The season has been over for a little while for me. The summer's great, but I would love to be playing for a championship right now or at least for a few more games. We had a very long season, so I guess I'm just going through some post-season withdrawl right now.

I've noticed that there's a lot of hype surrounding basketball right now because of the Finals match up between Boston and the Lakers. To tell the truth, I really don't remember the rivalry between Bird and Magic when it actually happened. I mean, I was only 4 years old so and it's hard to go that far back into my memory banks. The way I really know about it is through documentation Magic, Bird and old game film that they always show.

Another thing I've noticed, is that the fans and people involved with both sides have so much pride and you always hear them representing their sides to the fullest. That made me want to stand up for my city (Dallas, Texas) and let people know where I'm from and that it's a lot of other guys from Dallas in the NBA right now: Kenyon Martin, Ike Diogu, Kurt Thomas, Deron Williams, Acie Law IV, Lamarcus Aldridge and me! And we have two guys in the Draft this year. Shout out to Anthony Randolph and Darrell "Slim Shady" Arthur.

Most of the time people don't know where players are from, but I want people to know where I'm from because I'm proud to be from the south. You always hear about great ball players from Chicago, New York, D.C., Atlanta and L.A. so now you know about our city. Watch out for us. By the time you know it, we'll be in control of the league!

Dallas, Stand Up!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Congrats to Barack Obama!!!!!

P.P.S.S - Thursday June 5'th I will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno working as a correspondent covering media day and reporting live from game 1 of the NBA Finals!