Notes: Rockies Gaining my Confidence

The Colorado Rockies front office is starting to gain some credibility in my book. I like what they have done to solidify their young base of talent as they just signed Brad Hawpe to a deal. Read about their off season moves in the Denver Post by clicking the title of this blog. Holiday still may be gone when his contract is up, but I must say the plan they have been preaching for years has worked. 7 years of farm development gave us a run into the World Series. Now expectations are raised, and the front office better keep thier team up to that level of play. I have little doubt they will sell plenty of tickets this coming season, we all know the people of Colorado will whole heartedly support these players, so the team budget should continue to grow with attendance. I see no reason that the Rockies can't be in the hunt of the National League West Pennant on a regular basis for years to come. Like I said expectations have raised.

NBA MVP? Kobe, LeBron? How about CP3? This kid established the New Orleans Hornets as a contender for the regular season Western Conference title! He is an amazing player with the attitude that all of us nuggets fans wish any of our boys had. He makes everyone on his team better. He is averaging 21 points, 11 assissts, 4 rebounds, almost 3 steals per game, with a beautiful .483 fg%. One way I think might help to prove that he makes his teammates better is to take a look at their filed goal percentages: big man Tyson Chandler-61%, David West-47%, Stojakovic-45% and and amazing 46% from 3 point land. Doesn't that say Chris Paul gets the ball to them in the right spots and in the right rhythm? MVP? Well at least we can talk about it.

The Denver Broncos haven't attacked the free agent market like we are used to in the past. Unless by attacked we mean kicked players off their roster. Biggest surprises; they cut WR Javon Walker and OLB Ian Gold. Should we be upset about that? I don't think we'll miss them. Walker may never live up to his talent after that knee injury. No wonder he wanted to get the money while he could; now can we blame him for holding out in the past? Really, Gold is in the same boat, injured down the stretch last season, and really not having the impact the Broncos needed from him before he was hurt. I don't think we'll miss him either. We all know its a tough business and whoever says a guy can not loose his spot because of injury is just clueless. We also say goodbye to Matt Lepsis who retired in Feb, he was old and beat-up. He had a great career. I don't see the Broncos improving much from last year. Spoiled Broncos fans should be ready for some tough times ahead. I'm scared, how will we handle it?