The Obvious Ones, or the "Lords of the League":

Kobe Bryant

Shaquille O'Neal

LeBron James

Yao Ming

The Veterans who never quite reached that status, but were (extremely) close:

Tim Duncan

Allen Iverson

Tracy McGrady

Vince Carter

Kevin Garnett

Dirk Nowitzki

Steve Nash

Young stars who could one day enter superstardom:

Dwyane Wade

Carmelo Anthony

Dwight Howard

Chris Paul

Kevin Durant

Chris Bosh

Brandon Jennings

Josh Smith (NEW ENTRY!)

Injury prone "big name" stars:

Amar'e Stoudemire

Gilbert Arenas

Michael Redd

Perennial All-Stars who were never superstars and will never be:

Ray Allen

Paul Pierce

Rashard Lewis

Pau Gasol

Jason Kidd

Finally, stars:

Joe Johnson, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Devin Harris, Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams, Andre Iguodala, Rudy Gay Danny Granger, Baron Davis, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo.

Others (status "unknown"):

Greg Oden, J.R. (Earl) Smith, Al Horford, Andrei Kirilenko, Baron Davis

I won't enter the debate about Michael Vick's past criminal acts since I may get emotional. In one sentence, I think this whole thing has been blown up by the media and animal rights activists that it became extremely huge and unfair to Vick since people commit murder and/or rape on HUMAN BEINGS and spend less time than Vick did in jails for dogs.

Anyway. I love Michael Vick, exciting player who hasn't lived up to the hype but has huge, huge talent. And I'm an Eagles fan. I love Donovan McNabb too (and the whole team) and, once again, I think the media is extremely harsh on him. Now the combination of two teams/players I love in Pro Football makes this season very special to me (and it's the very first season I can watch in HD. Cool!)

That's about it.

Fun fact is, it seems that I usually like players/teams that people seem to hate or dislike for some reason. For example, I love Allen Iverson and I still think he's probably on of the best players of all-time, like, top 15. And the media hates him, as most NBA fans do. Why though? Well that's a good subject for another blog! (The same can be said for the likes of Kobe, Terrell Owens and many other athletes...)

I was one of those who learned to play FPS games on consoles, starting with the likes of GoldenEye and Perfect Dark on N64 all the way to Bioshock, CoD4, KZ2 on PS3. (All of that including games like Time Splitters 2, Halo and a handful of others on GCN and Xbox).For me, dual-joystick aiming is the best way to play an FPS since it's the only one I know. It feels precise, quick and natural.

So I get a bit confused when I read gamers write about how horrible console FPSs are and how those games are best suited for PC. Especially since PC gaming has always meant Diablo II, Age of Empire II, Starcraft, Command and Conquer, Dungeon Siege and other (quite old) strategy/hack'n'slash games to me.

Although I remember playing Doom and Duke Nukem more than a decade ago on a PC, I don't recall how the controls felt at all...

I'm sure FPSs play great on a PC with Mouse/Keyboard, but I'll stick with consoles since my only computer is a MacBook pro and I'm a Mac dude.