And of course Favre is coming back...

He decided to have shoulder surgery. That means he's returning. He will be a Viking. And I will have more on this tomorrow, but suffice it to say that this will be one of the greatest heel turns of all time. Bigger than the break-up of the Mega-Powers.

And I do love it.

Honestly, when you have J.J. Redick getting key crunch time minutes?

You deserve to lose. I'm just saying. You have Courtney Lee or Jammeer Nelson? You can use one of them. I mean, really.

Otherwise? I'm getting down to 3 conferences of major football, with the last week of school and my fucking catalytic convertor tapping out? I need to make money in some form or fashion.

Twitter tag this one as morose, eh?

A NBA Draftish type of ramble...

I know, you missed me on Friday. This does not play twitter methadone by any stretch of the imagination. My apologies. I also have the greatest post in college football history coming down the pike. It's down to half of the Big 12 and other conferences. You will discover me again for the first time.

But that's later. Now? Now we will talk some hoops. Bite-sized, stream of consciousness. As it comes to me.

• Dan Fegan is a good agent. His clients made nine figures this season, so you can't dispute the fact he has talent. But that being said? Telling Anderson Varejao to leave 6.2 million off the table and opt out? Mistake. I can name four players with a similar skill set who are also free agents. You have Big Baby and the Polish Hammer. You have Birdman and Brandon Bass. I know that there's a blood feud between Fegan and Danny Ferry, but you're going back overseas if you want something close.
• I love Ramon Sessions. I do. But you know what? I'm readying myself to lose him. Like I've said before, there is a tremendous quality at the point in the draft. Not to say that Andre Miller, Jason Kidd, and Mike Bibby won't be more highly regarded. I'm not happy with the way that John Hammond handled this situation. Jefferson isn't a building block. And at the trade deadline you could have saved some real money by dealing him for expiring contracts.
• But that being said? You can still trade Michael Redd or Jefferson for an expiring contract. The Wizards could have an interest. The Bucks aren't going to be good with the pieces they have yet. They need to swap out players. This draft may not have the necessary pieces, but the fanbase, such as it is, is willing to take some lumps if we know that the team can contend.
• But who to replace Sessions? Rubio won't even be at the Wizards pick at 5. Curry won't get to 10. And then there's the Lawson-Flynn-Jennings phylum. In fact, I'm going to blog about that later.
• DeJuan Blair? Some say he's the next Paul Millsap. Some fear he's the next Mike Sweetney. I say split the difference and enjoy another Danny Fortson.
• If I'm the Knicks, why am I not considering Ty Lawson?
• There is no American center worth their slot. If you draft them? You will be disappointed. I am looking at you John Hammond.
• B.J. Mullens is a poor man's Spencer Hawes. Or a rich man's Robert Swift. Or as Stephen A. would say, B.J. MULLENS IS GOING TO BE A BUST!
• That being said? I may admit something dark if ESPN's NBA draft coverage was as bad as it was last year. That was bad.

Anyway. More to come later. I promise.

So the Space Mullet did it.

And Mazel Tov and L'Chaim to him for it. He extended his career by three years beyond the ace point to get it done. But unlike Dale Murphy, he got there. (And as a sidebar? Dale Murphy hanging on to get stuck at 399 dingers is probably what kept him out of the Hall).

 

But what you don't know? I debated Moynahan about the whens, whys, and wherefores of the next 300 game winner. And he says it will happen in the next decade. And I was like, no. It will take 25 years or even more.

 

It comes and goes in cycles, see? In the early part of the last century, we were rich with 300 game winners. And then from 1925 to 1984? There was a handful. These last 25 years? Another freaking bonanza.

 

But Randy Johnson will be it for a while. In the most depressing setting imaginable. Randy Johnson will be the end of a good run. I know what you're thinking. What about a dude like Roy Halladay? C.C. Sabathia is a man with power and wins? Hell, if Moyer can get to Age 46, why not Pettite?

 

Here's the thing. 300 is long odds. It's a big fucking forest to go through to find 300 win cabin. It's going to happen again, probably in your lifetime. But you know what?

 

It's going to take a few years to see it coming.

Nate McClouth is reasonably priced until 2012.

The Pirates get room for a player I'm high on in Andrew McCutchen as well a major league ready prospect in Charlie Morton. If either Gorkys Hernandez or Jeff Locke come to being good for Pittsburgh, it's a deal that will help both sides. There's not much more to say. Glavine's story is sad, but many top athletes have long goodbyes.

And Frank Wren must be plum tuckered out.

I have to tell you something.

Read Hugging Harold Reynolds tomorrow. I'm not going to tell you the exacty whys and wherefores? But suffice it to say it will be the usual brand of quasi-amusement. I'm going to tell you now. Set your comedy levels to seven. You will enjoy yourself.

Here's something...

According to Ric Bucher's twitter account, Jameer Nelson is going to play. Not start over Skip to my Lou. But he is going to go. And that's going to be big. Not just for the Willis Reed psychological boost. It's because Jameer Nelson was the reason they handled the Lakers.

And you have a team that nobody seems to want to like. The Celtics, without Powe or giant dick Kevin Garnett were supposed to take them down after Big Baby won Game 4 on a buzzer beater. But the Magic ran them over.

And then the Cavs? Shit. Nobody thought the Cavs would lose. But with Mickael Pietrus and the magic of the Polish Hammer? The Magic turned the LeBron-Kobe ad campaign into yet another Dan and Dave. But now?

IT'S KOBE! IT'S PHIL! IT'S PAUER WHEELS! IT'S ODOM! The Magic have no shot!

Right...that's just what they want you to think.