Nobody would sign Allen Iverson except a bad, desperate team that is hoping to sell tickets. 

Every day I read a new article about how Kevin Garnett's knee is another symptom that he is on the way out. 

Nobody at all is talking about Tim Duncan despite the fact that the Spurs look GOOD on paper. 

Shaquille O'Neal had to watch Kobe celebrate a championship without him. 

Steve Nash had to watch Shaq steal his reality show idea and just re-signed with a team that nobody expects to do anything. 

Dirk Nowitzki has spent the last several months getting laughed at as the world has found out that his "pregnant" fiance was a really some combo of crazy/criminal/groupie, and now turns out to not even be pregnant.

 Kobe Bryant has spent the last several months watching his triumphant title getting upstaged by the "LeBron in 2010!?!" stories that have dominated the NBA headlines, and on top of that his old nemesis Shaq is joining his new rival.

The world is ready to pass the NBA baton to the next generation, led by King James and Superman Howard.  But I just have a feeling that this is going to be a throw-back year.  I'm looking for the MVP and the championship to reside with someone born in the '70s this season.  Call it a hunch, but I expect the angry old men to represent.