In these depressing times, when your team just looks like what they been the past decade, examples of determination and discipline can be especially inspiring. I want to give Manny Pacquiao his props over his dominating win against Oscar De La Hoya. Pacquiao now solidifies his number one status as the best pound for pound boxer, and a couple more Ws like this should make him one of the top ten fighters of all time.

Before the fight, many of the boxing writers saw the match-up as a joke, thinking that a fighter with height and reach, would be too much to handle for a smaller fighter with speed. Well, just the opposite happened, as Pacquiao's quickness and game plan overwhelmed De La Hoya and put the 35 year old in a position he had never been in his whole career.

In Boxing, the Pacman proved quickness and a great game plan can work if executed correctly. However, in the NBA, this concept does not seem to have the same effect. In Don Nelson's system, the small ball play has proved to work at times, but just not enough to get where his teams ultimately want to covet, which is the NBA title.

I have no doubt in my mind that Don Nelson is a hall of famer. But I think the time has come where either he has to change his style of play to a more defensive oriented team, or just hang up the gloves like De La Hoya should do. The reunion was nice......But I think now is the time to pull the trigger.