NBA Hall of Fame

First thing first, congratulations are in order for the Tar Heels who
completely dominated through the tournament to win it all. Tyler Hansbrough is right, the decision to return for his senior year is looking like a pretty good idea after all. Ty Lawson's eight steals set a new final four record. Michigan State fans have nothing to be ashamed of though. They won more games at Ford Field in the Final Four alone than the Lions won all season.

Congratulations are also in order for a former Heel. Michael Jordan was announced as a Hall of Famer along with two of his 1992 Olympic Dream Team teammates David Robinson and John Stockton.

There's never going to be a class this great. In fact, one could argue this is the greatest hall of fame class in the history of sports. Jordan was an icon. Whenever a rising star does anything in the NBA, fans and media start speculating whether or not he's the next Michael Jordan.

At one point, it seemed as though his Chicago Bulls would never win the NBA finals because they had to get by the Detroit Pistons first. It's funny how things work out. Air Jordan eventually earned five regular season MVP awards and six NBA Finals MVP awards.

David Robinson wasn't nicknamed The Admiral for nothing. His leadership skills on and off the court helped establish himself as one the finest centers the game has ever seen. Robinson led a San Antonio Spurs team that went 21-61 in 1988-1989 and turned them into a 56-26 team the following year, earning rookie of the year honors.

Robinson earned the NBA MVP awards in 1995 and 1996 but still was without an NBA finals ring.

The Spurs drafted Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest and he and Robinson were nicknamed the Twin Towers. The two seven footers helped lead San Antonio to its first NBA finals victory in 1999 and later returned in 2003. After winning his second, Robinson retired on top.

Unfortunately for John Stockton, he might just be the best player not to have a ring. Stockton, the all-time leader in assists and steals, along side Karl Malone, lead the Jazz to two NBA finals where they fell short to Jordan and the Bulls.

His name often gets thrown around when discussing best point guards of all time and was a ten time NBA All-Star. Stockton will also go into the hall with his former coach and long time Utah Jazz head coach, Jerry Sloan.

Chicago Cutlers

The Broncos traded quarterback Jay Cutler to Chicago. The Bears gave up their first round picks for 2009 and 2010, and a third round pick this year. All th Cutler talk has the whole league talking, whether it's analysts, players, or team owners, managers and coaches. It stirred up quite a buzz. Here's the reaction from around the league and well, everywhere:
John Madden: "Jay is the Brett Favre of Chicago, unless of course Brett Favre himself goes to Chicago, then Brett Favre is the Brett Favre of Chicago, but if he's not, then it's, I definitely think Cutler is second in line to be the Brett Favre of Chicago."
Daniel Snyder: "Dang it, I fell asleep. I was about to give him more $200 million. Everybody's fired."
Chad Hutchinson: "I hope my records don't get broken. I threw for more yards than interceptions."
Donovan McNabb: "Already, T.O. just got there. Wait, what? Oh, Bills, not Broncos. I didn't know Denver had a team. I just came into this league."
Detroit Lion fans: "Nahh, we're not interested. We need the money for Michael Crabtree. Crap, do we actually have to play them twice a week?"
Jay Cutler: "Sweet, chalk up two wins for me right now."
Brett Favre: "Does that mean his old job in Denver is available?"
Kyle Orton: "What's wrong with playing in Denver?"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: "Hey we need another quarterback. We've only got eight."
Jay Cutler: "I will sell more jerseys than any athlete to ever play in this city and remember, I have a stronger arm than John Elway ever had."
Rex Grossman: "So coach, what do you say I play first half, he plays second?"
Miami Heat: "We retired Alonzo Mourning's jersey. We retired Michael Jordan's jersey as well as Dan Marino's. Should we just go ahead and retired Cutler's as well?"
San Diego Chargers: Sweet, chalk us up as division winners.
Terrell Owens: "Hey, it's T.O., if you want any help writing a book about what went wrong in Denver, give me a call."
Dennis Green: "The Bears are who we though they were!!!!"