Dwight Howard Leads Magic Past Celtics In OT

Dwight Howard (Photo by Keith Allison)

Dwight Howard finally earned his All-NBA First Team honors, scoring 32 points and grabbing 16 rebounds in game four. The Boston Celtics now lead the Orlando Magic three games to one.

Paul Pierce paced the Celtics with 32 points and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Magic won the over-time period 10-6 for a final score of 96-92.

Jameer Nelson had 23 points and 9 assists to help the Magic avoid elimination. Nelson’s banked three pointer in over-time put Orlando ahead for good. He followed that up with another trey just moments later.

A last second shot by Glenn “Big Baby” Davis was too little, too late. Rajon Rondo, the Celtics best player so far this post season, was held to 9 points and 8 assists.

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Rounders 2 Nowhere Close To Being Real

Matt Damon

The guys that so beautifully wrote Rounders, the 1998 movie that started the Texas hold ‘em craze, have stated that they want to do a sequel. Brian Koppelman and David Levien say that is something they “plan to do”.

As of yet though there are no concrete plans, but Koppelman told MTV “we made promises to a lot of people that we won’t do it if we can’t find a way for it to not suck”. That’s encouraging because it means that they will take it seriously and not just try to cash in on the original movie.

As far as plot goes, “We have this idea that we really want to pick these characters up down the road. So it is something we plan to do, we just don’t have it on the calendar yet” says Levien.

Ed Norton recently said that he would be down for a sequel if the writers return. Matt Damon may be a harder sell, considering how much his career has exploded recently with his successful Bourne franchise. He doesn’t need to do this film if he doesn’t like the screenplay.

Honestly I do see this movie being made someday. Rounders was too entertaining to pass up on a sequel, but it might have to wait until Damon has a tough stretch in his career and needs an extra paycheck.

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Megan Fox Out Of Transformers 3

Megan Fox (Photo by Pinguino k)

Michael Bay finally did something right. I know it may seem shocking to hear that a consistently idiotic person would use common sense.

But Mr. Bay fired Megan Fox.

She is the female Sylvester Stalone. The worst actor of her gender. Her body of work is only tollerable because of her, well,body. She has been enabled to be bad. If someone offered you a ton of money to do something you weren’t good at and had no expectations for you, wouldn’t you take it? You would and then you’d have no incentive to become good at it.

The problem is that now someone else will probably give her another job right away. That’s the way film works. Some producer will realize that her looks and recognizability can get butts in theater seats. They don’t always care that the quality of the movie goes down with her inclusion.

For now though we can revel in the fact that Transformers 3 will be better for Megan Fox not being in it.

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Chris Bosh Wants To Play With Lebron

Chris Bosh (Photo by Quadzilla99)

One thing is clear as Chris Bosh gave the Toronto Raptors his destination wish list……He really wants to play with Lebron James.

He probably saw what happened when another skilled big man without leadership skills (Pau Gasol), joined the best player in the NBA (Kobe Bryant). It was a match made in heaven.

That is what would happen if Bosh and Lebron got together. It would give give them a big man who needs pressure taken off of him, but can be the star when needed. It would also give them a star who needs to not always have to carry the team.

In other words the two would complement each other. When Lebron has an off game, Bosh could go off for 30 points and 15 rebounds. When Lebron has a triple double with 40 points, Bosh could contribute a modest 15 points and 10 rebounds.

It would also allow Chris Bosh to show how good of a defensive player he can be. Right now in Toronto he has to expend so much energy on offense that he doesn’t have anything to give on defense. I think he could average 2.5 blocks a game playing with Lebron James. I also think he could average 13 rebounds per game, forcing Dwight Howard to improve in that area to keep his crown.

I’m excited for this possibility, though it would probably have to happen in New York. I’m not a Knicks fan and don’t really want  to become  one, but I am a huge Lebron James fan.

Something will have to give.

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