Ty Watches "The Last Dance Parts 3 and 4

I just finished episodes 3 and 4 of "The Last Dance", and just like the first two, this is amazing. This is exactly what I, and all other sports fans, have been craving. The show is starting to dig deeper and deeper into all the things that went into this last run for the 90's Bulls.

Episode 3 was focused on Dennis Rodman's addition to the team. First off, Rodman is a crazy dude, but man was he an excellent basketball player. I do not agree with his politics, he is crazy as I said, he is still a little loony, but man could that dude defend, be an enforcer and grab rebounds. Hearing him talk about his early days in Detroit was like taking a class on how to judge angles on the floor, and I loved every single second of it. When he talked about taking friends to the gym at 2 and 3 in the morning to shoot and miss shots just so he could watch how it came off the rim was astonishing. Talking about watching film of how big time players would shoot, and the way the ball would rotate, was like the coolest lesson I could have learned as a young player. His tenacity on defense, and his willingness to do the little things, the dirty work, it was amazing. But, he did come with a ton of baggage. He started to lose it late in his Pistons career. He really lost it while he was in San Antonio. And, while he gave in to the greater good of the team while playing for the 90's Bulls, he was for sure going through some mental issues. He had, and still has, some serious issues, but I say again, the dude was such a uniquely gifted player. He was also another one of these super small school guys who made it big in the NBA in the late 80's and early 90's, and it was because he was willing he work his ass off. He seemed to work harder than almost anyone else in the league at that time. It was pretty eye opening. My favorite part was when the director showed Rodman, Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson the video of Jordan reacting to Rodman saying he "needed a vacation". That was epic.

Episode 4 picked up with Rodman on his "vacation", and we got a one on one interview with Carmen Electra, Rodman's girlfriend at the time, and again I have to point out the people they are getting for this doc are amazing, and she described Rodman perfectly. She talked about his constant partying and how much fun he liked to have and even spoke on when Phil, Scottie and MJ came to Vegas to pick him up. That was hilarious, and I imagine what must have been going through her head when this happened. We shifted from there to learn more about Phil Jackson. This episode was his episode. They talked about his childhood, his love of Native Americans, how much he wanted the game to be a team game, his work with Tex Winter, his playing days, his drug use and how great of a coach he was. I have said many times that I think Greg Poppovich is the greatest coach in the NBA ever. But I am now wavering because of the way we see how Jackson worked with the greatest ever. How he got him to buy in. How he made him realize that he needed his teammates to help him. MJ may have liked Doug Collins more, but Jackson was the perfect coach for him and that team. Poppovich has the best system, and it will always work. But, Jackson is the best at dealing with major, major personalities. He knows how to handle super duper stars. And while Jackson is the weird hippy guy, he knows the game very well. Well, he and Tex Winter worked together very well. I feel like this episode was kind of an ode to Winter. He is the genius behind the Triangle offense, Jackson was just the face. But, I came away from episode 4 really admiring Phil Jackson. I was also happy because they started to show the real asshole side of MJ in the middle and near the end of the episode. They talked a lot about the rivalry between the Bulls and Pistons back then, and this is when true MJ started to come out. He hated the Pistons, he did what he took to get over that hump, and man oh man does he despise Isaiah Thomas. Again, they showed him a video of Thomas explaining why the Pistons walked off when the Bulls finally beat them, without shaking their hands, and you could see Jordan, who is 57 now, seething with anger. It was another great moment.

"The Last Dance" has been truly wonderful so far, and I fully expect it to continue that way. While this is on, every Monday I am going to write about my thoughts with each viewing. I cannot recommend this doc enough people. It is a wonder. 

Ty

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The Sad End of Carmelo Anthony's NBA Days

This really looks like the end of Carmelo Anthony. Rumors are swirling that he is going to be cut from the Rockets any day now. He has not been good this year, last year, or really, the past 5 or 6 years. He is too slow on defense. He is not a good three point shooter. He isn't really that good of a mid range shooter. He can't get to the rim. He doesn't like to pass the ball. He needs space to create his shot, and right now, he cannot get that space.

I used to love Carmelo Anthony. I was a big time fan of his when he was in Denver. His game was so fluid and fun. He still wasn't a great three point shooter, or a defender, he's never been a good defender, not even in college, but his offense offset all that. He was lethal from mid range. He could get to the rim, thus get to the free throw line. He still wasn't much of a passer, but when he did, it was nearly pin point. Even when Carmelo pushed his way out of Denver, he was still a very legitimate threat his first couple of years as a Knick. Hell, the last time the Knicks were good was one of his first couple seasons there. They won 50 plus games and made, I believe, the second round of the playoffs.

But then he did an interview with ESPN The Magazine, and it was all about his brand and how much more money he has made since he left Denver for New York. I read this cover story, and what stood out most to me was how little he cared about winning. He talked mostly about himself, or his brand. He talked about how much he was going to get paid very soon. He talked about how he has big plans after basketball. No mention of winning a title, or making deep playoff runs. No mention of being an MVP and surrounding himself with talented players that could have helped him. No mention of the kind of coach he wanted to play for that could put the Knicks, his team, over the top. The story was I, I, I and money, money, money.

That is when it all flipped for me, and I think it flipped for him too. He became a lesser player. He started to get more vocal with teammates. He hated Tim Hardaway Jr after the Knicks drafted him. He basically insisted they trade him, and they did. He didn't like many other teammates he had in New York.

This caused the start of the mess that the Knicks are in now. The Knicks then went out and hired Phil Jackson as the GM, and we all watched that disaster unfold. The start of that disaster, giving Carmelo a max deal. They could not get any other players of clout because they gave all their money to Carmelo. The Knicks started to tumble. They drafted Kristaps Porzingis, and the 2 people who disliked that move most, Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony. Jackson called him soft, Carmelo was worried he was losing the team, even though he already lost it a few seasons prior.

