Yes, I know Drew Brees is good but I think the Saints could do well with out him.  I think the Colts would be a terrible offense without Peyton Manning.  Yes, Reggie Wayne is a good receiver but would Dallas Clark be that good on other teams.  I doubt it.  Yes, Peyton has already one MVP awards and Drew hasn’t but I just think Peyton is more valuable to his team then Drew is and honestly if it was any other year Drew would have my vote but unfortunately both teams are 14-0.

Does anyone thing Lebron will stick with the Cavaliers in 2009-2010 because I sure don’t.  The fact that he hasn’t already signed an extension is pretty much proof he won’t be coming back to the Cavs in 2010-2011.  It has been reported that a Chinese Investment group led by Kenny Huang will buy a 15% share of the Cavs from an investment firm, Katzman’s Camelot Venture Group.

How much less do you think the Cavs are worth without Lebron? 20%, 30% less?  They will definitely no longer be a perrenial playoff powerhouse so if you ask me KCVG sold at exactly the right time if they are getting the full valuation of the Cavs.

I just wanted to share with everyone a great article by one of our bloggers about a mock playoff draft.  It is very well written and it covers everything.  Though I would say 16 teams may cause one too many games as I would probably be more of a fan for 8 teams.

Here is the article at Ramblings from the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist

Alright, its speculation time.  Peter Gammons is leaving Espn after the winter meetings.  Here is a USA Today article.  The weird thing is that in every article I can find there is no mention of retirement.  Here are some guesses:

Top Prospects

• MLB Network:  The MLB needs a huge 2nd year and getting Peter Gammons and Harold Reynolds back together would basically be giving them Baseball Tonight plus Peter could drive people to MLB.com for high quality stories
• NESN:  Takes a pay cut and stays home
• AOL: Tim Armstrong has been very aggressively acquiring writers and after the IPO spinoff he will have plenty of money

Runner Ups

• Yahoo Sports:  They are more like SI.  They develop talent or higher undervalued writers.  Can’t see them giving him a raise that would get him away from ESPN
• Retire:  Just because he hasn’t announced his retirement doesn’t mean he won’t do it
• Radio Show:  Same route as Dan Patrick went

Outside Shot:

• FoxSports:  Unlikely as they seem to be trying to scale back salary
• SI:  Pretty unlikely as they tend to develop talent and not pay top price
• Start his own site:  Very difficult to do and he would likely make more money with any of these options

Long Shot

• Takes a year off and then launches website with Bill Simmons in 2011
• SB Nation:  This is a real stretch but Peter gave validity to reading sports on ESPN.  Now he can give validity by writing columns on SB Nation and promoting their bloggers.  He could then freelance on TV.  SB Nation could give him stock and paying him a solid salary.

Since SportsBlogNet is a place where people can Start their own free sports blog I wanted to come up with some funny names that aren’t being used in case someone is looking for one.  And also include the existing ones. My buddy just launched a site the other day and we came up with the name Woody Paige’s Balls.

I always like sports blogs that make fun of people in sports media and so here would be some favorite names with some taglines:

• The White Jason Whitlock
• The Mariotti Glare:  Jay is always watching
• Tony Reali’s Hair
• Bill Simmons’ Nipples:  ESPN Uncensored
• Reilly’s Reseeding  Hairline
• Ratto’s 2nd Chin
• Ryan’s Ramblings: Need I say more (Bob Ryan)
• Tirico Suave (Already a Blog)
• Kornheisers Cartel (Already a Blog)
• AJ’s Stache
• Leitch’s Sweat
• Stop Mike Lupica:  Daring to Challenge the dullest mind in Sports Writing (Already a blog)
• McIntryre Makeover:  I now have journalistic integrity
• Blez’s Biz: Someone please buy SB Nation so I will be rich

I am sure I am missing plenty of funny names so feel free to add new ones in the comments and feel free to take any of the available names and start a blog.  We would love to read them.