MAKING NOISE...there is a PRINCE in the MOTOR CITY...KNICKS and C's playing BELOW expectations...LOU DENG giving it a go.

MAKING NOSIE for January 24, 2012....the DETROIT TIGERS lose DH/CATCHER Victor MARTINEZ for the Year due to an ACL Tear in Off Season Workouts. So what do the TIGERS do.....they spend over $200 Million Dollars on the NOT the PRINCE of BEL AIR but the PRINCE from the BREW CREW in BEER TOWN USA.

1B Free Agent Prince FIELDER, who is from MELBOURNE FL and resides currently in MOUSE TOWN, signs the 3rd Largest Deal in MLB History today with a 9 Year $214 Million Deal with the Detroit TIGERS which puts them right back on top of the AL CENTRAL and Favorites to compete for the FALL CLASSIC on the JUNIOR CIRCUIT.

FIELDER who batted .299 in 2011 and earned his 2nd SILVER SLUGGER AWARD and 3rd All-Star Game Appearance will be missed in the BREWERS line-up now they are looking at OF Ryan BRAUN 's impending 50-game suspension. Meanwhile PRINCE is looking really good in the TIGERS line-up just with 3B Miguel CABRERA and OF Delmon YOUNG.

Now the PALE HOSE, The TRIBE, TWINkies, and ROYALS have to see this guy over 15 times each a season....LOOKOUT AL CENTRAL.

NBA TEAMS underachieving at this point in the SEASON has to be the KNICKS and the C's without a doubt. The KNICKS have No POINT GUARD but they have STAT and 'MELO which you think would qualify you as NORTH of.500 but it hasn't yet.

The GREEN TEAM...the CELTICS aka the C's have FATHER TIME in the LOCKER ROOM and it is very evident vs younger more athletic teams they just can't stay with those YOUNG LEGS. Now they have Rajon RONDO out for an extended period of time and they look even more DYSFUNCTIONAL with 3rd Year PG Avery BRADLEY who they chose before getting the THUNDER's SErge IBAKA...go figure.

The KNICKS will get Baron DAVIS aka B-DIDDY back soon but he can't even save the KNICKS and what are they. If you ask them to a man they would tell you DON'T KNOW. Coach D'Antoni has an OFFENSIVE System in place where in the EAST and chasing Larry O'BRIEN's it's about the DEFENSIVE END and getting STOPS. the KNICKS for heaven's sake have a rookie PG they have all HYPED Up taking 20 or more shots per game when the Offense should go exclusively through STAT and 'MELO no Questions asked. A rookie let alone who can't shoot so WHAT he PLAYS D D'ANTONI what's O....better start reading the PAPER or something.

Now with the KNICKS at 7-10 and the C's at 7-9 where do they go from here...the TRADE DEADLINE. The C's have SUGAR RAY and the BIG TICKET to offer PIERCE is done for the SOLE FACT he doesn't stay in TIP TOP SHAPE.

Then for the KNICKS who have a couple of pieces in Landry FIELDS and Iman SHUMPERT are they willing to part wiht young talent to go for it all or are they too far away to mortgage the FUTURE? The KNICKS need a WINNER at MSG and not in the 2012-13 season.

The BULLS braced for the worse and got fairly descent news on Forward Luol DENG's Wrist. He has TORN LIGAMENTS and to LOU's Credit has opted not to have surgery but PLAY through the PAIN and knowing the BULLS are going to make a RUN LOU wants to stay pat.

The BULLS have had the INHURY BUG get into the CLUB HOUSE bit with a shortened season and all teams dealing with the INJURIES the BULLS just hope to stay HEALTHY enough to make that run late MAY and early JUNE 2012.

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