Alright. For this post, I want to talk about Jeremy Lin, point guard for the New York Knicks. He has been the talk of the sports world for the past two weeks ever since he started a winning streak for his Knicks. Lin came out of nowhere, and just at the right time. As the Knicks were slumping, Lin finally got his chance to play, and he made the most out of his opportunity to say the least. He started a seven game winning streak for the Knicks that included multiple games with 30+ points. One of the games being the game against the Raptors where Lin hit the game winning three pointer with less than a second left on the clock. (Seen above) This was the height of Lin and the Knicks seven-game run. Lin showed his maturity by slowing down the play, and calling the other stars on the court off so he could take his shot. He made his approach to the hoop and pulled up right in the defender's face and won the Knicks the game.
Now I'm not jumping on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon, because I think there are many other point guards in the league that are better than him, but I am saying how much I was impressed with his ability to not feel the pressures of the game. Now it's too much to make a judgement on how Lin's career will end up like some people are, but it'll be interesting to see if he can keep his level of play high through out the whole season.

The next video is JaVale McGee doing something stupid, as usual. I don't know what he was thinking blocking this shot. The ball was clearly on its way down, and then on top of that, the ball didn't even look like it was close to going in. He tried to block the ball as hard as possible to try and make a statement, but it was just stupid. He could have easily just grabbed the ball and gotten a rebound, but instead, he gave the other team two free points when the ball wasn't even going in. McGee has been making stupid plays since he got in the league, including the ally-oop to himself off the back board as his team was getting blown out. McGee could be a good player in the league with his ability to get to the rim and finish strong, and then his defensive ability, but until he stops making stupid plays that hurt his team, he will continue to hold himself back.

First post on Pros and Joes. I have two good videos to share this week, but first, I'd like to clear up any confusion with my blog. I've been ridiculed for picking this topic recently, especially by Josh Trachtenberg, because people say I'm just going to pick the top play from the Sportscenter Top 10 countdown. Have no fear people, for I can assure all of my followers that I'm not just going to copy Sportscenter. I'm going to use my judgement and pick the play that impresses me the most and if it's the same as Sporscenter's, so be it. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjsKSZeVck0

The first video I have is my favorite play of the week not for its flashiness, but because it shows that there is still some heart and desire to do everything you can to win in professional sports. The game between the Canucks and the Avalanche was coming down to the wire, and the Canucks decided to pull their goalie being down by one goal. Kevin Bieksa, the diving Canucks player, dives to save a sure goal on his empty net. His efforts don't stop there, though. He then continues down to the offensive zone and proceeds to score the game-tying goal in regulation. Eventually, in a penalty shootout, Bieksa's team won. This sequence of plays is great because it shows the heart Bieksa has. He single handedly kept his team in the game and then put the team on his back and carried them into Overtime, by scoring and tying the game, where they would eventually win the game. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjsKSZeVck0

Now for the "worst" video I have a clip from the Super Bowl. It's Patriot's Wide Receiver Wes Welker dropping a pass at a critical point of the game. If Welker were to catch the pass, it would have put the Pats in great position to score again and go up by two scores on the Giants with less than four minutes left in the game. Now, what I'd really like to talk about is not Welker dropping the pass. Although I feel like the Patriots probably would have won if Welker had made the catch; I want to address Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen. She said after the game something along the lines of "My husband cant't throw the football and catch it at the same time." Listen, if you're going to rip on your husbands wide receivers, the last one you want to pick a fight with is Wes Welker. The guy has made your husband a much better quarterback since he signed with the Pats after being on the Dolphins, and to be honest, some people feel Wes Welker is more valuable than Brady. Plus, that pass to Welker wasn't the greatest throw ever, he did have to adjust backwards to get to the ball. Moral of the story? If you don't have anything nice to say don't say it? Not exactly...If your husband's receiver drops a pass, but has made your husband exponentially better over the past few years, keep your mouth shut and don't tell him to do his job. Brady and Welker are professionals, they don't need you getting involved in their business.