The dwindling Miami Heat are represented in the All Star Game starting by who I consider to be their 3rd best player this season. Although he has been a liability for Miami defensively and has lost a step or two in his 13th year, Wade still holds the respect of NBA fans as one of the greatest players of the 21st century. This marks Wade’s 12 All Star Game.

His season averages of 18 ppg, 4.6 apg, and 4.1 rpg on 46% shooting mark his lowest averages since his rookie year.

I’m a big Heat fan and I’m just a little disappointed that Chris Bosh isn’t in this position.

I for one am very disappointed with the organization for not making a major change. I think it was very apparent that this team needs a culture shock after falling into the same habits of mediocrity year after year after year.

Ben McAdoo, (after two years I still accidentally call him Bob McAdoo) runs a modified west coast offense. He has two major weapons at his disposal with Odell Beckham JR., and Shane Vereen. Vereen, who is a perfect component for a west coast offense, received far less touches as a Giant than he did as a Patriot. Which makes it glaringly obvious to me that McAdoo does not really know what he is doing.

McAdoo came to New York in 2014 from Green Bay as their former tight end and then quarterbacks coach. As a fan who has watched every single Giants game the past 5 years, I can say that the offense has improved under McAdoo. BUT, that coincides with the drafting of Odell Beckham Jr. Beckham had missed the first 4 games of the 2014 season, so as a refresher I wanted to see how the Giants offense did without him. I observed that the offense played impressively well with tight end Larry Donnell being the focal point. Donnell is not a great athlete and does not have impressive hands so this is impressive.

What I wanted as a fan was either Adam Gase or David Shaw. While I still think Adam Gase would be a better head coach than Ben McAdoo, I think I overreacted by scowling when I heard the Giants wanted to hire someone within the franchise already. There are great pieces on the offense and McAdoo has had them perform as a top 10 unit during his two season here. The main issue has been the defense.

So before I typed all this out and did some research I was unsatisfied with the decision to make McAdoo as head coach, but now I’m a fan.

It’s apparent that Tom Coughlin lost interest in his job midway through the season. The Giants were blowing leads with little amount of time on the clock left and right and the tip of the iceberg was when Odell Beckham was letting Carolina Panthers corner back Josh Norman get into his head. Beckham was acting like a child out on the field, yet no one talked to him and tried to calm him down.

McAdoo is young and familiar with a talented offense. Now that the drama of hiring a head coach is gone the giants will focus on adding pieces to a horrible defense. The Giants have not drafted a defense player in the first round since 2011 and their 2012 first round draft pick, David Wilson, has been out of the league for two years after a career ending neck injury, so I hope and pray that the right choice is made.

Ben McAdoo, I salute you as the new head coach with two years of familiarity with a team with plenty of talent in a weak division.

Inglewood always up to no good

The Rams are back in Los Angeles after a 22 year stint in St. Louis. The Rams enjoyed it’s most success in St. Louis by winning the Super Bowl in 1999 and losing to the Patriots in the Super Bowl in 2001. They had previously made the Super Bowl once in 1979 as the Los Angeles Rams but lost it to the Pittsburgh Steelers

Todd Gurley, the 2015 rookie of the year, is an exciting young running back that the Rams currently have and will gain even more attention under the L.A. spotlight.

It appears that Vegas agrees with me.

The Cardinals are a very team and have proven themselves with some tough wins. I don’t like them at 3-1 odds, I’d rather have Seattle’s 6-1 but Arizona will be incredibly tough to beat.

Arizona finished the regular season 2nd in offensive scoring and 8th in defensive scoring, making them well balanced.