off their third three peat. This documentary was originally suppose to be in June, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak suspending many sports leagues, they decided to move up the series for something to watch on ESPN. I have been waiting for this documentary since I saw the commercial in 2017 or 2018. So here are my thoughts.

There is a lot of things that I did not know about the Chicago Bulls last championship. All I remember is Michael Jordan hitting the game winner in Game Six of the ’98 NBA Finals to win their sixth NBA championship, and that was the last championship Jordan, Pippen, and coach Phil Jackson all won together. I never knew why they decided break up, I always thought that Phil Jackson was getting old and wanted to retire, Michael Jordan wanted to retire on top, and that Scottie Pippen left because Michael Jordan retired. But looking at the first two episodes I was wrong, because it was one guy that decided to break everything it up, and that guy was Jerry Krause.

Jerry Krause is one of the most idiotic general managers I have ever seen. He blew up the Chicago Bull’s dynasty, because he had an ego and was mad that he wasn’t receiving any credit of the success. He told Coach Phil Jackson before the 1997-98 season that this was going to be his last season as the head coach, even if they went 82-0 in the season. How stupid is that? He made some great trades and signings as a GM, but this was a 110% stupid decision. As a GM, you can blow up the team when the team starts losing, but not when they come off their second three-peat.

Another thing that shocked me was I never knew that Scottie Pippen was the sixth highest paid player on the Bulls. A guy that was one of the best players in the NBA was receiving very little money. He was so mad about his contract situation that he waited to have his ankle surgery at the very beginning of the season, and demanded to be traded. I do think that Jerry Krause was very dumb to not give Pippen a raise during the championship runs, but Pippen did put it on himself. He signed a seven year/$18 million dollar contract back after his rookie contract was up. But I do think that Krause should’ve gave him a raise.

This documentary is so good. This documentary is going to be one of the highest viewed documentaries on ESPN. Michael Jordan is going to prove everyone in this documentary why he is one of the greatest players of all time. Last night, I could’ve watched the whole documentary until very early the next morning. I can’t wait to watch episodes three and four on Sunday!

The NBA season has been on hold for about a month now due to COVID-19. Before the season was put on suspension, a lot of NBA teams like the Lakers, Raptors, and Celtics were starting to show signs of potential of making a deep run in the playoffs. We aren’t sure if the season will continue right off the bat to finish the regular season, skip to the playoffs, or cancel the entire season. If the season was to resume, and if we ended up skipping right to the playoffs, I am going to predict the predictions for each team in the playoffs, so with no further a do, here goes nothing.

Western Conference First Round

8. Memphis Grizzles vs 1. Los Angeles Lakers

My prediction: Lakers over the Grizzles 4-0

The Memphis Grizzles and the LA Lakers are both in the playoffs for the first time in a while. Ja Morant has had an excellent rookie year, but he is not going to take down a playoff experienced Lebron James and Anthony Davis. The Grizzles are going to show up a fight, but this will be a clean sweep for the Lakers.

5. Oklahoma City Thunder vs 4. Utah Jazz

My prediction: Jazz over Thunder 4-2

We can all admit that we did not expect thee Oklahoma City Thunder to do this well after trading away Paul George and Russell Westbrook. As cool as we would love to see a veteran Chris Paul lead this team to a playoff series win, I don’t think that will happen. The Jazz has had a rough season this year with team chemistry, but I think they will get their act together and be the better team in the series. The Thunder will take a game or two, but Utah will take them down led by Donovan Mitchell.

7. Dallas Mavericks vs 2. Los Angeles Clippers

My prediction: Clippers over Mavericks 4-2

Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis are making their playoff debuts, but against one of the deepest teams in the NBA led by Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The Mavericks I think will play well in this series, showing their signs of potential. But I think that the Clippers are too much for the Mavericks and is why I think they will take. the Mavericks down in six games.

