A lot of the focus from Gilbert's radio appearance has been on his talk of possibly doing a reality TV Show.  But since that's probably a bad idea anyway, instead let's focus on this exchange about their opinions of the team's uniforms.  Since they obviously got the idea to ask the question from us...or something like that.

In case you can't listen, here are the highlights:

• Gilbert likes the gold uniforms much, much more than the blue ones.
• He'd like to see the team go to a red, white, and blue color scheme if not re-adopt the Bullets package altogether.
• He says that "the girls" (the Mystics) want to go red, white, and blue as well, even though they've never had those colors in their team history.
• He says that the team is going to wearing Zephyrs throwbacks next season, so get used to seeing this next season:

Of course, the shorts will be longer, but you get the idea of what they'll look like.  If anyone has some more pictures of the Chicago Zephyr uniforms, please leave a comment or e-mail us.  For now, let's just hope that Gilbert can use the $16 million that he passed up as leverage to get the team to go back to the red, white, and blue in the not-so-distant future.

With 35% of the vote, Andre Iguodala gets the nod as the player that would be taken had the Jamison trade fallen through in 2004.  Personally, I would've taken Deng and the upside, but you really can't go wrong either way.

Now, for this week's question we take a look at something that was talked about a lot, a few years back with opinions on the matter as wide and varied as anything you'll see come this November.  I'm talking, of course, about our alternate gold uniforms.

(via the always awesome www.sportslogos.net)

In the days and weeks after the uniforms were unveiled, some called the new threads the best in the NBA.  Others said that they were unequivocably the worst uniforms in the league.  And then there were those that thought the uniforms were part of a secret marketing campaign. 

Now that we've had a few years to get used to the new uniforms and what it's like watching them worn on TV and in person, I want to bring up the issue once more.

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Remember how inexplicably awful Nick was in Vegas last month during the summer league?  Well, it looks like we may have just found out why he looked so out of sync.

Ben from Blazers Edge was in Vegas for the SL and recently wrote up a little report on his experiences for Hardwood Paroxysm, and in his report there's a little tidbit that helps clear up why Nick Young was so out of sorts that week:

On the court there is no harmony. There are players who have spots assured. They loaf. There are players who need their names on the back of their jerseys, othewise no one would know who they are. They grind. There is a young men, OJ Mayo, looking to make a highlight film; there is another, Nick Young, looking at the fly honeys. There is a mountain man, Steven Hill, whose beard inspires more cheers than his play; there is a play the game the right way plodder, Josh Davis, who has every white scout over 60 years old wishing him the best. Of course, the same scouts are hesitant to encourage their management to sign Davis, lest they be laughed out of the room.

But hey, look at the bright side, Andray was in Vegas too and he performed quite well.  Maybe next year we can petition the NBA to have the Summer League moved to Philadelphia.

You know, it's kind of funny sometimes.  We devote all sorts of time to talking about the special teams, the linebackers, and everything else.  While they're all important, when all is said and done, it all comes back to #18. 

Sure, Peyton's had some games where he hasn't been at his best and still gotten the W at the end of the day, and there's been other times where he's put on dazzling performances only to have it negated by poor play from the rest of his team.  But many more times than not, if Peyton is successful, so is the rest of the team.  As much as I love guys like Bob Sanders, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Marlin Jackson, Joseph Addai, Gary Brackett, no one has a greater impact week in and week out on whether this team wins or loses than Peyton Manning.

Maybe the previous paragraph is the most "well, duh" paragraph in the history of Stampede Blue, but I think it's important to remind ourselves from time to time that we have (arguably) one of the 5 greatest players of all-time playing for us this season.  With all of that said, this is going to be all I'm space I'm going to devote to Peyton in this preview, because we all know that we're going to get another spectacular season out of him like we do every season.  The start of the season might be a little more sluggish than what we've been used to, but Peyton is way too good to let a bursa sac keep him from playing at an elite level.

Now, as for my predictions and thoughts for what we can expect from everyone else...

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