Here is a run down of the first round from last night’s 2007 NBA Draft:

1 Portland Greg Oden – C
2 Seattle Kevin Durant – SF
3 Atlanta Al Horford – PF
4 Memphis Mike Conley – PG
5 Boston Jeff Green – SF
6 Milwaukee Yi Jianlian – PF
7 Minnesota Corey Brewer – SG
8 Charlotte Brandan Wright – PF
9 Chicago Joakim Noah – PF
10 Sacramento Spencer Hawes – C
11 Atlanta Acie Law – PG
12 Philadelphia Thaddeus Young – SF
13 New Orleans Julian Wright – SF
14 Los Angeles Al Thornton – SF
15 Detroit Rodney Stuckey – SG
16 Washington Nick Young – SG
17 New Jersey Sean Williams – C
18 Golden State Marco Belinelli – SG
19 Los Angeles Javaris Crittenton – PG
20 Miami Jason Smith – PF
21 Philadelphia Daequan Cook – SG
22 Charlotte Jared Dudley – SF
23 NY Knicks Wilson Chandler – SF
24 Phoenix Rudy Fernandez – SG
25 Utah Morris Almond – SG
26 Houston Aaron Brooks – PG
27 Detroit Arron Afflalo – SG
28 San Antonio Tiago Splitter – PF
29 Phoenix Alando Tucker – SF
30 Philadelphia Petteri Koponen – PG

Craig Biggio made his 3,000th hit last night here in Houston at Minute Maid Park. This huge milestone cements his place in history and greatly increases his chance of being inducted into the hall of fame.

Here is video of the historic event:

For more details on his 3,000 hit, check out this article in the Houston Chronicle.

Congratulations Craig from all of us.

Last night, the San Anotonio Spurs finished their sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers to win their fourth NBA championship since 1999.

First, I would like to say congratulations for a job well done. The Spurs play great fundamentally sound basketball and it wins them championships.

Are they the best NBA team in history?

Well, they are one of only four teams to win at least four championships. The other teams are the Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, and Los Angeles Lakers. Speaking of that last team… the Lakers won three championships in a row from 2000-2002. If they hadn’t split up Shaq and Kobe would the Spurs have won the next few championships?

What do you think? Are the Spurs the best NBA team ever? Are the Lakers the best NBA team ever? How about Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics or Michael Jordan’s Bulls?

Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter for the Detroit Tigers the other day. What a great performance.

For more information on the no-hitter, check out Dana Wakiji first hand account of the event on her blog.

The San Antonio Spurs won game one of the 2007 NBA Finals, by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 85-76. What they did best was take Lebron James out of the game. They basically dared the rest of the Cavs to beat them.

I personally don’t think that the Spurs will be able to hold James to such low numbers (14 points, seven rebounds, four assists) every night, but in game one the Spurs showed why everyone considers the West so much better than the East this year….

The 2007 NBA Championship starts tonight. I think this is a great match-up, between two really solid teams. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

While the Western conference seemed much better than the Eastern conference this year and San Antonio has to be the favorite in this series, Lebron has shown signs of living up to his billing. King James might just win a championship this year.

So who do you think is going to win it this year? The Cleveland Cavaliers or the San Antonio Spurs?