Is the NBA to where it was during the Jordan era?

As I sit in the library during my office hours, I would like to discuss the state of the NBA. The game somewhat fallen off since Jordan retired(I consider him retired after he left the Bulls. That stint in a Wizards uniform does not count in my opinion.). I would make the legitamate arguement that only the true basketball fan could have appreciated the NBA from then until now, even now in some instance. There is the reason for the game falling off being that there are no superstars anymore like there were back then. I would let time answer that debate as only time will tell if the players nowadays can be looked back and considered a superstar. Granted that was the era of the dream team but nowadays people yearn for the restoration of the "dynasty." The Celtics, Lakers, and Bulls were all classified as dynastic during the glory years of the NBA. Even in the modern era we have a dynasty known as the San Antonio Spurs yet people do not like them because they are considered "boring." In most cases they are but as mentioned before, only the basketball junkie would appreciate them. They do not cause trouble, they do not sag their shorts, hell their jerseys rarely come untucked. Yet people seem to not like them because they are "boring" and truthfully they are to the extent that only a basketball fan would like them. I do not like the Spurs at all. My heart lies with the Detroit Pistons and Steve Nash as mentioned before. 2 of the last 3 years both of my basketball favs have come face to face with the Spurs and have fallen. One of the highlights of my summer was just 2 days after I was 5 feet from David Beckham, and actually said something to him and he responded with a smile, did I meet Bruce Bowen of the San Antonio Spurs. I had a somewhat intelligent conversation with him in a locker room at a hotel in San Antonio. He was just a down to earth guy. Back to my argument of the alleged lack of superstars in today's game, but I would argue that there are just as many today as there were back then. Granted I am partial to my era, I could the last half of the Jordan era. But I have been witness to the Kobe/Shaq era and the Spurs era. I feel that there are an abundance of good players and that is what makes the league exciting. Steve Nash should have won his third consecutive MVP last year but the powers that be in the NBA sabotaged the vote(or so my conspiracy theorist mind likes to think) and gave it to Dirk because they did not want to put some 6'0 white guy with the likes of Larry and Micheal. The NBA has an abundance of talent now just give it time and actually watch with an open mind out of love for the game and you will soon discover that the NBA does have superstars.

Like to give a shout out to my professor's blog, http://dcatblog.blogspot.com/, this is the quality to which I hope my blog will be at someday. I just have to get caught up with politics and not to mention improve my writing skills and vocabulary to be there. His is a very interesting read. Be back tomorrow...

Clarity, not the song by John Mayer

I do realize that my first blog posting had a few errors. Cut a brother some slack, it was late and one is due for a few mishaps here and there. The title of this posting has a specific meaning behind it. As I pointed out in the first posting, I am a double major in English and History. Writing comes with the  territory as you will know. As a matter of fact, those are the two majors in which writing is a heavy emphasis. I have started blogging to write formally on a regular basis. It is not everyday that I actually have to use proper grammar and punctuation. I text message on a regular basis and I actually do use proper grammar. Honestly I can not ask a question without a question mark. My perception of blogs has been swayed thanks to the phenomena that is myspace. I did have an account for about 2 years but I have recently deleted that, along with my facebook account. I deleted the two accounts because law schools and other important people that you could end up answering to will look for you on those websites and make judgements about you based on what have on your profile. I simply did not want to take that chance. The blogs that I would read on there were quite interesting to say the least. They were always posted in order to vent frustration based on drama that was occurring in that person's life. It was nothing but adding to the drama. I am a curious person so I read them. After reading them, I felt dumber after I read them.  All the reason behind the person posting a blog is to create more drama hoping that people would read it and give their feedback. Get a life!!  I got to the point where I did not care what was going on with others. I could careless if someone did something that made you mad or anything of that matter. This blog is for me to "rant-n-rave" about issues that most people know about. I will voice my opinion and it is my hope that people have a different view than mine on the particular subject and we can engage in an intelligent conversation about the matter. I will reiterate this, I will not share personal information on my blog. I simply like to discuss sports and popular culture ad nausea and I know there are others like me...By the way, I am not buying the hype around the Lakers. Gasol and Kobe are good players, but I am not sold on Bynum and Odom has always let me down. They will not make the western conference finals. See ya tomorrow!

First posting!!

Hello everyone! I am new to this art that they call blogging. I have read my teacher's blog every time that I e-mail him and I finally decided that I should start my own. A little about myself, I am Matthew Garcia and  I am on the verge of graduating from UTPB with a degree in English and History. I aspire to attend law school after graduation. I played 4 years of college soccer at UTPB. I am a sports fanatic to say the least. My knowledge extends to baseball, basketball, football and real football(soccer). My blog will talk about all facets of culture such as movies, television and politics( I am trying to get more acquainted with politics as my familiarity with it is somewhat lacking). I will be ranting and raving about everything from sports to television to movies and will not be revealing any personal information. I created this in hopes of getting my thoughts out concerning the aforementioned topics. I hope to keep up with this blog everyday but more than likely I will miss a few days due to the heavy workload that has been thrown upon me with school and law school applications. I will clarify some of my faves. In college football the one and only team I live and die by is the Miami Hurricanes(#1 recruiting class in the country this year), to all the haters out there, the U will be back!! Ohio State is the one team in this world I will never cheer for, even if they were pitted against the demons from hell I could never root for them. My team in college basketball is the Duke Blue Devils and has been since the 5th grade. Professional basketball is hard because my favorite player is Steve Nash but my favorite team is the Detroit Pistons. Despite Boston's resurgence, I still feel that this is the year Flip gets them to the finals. My favorite MLB team has always been the San Diego Padres, home of the reigning Cy Young winner Jake Peavy and the team that was kept out of the playoffs by a phantom home plate touching in the one game playoff last year, damn the Rockies! Professional football is hard to explain for me. I have favorite players rather than favorite teams. Tom Brady epitomizes everything someone could ever look for in an athlete. My adoptive team is the Pats b/c of him ( I like to think that there was not a a Super Bowl played this year and this is the only time this last Super Bowl will ever be mentioned). My love for the Miami Hurricanes run so deep that I keep up with all of them and root for them to succeed on their respective teams.As far as soccer goes, which is the only love I have ever experienced in life, I am a Blues fan(Chelsea) through and through and still hold a grudge for the departure of the Special One. As far as television goes, Entourage is the best show on television. The show would not be the same without each character. Each different character fulfills the puzzle that is the show and it would not be the same without each character, even Lloyd. I feel that the two best characters on the show are Ari and Drama. Ari speaks for himself and Drama is just Drama to say the least. I like an abundance of movies, my favorite being Training Day. I could not agree more with the Academy this year on their selection of No Country for Old Men as being the best picture winner. It is getting late and I have an 8 AM class in the morning. Hopefully this initial post will give you some insight to my life. Be back tomorrow...