IHope

What?

The iHoop 4 Hope basketball tournament is a charity event that gives back to the local community. This tournament will provide food distributed from Angel Food stores to 5 local families and the winning team of the weekend basketball tournament will also recieve care packages and free entry into the next event coming soon.

Who When & Where?
Charge per team will be $100
8 players maximum
sign up of all players must be complete before June 5th

Saturday June 12-13 and 14-17 year old group will have the following Junteenth Weekend

Where: South Minneapolis

Why?
In 2008, 49.1 million Americans lived in food insecure households, 32.4 million adults and 16.7 million children. 1 in 4 children lives in a food-insecure household. The statistics from Minnesota show that Child poverty rate is at 15.6%, Child food insecurity rate 13.7 %, 41% of clients in Minnesota report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel...Feed the community!
(Mathematica Policy Research Inc.)        http://www.feedingamerica.org/

Send food Donations to:
Second Harvest Heartland Web Site: www.2harvest.org
1140 Gervais Avenue
St. Paul , MN

Lake Show heat up the Suns...Is Chi town headed for a Stanley Cup? & My AFC quaterback Rankings

The Lakers have scored 252 points in 2 games against the Suns.....Kobe dished out a career playoff high 13 assist and 21 points. The Suns big stars Nash and Stoudemire scored 29 points combined. Their defense doesn't exist...Grant Hill is gonna need more help from his other teamates to stop Bryant & Gasol who lead the game with 29 points.  He enjoyed the dimes Kobe dished to him all night.  Lake Show is seeming to score at will...I think its safe to start thinking bout another Boston/L.A series...Healthy Garnet vs. Gasol is gonna be The Matchup, cause Kobe won't be able to do it on his own next Round.

Will Chicago earn their 1st Stanley Cup in 50 years?  Maybe I hope so. They're up 2-0 against the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals!  Chitown Stand up! I'll wait till the final series to start watching..

AFC QuarterBack Rankings:
It's still plenty of time left before the pads come on and who knows some of these quaterbacks probably won't be the starters, but hey here is my list of quarterbacks and how I think they will be ranked by the end of the season:

1. Peyton Manning

2. Ben Roethlisberger

3. Tom Brady

4. Mark Sanchez

5. Joe Flacco
6. Vince Young
7. Phillip Rivers
8. Carson Palmer
9. David Garrad
10. Matt Cassel
11. Matt Schaub
12. Tim Tebow/Kyle Orton
13. Jason Campbell-(Raiders)
14. Trent Edwards
15. Chad Henne
16. Jake Delhoumme

Magic goes down 2-0 and NFC Quarterback Ranking

Rondo and Pierce combined for 54 points in a game 2 that I thought the Magic needed...DWight Howard  picked up a flagarant foul early against Paulie that looked like a UFC move..Vince Carter missed 2 costly free throws at the end that could've put them down 1....
The C's proved to everybody that they are serious. All phases are ticking and they are reminding everybody of the team before K.G got injured.  Rajaun Rondo continues to lead the league averging 10.6 assists per game in the playoffs, while averging 17.8pts per...He's passing and he's gettin to the basket with ease....With Boston hitting on all cylinders O town need to step it up or Get the brooms ready!

Ranking the NFC Quaterbacks:
1.Drew Brees

2.Donovan McNabb

3.Jay Cutler

3.Aaron Rodgers --Tie between these two

4.Brett

5.Matthew Stafford

6.Eli Manning

7.Tony Romo

8.Matt Ryan

9.Vick/Kolb

10.Alex Smith

11.Matt Hassleback

12.Sam Bradford

13.Tony Pike/Jimmy Clausen

NBA Semifinals & LBJ's next home

So as Prince James sit at home after another early exit from the playoffs, some recognizable faces are turning up the heat for the final stretch....Im gonna be brief and to the point

West

Kobe's finger doesn't seem to bother him a bit...Him and Pau Gasol are carrying the Lakers on their backs...After watching the brilliant 20 pt 3rd qtr Phil Jackson knows this act so very well...The Suns can score at a very fast pace and in big spurt but this team is just to much, Lakers win this series in 6

 

East

Boston with the dismantling of the Prince James has him thinking about where he wants to call home next season...Now its Superman's turn! K.G is back and in full swing...With the Big 3 turning on the heat I don't know if the Magic has enough to return back to the Finals...Ray Allen is finding his shot, Rondo turned it on the whole season, and give Pauly a little room and the game is over....Celtics win the series in 7

So Where you going Bron?
Here's my take of where he's more likely to end up!

Chicago--I really don't think he will be willing to go that far into M.J's legacy...There's a lot of pressure he risks putting on himself if he makes this move..Team seems to be in place there with D.Rose running the show...37%

New York--If Amare or Chris Bosh makes the move with him here I think this could be a good move ..42%

Cleveland- He just cant seem to get it done in his backyard...Maybe they are one player away from the missing piece but he cant do it all by himself..it seems that they will be willing to do whatever to keep him there so it is his call......62%

Miami--Now the thought of this team would be a wonderful thing for the NBA..Bron teaming up with DWayde with Pat Riley maybe being back at the Head...May make Phil Kobe get the chills...81%

New Jersey--Jay-Z calls the shot in the Rap game but can he take that to David Stern and The Prince.I know would love to go to one of the games in a couple of years...#BiGTimeMarketing!...26%

Charlotte...The man is running the show now so if he wants to learn from the man MJ himself he will head into this direction...Could put together a good team but I think they may have Insufficient Funds...14%