We’d rather just shut it down than to run a boring, poorly updated blog, which is what OTR is starting to become.

We can’t thank all of our readers enough. You guys have all been great and we had a ton of fun playing with everyone. Maybe we’ll do it again some day. We could have just let the blog die slowly and not update it, but that’s not fair to anyone. We thought we would give OTR a proper burial by at least letting everyone know that we are calling it quits.

Memorial services will be held Sunday, December 21st at 2 PM at the Lodi, NJ YMCA.

You can send thoughts and regards to MPerry_77@hotmail.com and MicahW@feverpitchmedia.com.

Happy Holidays to all of those in OTR land!!

Kevin Garnett was huge as per usual. He’s been Boston’s best player every single night. Tonight he went for 26 points and 16 rebounds. Pierce came out of his shell and led the Celtics with 29 points. Pierce has been pretty much MIA on the offensive side of the ball, but he is doing a great job (and spending most of his energy) in defending Lebron. Overall a solid performance by Boston tonight after finding themselves down by 14 points in the second quarter.

Lebron who started hot, cooled down in the third quarter and has yet to really find his game that propelled the Cavs into the NBA Finals last year. He remains the only threat on Cleveland that can score and finished with a game high 35 points.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas had one of the worst shots I have ever seen. From about 17 feet out he decided to turn and shoot a fade-away that almost hit the ceiling. The ball fell a good 3 feet short and there was probably about 10 seconds left on the shot clock. What does Ron Burgundy think about that shot?

PHOTO CAPTION: “Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ shot was a bad choice.”

What is the deal with NBA teams not being able to win on the road this year? Besides Detroit, not one of the other seven teams in the Conference semi-finals has won a road game. Is home court this much of an advantage? Hopefully, Boozer and the Jazz can have a say in this tonight in L.A.

Javon Walker: 6 years, $55 million with $16 million guaranteed. Walker, 29, is still a young player, but has been plagued with injuries. The former first round pick only played in about half the games for the Broncos last year because of an on-going knee injury. Moreover, after game one of the 2005 season, Walker injured his ACL and missed the rest of the season after being placed on injured reserve. Knee injuries = bad in the NFL. Javon is milk.

Ron Burgundy’s thoughts: “Javon Walker was a bad choice.”

Tommy Kelly: Re-signed for 7 years, $50.5 million with $18.125 guaranteed. Another young player with knee problems. Kelly, 27, was undrafted out of Mississippi State and suffered a season ending ACL tear in week 7 last year. Kelly is very versatile and is scheduled to replace the retired Warren Sapp, but a D-Tackle with 13 career sacks with serious knee problems is not worth this money. Tommy is milk.

Ron Burgundy’s thoughts: Tommy Kelly was a bad choice.”

DeAngelo Hall: Traded for, then signed for 7 years, $66 million with $24.55 guaranteed. Hall is 24 year and a former first round pick (8). This guy is a douche. Last year against the Saints he carried a poster of dog killer Michael Vick on the field to show his support for his jail bird friend. He was fined 10K for that stupid act. In 2005, Hall held up a sign that read, “Aloha, see you in Hawaii,” after an interception on Monday Night Football to stake his claim as a Pro Bowl player. Basically, this kid won’t shut up and does stupid things. He has great upside and is one of the best corners in the league with kick return capabilities, but when the Raiders start off winless in their first five games we will definitely hear some noise of stupidness coming from this annoying turd.

Ron Burgundy’s thoughts: “DeAngelo Hall was a bad choice.”

Micah’s Note: I think DeAngelo is completely overrated as a cornerback and not worth any of what Davis gave up for him. He also had sixty-some yards on three consecutive penalties in a game last year. Personal foul type stuff. Way to keep it together.

Justin Fargas: Re-signed for 3 years, $14 million with $6 million guaranteed. With reports surfacing the Raiders might be drafting a running back this year and with them still having Lamont Jordan, Dominic Rhodes, and Michael Bush on the team, OTR thinks this is great. It’s important for a team to tie up lots of money in one position without one of those players being good. Lamont signed a five-year $27.5 million deal in ‘05, Rhodes signed a two-year $7.5 million deal in ‘07, and Bush has some rookie deal. Rhodes likes to drink and drive, and was suspended for four games last year for a substance abuse violation. Bush hasn’t played yet, because he recovered from a broken leg all last year that he suffered in college. Let’s look at this running back core and see what Burgundy thinks.

Ron Burgundy’s thoughts: “Assembling these running backs was a bad choice.”

Gibril Wilson: 6 years, $39 million with $16 million guaranteed. Might as well keep it going, right? Where is all this money coming from? I don’t know, Gibril might be a good player. Half of me thinks we only know who this guy is because he played for the Super Bowl champions and the other half of me thinks Gibril is a stupid name.

Ron Burgundy’s thoughts: “Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.”

Other notables signed: Nnamdi Asomugha (franchised), Drew Carter, Kalimba Edwards, Cornell Green, Kwame Harris, William Joseph, Josh Shaw, and John Wade.

OTR’s Conclusion: This team still sucks. Al Davis needs to sell the team. They are milk.

PHOTO CAPTION: “Adam Eaton was a bad choice.”