Iverson in Detriot and the Spurs are struggling to beat the Timberwolves?

What is going on these days in the NBA, has everything just turned upside down and nothing is what it used to be. What was Joe Dumars thinking when he decided to trade Chancey Billups for Allen Iverson, did he think that a shoot first point guard would fit into the boring, over passing Pistons. The Pistons were being blown out in the fourth quarter last night by the Celtics(they ended up losing by 12, which is a bit better then losing by 20) which they normally have a competitive game when they play each other.  I also don’t understand how Chauncey Billups is a big upgrade for Denver from the point guard they had two years ago in Andre Miller?  Sure Billups can shot the three better than AM could but Billups cannot pass as well as miller and he isn’t a strong one on one player.

The Nuggets are a team like the Rockets who had all the right pieces to contend for a championship but for some reason not everything clicked together. The difference between Houston and Denver is that the Rockets choose to get a  wild card in Ron Artest that would either take the team to the next level or destroy the team and force themselves to rebuild around a still young Yao Ming. Instead of taking the Rockets route, the Nuggets decided to trade away Marcus Camby for what will essential be Cap size. Then they recently obtained Billups (2 years left on his contract) and Antonio McDyess (which they just today waived) instead of keeping Iverson’s whose contract will expire after this season. The would have left the nuggets with 21 million to either get one great player or two good players to make this team a legit contender. With the addition of Billups it assures the nuggets to have two more years of first round exists and then both Billups and Carmelo’s contracts will expire in 2010.  Both of them will definetely grow tired of being knocked out of the first round and they will leave to go play for a winning team even though it may not guarantee them as much money as if they were to stay in Denver.

I have to ask this question because it doesn’t make any sense to me. How can San Antonio struggle to beat the Timberwolves when they were in the Western Conference Finals just a year ago. Alright I’ll give it to you that they don’t have Manu Ginobili until after Christmas because of injury but they still have Micheal Finely who was an All Star and can still play at a high level at the age of 35. Also how can they lose to the Heat and Mavericks who are struggling to get a win againist the elite teams in the NBA. However the Spurs will play the most of the month againist non playoff teams and can maybe give themselves a decent record again. On the other hand, they lost Tony Parker to injury for atleast 2 weeks, so Duncan will have his work cut out for him.

Lastly What was up with all these reporters asking teams which player would make a good presidental canidate? Seriously is there anyone in the NBA who has any knowledge of politics? I bet there may be a few soft spoken players who have a genuine interest in politics but they would never discuss a serious political future with a goofball reporter. A reporter who is trying to get people interested in what he is writing by mentioning something about the presidental election. Seriously every paper around the world had atleast one page in there first section dedicated to Obama or the presidental election. I am extremely happy that Obama became president but I really think reporters can come up with a more interesting story.