6. Houston Rockets vs 3. Denver Nuggets

My prediction: Rockets over Nuggets 4-3

The Houston Rockets season has been very interesting as they traded away their big man Clint Capella and played a lot of small ball. The Denver Nuggets are a good team led by Nikola Jokic, but I just don’t see anyone on the Nuggets that will be able to stop a dominant a dynamic duo in James Harden and Russell Westbrook, ESPECIALLY in a game seven. This series will go back and forth, but the Rockets I think will pull off the upset on the road in Denver for game seven.

Eastern Conference First Round

8. Orlando Magic vs 1. Milwaukee Bucks

My prediction: Bucks over Magic 4-0

No one on the Magic is going to stop Giannis Antetokounmpo, Plain and simple. The Magic have absolutely no chance to take down Milwaukee, they have no weapons, a record not even over .500, and no true playoff experience. The Bucks will dominate and send the Magic home early in four games.

5. Indiana Pacers vs 4. Miami Heat

My prediction: Heat over Pacers 4-3

The TJ Warren and Jimmy Butler beef has been very entertaining to watch, which will make a fun series. I think there could be a lot of fights in this series, but the Heat will pull out the series in seven. Jimmy Butler has even anxious to lead this team all season, and with weapons like Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Goran Dragic, and others, they could be a little bit of an underdog in these playoffs.

7. Brooklyn Nets vs 2. Toronto Raptors

My prediction: Raptors over Nets 4-1

The Nets have been playing without their two stars in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant for most of the season. The Raptors are looking to repeat as NBA champions without their star Kawhi Leonard, who left for the Clippers this past off season. The Raptors have Pascal Siakam and Kyle Lowry to help lead the Raptors over the Nets this first round. If Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving come back from injuries, it could change the outcome of the series. But regardless if they return or not, I see the Raptors advancing to the second round of the playoffs.

6. Philadelphia 76ers vs 3. Boston Celtics

My prediction: Celtics over Sixers 4-3

The rivalry of the Sixers and Celtics in the playoffs will make this series a must watch. Joel Embiid could have a dominating series with not many Celtics bigs that can guard him. But I have to go with my gut and say the Celtics will pull this one out because of having home court advantage. Jayson Tatum has been showing stars of stardom, and I think the Celtics have a lot of scoring options, and I don’t see them losing a game seven in TD Garden. My prediction is this series victory for the Celtics will have Sixers head coach Brett Brown fired and center Al Horford traded away in the off season.

Western Conference Semi-Finals

5. Utah Jazz vs 1. Los Angeles Lakers

My prediction: Lakers over Jazz 4-1

The Lakers will be too much for the Jazz in this season. Utah has lots of weapons on their team, and if they play well together, they could make a run at the Lakers. But I don’t see Joe Ingles slowing down Lebron James, or Rudy Gobert slowing down Anthony Davis. The Lakers have the two best players in the series, so with that being said the Lakers will advance to Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2010, leaving the Jazz future uncertain.

6. Houston Rockets vs 2. Los Angeles Clippers

My prediction: Clippers over Rockets 4-1

The Los Angeles Clippers are way too deep of a team for the Rockets to handle. Lots of defensive weapons with Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Patrick Beverly, and others will give James Harden and Russell Westbrook a tough going. The Rockets have no center and will be too tired to keep up with the Clippers. The Clippers will advance to the Western Conference Finals to face the home town rival, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Eastern Conference Semi Finals

4. Miami Heat vs 1. Milwaukee Bucks

My prediction: Bucks over Heat 4-1

The Miami Heat will put up a fight and will try their best to defend to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo. But it is going to be the other guys on the Bucks like Khris Middleton, Eric Bledsoe, and Brook Lopez who will kill the Heat on offense. The Bucks are on a mission to reach the Finals, and they will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row. Even though the Heat’s season came to an end, there is big hopes that the Heat will land a star in free agency in the summer.