The Knicks eventually fired Jackson and got rid of Carmelo. He went to the Thunder last summer, after they stunningly got Paul George, and we all thought this was going to be great. I was fully on board with this at the time. The best Carmelo has been Olympic Carmelo, and I thought that was what the Thunder would get. But, when asked in the offseason if he would be willing to take a bench role, he scoffed and demanded he start. That was the crack for me. I instantly lost all good will I had. He was washed about 5 years ago in my opinion, but he still viewed himself as a star, a first option. Russell Westbrook and Paul George are so much better than he is at basketball, but he didn't see it that way. He struggled mightily last year too. He wasn't that lock down three point shooter. He wasn't hitting mid range shots. He complained that he wasn't getting the ball enough. He was even worse on defense. It was a mess. But, due to George and Westbrook, the Thunder still made the playoffs. Then they crapped the bed. All three of their stars played bad, but Carmelo was the worst. He might as well have not even showed up, that was how unimportant he was in that first round series last year.

The buyout eventually came, as we all expected, and he signed with the Rockets, as we all expected. What made me laugh most was hearing the Rockets fans talk about how they were going to get the best out of him. That was the same thing the Thunder fans said. I was skeptical of this move from the start. They were replacing defensive guys like Trevor Ariza with Carmelo Anthony. Those 2 guys are the same player. In fact, I think, where we stand right now, Trevor Ariza is much, much better, especially on defense. Carmelo has been downright dreadful this year. He is not the player he was expected to be. He is not the shooter that can help the Rockets compete with the Warriors, or Bucks or Raptors or Celtics or even the Trailblazers. He had one good game, against the Nets early in the season, and it shocked me. That is how far he has fallen. What was once expected is now a shock. And after that Nets game, he somehow got worse from the field. Then the stories started to come out that the Rockets were going to "reevaluate" his spot on the team. Then some Rockets players said they were going to start preparing for him to be cut. The GM came out and said they hadn't made a decision yet, but that is a kiss of death. He also didn't play the other night with an "illness".

Carmelo is cashed out. I agree with Tracy McGrady, that he should retire. He is of no use to a contender anymore. Those teams are all set. Also, if he still thinks he is a starter, when or if he gets cut by the Rockets, he is going to have to go to a bottom dweller. He can go to Atlanta or Cleveland or, hell, I don't know any other bottom feeder that would want him. I have heard that the 76ers and Lakers have expressed interest of he is cut. I hope the 76ers don't do that, especially after trading for Jimmy Butler. They don't need those 2 head cases in their locker room. And the Lakers, that would just be hilarious. Yeah, sign Carmelo so guys like Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart and Kyle Kuzma lose valuable playing time so LeBron's buddy can put up pointless shots that he will most likely miss.

I once loved Carmelo's game, but now, it is sad to watch him play basketball. He is not the same guy. The game has passed him by. He is a shell of his former self. I feel bad for him. Let it go.

Ty

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The Knicks are an Embarrassment

This flaming wreckage is going to be our Knicks photo until Jackson is out.

The saga of the New York Knicks just continues to get weirder by the day. I saw a few weeks back that Derrick Rose, who called this specific Knicks team a "super team", disappeared from the team for a few days in the middle of the year and claimed he wanted a max contract, now is injured once again and is now saying that he wants to go to a team in title contention. Money suddenly doesn't matter to him. Then, Joakim Noah got suspended for drugs, and to add to his shame of a contract and downward spiral of his current career, has rotator cuff problems and needs surgery. He will be out 4-6 months. The Knicks are nearly at rock bottom.

When I did not think things could get any worse, or more weird, the Knicks decided to pick up the last 2 years of Phil Jackson's contract. That is such a horrible, terrible idea. What has done besides say nothing and do nothing but bad things for the team he once played for? He has been an absolute train wreck as the player personnel guy, and the Knicks have only gotten worse and worse with him at the helm. The only good thing he has done, which was draft Kristaps Porzingis, he belittled the kid and said he wouldn't be able to make it in the league. He also was the guy that brought in Rose and Noah, and gave Carmelo a max contract, instead of trading him.

Then, it just keeps getting worse from here everyone, sorry Knicks fans, during Jackson's end of season exit interview with Carmelo Anthony, he said that he does not see a future where this team can win with him being the focal point. That is fine, and I even agree with it. But he made this public knowledge. He said it at a press conference for all reporters and fans to see. He made it known to the world that he wants to get rid of Carmelo Anthony. This was the problem. The sentiment is correct, but the delivery, a total disaster. This is going to drive the price way, way down on Carmelo. His price wasn't that high to begin with, I wouldn't trade anything except a second round pick for him, but now it is even lower. All 29 other teams know that the Knicks want to offload him, so they can low ball the hell out of them. I remember that the Clippers seemed to be the surest team at the last trade deadline to get him, and they offered nothing of true value. I think they were willing to part with JJ Redick, Austin Rivers and some second round picks. That is not a king's ransom by any means. I remember hearing that the Cavs would be willing to trade for Carmelo Anthony straight up for Kevin Love. Now, I feel like they wouldn't trade Iman Shumpert for Carmelo. The Bulls were in the mix for him, but now they would not have to offer anyone, Rajon Rondo included, worth any value to get him.

This is all on Phil Jackson. He made a very stupid decision in making this well known that Anthony was available. This was the latest in a long line of idiotic decisions from the once great coach.

To make things even more stupid, after the exit interview Carmelo goes on Instagram, because why would anyone anymore talk face to face about their problems anymore, to complain about Phil Jackson and the Knicks front office. I get it. The front office is a nightmare, but talk to them in person. Everyone who follows you on Instagram, for the most part, is a fan of yours, so of course they are going to agree with you. I agree that you need to get out of that situation, but you put yourself in your current situation. You demanded the trade while on the Nuggets, causing the Knicks to give up any kind of chance in the near future, and then you signed the max deal, with a no trade clause, when you had the chance to sign with a contender a few years back. Air your anger out, but don't do it on social media. That makes you look like a spoiled child. I hate that social media is where current athletes go to gripe about their situations. It is embarrassing. But, we are talking about the Knicks.

Finally, it was reported that Kristaps Porzingis skipped his exit interview because he is "frustrated with the direction of the team". Again, I agree with him, but this is a childish way to go about handling your business. Do the exit interview. It is part of your job. You are a professional, and anyone in a profession needs to do an exit interview. Just skipping it is like when a kid says they will do one thing, but just decide they don't want to anymore, but they don't tell anyone. Porzingis could have easily talked about his frustration in the exit interview, but he chose not to go. He chose to continue to let the Knicks run this franchise as dysfunctional as they have been for over a decade now. He is the guy they should be building around, and with this action, I'm sure young guys coming in the league to play for the Knicks will think it is okay for them to skip exit interviews if they are frustrated too.

