Not as though Sheek's had a great career (least talented LOX member, pretty boring delivery, monotone worse than any rapper this side of Guru, etc.), but he's had his moments. "Mighty D-Block" is one of them. Jadakiss kills his opening verse, but Holy fuck, Sheek kills his and outshines everyone else on this song. Probably because he actually sounds, you know, intense and all that. Funny what happens when you don't rap like you're reading from a piece of paper. Anyway, here's the song:
On a side note, does anybody even remember who Jae-Hood is anymore, or are we just pretending like he didn't exist? Because that's cool, too.
So what's with the head coach always being the guy to go?
Just 9 games into the season, the New Orleans Hornets, armed with the best point guard in the league in Chris Paul, decided 3-6 wasn't the start they were looking for, so they ditched their coach, Byron Scott. Now I won't exactly shed tears for Scott here; he's been known to wear out his welcome quickly with his players. Look at how the New Jersey Nets and Jason Kidd in particular quit on him when Scott was at the helm in 2003. That being said, though, I think the Hornets found themselves the perfect scapegoat by canning him when they did. The Hornets were off to a disappointing start, and judging by forward David West's comments after the firing occurred, Scott was well on his way to losing another locker room. Given that, why not take some pressure off of the front office and the horrible job it had done in assembling the team by firing an unpopular coach?
And yes, the way that this team has been put together is nothing short of horrible. Outside of Chris Paul and David West, is there any addition that makes sense? Peja Stojakovic's contract is nothing short of assinine. He's set to make $14.2 million this year and over $15 million next year; he's currently averaging 8.7 points per game, the lowest total since his rookie year. Shooting guard Morris Peterson still has two years left on his 4 year, 23 million dollar deal, and he isn't even starting at this point. And their big time trade for Emeka Okafor (which was a relative steal given that they only had to give away Tyson Chandler)? The Hornets are on the hook for the last five years of his contract, totaling $63 million. I understand that Okafor's a good player--he averages 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game for his career--but those numbers don't quite justify his salary in my opinion. Still, I won't hold N.O.'s acquiring him against them; that horrid Peja contract is more than enough reason to say that Hornets' management has failed the team. They essentially tried to build the team to win in the short term by making such a risky move, which seem completely backwards given that their best players are both young. Chris Paul is the best point guard in the game right now; he's a guy you build around for the next decade. Given that, why not surround him with more young players and let them grow and develop alongside Paul and West? Why tie up so much money in an aging player like Peja? Why throw $23 million at a guy who averages 11 points per game on 42% shooting for his career (Peterson)? New Orleans took the completely wrong approach in building this team, and a disastrous season is going to be the end result; the screws were already coming loose on this train, and it showed when they got waxed by the Denver Nuggets in last year's playoffs. Now, they may not even make the postseason.
It's all good, though. At least they dumped their head coach.
