Today I come to you with some unfortunate news: the NBA is on course to become the NFL. Sadly, I am not talking about getting multiple games every Sunday, on every major network. No what I am referring to is the NBA’s rapid transition into over-regulation, the likes of which this country hasn’t seen (with the exception of the FDR, the Obama, and the Goodell administration). Shades of this move could be seen earlier this season when the NBA fined Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings not for his ridiculously stupid haircut, but for twitting 45 minutes AFTER the game had ended. Soon after the NBA’s resident libertarian Mark Cuban criticized a referee’s poor performance in a game via twitter and was fined $25,000. After the initial fine Cuban fired back with a another tweet stating “can’t say no one makes money from twitter. now the nba does” (notice the lack of capitalization of NBA a clear sign of Mark’s lack of respect for the NBA). Such a move would have caused the more sane and conservative Roosevelt roll around in his grave, as ability to criticize the government and other authority figures was paramount to his belief system.


Despite such erroneous policies, David Stern thought he hadn’t done enough to justify his massive paycheck (in 1996 he had a $35 million five year deal and I assume its only risen), all while the NBA is set to lose roughly $400 million after four years of losing $200 million a year (presumably all from the WNBA and the NJ Nets). But as one of the highest paid commissioners in all of the 90’s who was Stern to look to? Roger Goodell (student of Bud Selig) the epitome of an overpaid and his fascist No Fun League.
While there is surely numerous examples to prove my point I will only focus on the most recent. In a clear smack in the face to Social Darwinist, Stern has decided to ban the chewing of straws during games. Not only does this policy seek to protect people from themselves something that makes Social Darwinist squirm, but it also contains a hallmark requirement for an unjust law; it targets a specific individual. That individual being Dallas Mavericks Star Caron Butler. While some will say this is an attack on Butler, I am wise to the ways of David Stern and realize that this is really a attack on Mark Cuban owner of the Mavericks. Butler has been chewing twelve straws a game for over 12 years now, clearly safety is not Stern’s concern. So why now?


Cuban has been very uppity as of late, with his appearance on WWE Raw and his twitter war and this is Stern’s way of sending him a message. Stern hopes that by changing up Butler’s in-game rituals he can throw him off his grove and derail the Mavs from their previously assured playoff spot. Want further proof? Stern has yet to ban Lebron for chewing gum; gum if swallowed not only poses a chocking risk, but also as revealed in a 1998 study by the Journal of Pediatrics: if swallowed gum can accumulate in the intestines causing intestinal pain and constipation. Will it is doubtful Stern will retreat on this issue, the least he can do is sever ties with Goodell and study under the tutelage of Cuban on issues of law and liberty.

"Really good," those were the only word Texas Tech coach Bob Knight could come up with after Texas Freshman, Kevin Durant, dropped 37 points on his team while also getting 23 rebounds... that was in 2007. Since then Durant has become one of the most prolific players in the NBA, averaging 29.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. I don't know if you can really call this a breakout year since he averaged 25.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season, but he is definitely on pace for a phenomenal NBA career.

Durant is currently in the middle of an amazing streak of consecutive 25-point games, he is at 25 consecutive games. NBA legend Michael Jordan currently hold the record which is 40 games, Durant is certainly well on his way there, but we need to see if opponents will try to shut him down with more authority in the weeks following the All-Star Weekend. Thus far, there has been very little respect toward Durant as far as defensive assignments go, he should be covered in much the same way Kobe and Lebron are, however most teams are sticking a single defender on him, and that strategy clearly hasn't stopped his dominance on the floor.

Durant participated in the 2nd annual All-Star H.O.R.S.E. game last night and defended his title from last year. He won in a shoot-off against fellow competitor Rajon Rondo due to time constraints, each took 3-pointers, and each miss was a letter. Tonight marks his All-Star game debut, he is playing for the Western All-Stars along side great NBA talent such as Melo, Dirk Nowitzki, and Steve Nash. Hopefully a surge of extraordinary talent around this gifted player really sparks something, and he has a huge game to really make people remember that he isn't going anywhere for a while.