Look, the Knicks are a mess. I waited until today because I thought some more stuff may happen. Nothing else has happened yet, but give it time. This team is a disaster, and until they rid themselves of Rose, Noah, Anthony, Phil Jackson and James Dolan, they will continue to stink on and off the court. Also, Porzingis needs to grow the hell up and act like a professional, especially if he is the future and the guy they will build around. The Knicks are a joke, and that makes the NBA not as fun as it could be. The Lakers may be bad, but I kind of feel like the Knicks are in a worse spot, as we speak. It will not get better until Jackson is gone.

Ty

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The Knicks Need to Move on from the Terrible Tenure of Phil Jackson

The Knicks in the Phil Jackson Era

Phil Jackson needs to be fired.

Plain and simple, he has been an absolute disaster in his job with the Knicks. He has only made one good decision since taking the job, and he openly questioned that decision when it was made. Of course, I'm talking about drafting Kristaps Porzingis. So far, a year and a half in the league, Porzingis has been everything people hoped he would be, but he has been so much more. He attacks the offensive and defensive glass for rebounds. He has nice footwork in the post and he canstep out and hit the three. If he keeps this up, he will be in the league for a long time. But, Phil Jackson openly mocked the pick. He said that he did not think the kid would be able to cut it in the NBA. He said he was too skinny and wouldn't be able to handle the pounding. Well, a year and a half in, Porzingis is far and away the best player on that team. I mean, it is not even close.

Then, this offseason, Phil Jackson went out and traded for Derrick rose and signed Joakim Noah to a 4 year 72 million dollar contract. Lets look at the Rose trade first. Jackson traded Robin Lopez and some other young players to the Bulls for Derick Rose. I wrote at the time that I thought it was a great trade for the Bulls and a terrible trade for the Knicks. Fifty plus games into the season, I have not changed my mind. Sure, the Bulls are treading water, but the Knicks have been terrible. Derrick Rose has proven to be a ball stopper. He cannot hit jumpers, he ices out open teammates and he comes and goes as he pleases. He also makes wild claims that this is a "super team" and that he wants a 150 million dollar contract this offseason. I really liked Derrick Rose when he was first in the league, he was a wonder to watch flying to the rim, but since his last year in Chicago and this season in New York, I have been turned off by him as a player and a person. But, Phil Jackson never says a bad word about Derrick Rose.

Then, Jackson gives Jo Noah 18 million a year, and he just cannot stay on the floor. This signing was extremely puzzling to me at the time. Had it happened 5 years ago, it would have been great, Noah was a legit MVP candidate, but he has not been able to stay on the court since then, and his game has deteriorated. He does not see the floor like he used to. He is not the force on defense that he was a few years ago in Chicago. His shot it absolutely awful, see his air balled free throw a few weeks ago. He can't rebound like he used to. But, the main problem, he just cannot stay healthy. I do not have the numbers in front of me, but if I had to guess, I'd say he has played in less than 30 games this year. This signing has been terrible, and they still have 3 plus years left to pay him. But, again, Phil Jackson says nothing bad about his decision to sign Noah, and he will not openly criticize Noah.

Those ill advised signings are nothing compared to the way Jackson treats his "star" player, Carmelo Anthony. Look, I'm a big Carmelo critic, I do not think he cares about defense, I think he is a ball stopper, I think he is a ball hog, I think he takes bad shots and I do not think he can be the best player on a title contender. But, the one thing that no one can criticize about Carmelo, he is an excellent offensive player. More so, he is an elite scorer, no doubt. But, since signing him to a max deal, Phil Jackson has done nothing but openly critique and constantly try and trade Carmelo. He, it seems, is always saying something to the press about Carmelo's lack of passion and ability to lead. It is not the 90's anymore Phil Jackson, and these players today will not take that kind of shit. But, Phil Jackson cannot seem to help himself. Recently he said some nonsense about not being able to change the stripes on a leopard, or some bull shit, which was clearly a shot at Carmelo. He has also come out and constantly stated that he is doing anything and everything to trade Carmelo. It has gotten so bad, Carmelo is frustrated with the Knicks home crowd, and they have been booing him relentlessly. It is, dare I say, unfair to Carmelo Anthony. He does not deserve to be booed by his home crowd. If anything, the Knicks fans should be booing Phil Jackson for all the stupid decisions he has made since taking the job there.

Also, Phil Jackson seems to think he can get whatever he wants in a trade for Carmelo. I'm sorry, but no championship level team is going to trade a starter or key reserve for Carmelo Anthony. The Cavs aren't going to trade Kevin Love for him. The Clippers will not trade any of their three main guys for him. The Celtics aren't going to give up any of the Nets picks they have, or any young player they drafted. The Wizards aren't trading John Wall or Brad Beal for him. The list can go on and on. The Knicks are not going to get a kings ransom, the one that Phil Jackson expects, for an aging ball stopper that plays no defense. It is not happening. But, Phil Jackson is so aloof to this, he thinks he can float out big named players and people will believe him.

Well, I do not believe one single word that comes out of his mouth. Jackson has made his bed, and now he has to lay in it. Every decision, save for the one he complained about, that he has made has been terrible. He has crippled this once proud franchise. The Knicks are a joke, and that makes me, a rabid NBA fan, sad. The league is better when the Knicks are good. But, with Jackson making all the decisions on the players, they will continue to be a doormat. Do the right thing James Dolan, for once in your god damn life, and fire Phil Jackson. He tactics are old and tired and he has been a disaster. Keep Carmelo, and fire Phil Jackson. It should be the easiest decision in your NBA life.

