Ready for the weekend?!

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Light weekend as far as plans, just the boys baseball games, nice break for a change.  Disgusted by the spectacle of the NBA and Lebron James.  Hit the wall today on day 4 of daily workouts, but it's okay.  Amazed at the new perspective he is getting on life, not sure if it's just natural aging process or something else.

Family

Just the boys baseball games on tap for the weekend tomorrow.  Probably devote some time to uploading pictures from last weekend from the camera.  Probably make a short run to the library, just because we can.  Might make a run to Home Depot or Lowes, Kim & I have a plan for redecorating the living room, repainting it, take up the carpet, and at some point down the road lay some laminate flooring.  All of that starts with picking out some paint, and an area rug, hence the trip to Home Depot/Lowes.

NBA

Hasn't anyone learned anything from the last 10-20 years of NBA history?  Super teams don't work under the constrictions of the salary cap, for the simple reason that you need more than just 3 players to win a championship.  Could the Lakers have won their most recent rings without Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom or Ron Artest/Trevor Ariza? Could the Celtics have won without James Posey, Eddie House, Glen Davis?  Do the Spurs win all of their rings without their role players?  I could go on and on.  The point is you want a superstar to get to the chmapionship, and having 2 superstars and an All Star certainly help.  But you need those role players to step up when necessary to make the odd game winning shot, or crucial steal, or rebound etc.  And while the ability to start Wade, James and Bosh is certainly imposing every team in the league is going to do 2 things: play a hard zone defense and force Wade & James to shoot outside shots, and pound the ball inside offensively against what will inveitably be a weak interior defense.  Who on this team is going to guard Kendrick Perkins, or Dwight Howard, or Andrew Bynum?  Who is going to be the second player getting rebounds when Bosh is blocked out?  I just think this was the wrong move for James, both in his quest to win rings and his overall legacy if he wants to be a true pantheon player. 

Running

I managed to get in 3 miles, but not all running, I was doing alright until I hit 2 miles and then the toll of daily workouts finally hit.  That's okay, I kind of expected it.  Plus I was maybe pushing a little too hard initially.  But I still got in a good workout, and now have 2 days of a break planned.  I'll probably squeeze in a couple of walks, but no running so I can start back on Monday.  I was considerably more disciplined on eating this week though, have to get back into that mode overall if I ever hope to get below this plateau.

Things I didn't Expect

So I am going to ask for some feedback on this.  What do people think of these little thoughts?  I am going to keep them up but just curious.  I'll put up a poll here for people to respond to.