why the Lakers can win it all this year and the Nuggets can't

1) Derek Fisher - An unselfish, experienced point guard who will hit the open shot all day long. Kind of like Ron Harper.

2) Kobe Bryant - Ruthless defender, craves the ball when the game is on the line, demands the best from himself all the time, the best all-around player in the league. Sound like anyone you can remember?

3) Lamar Odom - An overhyped lefty player who never lived up to the pressure of being a go-to guy (or even a second fiddle, for that matter) but is a good defender. Toni Kukoc/Scottie Pippen love child?

4) Pau Gasol - Excellent rebounder with good hands, deadly from 18 feet, good passer and will block a shot or two every night. A perfect fit for the triangle offense. You could have said the same words about Horace Grant.

5) Andrew Bynum - A big body in the middle. See Luc Longley, Bill Cartwright, etc.

Iverson will the kill the Nuggets by not passing enough in the playoffs, guaranteed. The Nuggets are something absurd like 23-1 when he has 10+ assists and you are drunk if you think he won't try and score more in the playoffs. Sad, but true.

the Patriots' MVP

I just thought about this and in absentia it is Adam Vinatieri - they won 3 Super Bowls with him on the team. They lost a Super Bowl in large part because they didn't trust their kicker to kick from the 31 yard line, so they punted. Also, they wouldn't have gone for it on 4th and 13, they would have trotted out Vinatieri for the automatic 3 points.

By how many points did the Pats lose to the Giants? Oh, that's right.

The three Super Bowls that the Patriots did win, they won by how much?

3 victories by a combined 9 points. Not that I'm saying anything, I'm just saying.....has any team in the history of the NFL ever missed a kicker so much?