3. Boston Celtics vs 2. Toronto Raptors

My prediction: Celtics over Raptors 4-2

I am not sure who will win this series. Both teams are looking for something to prove to the haters, which makes it tough to call. Even though I am a Celtics fans, regardless if I was or not, I think the Celtics will take them down in six. I think this is the series we really see Kemba Walker and Jayson Tatum show off their talent, that will just be too much for the Raptors to handle. The Celtics will advance back to the Eastern Conference Finals for a rematch with the Milwaukee Bucks

Western Conference Finals

My prediction: Lakers over Clippers 4-3

This is a dream Western Conference Finals matchup series, THE BATTLE OF LA. Lebron James and Anthony Davis vs Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. This will be a seven game series, because the NBA will want this to go to seven games for views. I think the Clippers are the way better team than the Lakers, but the Lakers will win the series, because the NBA will make sure this will happen. The NBA wants this because A. more views, B. They love Lebron, and C. they want the story line “The Lakers win NBA title for Kobe”. As annoying they are going to do that, the Lakers will advance back to the NBA Finals.

Eastern Conference Finals

3. Boston Celtics vs 1. Milwaukee Bucks

My prediction: Bucks over Celtics 4-2

This could be a series filled with heart and passion, but I see the Bucks getting by the Celtics to advance to the NBA Finals. Celtics coach Brad Stevens is going to have a strong game plan to try and slow down Milwaukee, but the best player in the series is Giannis Antetokounmpo and he is going to be determined to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in his young career. The Celtics will give everything they have, but the Bucks are just going to be too much for them.

NBA Finals

1. Los Angeles Lakers vs 1. Milwaukee Bucks

My prediction: Bucks over Lakers 4-1

Finals MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo

This should realistically be the outcome of the series, But don’t be surprised if the NBA makes sure the Lakers win the series. Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to be an NBA champion, I think that we could see the scary side of him in this series. I don’t see the Lakers winning a game in Milwaukee, and the Bucks just have to get one game on the road. The Lakers will need too rely on Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Kyle Kuzma, for help because the Bucks have a very deep roster. But I just don’t see any Lakers stepping up in this series besides Lebron and Davis. The Bucks will win their second championship for the second time in franchise history. If the Lakers lose this series, Anthony Davis could possibly be leaving the Lakers in the offseason.

We aren’t sure if the NBA season will resume or not, but if they do it will be curious to see how they will come back. Will they pick up where they left off? Will they skip to the playoffs? or will everything be called off? We will have to wait and see what happens.

The NFL Draft is coming up on April 23rd, but there is something different about this year’s draft compared to the past drafts. This year’s draft will be virtually online, due to the breakout of the coronavirus. With this being the right move by moving the draft to online to avoid the spread of the virus, but was it thee right move.

Pros

There is many pros with moving this draft online, especially the main reason to avoid the break out of COVID-19. With not having so many people around, it could avoid a breakout of this virus from getting worse and worse. It helps the safety of the fans, ownership, and athletes to not receive the virus on a special day. Another pro is you don’t have to worry about moving the draft later in the summer, so the owners and athletes could have more time to prepare for the team, moving, and settling into their new homes. It helps them prepare for 3-4 months, instead of preparing for 1-2 months before the start of the season. The last thing is it is a good thing that there will still be a draft, as this has been a day many college athletes have been waiting for. It is a good thing that the draft still continues, and the college students don’t have to wait another year if the NFL season gets cancelled.

Cons

There can be a lot of cons to having the draft. One of the cons is, this could affect the time teams have to draft the player they want. Another worry is with having the draft online, NFL teams could be worried that the draft could be hacked. A. hacker could come in, and hack the system possibly switching up their pick, or not getting their pick on time. Not only that this online draft could be difficult for teams, it could affect teams wanting to make trades. There is always an adrenaline with being at the actual draft in making trades, and with it being online, it could affect making any moves as it gives teams possibly more time to think. The last con is the players won’t experience the true draft experience. They won’t go the city of where the draft is to get their name called, they won’t go up and shake the commissioners hand, and they won’t be able to experience it in person. Even though the draft is still happening, and the athletes will still get drafted, they won’t experience the real experience.