Ty

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Hiring Jeff Hornacek is Phil Jackson's Latest Bad Decision

Another roll of the dice from Phil Jackson

The New York Knicks have reportedly hired Jeff Hornacek as their next head coach. This is an uninspiring hire, in my opinion. What has Hornacek done to deserve this job? Yes, he took a Phoenix Suns team two years ago that was going to tank and had them on the verge of nearly making the playoffs, but look at what happened after they traded away Goran Dragic and Marcus Morris and injuries beset that team. Look at how poorly prepared and how poorly they played this season. They went all in on trying to sign LaMarcus Aldridge, missed out on that, then still tried to cobble together a team that would fight for a 7 or 8 seed in the West. They went out and signed Tyson Chandler to help lure LMA to Phoenix, but that didn't work and they were left with only Chandler. I love Tyson Chandler. He is one of my all time favorite players. I love the tenacity with which he rebounds, plays defense and throws the ball down, but he is old, especially in basketball terms, and his prime is way past him. His prime past his last year in Dallas. I firmly believe that Chandler has a real shot at the hall of fame, but his playing days are all but over, and that pains me. So, to have Chandler as your back up plan to missing out on LMA, that's not great. This isn't to say that signing Chandler was all Hornacek's idea, the front office deserves equal, if not more, blame, but Hornacek still liked the signing enough to agree to it.

Then, the front office broke up the Morris twins. It's been widely talked about that they play best when they are on the same team, but the NBA is a business and trades happen. The fact that it's a business still didn't deter Markieff Morris from acting childish. He was a headache the moment they traded his brother. He said that he would never play in a Suns uniform again before last season started. Then, the season came and he wasn't getting paid, so he stepped back on the court, but he was a malcontent, hell bent on getting traded. He got his wish, but that made the Suns even worse. The head coach of an NBA team is supposed to be able to deal with stuff like this and get the best out of his players. Hornacek did the opposite. He looked defeated the moment Markeiff came back and constantly let his coach have it during timeouts on national TV. There are so many moments from last season where you can see Markieff Morris either yelling, or just plain not listening when Hornacek is talking. He lost control of one of his better players.

Things got even worse in Phoenix when all the injuries happened. Brandon Knight missed more than half the season. Eric Bledsoe was in and out of the lineup. Tyson Chandler was non existent by the middle of the season. This team was a shell of it self before the all star break. They were starting guys like Jon Luer by the middle of the year. Once again, this falls on the front office and the coach. Injuries happen and teams learn to deal and adapt. Last season the Thunder only had Kevin Durant for 22 games, but they still won 45 games. The Cavs lost both Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving during the playoffs and they still made the finals. Steph Curry has only played in half the Warriors playoff games, but they are in the conference finals. I know, these are elite teams, but even some lower level teams, the Chicago Bulls for one, have dealt with tons of injuries and they are still somewhat competitive. This did not happen with the Suns. They went into full on tank mode. Hornacek also didn't really help develop his younger big men. Alex Len was a lottery pick three years ago, but he still looks uncomfortable and slow in the NBA. And now, Len is all they have in the low post. The only player on the Suns last year that looked half way decent was 19 year old rookie Devin Booker. Booker is a lights out shooter and looks like he could be a 20 point per game scorer for the length of his career. But, he didn't really start showing true signs of lighting it up until they had let Hornacek go. Booker is also still very green on defense. He has a long way to go before he is a good two way player.

Why did the Knicks, and mainly Phil Jackson, decide that Hornacek was the right guy for their open head coaching job? What has he proved? Did they see something that I didn't see? Are they looking past everything I just mentioned above? Or, has Phil Jackson just totally checked out?

I think Phil Jackson has checked out. I think he figured that Horancek was a "big enough" name to calm his fan base down, but true Knicks fans should not be happy with this hire. Hornacek runs a fast paced, guard heavy offense. Where does that leave guys like Robin Lopez, Derrick Williams and their rookie sensation, Kristaps Porzingis? Porzingis may be the only one who will make the transition, but it will be tough. Then, the guards he is relying upon to run this offense are guys like Sasha Vuvajic, Langston Galloway and Carmelo Anthony. Vuvajic does not belong in the league. He is old, slow and cannot shoot or play defense. Langston Galloway peaked two seasons ago as a rookie on one of the worst Knicks teams ever.

That leaves us with Carmelo Anthony. While he may be one of the better scorers of all time, he has zero interest in playing defense or passing the ball. He is more concerned with his brand as well. And, he is old and way, way, way past his prime. The Knicks would be better off trading him, but that leaves the Knicks roster as bare as the Suns and Hornacek has already proven he can't do much with a mediocre roster. Carmelo is also a very strong personality and we all saw how Hornacek clashes with strong personalities.

What this all boils down to is the fact that Phil Jackson has done much more bad than good since taking that job with the Knicks. He gave Anthony the huge contract. He hired Derek Fisher and then fired him one and a half seasons later. He bad mouthed the selection of Porzingis. He clearly would much rather be in LA, but he chooses to mope and complain in New York and no one will call him on his BS. Well, I'm calling him out. Phil Jackson, you have made one terrible choice after another. Your work in New York is uninspired and crummy and you just gave the head coaching keys to another incapable former player. I do not like this hiring one bit, but Phil Jackson is to blame way more than Jeff Hornacek will be after the Knicks, once again, finish well below .500, out of playoffs and Carmelo Anthony shoots well below 40 percent from the field. Phil Jackson is keeping this once proud franchise, the one he played for, in the gutter of the NBA. The Knicks are a joke and a whipping boy and it is because of the poor decisions that Phil Jackson continues to make. It is sad.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. After the disasters of Isiah Thomas and now Phil Jackson, Ty is wondering when the gypsy curse will be lifted off of the New York Knicks front office. Ty is on twitter and you should follow him @tykulik.

Luke Walton Needs to Stay Far, Far Away from the Knicks

If you approach the Knicks, you will get burned

It has come up in sports news lately that the New York Knicks are going to try to hire Golden State assistant coach Luke Walton as their new head coach. I've actually heard that it's down to Walton and Kurt Rambis.

First off, Kurt Rambis should never, ever, ever be a head coach in the NBA. He's shown, with the multiple chances he's had, that he is not a competent head coach. He makes one baffling decision after another. He's incompetent. He was a good player, but he is a terrible coach. Luke Walton proved that he can take an already established, great roster of players and win a ton of games. It happened at the beginning of this season when Steve Kerr had such bad back problems he couldn't coach the team. They gave that duty over to Walton and he shined. Sure, he looked good, even great at times as the "head coach", but I think I could do pretty well with guys like Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and on and on. That roster is absolutely loaded. It wouldn't be that tough to take the plays and pointers that Kerr already has in place and tell the players to continue to do that. It worked so well last year that they won a title. So yeah, the Warriors won their first 27 games and started out incredibly hot with Walton as the head coach, but I think any of those assistants would have been equally as successful.

