Erin Moves On To The Final Four/KG To Boston? Crapola.

First of all, congrats to Erin for moving on to the final four in the Orlando Magic Cheerleading Tournament! It was a tough matchup, but Erin squarely won as she captured about double the amount of votes as the next closest vote getter Deanna. She will go on to face April in the semis.

As for Magic news, the only thing really new today is Magic exec Alex Martins hinting at the possibility of an Orlando hockey team in the near future. I would bet this has a good chance of happening as I'd imagine there are more than a few owners around the country want to wash their hands of the losing-money league known as the NHL. I am a Devils fan since I grew up in New Jersey, but would be at a crossroads should this Orlando team come into existence. One thing that could swing my allegiance to Orlando: If the team names themselves something akin to the minor league hockey team the Orlando Solar Bears. Humor really wins out in the end, and I can see them going this direction. Maybe the Orlando Flamin-Goals?

I just got chills that name was so perfect.

Something that is NOT perfect is the rumor that Kevin Garnett might get sent to the Boston Celtics in the next 48 hours for a package including Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff's expiring contract, and Rajon Rondo. Also possibly included are Gerald Green and Sebastian Telfair. This would suck for many Eastern Conference teams in the short term as a trio of Paul Pierce, KG, and Ray Allen would return the tea party city to respectability again. Obviously Kevin McHale is just washing his hands of attempting to get anything of actual worth for KG, and is throwing his efforts behind eclipsing Isiah Thomas as the most inept GM of the past decade. Also, this trade would result in two things I hate probably more than anything else in this world:

1) Boston fans to suddenly come out of the woodwork and hop on the bandwagon as they are known to do (How many Patriots fans WERE there before Tom Brady? 3? 4?)

2) ESPN Columnist Bill Simmons to brag about how good his team is, but this time in basketball. Ugh.

Seeing as how the bags under Kevin McHale's eyes have effectively taken over his brain and are now telling him evil ways to mess up his team (McHale now looks like the Emporer from Star Wars now with a parted haircut), I see this trade going through. McHale would be even more popular in Boston beyond his playing time there because he would be essentially giving them a perennial title shot. This would make Orlando seem like a pretender instead of a contender as we'd be faced with the possibility of lining up Turkoglu on Ray Allen and JJ Redick on Paul Pierce with Howard and KG going at it. The matchup down low is a fair fight, but Turkoglu and JJ might look like swiss cheese in that fight.

The only bright side is that the Celtics would probably have to rebuild their team again in about 4 years since Pierce, KG, and Allen are currently 30, 31, and 32. The city of Boston would also have to pony up some money to put these around the stadium:

That is a small price to pay for that lineup though and Boston would instantly be a team that is feared.

Other than that, no real news in the world of basketball. The Heat signed Smush Parker to be their backup PG, which (despite Sentinel's account that Smush does well against the Magic) is a huge sigh of relief since the Heat were courting other, better players like Mo Williams. In addition, while it is old news it must be noted that the Magic are investigating getting PJ Brown or Chris Webber...but I seriously, seriously doubt they wind up in Orlando because those players are likely to either sign with a contender or go elsewhere for more money. I would put my money on a lower-tier player like Melvin Ely or at best Brian Skinner.

I hope I am wrong though and Otis works those negotiating skills on Webber and PJ. We seriously need help at PF.