Andy and I went to “The Pit” (the bottom of the Rec Center at Muskingum) to play some basketball tonight after work. It was a lot of fun. We played three games of 21 with him winning the first and me winning the following two. The gym is the oldest on campus if I’m not mistaken and we expected it to be in much worse shape. While it doesn’t look pretty, it’s actually quite good. I’m sure that will be a near daily routine this summer.
The Cavs evened up the series with the Pistons last night as I predicted. Everyone seemed so eager to give up when they were down 2-0, but I knew that after two very close games in Detroit, Cleveland would pull them out at home. Hopefully they will continue their winning ways and move on to the finals.
Kobe Bryant needs to make up his mind about whether he wants to stay with the Lakers or not. This afternoon he admitted that he would like to be traded and that was the “conclusion” that he had come to. But hours later, he states that he doesn’t want to go anywhere and that it’s his team. Now I don’t have too much of a problem with him asking to be traded; however, if you’re going to state publicly that that’s what you want, don’t go back on it hours later. All he did was create more drama for the Lakers and take more focus away from actual basketball. Kobe himself discussed rebuilding trust with the organization. How could one trust him as a sincere teammate after what he’s said today? Would you want to rely on him knowing that “well, he might not care to be here today.” Perhaps they will move on and become better because of it. Time will tell.
The Ducks took a 1-0 series lead over Ottawa the other night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. If the Ducks can stay out of the penalty box, I think they can blow this series open.
Time to finish up my presentation on planetary rings for tomorrows final day of Astronomy class. We each have to give a 10 minute PowerPoint presentation tomorrow and take the final exam on Friday. Shouldn’t be too bad since I’ve done rather well on all of the exams. I’m not worried. At all.