Post-Blogger Post #1: KG to Boston, Can Boston Win the East?, And I Am Addicted To Rebates
- Well, it took a while, but the UngsungBlog switch to Wordpress is nearly complete, and it somehow took me five times longer than it should have to do!
(There’s a 99.9% chance that the delay was caused by a PEBDAC. For those of you that don’t know, PEBDAC stands for Probable Error Between Desk And Chair.)
All I have to do now is find a good template, categorize the rest of my posts imported from Blogger, and restore my Adsense banners.
- Thanks Krunk for telling me about Amazon.com’s Affiliate Program. If I can get just one person to buy through my Affiliate account, signing up will be totally worth it!
- So I’m really happy that Bonds hasn’t homered yet against the Dodgers. Unfortunately, he gets to face Brett Tomko tomorrow.
- I know this was announced a couple of days ago, but here are my thoughts on the Kevin Garnett to Boston trade. For the few NBA fans out there who haven’t yet heard of this deal, here are the particulars:
Boston sent the Minnesota Timberwolves forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff, two first-round draft picks [one of which was their own, initially traded away in the Ricky Davis for Wally Szczerbiak and Mark Blount deal] and cash considerations.
I’ll start with the Wolves. It appears that all they’re getting is Al Jefferson, a budding power forward in a conference full of them, cap relief in the form of Theo Ratliff’s contract, the right to no longer have to pay KG, a draft pick that they traded away, and a draft pick in 2009. Talk about getting 30 cents on the dollar. They were willing to take Jefferson, four scrubs, and two picks potentially in the late teens/early twenties, but they wouldn’t take a similar package and the #5 pick from this past draft? That makes zero sense to me. One has to wonder if KG privately pressured Minnesota to make a deal after the NBA draft.
As far as Boston is concerned, they now have three legitimate All-Stars in Pierce, Allen, and now KG. Too bad all of them are probably on the downside of their career. They also are in absolute salary cap hell, owing the three $56 million next year. Still, considering that KG hasn’t played with two guys of the caliber of Pierce and Allen–no, Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell aren’t equivalent to those two, no matter how good that Wolves team really was that year–and considering that the East is as weak as ever, one has to like Boston’s chances of winning the East, right?
Not in this blogger’s opinion. Even if the three stars should make it through the season uninjured, the team is now woefully short at PG, C, and bench.
(I just read over at Hoopshype.com–an excellent site, btw–that the Celtics signed veteran guard Eddie House to a one-year deal. Yawn.)
They have second-year Rajon Rondo (and now House) at PG, and Kendrick Perkins at C. Yeah, they have Tony Allen coming back from injury, and yeah, they have Brian Scalabrine (hahaha), but not much else. It sounds like the Big Three are going to have to play nearly 40 minutes a game each. If that happens, you can forget about any one of the three making it through the entire season without injury.
Boston should be a lot of fun to watch, and I hope I get to see them play several times this year. They have no reason to not make the playoffs, even with a crap surrounding cast, but I can’t put this Boston team above Detroit, Cleveland, or Chicago. It really wouldn’t surprise me if Boston gets a four or five seed, though. I don’t see Boston winning the East this year, though. However, another year of meshing together, with another year of seasoning for Rondo, and who knows what will happen?
By the way, what’s with the sudden about-face by KG about wanting to play in Boston. Not only does he now embrace Boston, he was even willing to sign a “discounted” extension (three years and nearly $60 million). You can’t tell me that the addition of Ray Allen changed KG’s mind that much!
Oh, and has anyone heard from Kobe Bryant yet?
- I am officially addicted to rebates. I did a deal, so complex, that I spent four hours yesterday filing rebates, and that wasn’t enough time to finish!
I am now well over $1,000 in rebates owed 
Happy blogging!
The site looks fantastic! Good job!
Also, I’d always heard it “PEBKAC” — Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.
You say PEBKAC. I say PEBDAC.
Let’s call the whole thing off.
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