First Pick Blog

Okay, we started one week late. But let’s just call that our “bye” week. Here are the First Pick Blog Staff standings after week 2. Included are everyone’s Monday Night Football pick as well.

Tied for 1st:

Ben Simpson, 8 correct picks: Buffalo, Indy, Carolina, Houston, Giants, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Chargers

Monday Night Pick: Denver Broncos

Mujtaba Elgoodah, 8 correct picks: Same as Ben

Monday Night Pick: Denver Broncos

2nd Place

Brian Skinnell, 7 correct picks: Buffalo, Cincy, Giants, Houston, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and San Fran

Monday Night Pick: Denver Broncos

3rd Place

Matt Fehr, 6 correct picks: Cincy, Indy, Houston, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and San Fran

Monday Night Pick: Atlanta Falcons

Tied for 4th place

Alex Millon, 5 correct picks: Cincy, Houston, Giants, San Diego, and San Fran

Monday Night Pick: Atlanta Falcoons

Jimmy Luehrs, 5 correct picks: Cincy, Philly, Seattle, San Diego, and San Fran

Monday Night Pick: Denver Broncos

There is no arguing that the Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most successful and respected franchises in the history of Sports. This storied franchise might be adding some new faces to an already dangerous squad. Listed below are some possible players that might end up in a Lakers jersey.

-Michael Beasley, SF (Minnesota Timberwolves)
-Gilbert Arenas, PG (Free Agent)
-Jose Calderon, PG (Toronto Raptors)
– Kirk Hinrich, PG (Atlanta Hawks)
– Steve Nash, PG (Phoenix Suns)
-Ramon Sessions, PG (Cleveland Cavs)
-Derron Williams, PG (New Jersey Nets)
-Rajon Rondo, PG (Boston Celtics)

Now any of these additions would provide the Lakers with an extra boost and maybe place them back into talks as NBA Championship contenders. I’ll make sure to keep you updated if any new players get added to the mix.

Only 2 weeks ago the New York Knicks were the laughing stock of the NBA, now they’re the hottest team in the NBA. Their PG Jeremy Lin has turned into an overnight celebrity while blazing opponents on a nightly basis and now they have added another quality player by the name of , wait for it…..J.R SMITH !!!

Smith is an amazing Talent and can easily go for 25 at any given night with his amazing 3 point shooting and explosive dunks. Take the amazing play of Lin, add the return of Melo and Amare and the addition of Smith and you could make an argument that the New York Knicks are now a serious contender in the Eastern Conference. Lets not forget that the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls are still the front-runners in the East but with this new lineup the New York Knicks are a team to consider.

By Mujtaba Elgoodah

Reggie Bush and Kris Humphries, what do these gentlemen have in common ?

They have both dated the goddess that is Kim Kardashian and yes, I said Goddess because that’s what she is. I think its safe to say that all sports and women-loving men out there know who Kim Kardashian is. Many people have come to the conclusion that Kim’s relationships are cursed but I beg to differ, her relationships might even be magical. Now I know you’re looking at me wondering how I could say such a thing with confidence. Well lets look at the facts and statistics folks. We’ll start with her first Athlete beau Señor Reggie Bush, yes he was a College star but the addition of Kardashian to his life led to more accomplishments. They initially started their Relationship in July 2007 and ended it on July 2009 now you ask why this is so important to notice ? Well in those two years that Kim and Reggie were together Bush managed to do the following; Get named to the All Pro team (2008), be named Sport Illustrated’s “Hunk of the Year”, oh and he won some little thing called the Super Bowl. Not too shabby of a list when you consider it was only two years. Now you might consider that a coincidence but also consider the fact that after they split Bush not only got traded but he also got his 2005 Heisman Trophy taken away………. Yea it got that Bad.

(Take 5 minutes and let Kim’s beauty Sink into your Brains)

Next we have the stud by the name of Kris Humphries, now if any of ya’ll reading this tell me you guys knew of Humphries before this relationship I would tell you that you were lying. This guy was not doing much to get recognized in the NBA and I’m not ashamed to say that. I do give him props for marrying the Angel that is Kim Kardashian even though that did last a few hours. However not everything turned out on the negative side for our good pal Kris. He’s having a career season with the New Jersey Nets, not only did he earn the starting Power Forward position but he went the extra mile and also managed to get a career high in points (13.0) and Rebounds(10.4), yea you read that right big man is averaging a Double-double. Just in case you readers aren’t big NBA fans that’s really hard to do in the NBA. So for these two gentlemen I wouldn’t say their relationships with Kim were failures, They were with a goddess for a while and seemed to be motivated with her being their Sidekick. Now I’m not saying I need anything to kick-start my career but if this Kim Kardashian “Curse” is the real deal, then Kim I would like to let you know that I’m Waiting.

by Mujtaba Elgoodah