ODDS

By Justin Albers
basketballss132002@yahoo.com
INDIANAPOLIS- I am going to start a section of my blog where I put some situations out there and then I give you my odds of them happening. You can send email me or leave a comment with your personal opinion.

MLB
1. Odds of A-Rod in the Bronx next season.
No matter how many times A-Rod says that he loves New York and he will be back next season, I don't buy any of it. When you are criticized and booed for an entire season, there is no way in the world that you want to be back for another season in the same city. I don't think he wants to be back, and I don't think there is a very good chance of him coming back. 33%

2. Odds of the Cubs with a winning record next season.
The future in Chicago is not looking bright at this point, but to really know how they are going to perform next season we need to know who will be their next manager. They do have some good talent in Lee, Rameriz, and Zambrano, but I just don't think they will have have the pitching rotation next season to be a contender. 42%

3. Odds of Cardinals winning the World Series this year.
The Cardinals have surprised so many people throughout the year. Everybody expected them to have a great season way back in April, and it looked that way early. Throughout the season they had several stretches where I didn't think they would make the playoffs. The Astros challenged them for the Division title at the end, and the Cardinals limped into the playoffs to say the least. Then they pounded the Padres into the ground and now look at the Mets who seem to be in the same situation as them. Neither team has any great pitching, but both teams have power. I see the Cardinals in the World Series, but not winning it. 30%

NBA
1. Odds of a Heat repeat.
Miami returns much of its team from last year, and I think they have a pretty good chance of repeating. Chicago will be tough but I still think the Heat have too much for them to handle. With Wade and Shaq on the same team you are always going to have a chance. 46%

2. Odds of Stephen Jackson being forgiven by the fans.
This is a no brainer. You go out at 3:00 in the morning when you have practice the next day, and you get in a fight. Then we find out that you have a gun and you hanging out with a guy that has marijuna in his car. Of course that wasn't his pot because an NBA player is believed when you find it in his car and he says it isn't his. Anyway nobody like Jackson before, and nobody likes him now. 0%

3. Odds of Nash 3peating as MVP
Steve Nash makes everybody around him better, there is no doubt about it. He doesn't put up the PPG numbers like many MVP's from the past, but MVP does not stand for leading scorer. In most leagues MVP is interpreted in the wrong way, with many people thinking that it means the best player. MVP stands for most valuable player, which means most valuable to the team. When you make everybody around you better it makes you the MVP in the league, which is why I am very happy that Nash has won MVP the last 2 years. I don't think he will be the 3peat, not with Lebron around. 20%

NFL
1. Odds of Bears going 16-0 this season.
Chicago has a pretty easy schedule all the way through, and have looked flawless so far this season. I think they have the best chance to go undefeated of anybody in the last 10 years, and I really do believe they could do it. 51%

2. Odds of Raiders going 0-16
Oakland is bad, real bad. They have gotten the crap beaten out of them by almost every team in the league, including the struggling 49ers. I don't know if it is really possible for a team to go an entire season without a win, but if it were the Raiders would do it. 50%

3. Odds of Colts winning the Super Bowl
I am one of the few people that live in Indianapolis that is not a Colts fan. I have never believed that the Colts could win the Super Bowl, and I still don't. Peyton Manning has never proven that he can win that "big game" so nothing makes me think he will be able to do that this season. Not to mention they are terrible at defending the run and running the ball. 2%

4. Odds of the Steelers in the playoffs
Pittsburgh WILL be in the playoffs. They will go on a serious run just like they did last season, and they will be the underdog again. All they needed was for people to say that they couldn't do it, just like last season. 99.999999%