Now, that's not to say that Walton won't be a good head coach in the future, but I don't think the Knicks is where he should get his feet wet. That team is a dumpster fire being run by an incompetent front office and a GM, Phil Jackson, that clearly doesn't want to be there. They also have a pretty bare cupboard when it comes to future draft picks and young players on their roster. Yeah, Porzingis looks to be pretty good, and I am a fan, but who do they have, that's young and ready to compete and keep that team stable for the next couple of years? They do have Robin Lopez, but big men break down quick in the NBA. Just look at Roy Hibbert. Jerian Grant is young and an explosive athlete, but he is wildly inconsistent. Other than those guys, the roster is old and ready to break down and filled with mid level role players at best. Guys like Tony Wroten, Jose Calderon, Aaron Affalo, Derrick Williams, Sasha Vujacic, Kyle O'Quinn and Langston Galloway are not near the players, nor will they ever be, the caliber of the role players on the Warriors bench.

There is one huge problem with the Knicks roster. The star player is a 31 year old, broken down ball hog that's more interested in his brand that winning titles, Carmelo Anthony. I loved Anthony when he was playing in Denver. He was a great scorer, a competent defender and a decent teammate, for the most part. But, since joining the Knicks, he seems to only want to gripe about the team, the coaches and the surrounding players. He openly opines to play with stars. He had that chance this offseason when he could have signed with the Bulls, but he chose the money and resigned a max deal with the Knicks. His contract is almost as bad as the one Kobe Bryant signed two years ago with the Lakers. Now, Anthony just complains and misses way too many games to injury. His prime is most likely over.

So, I ask, why would Walton want to start his head coaching career with the Knicks? Sure, it's a humongous market, I think LA is the only other city that rivals New York, but that means expectations are through the roof, no matter how poorly constructed the team is. The roster leaves so much to be desired. And even if he is given three years, that team is still five or six years away, even in the East, from being a legit playoff contender. I just don't think it would be a good fit for Walton. He does know the triangle from his days of playing for Phil Jackson in LA, but the roster in LA back then was so much better than this Knicks roster. The current roster has proven the past two years that they cannot properly run the triangle. It doesn't work for this team. The triangle is also a pretty ancient offense in the new NBA. Everybody wants to run and gun, but the triangle is built on slowing the game down and using your big men. I like the triangle, but it's not good for the current state of the NBA. It's too complicated and too slow. It also kind of stinks that their only decent young player is still getting his feet wet and did hit the rookie wall near the end of the season. Porzingis is good, but he still has a ways to go before he is a multi all star. I keep saying it, but the roster is not good and I think it would be a bad decision by Walton to take the job.

I also don't think that he will take the Knicks job. I think he will stick around Golden State a couple more years and wait for the perfect opportunity and good enough roster, much like Steve Kerr did. Kerr could have taken the Knicks job two years ago, but he weighed all of his options, realized that the Knicks job and team was a dumpster fire and told his former coach thanks but no thanks and took the Warriors job. The Warriors were a better team that played great defense. They just needed an offensive minded coach, and that's Kerr's forte. Mark Jackson did a very good job turning that team around, but he couldn't get them over the hump on offense. Kerr came in, realized how great Curry was, and gave him the greenlight and Curry's star was born. He won the title last year with the Warriors, as I said earlier, if you forgot. Had he taken the Knicks job, he would have been lucky to be a .500 team and the Warriors may not have turned into the juggernaut that they are now. But, Kerr waited and picked properly. He didn't just take an open job in a big market, he went somewhere he knew he could win and win now.

I hope Walton does the same thing and, as I said before, I think he will. If he takes the Knicks job, he will be looking for a new job in 3 years. But, if he waits and finds the right team, maybe the Pelicans or the Timberwolves or the Bulls in a couple of years, when the younger players get older and better and those teams bring in good free agents, he can take one of those jobs. That's what his mentor Kerr did and I think that's what Walton should and will do.

Don't take the Knicks job Luke Walton, you will be miserable. As the old saying goes, "good things come to those who wait".

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. He is available, and willing, to coach the Knicks if they run out of options. The best way to find Ty is to follow him on twitter @tykulik.

Thank God the Kobe Era is Over

Tomorrow the Sun will rise on a better NBA

Ed Note: Check out Ty's initial reaction when Kobe announced he was going to retire.

Tonight marks the final game in the 18 year career of Kobe Bryant. Now, I'm not going to shower him with praise and talk about how great of a player he was, I'm going to do quite the opposite in fact. You may or may not have heard me already bash him on the mini podcast this morning, but in this blog, I'm going to really roast him.

Let's get the very few nice things I have to say about him out of the way first. Yes, he was a great scorer, top five all time perhaps. Sure, he won 5 championships. Yes, he was a multi all star and all NBA performer. And yes, he stuck with one team his entire career.

Now, thankfully that's all out of the way. I feel kind of dirty for saying anything nice at all, but it beared noting.

Time for the very long list of things I dislike about him and why I think he is one of the most overrated super stars of my generation. Let's start at the beginning. He declared for the draft straight out of high school the year after Kevin Garnett. First of all, I think he was mad that someone got to do that before him, but Garnett is one year older, so there was nothing he could do about that. But, it was the way he declared that has me dislike him right from the start. Bryant is only 4 years older than me, so when he declared, I was 14. The arrogance and cockiness with which he announced his decision was downright absurd. He acted like he was the best thing since sliced bread. Wearing sunglasses in doors and smiling like an asshole the whole time. What a douchebag. When Garnett declared, he seemed humble and happy at the opportunity. Not Bryant, he was cocky from the beginning.

Then, to have his agent tell teams he wouldn't work out for them, I mean, who in the hell does he think he is? He was an 18 year old that hadn't really done anything of note against any real competition. There is no way I would have drafted him based on that alone, but I would never draft a teenager, that's just me.

Then, the shadiness that went into him being drafted by Charlotte, then traded to the Lakers was beyond belief. If this kid was so good, how come 12 teams passed on him in the draft? The people who think that the draft lottery is fixed should definitely look at this moment as one of the catalysts.

Then, he gets in the league and is immediately upset at his lack of playing time on a perennial playoff contending LA Lakers team. I ask again, who in the hell did he think he was at 18? Veterans are going to get the minutes over a teenager on a good team. That's the way it has always been.

