Butler will be heavily missed by Washington

The majority of the coverage over the next two weeks will sort of be on the fly. Despite Boozer’s absence over the course of the past three games with a strained right calf, Utah has simply stayed the course. I remember texting my friend in the beginning of December, asking if he thought the Thrashers had a chance at the Southeast Division.His response: "You serious?"Turns out he was right.I gave the Thrashers a lot of credit early on in the year.They've since fallen back down to earth, and in their almost God-given place outside the playoff picture. Our maximum is third-best, with our home ground having turned into a gift shop charitably giving out free goodies to our biggest rivals. Also, the Bulls have no inside force that can consistently score baskets, so Rose can't feed it to anybody close to the basket and expect consistent points.So if he can't trust his teammates to score wide open threes and to make shots inside, what does a point guard do? He scores himself.Derrick Rose had an injury at the beginning of the year He didn't perform well at the start because of that injury.

Randy Foye and Mike Miller will stay at the starting guards.Butler will be heavily missed by Washington. He may be a bit undersized, but he makes up for it with quickness and motor. Also it would contribute in developing NFL referees too. It would also give football fans more football to watch, when the NFL season is done. Justin put up very good numbers registering 37 tackles and the year before that he put up 56 tackles and one sack.

And with Travis Outlaw, he may be the starting small forward but I think he'll be the backup for Rasual Butler most probably.As for Portland, they can be powerful in the paint now. During media day at Daytona International Speedway Dale Jr. Success from these two will be crucial, especially if Gonchar looksdepleted after the Olympics.ForwardsThe Pens are heralded for having the best third line in the NHL and it only takes one shift to understand why: their tenacity. A Holliday signing requires no justification.Holliday, in my view, was the only investment the Giants should have made this offseason with the exception of Bengie Molina. If the Giants want to invest in free agency, fine.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan will make up the group, but in reality neither have a chance of qualification.The German's should top the group even though their matches against their three rivals will be tight affairs as the Kazakh's and Azerbaijani's are likely to take points off the unprepared. The Yankees latest bargain pick-up is SanFrancisco Giants OF RandyWinn.Pending only a physical, 35-year-old Winnwill be a Yankee for one-season, earning $2 million dollars.Winn’s 2009 season was one of his worst,hitting only two home-runs, 51 RBI, with 93 strike-outs and a .263batting average in his538 at bats for the Giants.Acquiring Winn does nothing for the Yankeesin terms of adding talent, other that he can play in all three OFslots. The only notable example in his past is Ashley Cole, who came of age as a rampaging left-back at Crystal Palace over a decade ago. Mikael Silvestre also plays alongside Thomas Vermaelen.If these two can shackle Darren Bent, the Gunners will go a long way towards achieving a result this afternoon.The hard work starts now, a win will put Arsenal within two points of Manchester United, and they could even send a message with an emphatic victory against the Black Cats; akin to Chelsea?s 7-2 drubbing of Steve Bruce?s side in January.Even if that doesn?t happen?and it probably won?t?a victory is absolutely vital for Arsenal if they are to claim the Premier League crown.Time for Arsenal?s youngsters to demonstrate their character and maturity..