While discussing Byron Scott's head-scratching move to start Ryan Hollins in consecutive games, DocZeus noted "I guess its cool that we now know how a person with no discernible basketball skills would play like if they were suddenly tall." A lightbulb went off! There's the answer. Ryan Hollins is starting for the Cavs because Dan Gilbert has a $1 bet with a mad scientist that he can make some random scrub into a successful basketball player just by making him tall. It's like a sci-fi version of Trading Places with a little Big mixed in for good measure.
Link I absolutely must share: what if Gus Johnson gave us his commentary on great moments in history?
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Timberwolves at Mavericks, 8:30pm: The Mavs are looking to win 18 of their last 19 games. The Timberpoops are missing Kevin Love. What's the point in even previewing this game? Oh, that's right, I have a good reason. I need to share this stat: "The Timberwolves have been outscored by 19.5 points during their skid while committing 20.3 turnovers per game, raising their league-leading average to 17.2." Damn, people. You do realize you're supposed to pass it to the guys wearing the same color jerseys as you, right?
Hornets at Jazz, 9pm: Remember just a couple months ago when the Jazz were a playoff caliber team? Man, that seems like it was so long ago... Damn you, Devin Harris! I'm sure it's all your fault somehow.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQC6oCi78x4
Let's put the Rose vs Rondo debate to an end once and for all.
Rose, Westbrook, Paul, D-Will, Nash. With his shortcomings, Rondo is still amazing at what he CAN do, but again I take major issue with being a liability in the 4th quarter
Oh, and stephanie g: Carmelanoma? Good god, woman. You rock.
Lebron James, '10-'11 Miami +/-: +9.3 on-court, -1.6 off
Lebron James, '09-'10 Cleveland +/-: +10.5 on-court, -5.5 off
Lebron James, '08-'09 Cleveland +/-: +13.7 on-court, -7.3 off
then in overtime, jazz fouled some white guy (hey, i don't watch the new orleans) twice. the announcers kept saying this guy was a 50% FT shooter and yet he made 4 straight FTs. strange strange strange.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjxhhWmnByI
Best of luck to that dude.
To be fair, he's played the most minutes since injuries (West) and incompetence (Robinson, Bradley) have limited his break time. Maybe this is the result of him breaking down from the wear and tear.
Either way Rose is by far the better point guard and there's nothing anyone from Boston can say to change anyone's mind.
The Jazz have to be cursed though. That Okafor shot....
If Rondo is serious about his career, he should spend 4 hours a day this summer just shooting jump shots from the free throw line and out. I'm sure Ray Allen can help too!
Still, at least the Celts got Troy Murphy, right?
WV : rumenes (Tony will sleep with your wife in many rumenes in many hotels)
wv: winedles. if shawn kemp winedles, karl might be known as an even better coach
Iguodala - 6
Brand - 4
Hawes - 4
Meeks - 6
Holiday - 7
Williams - 12
Young - 11
For the cHeat?
James - 14
Bosh - 14
Dampier - 4
Wade - 19
ZEROES THE REST OF THE COLUMN DOWN.
Fucking pathetic.
wv: diblaymp as in "Hey Tattoo, do you see 'de plane, de plane'?" "No boss, I'm too busy looking at diblaymp!"
8:48 left to go in the 2nd quarter between Memphis and Chicago. Memphis already has 7 players who have scored, Chicago has 8.
I love me some white panther.
http://www.dailythunder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PerkSerge.png
Andre Miller gets an easy layup.
Manu airballs a 3 pointer.
The Spurs get a defensive rebound, but Andre Miller steals the ball from Parker at midcourt then scores.
Manu coughs up the ball trying to dribble out the clock, the Blazers take it the other way and eventually get 2 free throws from Nic Batum.
Spurs call timeout with .9 left to advance the ball. For some reason, Steve Novak, who hadn't played to that point, is the inbound man and he throws the pass out of bounds.
Then, in a lesson how to not defend a sideline out of bounds play, the Spurs allow Batum to run uncontested to the rim for the winning lob.
And a quote of the night
Popovich was asked about the [inbound] play’s execution.
“Yeah, we wanted to throw it straight out of bounds without anybody touching it,” he said
http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2011/03/trail_blazers_mind-boggling_co.html
Yes.
"Suns center Robin Lopez might have had the worst stat line of the season. Playing just four minutes, Lopez had no points, four fouls and a technical foul while complaining about an over-the-back call. Even after the Suns lost Gortat to his injury, the Suns stayed with a small lineup to match the Hornets."
And the Craptosaurs give up 138 points to Golden State? Sweet merciful Jesus. Might have to wear a paper bag to the Cleveland game.