Then, when he did get his chance, he was a ball hog and a very porous shooter. He never looked for the open man, he only looked for his shot. He didn't care how the play was drawn up, he only cared if he got the shot. So, he was a terrible teammate from the moment he was drafted into the NBA.

Then, he did put in work to become a good scorer, but he didn't really focus on much else. I don't care what anyone at ESPN, Bleacher Report or Sports Illustrated says, he was not the leader and not the reason those Laker teams won titles. Had they not went out and acquired Shaq, and let Kobe be the leader, they would have been lucky to be a playoff team. Shaq made them a dominant force. But, was that good enough for Kobe, to be a multiple title winner? Of course not, because he was not the focal point of that team. The offense ran through Shaq and Kobe hated that. How selfish do you have to be, that you feud with, probably, the best center to ever play basketball? Why not just be happy to be the number two option on a perennial title contender? Kobe got dealt the best hand he could have ever imagined when the Lakers signed Shaq, but instead of being happy, he decided he wanted to feud. Kobe could never get along with Shaq, and that's a shame. As I stated, he was mad that Shaq was the man, but he also couldn't deal with the fact that everyone liked and knew that Shaq was a better player and teammate. This also drove him nuts, which, in turn, drove me nuts. He would openly complain about Shaq and Phil Jackson to the media. He would drag their names through the mud at any and every opportunity he got. What a childish act. Even when Bryant was accused of sexual assault, which I will touch on in a bit, he tried to turn the tables and say that Shaq fooled around too. Basically, he was DeAngelo Russell in the early 21st century. I mean, what a jerkoff.

Then, the front office gave in to their bratty, whiny star and traded Shaq away. Now, Kobe was the focal point of the team and guess what, the Lakers were mediocre at best. Sure, they'd win 43 or 44 games, but they never seemed to get out of the first round. Bryant proved he could not lead a team, no matter how many shots he took. But, some people will say, he won a title after Shaq left, but I will say, he didn't win until he got Pau Gasol, another top tier center. Bryant himself cannot lead a team to titles, he needs at least one other superstar. You know who never needed another star player to win titles, Michael Jordan. And, don't give me that whole Scottie Pippen is an all time great bull shit. Pippen, in the lone season where he was the main man on the Bulls, he sat out crucial moments in critical playoff games and the Bulls were very mediocre. Pippen may be the luckiest player to ever play in the NBA. Jordan was, and will always be, the GOAT. Kobe Bryant isn't a tenth of the player that Jordan was. Hell, I'd take Jordan right now before I'd take Kobe.

Then, after fracturing another relationship with another all star, Gasol left and the Lakers returned to mediocrity.

Then, the injuries started to pile up.

Then, the tanking began.

Then instead of taking a back seat to the new, younger nucleus, Bryant decided he needed to sign a two year extension that paid him 20 million a year. How did he expect to get this money and to get back to the playoffs, I will never know. He single handily crippled the Lakers franchise with this abomination of a contract. The Lakers couldn't go out and get the high profile player that Bryant needed if they wanted to compete again because Bryant's contract ate up all the extra cap space they might have had. They could get meetings, but they couldn't sign anyone worth noting. Yeah, they got Steve Nash, who was on the very back end of his career and rarely played, and yeah they got Dwight Howard, but he and Bryant feuded because Bryant seems to hate big men, but those teams were never very good.

Then, after Nash retired and Howard signed with the Rockets, the Lakers went into full tank mode, but they were still being led by Bryant. They tried to win again by drafting young talent, and boy has that planned completely backfired. Julius Randle broke his leg during his very first game as a rookie. We all know what's going on with DeAngelo Russell now. And who are they going to take this year? Either Ben Simmons, who may or may not be a head case, no one seems to know, or Brandon Ingram, who is good, but needs to gain weight and put in a lot of time to get used to the long NBA season. This team is a dumpster fire and it's because of Kobe Bryant. He is also, according to stats, which I don't usually care about, the worst shooter in the entire NBA this, his final season. And oh yeah, the Lakers are 16-65 at the moment. Tell me the last team led by Jordan that was under .500? None.

I cannot wait for tonight's game to be over so I can stop hearing about "Kobe's Farewell Tour". He stinks now and his team is historically bad. They are irrelevant. In a season where the Warriors should be the one and only story, Kobe Bryant has found a way to take that from them. He is selfish in every aspect of his life. The Warriors should be the top story on every sports news station, but when I turned on ESPN this morning, they were talking about Kobe's last game. They felt that a 16-65 Lakers team playing a 40-41 Utah Jazz team was a bigger story than the Warriors going for 73 wins tonight. What a crock of shit.

Bryant's terribleness goes beyond the court into his real life as well. As I said earlier, he was accused of sexual assault. First off, what kind of monster physically forces themselves on an unwilling person? The scum of the Earth only does stuff like that. Then, he admitted to having relations with this woman, but assured the media that it was consensual. Even if it was consensual, he was married at the time. So, that makes him a double scum bag. He allegedly forces himself on this woman and he is cheating on his wife at the same time. He is a real piece of human garbage. I know people will say stuff like, that's the past and he's made up for that, but you know who will never forget that day? The lady he may have forced himself on. She will always remember that, and that will always haunt her. He is also a terrible role model for his young teammates and young kids in general. He doesn't lead a team so much as he berates people who won't do things his way. He is, and always will be, selfish. He thinks his way is right, even though his way is ball hogging and yelling. I don't know of many athletes that get better or try harder when they get berated. That's not a quality teaching method.

Plus I cannot stand this whole "Kobe's Farewell Tour" and the #ThanksKobe bull shit. This farewell tour has been a giant jerk off session for his massive ego. He goes into visiting arenas, shoots 3 for 30, and visiting players shower praise on him. What a crock. He is way past his prime and he should have retired 5 years ago. Great players like Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, LeBron James, they are all stroking his ego even more, telling him what a role model he's been to them. Bull shit. You guys would have been just fine had he been a run of the mill NBA player. Don't give in and tell him he is great, that's what he wants to hear. I also don't buy that he is some kind of nice person now either. He always has been and always will be a selfish asshole that only worries about how he looks. I guarantee if it were LeBron James and not Kobe Bryant retiring, Bryant wouldn't say one nice thing about James. He would not even open his mouth.

