From Haynesworth to Injury Central

As you all may know, today is by birthday! I'm happy to become a full-fleged adult for the first time as I head to college next year.
Today's post will cover various sports clippings, such as Tennessee Titans DT Albert Haynesworth's supposed monsterous deal to the numerous and some devastating injuries in the NBA.

Here's a nice tune to Happy Birthday that I made up regarding Haynesworth's deal:

Albert Haynesworth will be rich
Albert Haynesworth will be rich
Danny boy is giving away 100 million
Albert Haynesworth will be rich

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I have quite a bit to say if Redskins owner Daniel Snyder plays Haynesworth. One is that he is coming off a contract year. Typically, players in any major sport (NFL, MLB or NBA) play their best if their season is their last on their contract. That is exactly what Haynesworth did. Also, Snyder is willing to pay $100 million - that's Agent Zero money there! - for one player. Unlike the 2008 Ravens/Dolphins franchises, who built their teams by buying ultiple players off the free-agent market and used the draft to their advantage, Snyder is willing to ONLY pay Haynesworth, less than three other free-agent signees and their four draft picks, of which I presume one of them will be cut. I guess Snyder is going back to his old ways again. Unless the Redskins cut many of their offensive linemen/defense that is 30+ yrs of age, they will still be a mediocre franchise.

Hopefully, Haynesworth won't do this again, since he now sees OL Andre Gurode twise a year now...

Now, to injury central in the NBA. Almost every team has suffered some sort of devastating injury, with multiple mediocre teams (i.e. Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers) getting hit with the injury plague the worst. Here's a list of NBA teams that have dealt with major injuries (major injuries referring to star players getting injured for multiple (3+) games):

Washington Wizards: PG Gilbert Arenas
Charlotte Bobcats: SF Gerald Wallace (Now healthy)
Orlando Magic: PG Jameer Nelson
(B/c of this, ended up trading for Skip to my Lou PG Rafer Alston
Boston Celtics: PF Kevin Garnett
Philadelphia 76ers: PF Elton Brand (Although he was a hinderance rather than a help)
Toronto Raptors: PG Jose Calderon and PF Chris Bosh (Now healthy) and ex-Raptor PF Jermaine O'Neal (now with Miami Heat)
Cleveland Cavaliers: C Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Now healthy), SG Delonte West
Milwaukee Bucks: SG Michael Redd, PG Luke Rindour, C Andrew Bogut and MASCOT Bango (all out for season)


(You can see Bango limping after being hit in the groin. OUCH!)

Indiana Pacers: PF Mike Dunleavy, PG T.J. Ford
Denver Nuggets: PF Nene
Portland Trail Blazers: Oft-injured center Greg Oden (He'll NEVER play a full 82-game season)
Utah Jazz: SF Andre Kirilinko (a.k.a AK-47), PF Paul Millsap (Now healthy), PF Carlos Boozer (Now healthy) and PG Deron Williams (Now healthy)
Minnesota Timberwolves: C Al Jefferson
Los Angeles Lakers: C Andrew Bynum
Phoenix Suns: C/PF Amare Stoudemire
Golden State Warriors: C Andres Bientrins
Los Angeles Clippers: PG Baron Davis (Now healthy), PF Zach Randolph (Now healthy) and C Marcus Camby
Sacramento Kings: SG Kevin Martin (Now healthy)
San Antonio Spurs: SG Manu Ginobili
Houston Rockets: C Yao Ming (Now healthy), SF Ron Artest (Now healthy) and SG Tracy McGrady
New Orleans Hornets: C Tyson Chandler
Dallas Mavericks: SG Jason Terry and SG Jerry Stackhouse (Now healthy)

That is more than 66% of all NBA teams, and 81.25% of ALL current playoff teams. OUCH!

Now, for my Video of the Day:
It's of LeBron James' 55-point outburst against the injury-depleted Bucks. He was shooting three's from near halfcourt, like 40 feet away from the basket!