Basketblogging.... Part 3

Hey everyone, welcome to part 3 of my NBA blogosphere.... here we go!!

Whats going on basketball land?

Want to come to NBA games for less, well you will now have that chance:
Due to the threat of the pending lockout next summer, which seems more and more likely to happen, with the the mess the NBA has made with the salary cap, ticket prices are SLOWLY! dropping. The average price of a non premium seat is down 2.5 percent, to an average of $48 per ticket. Last season they went down 2.8 percent.

Carter...hurt again, or so he says?
Former Raptors crybaby and now Magic guard Vince Carter has a bumed left knee. Carter hurt his knee during the fourth quarter against the Spurs Monday night. He made a spin move to attempt a layup, and landed hard on his left foot, Carter said he felt a sharp pain under his knee cap. The Magic took him out of the game for precautionary reasons. The MRI showed no structural damage to the knee, Vince is on a day to day basis, but hey arent we all?

Cleveland preparing for a hostile return of Lebron:
Mark December 2nd on your calender NBA fans, Lebron James is set to make his return to his home city, where he was born, and played for his home town Cavaliers for seven seasons. The Cavs have banned fans from wearing anti-Lebron apparel to the game, and are bringing in extra security and police for the game. The organization is concerned about the safety of the city and its reputation for that night, as the game between the Heat and Cavaliers is being nationally broadcasted on ESPN.  I am not a fan of Lebron James but I look forward to watching this game ,  he is going to get it from the fans, a million times worse then Vince Carter did in his first return to Toronto after he got traded to New Jersey.

Games to check out this week:
Dallas @ San Antonio (Batlle of the Lonestar State) Nov 26th
Chicago @ Denver- Nov 26th
L.A. Lakers @ Utah- Nov 26th
Miami  @ Dallas- Nov 27th
Orlando @ Chicago- Dec 1st

My Pick Of The Week:
Portland @ Boston- Dec 1st. Two great up and down teams that always run the floor and never use the full 24 second shot clock, Brandon Roy  VS Paul Pierce, great star match up.

Raptors Watch
In the last week the tides have changed in Raptor Land. To start Bryan Colangelo pulled off a big trade shiping Jarrett Jack, David Anderson, and Marcus Banks to New Orleans for Peja Stojakovic and Jerryd Bayless. A good trade for the Raps it clears up the point guard problem, as Jose Calderon is now the guy, as well as Peja brings some much needd veteran leadership to team, and his $14mill a year salary comes of the books at the end of the season, giving Toronto some cap flexibility. The Raps have turnd their slow start around, and have no won 4 straight games, and have improved their record to 6-9. Up this week for our Toronto Raptors:
@ Boston Nov 26th
VS Atlanta Nov 28th
VS Washington Dec 1st
VS Oklahoma City Dec 3rd
Projected 4 game outcome: 2-2. The Boston and Oklahoma City games are going to be tough, two of the top tier teams in the NBA.

Check out the top 10 plays from Wednesday nights action!

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2010/11/24/20101124_top10.nba/?ls=iref:nbahpt2

Thats it for this week, Enjoy guys!!