But Rondo falls short by that definition. Because while he makes stunning penetrations, can finish at the rim and sets up teammates, etc, he turns the ball over frequently (which a great PG should not do). He's not a great one on one defender. And while he makes lots of steals, I've always been very suspicious of that as a rating of defense, because most steal attempts by definition leave a potential gap in your defense if you fail. Iverson was good at stealing as well, but was he a good defender? No. So some stealers do it without undue risk to their teams' defensive schemes, and others sacrifice their team defense for personal stats, in a Chamberlain-like manner. I can't say which Rondo is. I like the guy. He is a good PG who adds a critical element on a team that suffers defense droughts; they need his creation. But with the poor shot, the poor FTs, average defense and too many turnovers for a PG, he can't even be in the best PG discussion. His rebounding is stellar for a PG, of course, but that's icing. It's the one thing you DON'T need from a PG.
I'll go further. For similar reasons I don't think Jason Kidd should be a hall of famer. He was never great defensively, and his shooting percentage was always a liability. Players simply forget that a miss is like half a turnover. If you shoot with appreciable volume at low percentage, you are harming your time.
Other guys get their steals by playing good fundamental defense, staying on their guy, and getting a hand on the ball when the offensive player gets a little careless with it. They get steals from double teams. They get steals by putting pressure on the offensive player and getting him to make a mistake. The Nuggets' Ty Lawson does this; he's averaging close to 2 steals per game since the Melo trade.
Rondo is kind of in between. Some of his steals are the result of good tight defense, and some are the result of leaving a guy open to play the passing lane. I'd be careful not to overrate him due to the high numbers, nor underrate him due to the fact that steals don't matter. He's an adequate defender, but not a great one. And, of course, the turnovers, poor shot, and poor FTs take him way out of the "best pg" discussion.
This guy is a freak. If he plays like this in the playoffs, Bulls are a lock for the Finals.
He is a 7ft "big" that rebounds like a grandmother in a wheelchair. His offensive game is vastly overrated, and don't start me on his 'defense'. Besides, "the Lopez twins" sounds like some porn featuring coked out hookers waiting to happen. Both of those guys are jokes.
it just blows my mind that right before the stern era, this same league enacted the stepien rule to protect teams from bad management. i am surprised this hasn't been repealed yet, to encourage big markets to get a decade's worth of lottery picks from struggling teams.
Instead, the Knicks have lost 12 (winning 7) and the Nuggets have won 12 (losing 4). Wow.
On having his broken nose reset without medication: "It was my fault. I should take an injection. It was painful. I don't want to use bad words. I had dirty pants almost."
On having his nose broken by running into the back of Steve Nash's noggin: "I was playing with Dwight Howard and I was playing against Shaq and a lot of big guys in the league. None of these guys hurt me that bad. All of a sudden, there's this one guy -- 5-5 tall, maybe 5-5 and a half, 170 or -80 pounds who doesn't eat meat. The guy just broke my nose. It's funny."
I remember those Nets playoff runs through the Leastern Conference at its absolute low point. I remember a lot of Kidd pull-up threes that didn't fall. You could argue that he carried those Nets teams, and it's true. I'd just point out that the teams didn't suck as much as most thought, and they were running through a terrible Eastern conference with little real competition (they we 49 and 52 win teams those two years). They had Dikembe Mutombo in 03 (which probably explains any success against the Spurs that year). Look, in 02 they went through the Pouty Pierce-Antoine Walker Celtics in the Eastern Finals to get swept by the Lakers. In 03 they went through the Sheed-less Pistons, though I'll grant you that they won two off of the Spurs in the Finals (and it didn't reflect the Spurs' dominance: NJ won those two games by 2 and 1 pts, while 3 of the Spurs wins were double digits). And don't get me started about the sixth player the Spurs fought in that series: the officials.
Meh, I'm torn. I recognize that Kidd was a top PG at his peak of a few years. Was he HOF material? Maybe, maybe not. I think a lot of people are entranced by the Triple Doubles, especially the rebounding. Just because Kidd filled the stat sheet doesn't make him an all-time great. Yes, I have a deep respect for a guy who contributes in categories typically outside of his position's "job description." But he also hoisted a lot of bad shots, and while a big, strong PG who could work the post, could be blown by pretty easily on the perimeter, i.e. a bit of a defensive liability. I certainly don't see him as first ballot. I do think he'll get in, but I'm not convinced that is appropriate. And I don't see him as good as most people think.
How much of Steve Nash dies inside every single night thanks to trades like the one that gave him Vince Carter?
