Sharon..... Sh, Sharon

Yes, as our founder best put it, our symbol for the first "O" in Poot's World, Monta Ellis, is out 3-4 months with a ligament tear in his ankle. The wonder boy, whose impressive athleticism and durability the last couple of seasons has left us craving his spectacular play, unfortunately suffered one of those things you never would think possible. The tumultous off-season which left us without arguably one of the most electrifying figures in professional basketball history, now deals us another blow. This occurrence cannot be considered anywhere in the league of Amare micro-fracture or Baron leaving the W's, but knowing that the warriors are going to have to be perfect this year to slip in at 7 and 8, Ellis' injury is going to leave us some very dull first months, and being the most exciting team in the league who has Don Nelson at the helm only one more year, this injury just leaves us with that much less time to savor this once in a life-time assemble of talent. Speedy recovery Monta... Without you we are just Pot's World with Budinger barely holding it down.

-Poot, that ankle of fall 2003 definitely falls under that category of worst injury sustained in the pugh wakeman forest circuit, which has seen plenty of nasty spills at top speeds. Despite ruining one of the meadow's eternal all-star edifices, that post route which was supposed to have you launching gracefully for the Jerry Rice grab off the blue slide, is still one of my favorite memories.

-Stephen Hill is in the NBA now? I liked his game back a few years ago, seemed like a decently athletic 7 footer with a great feel for base-line alley-oops. My friend from Arkansas however, hates him, and I certaintly agree with him that he is severely limited offensively, but despite all of that, he will now be a Portland Trailblazer. Two centers who can't play offense? We'll see how that works. I heard Portland wants to ship Travis Outlaw for Mike Conley? They look like they are in good shape at PG with Blake, Bayless as a tweener (better suited at sg), and Roy. Why would they give up a small forward, they have Nicholas Batum and Outlaw... so, yeah, keep Outlaw Portland.