Andrew Bogut Sidelined for the Next 2 games

The Golden State Warriors center will be sidelined for the next two games after he suffered tendinitis in his knee after the team's victory against Minnesota. Due to the tendinitis, he will be re-evaluated Monday.

The two games he'll miss will be against the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans. Bogut will be missed against a defensive minded center in Tyson Chandler and an early MVP Canidate in Anthony Davis. Coach Steve Kerr will have to rely on Festus Ezili and Marreese Speights to anchor the paint in his abscence. 

The two games Andrew will miss is the least that Warriors fans expect him to miss. Hopefully the two games will be the max as the Dubs will have to travel to the "Grind House" to face Memphis and then go back home to host the red hot Thunder. The next stretch of four games will be a test for the best team in the NBA. 

Luckily, Coach Kerr has options, with the defensive skills of Ezili and gain some offense from Speights. He also has the alternative of switching back to "small ball" and playing Draymond Green at center which proved to work well against Houston in their victory Wednesday night.

                                  

                                     

Cespedes Headed to the Motor City

  

          

Yoenis Cespedes is headed to his third team this year. On Thursday afternoon multiple reports had him going to Detroit in exchange for starting pitcher, Rick Porcello.This is an equal echange for both the Red Sox and the Tigers as Boston was looking for a new ace after losing out in the Jon Lester sweepstakes. While Detroit was looking for another big bat to help compliment the former Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. 

In addition to Yoenis heading to Detroit, Boston also gave up right handed reliever Alex Wilson along with right handed pitcher Gabe Speier according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports. Within the past two days the Red Sox have bolstered their lineup with two experienced pitchers, Porcello and Wade Miley from the Diamondbacks. These two proven pitchers should improve a lineup in which most people called an inexperienced lineup a season ago. 

As for the Tigers, according to general manager Dave Dombrowski via Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports, the Tigers are no longer pursuing Max Scherzer. The former Cy Young winner is seeking a contract up to $200 million and it proved to be too high of a demand for the Tigers. Letting go of Porcello and no longer negotiating with Scherzer may leave the Tigers with a rotation not as strong as what used to be considered the deepest rotation in baseball.

Justin Verlander is also a concern as he proved to struggle this past year while David Price is going to be a free agent after the 2015 season. To sum up the pitiching problems for the Tigers, Anibal Sanchez suffered multiple injuries that kept him on the DL a number of times in 2014. As today's trade filled some holes on both teams' rosters, the Red Sox and Tigers still have some work to do this offseason.