Did you know that since Vince Carter joined the Suns, there have been massive political upheavals in Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and currently in Libya. I'm just saying...
But he's getting in and he will get in as soon as he is eligible. And hey, his legacy isn't done yet. By some chance if Dallas wins it all, it really strengthens his legacy
I must say, Houston is a Yao away from being really really good.
Celtics doing their best to avoid the Knicks in the playoffs?!
When's the last time a team needed three 30-10 games from it's players?
I'm thinking we're gonna see a lotta games like that as the Heat grow over the years.
Gortat broke his nose Friday night when he turned to run upcourt in the third quarter and smashed it into the back of Steve Nash's head. He said it bled for 15 minutes in the locker room and he was not cleared to return to the game, which the Suns lost with his absence hurting them.
"I don't see any reason why I shouldn't play," Gortat said. "If I'm going to have a big headache or if I'm going to get dizzy, that's the only case I wouldn't.
"It's better that it's my nose than my knee. In the worst case, I'm going to be out 48 hours, not six months."
He had the nose reset Saturday, opting to have it done without medication.
"It was my fault," he said. "I should take an injection. It was painful. I don't want to use bad words. I had dirty pants almost."
Gortat said he would play with his nose taped because he refuses to wear a mask, knowing another hit could require off-season surgery.
Paul Coro @ Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2011/03/26/20110326phoenix-suns-starting-lineup-changes.html#ixzz1HrS4usxL
I was told, he is no longer the focus and Spurs don't need him to win the games and blah blah blah,
Well without him they lost three straight games. I wonder what excuse would be used now. As much as I hate Spurs, I do realize how awesome Duncan is and he is the one representing their Dynasty not Parker of Manu. Sheesh.
Sidenote, Spurs don't deserve this. They didn't scream they were going to win 8 titles in a row after flipping the bird to a 60 win team (Miami), or win 4 with an assistant coach and media-picked MVP (Chicago), or even arrogantly yell that they would have won a title with a healthy starting five, then ship the starting center to the Man who robbed Seattle (Boston).
Anyway, for reference, the 2009 Lakers met the Rockets in the second round after sweeping them 4-0 in the regular season. They needed seven games to beat Houston without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady because Aaron Brooks burned them at will and Luis Scola and Carl Landry (now with the Hornets) seemed to grow six inches and were better rebounders than Pau Gasol. And let's face it - Trevor Ariza is the stable version of Ron Artest, with just as bad an instinct for taking a shot (not tonight, that was Berlinerri). You'd think that without David West, the Hornets would get crushed on the boards, and Chris Paul is certainly a better PG than Brooks.
The similarities are very eerie, indeed. Just saying...
SportsCenter said the last time a trio all had at least 30-10 was back in 1961 when Big O, Embry, and Twyman on the Cincinnati Royals lost to the Philly Warriors. Wilt Chamberlain had over 50 points and 30 rebounds in that game though haha.
Must be furtstarting for Anaconda.
NOLA doesn't have any effective wing defenders to slow Kobe, nor do they have any effective post defenders for Bynum, Gasol, or Odom. And one more thing - this Laker team has won two championships since that series. These players know what it takes.
His shooting obviously needs some work but at the end of tight games, that i've seen, on inbound plays when the other team is looking for them to foul, Rondo generally is the one passing it in taking out his free throw liability.
Jason Kidd:
# 4× All-Defensive First Team (1999, 2001–2002, 2006)
# 5× All-Defensive Second Team (2000, 2003–2005, 2007)
But I'm sure your assessment of his defense is more valid than that.
Their next chances to avoid (tying?) a historically bad road record are tonight at Utah (on a 5 game losing streak and in 11th place. "Playoffs, baby"?), Sunday at Charlotte followed by Indiana (both fighting for the 8th seed in the east) and Boston.
Their final game of the season will be at Cleveland, the only team they managed to beat on the road this year.
please don´t talk about the leagues definition of defense...
they gave DPOY awards to marcus camby and dwight howard
And I never said he wasn't an excellent ballplayer. I just questioned hall of famer. Apparently Reggie Miller isn't good enough to get on the final ballot, just to give you some perspective on that particular issue. So Kidd as first ballot when Miller isn't even on the ballot? I don't think so. Didn't Reggie carry similar teams deep into the playoffs? And what credit do some of the most exciting moments in basketball make? I was watching that game where Miller scored 8 points in the last 13 seconds. I had dirty pants almost.
Meh. 'Tis always the case when a player fails to get a ring. Maybe we should look at their achievements in the absence of another potential hall of famer playing with them in their prime? Then both Reggie and Kidd are first ballot, right? And Ewing.