It’s been a crazy offseason to say the least.  Superstars like Chris Paul, Paul George, and Jimmy Butler changed teams(all flocking or staying in the west). The latest news is Kyrie Irving wants out. Wow, I really did not expect this one. On the court and off, him and Lebron seemed to have good chemistry and Kyrie seemed happy. Guess not. I’m here to tell you the real reason why he wants to be traded.

Reports have came out over the last two weeks saying Kyrie wants to be a franchise player and was sick of being in Lebron’s shadow. According to these reports, he wants to be the man. But let me tell you, I think it’s a bunch of horse you know what. He wants to be the man, but the teams he requested all have established stars, especially the twolves and Spurs. And I don’t think it’s Lebron. He may be frustrated with Lebron, but he knows like everyone else that Bron’ is gone after this year and after that it would be Kyrie’s team. So, I think if it was really about being the man, he would just wait for Lebron to leave and then be the Cavs franchise player and be eligible for the super max. It’s not being the man, it’s not being sick of Lebron. It’s seeing the writing on the wall and not wanting to stick around for post-Lebron 2.0. The cavaliers have gone from Contender for years to screwed for years in a span of 3 weeks. No surprise, it’s due to Dan Gilbert’s incompetence when he failed to resign David Griffin. It has been downhill from there. Lebron is basically gone, they are stuck with dumb contracts and mortgaged the future for role players thinking their future first round picks would be in the 20’s. Now they will be the Cavaliers again. Kyrie is just seeing whats happening and wants to get out as quickly as possible and honestly, I don’t blame him.

This sports offseason, what I call baseball season, has been very slow. Nothing has happened so I have dived into watching movies. Baby Driver is in theaters, and with all the hype surrounding it I decided to see it. It had a 95 Rotten tomatoes, higher then Shawshank Redemption and The Breakfast Club, so I just had to see it. I had such high expectations. And let me tell you. It sucked. Like really sucked. Like walk out of the theatre mid movie sucked. And here’s why.

I think it boils down to one thing. Lack of character development throughout the movie with every character. It has an intriguing plot, a young man named Baby whose trapped in a life of being a getaway driver to pay back a debt to Doc played by Kevin Spacey.  I love Ansel Elgort, don’t get me wrong, but his character Baby was boring and not well developed. All we know about him is he is a good driver, he loves music, and he takes care of his old foster father. And the reoccurring flashback of the car crash that killed his parents. Maybe that’s why he loves to drive, because that’s how he lost his parents in a weird twist, but it is never explained. He never talks, and the lack of dialogue makes you bored throughout the story. The soundtrack wasn’t even good. They tried to blend music with car racing action and it simply did not work. Then their is the whole relationship between Baby and Deborah. It’s absurd and hard to believe. Deborah is not developed at all, all we know is she shares an interest in music and has this dream of hitting the road with no destination. She knows nothing about Baby, and they only meet a few times, but this leads to an “epic romance” that the movie was clearly pushing for, but didn’t put the time in to develop. And he commits crimes in front of her and then she leaves with him, making everyone eye roll because that is so unrealistic. That relationship was pushed and clearly never worked. And the other main stars, Kevin Spacey, John Hamm and Jamie Foxx, all sucked. They all tried to be funny, but weren’t. Everything was touched on but never explained, and nothing seemed to add up or was believable. Overall, it’s a horrible movie with it’s only good feature being the cool car chases. It’s ridiculously overrated and media hype driven, and I would like to personally talk to Rotten Tomatoes to see how they came to this conclusion.

Sorry I have not written in a while. I’ve been busy with other things, and watching the whole Fast and Furious series(I loved it). I’ve been waiting for free agency in the NBA to wrap up but it has dragged out and nothing else has really happened. So, I’ve decided to dive head first into NFL talk since pre season football is right around the corner.

NFC EAST

Giants: Will the offensive line,specifically Ereck Flowers, Improve?

Last year the Giants broke through and made the playoffs due to Odell Beckham and a strong defense. To add more balance, The giants went out and added more toys for Eli Manning to play with. Evan Engram adds a receiving element to the tight end position, and veteran star Brandon Marshall that gives them size they definitely needed. The defense, for the most part, remained intact with the exception of Jonathan Hankins, but he wasn’t a key piece so the defense should be as good as last year. There is one burning question. Will the O-line give Eli enough time to throw the ball. He had one of his worst years last year due to not having time to get the ball out of his hands. How could he utilize his weapons when he has no times. It will continually limit them to short pass stuff that doesn’t work. They need the o-line, especially blind side protector Ereck Flowers(Stretch to call him “protector).

Cowboys: Can the defense be adequate?

Everyone knows that the offense carried the cowboys last year and the defense overachieved and did just enough to win games. Zeke carried the ball a ton while in the process keeping the defense off the field. Dak Prescott is already one of the best QB’s in the NFL and the O-line is great. But the average defense got worse. They lost three starters in the secondary and lost some pass rushers to suspensions. With all the stars in the NFC east at WR, I question if the defense can hold up.

Eagles: Which Wentz do the eagles get?

The Eagles got two different Carson Wentz last year. Early in the year, he produced wins, played great and took care of the ball. After week 6, he got careless and looked like a dumb rookie. If he isn’t like he was in the beginning of the year, the Eagles will not have a great year and people will question if Early Wentz was just a fluke and if the new Wentz is what his future will look like.

Redskins: What the hell are they doing with kirk?

Only the Redskins would mess this up. Instead of signing him to a longterm contract since he is legitimately a franchise QB, they are going to let him walk. Just another dumb move by a stupid organization.