So, instead of lavishing him with praise like most other publications and websites will be, I'm going to say screw you Kobe Bryant. You have always been an ass, and you will always be an ass. You're an ungrateful piss ant that has never been satisfied with having the finest things in your life. You're a curmudgeon. You're a whiner. You're way past your prime. And you are no role model to me or my family. I'm glad I won't have to hear from you anymore after tonight. Good riddance and I hope you never resurface on a basketball court or an arena or on a television broadcast of any kind. I don't want to see your face or your overbite anymore. Goodbye forever.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. Do you have passion like Ty? Come write for us. Also make sure you follow Ty on twitter @tykulik. 

Thank God Kobe is Finally Leaving

The hoop will not miss Kobe, even if he misses it nearly 70% of the time

Over this past weekend Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from the NBA effective at the end of this season. I saw and read the story via The Players Tribune and my only thought was, "this was two years too late".

Now, I have a long standing dislike, some would say hatred, of Kobe Bryant the player and the person. I dislike Kobe Bryant the person because he seems like a curmudgeon that got away with sexual assault. The incident in Denver should have sent him to jail. I wholeheartedly believe that he had relations with that lady against her will and he got away with it. Why else would he buy his wife a very gaudy, very expensive piece of jewelry if he was innocent? No man or woman that is innocent would buy someone a gift to cover it up. That just doesn't happen. Then, he goes and changes his number from 8 to 24 and claims he's a new man. No, you are still the same person that forced yourself on an uncooperative woman. Daniel Tosh has a great stand up bit about him. The long and short of the bit is him changing his number and making a commercial saying things like, "hate me because I'm a champion", or "hate me because I work hard", but Tosh claims, and I agree, that, "no, we hate you because of the sexual assault". Hilarious and very, very true.

Kobe is also just a terrible teammate. I guess, this is where I transition into why I dislike Kobe Bryant the basketball player. When he first came into the league, he was gifted with having one of the greatest centers of all time fall into his lap. Shaquille O'Neal signed a free agent deal to be a Laker the year Bryant was drafted. So, Bryant should have been thrilled by this, right? The exact opposite. He constantly fought and complained with Shaq and the Laker front office. He wanted to be the man. Never mind the fact that Shaq was leading the Lakers to three consecutive titles and was opening the whole floor for Bryant, that wasn't good enough. He needed to be the franchise player. So, the Lakers caved and let Shaq walk. This was one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen made in professional sports. A year or two after Shaq left, he went to the Miami Heat, they won a title. This was pre LeBron. This was Dwayne Wade in his prime. Wade showed how to play championship ball with Shaq. Instead of bitching and moaning about shots, he picked his spots and did whatever he had to do to win the title. After Shaq left, the newly led Kobe Bryant Lakers struggled. Sure, Bryant was putting up numbers, but the rest of the team suffered. Nobody else got the ball and when they did, if they missed a shot, Bryant gave them a death stare. They made the playoffs, but they never got out of the second round. They were languishing. 

In the summer of 2005 the Lakers rehired Phil Jackson, who said he'd never coach Kobe Bryant again. He came back to coach Kobe Bryant because that's what his girlfriend and partial owner of the Lakers, Jeanine Buss, wanted him to do. Phil Jackson is a great coach, and he gave Kobe Bryant another title, but it wasn't because Kobe Bryant willed his team to a championship, it was because the Celtics blew it. Boston should have won that series, but Kevin Garnett got hurt and Ray Allen got old and Paul Pierce cannot do it alone. Detractors and Bryant fans will scream and holler that he won that title for them and they wouldn't have been close without him, but that's not the case. Phil Jackson is one of the greatest coaches of all time and he figured out how to use the whole team around Bryant's ego. That's how they won that title. 

Look at the way he's "leading" this young, god awful Lakers team. Instead of mentoring the young core they have, he belittles them to the media. For example, the other night they got blown out by the Warriors and his comment was, "I could've scored 80 and it wouldn't have mattered". First of all, you can't score 80, not when you're shooting less than 35 percent from the field. Second of all, help these young guys out, don't just toss them off like trash. The Lakers have some good young players. Guys like D'Angelo Russell, Juilus Randle and Jordan Clarkson have the makings of being good NBA players, but Bryant's constant belittling is doing nothing but making these guys hate him and not perform to the best of their abilities. 

People say Kobe isa big competitor, yet look at how he handcuffed this franchise with his terrible contract. How much more money do you need? Do you need to buy your wife more gaudy jewelry? Two years, 44 million dollars. No wonder they can't sign any big time free agents. They can't afford anyone because they are paying the corpse of Kobe Bryant 20 million dollars a year. Now, he is one of the all time greats when it comes to scorers, but anyone would be if they shot the ball as much as Bryant. I don't have the stats in front of me, but I'd be willing to guess that in his 20 year career, he's led the league in attempted shots 14 or 15 times. He is also one of the most overrated defenders in the history of the NBA. The fact that he made multiple All NBA Defense teams is laughable. He made those teams because of his name, not his defensive ability. He was and still is a terrible defender. He can't guard anyone. 

To all these people coming to his defense, come on, Kobe Bryant is an asshole and you know it. You don't have to like someone because they play the same game as you. You can respect him, but you don't have to like him. And the comparisons to Michael Jordan need to stop forever. He will never be Michael Jordan. He won't even be Scottie Pippen. If Kobe Bryant played anywhere besides LA or New York, he wouldn't go down as one of the all time greats. Just think if he stayed in Charlotte, the team that drafted him. Would we still look at him as one of the greats? Even if he had the same stats? I don't think so. 

So, as I close it out, I say again, you should have quit two years ago when you blew out your Achilles. You haven't been the same competitor in ten years and you've handcuffed the Lakers franchise for the next couple of years. I hope this make you happy and I hope you retire during the year instead of at the end because you won't make it. You're either going to get hurt again, or you are going to look real bad like you have the first quarter of the season. You aren't doing anyone any favors by staying in the league. It's best for you to leave now. I can't say it enough, go away and never come back. 

Kobe will NOT be missed.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man podcast. He gave up Sprite and went to 7up when Kobe got his endorsement deal. Follow Ty on twitter @tykulik.

Ty tells you how each NBA team can win the title: Knicks, Nuggets, & Nets

I love NBA basketball.

