Shaq O'Neal Possibly Done For The Season

In a recent game against the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O'Neal injured his right thumb when it was hit by Glen Davis of the Celtics who was attempting to block his shot. Shaq has previously injured the same thumb in 1995, when he was playing for the Orlando Magic. The injury had kept him off the roster for 22 days.

In case you have not already heard, Shaq is quite possibly the most dominant player in recent history. The seven footer has an very long list of accolades such as  four NBA Championships, 3 Finals MVP awards, a regular season MVP award, a Rookie Of The Year award, 15 all star appearances, and two scoring titles. The Cavaliers acquired him recently to contest with other star post players such as Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, and Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol, both of the Los Angelos Lakers. Both of those two teams seemed like the biggest obstacles bewteen the Cavaliers and an NBA Championship. (Orlando defeated the Cavaliers in the playoffs last year; and the Lakers were NBA Champions last year.)

Even though Shaq is 37, and is starting to show the effects of his 18 years in the NBA. (His season averages are no where near what they used to be.) Nonetheless, he has  proved his worth to the Cavaliers by being a key factor in the 5 games the Cavs have played against the Lakers or Magic this year, 4 of which the Cavaliers have won. With recent addition Antawn Jamison, another quality post scorer, the Cavaliers should be fine until the playoffs without Shaq, but they might have trouble against the Magic or Lakers without him.

Although the Cavs are not sure when Shaquille will recover for from the injury and resulting surgery, but there are only seven weeks left until the playoffs start, and surgeries like this typically take from six to eight weeks to recover from. If the Cavs don't end up winning it all this year, the face of the franchise, (And maybe even the NBA!) will see another reason to test the waters of free agency this summer. Yep, that's right, if the Cavs don't win a championship, don't expect Lebron James to stick around.

Miscellaneous Piece Of Information About Shaq: In addition to being a legendary basketball player, Shaq is also a rapper, actor, reserve police officer and U.S. Deputy Marshal.

Chile Earthquake

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Henkle Middle School vs. Stevenson

As the minutes ticked down much too quickly on our season, you couldn't help but have a little bit of hope that Henkle's 7th graders, who have not won a game this year, could beat Stevenson's undefeated 7th graders, and make for a story book ending to the 7th grader's less then stellar season. But as the 7th graders walked off the court after their 17-37 loss, there was no story book ending here. In the small gym at just about the same time the 7th graders finished their game, the blended team finished just one point short as they lost 24-25. For the final game of the night, the eighth graders were beaten 39-52 as the crowd at Henkle was almost silent. So now that basketball season is over, all I can do is start counting off the days next season starts, a season that can only be better.

Henkle Vs. Jemtegaard

This was the game everybody had their hopes high for, the game when Henkle Middle School's 7th grade team would finally win their first game. The outcome of the seventh grade game? Henkle 21 Jemtegaard 24. Yes, a three point loss, same as last time against Jemtegaard. It was a close game all the way, but, Jemtegaard managed to steal another game from Henkle. Unless Henkle's seventh grade team manages to beat Stevenson at home, whom they previously lost to by 30 points, the seventh graders could end up never winning a game. As for the eighth graders from Henkle, they got blown out. Henkle's blended team was beaten aswell, but not badly.

Nate Robinson Now A Celtic

This year's dunk contest champion, the 5'9 Point Guard Nate Robinson has been recently traded from the New York Knicks to the Boston Celtics. Boston sends Eddie House, (A feared three point shooter) J.R. Giddens (Scrub) and Bill Walker (Scrub) to the New York Knicks in return for the high octane, high flying, high intensity, Nate Robinson, who became the only NBA player ever to win the dunk contest three times after he won the contest this year. Nate has been criticized in the past for being too much of a scorer to be a solid point guard, but I think that he has now figured out the correct balance between scoring and setting up teammates. Even though Nate is obviously a very skilled point guard, don't expect him to start over Rajon Rondo, a 2010  all star and the current Celtics starting point guard. If Robinson can fit into his role as an energy player off the bench, which compliments his high flying style, expect him to be a valueable asset to the Celtics.