Jermaine O' Neal

Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks for Jermaine O' Neal and Jamario Moon.
Toronto fans are saying this is a good deal for the Heat. However, I can't help but feel Miami could have done a whole lot better for Marion.

A few good things to note though:
1. Marcus Banks and his awful contract are finally off of Miami's books.
2. Jamario Moon over Diawara on the depth chart.
3. Improved interior defense?

A few not-so-good things to note:
1. The Heat has now two former All-Star centers that are way past their prime. Way past.
2. Downgrade defensively at SF. Who'll be guarding Lebron, Pierce, Lewis, and Joe Johnson now?
3. Bye-bye Carlos Boozer.
4. The Heat just became even more injury prone. If that's even posible.

In the East, you need Marion more than you need a Jermaine. No one can stop Dwight Howard defensively anway and the Heat (Haslem and committee) have done a somewhat okay job against Bosh and KG. Granted Marion has had games where his presence was never felt. But when he decides to turn it up a notch defensively, he's played relatively good defense against the Kobes and the Lebrons of the NBA. After Marion, the Heat has no one that can play a lick of defense at the SF position. And I don't think that Moon is the answer.
I'd be ecstatic at a 17, 8 and 2 blocks from Jermaine. But realistically, I think the Heat just traded for a 13 and 6 guy that will play less than half of the remaining games.
I think Riley pushed this trade for a shot at home court advantage in the playoffs. But at what cost? This does not even guarantee a playoff seeding and it certainly doesn't make the Heat contenders. The Heat can't be in a Win Now mode, right? We are going in the right direction but we are definitely far from that at this point. Could there still be some trades before the deadline?

Just Like Mommy and Daddy

If there was any doubt that she's a rocker, I guess this video shows she's into Rock and Roll just like mommy and daddy. Rock on, baby!



Yeah, Seiichi may like Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, but she still rocks all out to KISS.

Appleseed: Ex Machina

This may be the best animated/CG movie in probably.. ever. I mean I know that's saying a lot. But this movie even rivals Final Fantasy: Advent Children in terms of graphics and style, and way better in terms of characterization, story telling, and cinematics. You can definitely see John Woo's influence on the movie - not just with the birds but with the stylistic gunfights, the slow-motion, and the action.
The only thing is (I know this is a small thing compared to eveything that was grand in this movie, but...) I think the animators were still high from the Sentinel juice they drank while watching Matrix Revolutions. The problem was they KNEW that they were going to get a ton of comments about how the last scene was extremely like the Zion attack - but they did it just like that anyway.