Another day, another basketball preview. Today I will give you my next three teams. These teams are better than the 76ers, Lakers and Trail Blazers, but not by that much. They're a step up, but they're still going to be picking in the lottery in next year's draft.

My number 27 team is the New York Knicks. The Knicks are this low you're asking me? Absolutely. Sure, they have Carmelo Anthony, one of the most overrated "superstars" in the NBA today. Sure, Phil Jackson is running the show as the GM now. Sure they had a lottery pick, they took Kristpas Porzingis, and who knows with him. He's either the new Dirk Nowitzki, or in his GM's terms, the next Shawn Bradley. There's no middle ground for Porzingis. Time will tell how well of a GM Phil Jackson truly is. I don't think he's done a good job so far, but he is a basketball genius, so he may know something we don't know. But, you trade away Iman Shumpert and JR Smith and the team gets worse? How in the hell does that happen? They didn't get much of anything in return as well. Bad move by Phil Jackson. Carmelo Anthony is a shell of the player he was in Denver and his first couple seasons in New York. He gets hurt constantly, argues with the front office, i.e. takes a max contract from the Knicks and now, according to rumors, he wants to be traded to the Bulls who tried really hard to get him last offseason and he has ZERO interest in passing the ball, or playing defense. He fought so much with Tim Hardaway Jr last season, they traded Hardaway to the Hawks for next to nothing just to make Anthony happy. At this point in his career, he's a worse version of Kobe Bryant. Instead of leading and helping this team, he bitches and complains. It's never his fault, it's everyone else around him. He's past his prime, and he's never been to the Finals in his career. Do you remember when he and LeBron James were rookies and people actually thought that Anthony may be a better pro than James? You were all wrong. James is ten times the player that Anthony is on his best day. The rest of their roster is pretty weak. They signed Aaron Affalo this offseason to an eight million dollar contract. That's crazy. Affalo is a good defender, but that's it. He is not the player he was with the Nuggets and he is only getting older. They signed Robin Lopez, and while he's a good NBA center, he is not the answer for the Knicks. They have the aging corpse of Jose Calderon and they signed Derrick Williams. You don't remember him? He was a lottery pick four years ago and he couldn't find the court in Minnesota or Sacramento. He will struggle in New York. Langston Galloway was a "pleasant" surprise. He looks like he could end up being a good bench player in his career. But, the Knicks start him. Other than that, there's really not much to like about the Knicks and I don't like much about who I mentioned. They're a 26 or 27 win team, at best, this year.

How the Knicks will win it all.

They will win the title if Carmelo finds his form from 8 years ago, Porzingis becomes a beast immediately, Affalo travels back in time to 5 years ago and Derrick Williams suddenly becomes an All Star. That's not happening. This team is a mess and they will be for the next two or three years.

My number 26 team is the Denver Nuggets. What in the world happened to this team? They were in the playoffs two years ago and had one of the best home court advantages in all of the NBA. Then, out of nowhere, they imploded. They've traded away a ton of good players, fired a decent coach and gave up midway through last season. During last year they traded away Aaron Affalo, Timofey Mozgov and Ty Lawson. They did have Lawson all of last season, but when they drafted Emmanuel Mudiay, the writing was on the wall. They have likable NBA players, guys like Kenneth Faried, Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari. They also drafted Mudiay, and I like him a lot. I think he's going to end up being a really good NBA point guard. Kenneth Faried is a hustle and rebounding machine. This guy goes 100mph and plays with reckless abandon. Wilson Chandler is long and rangy, he's a solid defender and a pretty good three point shooter. And Gallinari, if he can stay healthy, is a good all around player. But, these guys don't mesh well together. When they play, it's like a mishmash of solid players and not so solid players. It doesn't help that everyone one of these guys, Mudiay being the exception, is always on the trading block. It's hard to play hard for a team that is always in discussions to trade you. There's some good young talent, but those guys aren't ready yet. The veterans are too old and they can't help in any phase of the game. This team signed Mike Miller for Christ sakes. He hasn't been helpful in 8 years.

How the Nuggets will win it all.

The Nuggets will win the Finals if Mudiay becomes elite immediately, not happening, Faried becomes not only a rebounding machine, but a 25 point per game player, not happening, Chandler and Gallinari put in 60 combined points a night, not happening, and Mike Miller and Gary Harris come off the bench with some instant offense, not happening. This team is too far behind almost every team in the West, minus the Lakers and Trail Blazers, and they will need some time to get back to where they were two years ago. Sorry Nuggets fans, you'll be lucky to win 30 games this season.

My number 25 team is the Brooklyn Nets. They were in the playoffs last year, barely, and they got worse in the offseason. Sure, they bought out Deron Williams, who hasn't been good in five years, but they replaced him with Jarret Jack and Shane Larkin. Those two are hardly world beaters. Larkin is inexperienced and Jack, when the Warriors traded him, they got immediately better. Joe Johnson clearly doesn't want to be on this team anymore but, his contract is so bad, no one will trade for him. He's stuck. They resigned Brook Lopez, but he's a foot injury waiting to happen. The guy can barely stay on the court as it is, and now the Nets just gave him big money.  They signed Andrea Bargnani and Thomas Robinson this offseason. Those are two lottery busts. Bargnani has been on four different teams now, and Robinson can't seem to find the court on any team he's been with. They drafted Ryan Boatright, and while he was a great college scorer, he'll find it to be much tougher sledding in the NBA. Rondae-Hollis Jefferson, their other draft pick may be good, but I don't have a big enough sampling since he was a one and done player from Arizona. The rest of the roster is filled with question marks. It's gotten so weird with their crazy owner recently, that NBA TV showed him running drills in camp, and these drills were asinine. Go look it up on Google, it's insane.

How the Nets will win it all.

The Nets will win the title if everyone, including Joe Johnson, buys into this crazy owner, believes their own hype and somehow wins games they shouldn't. That won't happen. As I said before, their best player, Joe Johnson, doesn't want to be there, Brook Lopez is one foot injury away from being done for good and everyone else on the roster is unproven. The Nets are a 30 win team. No ifs ands or buts about it. So, there are my 27, 26 and 25 teams for you. Come back tomorrow for 24, 23, and 22.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. He is enjoying one more day of one kid and one money. Follow Ty on twitter @tykulik.