I am in favor of having the draft online, to help prevent a breakout, but it will be different not watching the actual draft with players being in the city to wait their name being called. I don’t think that the NFL season will be cancelled, as I think this virus situation will be over by then. But I do think that the NFL made the right decision, and if this virus continues on intro the NFL season, I would understand why they would have to either suspend or call off the season.

It has been over three weeks since we have seen a live game on ESPN. March Madness and Wimbledon championships have been cancelled, while the NBA, MLB, XFL, and the NHL have put their season on hold. As there is no sports going on due to the coronavirus, ESPN has been replaying old games, talking non stop about NFL Free Agency, and old 30 for 30 documentaries to keep up their TV ratings up.

ESPN is not only showing old games, they will be streaming the NBA 2K player tournament, and will be showing the Chicago Bulls “The Last Dance” documentary early for fans to watch. ESPN is using many creative ways to keep up their ratings, but if I were the producer at ESPN, I would choose these top five games of all time to keep up the ratings of the show.

5. Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Rams (2018)

This game is arguably considered one of the best NFL regular season games in the history of the league. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams were coming in the game tied with the best record in the league, as the Rams went on to win the game in high scoring action, 54-51. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and Rams QB Jared Goff showed off their arm, by each throwing over 400 yards and at least throwing four touchdowns in that game. To rewatch a high scoring game with two rising quarterbacks shining under the big lights, would bring in a lot of viewers.

4. Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers Game 7 (2010 NBA Finals)

As a Boston Celtics fan, this game hurts for me to put this on ESPN, but this game is an all-time classic. A rivalry meeting between the Boston Celtics vs the Los Angeles Lakers competing for an NBA championship. Who could forget Kobe Bryant getting his revenge on the Celtics to win his 5th NBA championship after losing to Boston in 2008 NBA Finals. This was a game that you could tell how bad both teams wanted this championship. To relive the rivalry championship game and to rewatch a memorable game in honor of the late Kobe Bryant could sky rocket the ratings.

3. San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat Game 6 (2013 NBA Finals)

The San Antonio Spurs needed one stop to win their 5th NBA Championship, but Miami guard Ray Allen’s three with five seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime, as the Heat went on to win the game and force a Game 7. The Miami Heat would go on to win game seven, giving Lebron James and the Miami Heat their second championship in a row. This was during the time of the Big Three in Miami with Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh, while the Spurs had Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and a young and upcoming star in Kawhi Leonard. This game would bring in viewers as this is a classic game to watch.

2. Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe’s final game (2016)

Yes, that’s right another Kobe game, Why? Because people love Kobe. Kobe Bryant put on a show in his final NBA game, scoring 60 points in a win over the Utah Jazz. As you know Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash this past January, and to re-live Kobe’s final game would bring in so many viewers to the show. Kobe Bryant left the NBA as a legend and icon for the league, many people looked up to him, and many people praised his love for the game. This game would bring in viewers who are looking for happiness during this stressful time.

1. Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors Game 7 (2016 NBA Finals)

This game was considered to be one of the best games in NBA history. The Warriors were leading the Cavaliers 3-1 in the Finals, and all the Warriors had to do was win one more game. The Cavaliers would overcome a 3-1 deficit to take down the 73-9 Warriors to win their first NBA Championship. This game featured a showdown between Lebron James and two time reigning MVP Stephen Curry. This game would bring in the most viewers, because this was considered a possible David and Goliath story. When the Cavaliers were on the brink of eliminating, fought hard to take down the reigning NBA champions. The Warriors would then bring in Kevin Durant the next season, and win two more NBA titles. But to re-live the game would bring back memories, as we all were watching this game on our TV’s that night.

Those would be my top five games to re-play on ESPN. Those games were classics, and were so entertaining to watch back in the day. That would bring lots of viewers, and to keep the ratings up until sports returns.