Late last night, reports that Marcus Camby will be a Trail Blazer in exchange for Travis Outlaw, Steve Blake and Cash.  Here are details about each player

CAMBY - Will be 36 in March… 7.7 ppg - 12.1 rpg - 1.9 bpg… $9.65 mil this year, expiring contract.

BLAKE - 7.6 ppg - 4.0 apg - $4 mil this year, expiring

OUTLAW - 9.9 ppg - 3.5 rpg (11 games) - $3.5 mil this year, expiring

Initially, I really like this deal, should it happen.  In fact, I love it.  We know Kevin Pritchard isn’t going to make a deal just to make one.  The roster as it is right now (before the trade) is NOT going to be able to compete in the post season.  They can get there, but that’s about it.  Adding Camby changes that.

WHY I LIKE THIS DEAL -

-You have a legit center.  After losing both Oden and Przybilla they don’t have anyone in the middle.  Camby brings rebounding, and toughness that the team lacks right now.  Not to mention his defensive presence in the paint.  Yes he is aging, but yes, he can absolutely improve that defense and front court.  He won’t score a ton, and won’t need to.

-LaMarcus Aldridge can be himself.  This give LA a chance to stop worrying about the possibility of being a combo F/C, and the pressure of him needing to be the man defensively and on the boards will allow him to be the 4 that he needs to be.

-Experience.  The one thing the Blazers lacked last season was experience.  They added Miller, that helps…. they added Howard…. ok, more age but not a huge piece… Camby has been on playoff teams and has played in the finals (99 with NYK)

- Clearing up PG log jam.  Andre Miller is clearly the best PG on the team, and is becoming a go to option, especially in Roy’s absence. You get rid of Blake, opening up more playing time for Jerryd Bayless who is starting to prove himself as a scorer, but needs to be more consistent.

-Depth.  You NEED depth in the front court.  Juwan Howard is old, and you need another body in there to take more of the minutes, and make Howard what he is and should be, a role player.

WHY I DON’T LIKE THIS TRADE

-You essentially lose the best passer on the team in Blake.

-When healthy, Outlaw in my mind, is the #2 option to take a big shot at the end of a game behind Roy.

Should this deal happen, I love it.  After this season, you have 3 contracts coming off the books Camby (9.65 mil), Darius Miles (9 mil), Howard (1.3 mil).  More to come later….

Again, here is the sports geek coming out in me.  I love the Super Bowl, everything about it.  As I said before, I’m like a goldfish, and I get excited by bright colors and shiny things.

The Colts will be wearing their standard home uniforms this year:

While the Saints will be wearing their traditional road unis…

Both uniforms are clean, and classic.  I was hoping the Saints would wear their black pants, I like those better, but these still look good.  No team has ever worn black pants in the Super Bowl.  It should make for a very aesthetically pleasing game.  I also love top 5 lists.  Here are my top 5 uniform matchups in the Super Bowl.

5 - Super Bowl 42 Giants vs Patriots.

It was a classic game, with an outstanding red/white/blue theme, which you will see as a pattern here in the top 5.

4 - Super Bowl 30 (and 10 and 13) Cowboys vs Steelers

Two classic uniforms, look great on the same field.

3 - Super Bowl 27 Cowboys vs Bills.

This game sucked, and I hate the Cowboys, but it was at least colorful.

2 - Super Bowl 3 - Colts vs Jets

This game changed the landscape of the NFL, and it was great to look at.  Clean classic unis (my favorite style) makes for great TV.

1 - Super Bowl 25 Giants vs Bills

Best game ever, best logo ever, best color combos ever. red/white/blue them always works for me.

Since the NFL started adopting logos with Super Bowl 17, every year, the Super Bowl logo is bright, colorful, and has part of the city the game is in woven into the logo.  Well, that will change starting with Super Bowl 45 next year in Dallas.  The league unveiled the logo this morning beginning a new standard that will remain the same every year.  They want the logo to be an emblem of the league, to show how important this game is.  I don’t like it.  I liked the unique logos year after year.  It was fun to see the different color patches on the jerseys.  This more generic look doesn’t work for me.  Here it is:

It has Cowboys Stadium embedded into it, which it will every year, but its just plain silver.  It looks classy, but no bright colors, nothing fun about it.  In memory, below are my top 5 favorite Super Bowl logos.

5 - Super Bowl 31 - Packers vs Patriots, New Orleans

I’m not a huge fan of the colors, but it’s very New Orleans with the purple and turquoise.  It looks like a party favor, which is very fitting.  It was a little better than a mediocre game, the Pack won it 35-21.

4 - Super Bowl 32 - Broncos vs Packers, San Diego

The nautical look works for San Diego.  Lots of bright colors, worked well on both uniforms as a patch. The game was as good as the logo, Denver winning 31-24.

3 - Super Bowl 27 - Cowboys vs Bills, Pasadena

Any time you can incorporate the roses of Pasadena, it makes for a great logo. Too bad the game couldn’t match, with Dallas winning 52-17.

2 - Super Bowl 36 - Patriots vs. Rams, New Orleans

The logo was actually changed from a New Orleans theme to the America theme after 9/11.  It’s a classic red white and blue look, and with the timing of it, they pulled it off perfectly.

1 - Super Bowl 25 - Giants vs. Bills, Tampa

The best game is also the best logo.  Silver anniversary, classic look.  Not much more to say. The Giants of course, winning 20-19 on Scott Norwood’s missed FG.