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The lowlight of the evening was (in back to back possessions) Hedo getting stuffed by the rim on a fast-break dunk attempt, and then coming down and bricking a 3 that barely touched the side of the backboard (and no rim).He's really horrible.
This is another thing I've been thinking about. Do you ever remember a player starting all year long and then being squeezed out of the rotation in the playoffs? I don't. Yet I think we both would agree that the Deng-Brewer-Korver trio should get all the SG and SF minutes in the playoffs.
Yeah, I assume if no moves are made that it will be a matching game centering on Brewer's defense and Korver's offense.
The supporting cast of Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and friends really needs to learn to pick up the slack. Pau Gasol can't do everything.On a semi-serious note- I didn't watch the game and I'm just looking at the box score ... how in God's name does a team shoot 45.5% from the floor and only put up 79 points? Did both teams run the shot clock down to one second on every possession or something?Juxtatarot said:
The Lakers did run the shot clock way down on tons of possessions - like under 7 seconds. They also turned it over 16 times. And missed nearly half their free throws.Too bad you missed it, you would have enjoyed Kobe's petulant melt down.
It's not on the front page of espn.com and the article barely mentions it.I guess that's to be expected, though. They could hardly call themselves "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" if they didn't give us wall to wall coverage of Connecticut's women's basketball game moving into what appears to be a tie for the 4th longest NCAA Division I sports winning streak (I can't be sure because nobody, ESPN included, has actually bothered to list them authoritatively). So you'd expect coverage of something as trivial as the NBA to take a back seat.
Well deserved double T's for mouthing off with the ref giving him the run with a nice parting arm motion after the second T. You'd have been proud.What's this "women's basketball" thing you're talking about?
i think they're going to blow up that team. it was just a bad team with a coach who wore out his welcome. he akin to don nelson at this point in the league history. they'll gut the team. i can't believe they're really targeting someone like baron davis though. that just seems counter intuitive somehow.
I'd agree, although I don't know that there's much to "blow up." Given it's Jordan and the Bobcats, targeting Baron Davis makes perfect sense. They'll suck until Jordan isn't involved in any important basketball related decisions.
There is tons to blow up, I just don't think they will find any takers for the contracts of Jackson at 3 years $29 mil, Diaw at 2 years $18 mil Diop at 3 years $21 mil, Carroll at 3 years $12 mil, and Najera at 2 years $5.5 mil. They have to have the worst collection of bad contracts in the league, even the Pistons are laughing at the state of the Bobcats cap. The only good contract on the entire team is Augustin's and he is on a rookie deal. The Bobcats are positioned nicely to win 30-35 games for the next 3 years, and they only way out of their cap restricted hell is to dump contracts with the few assets they have (something like a first rounder with Carroll and Najera or Wallace and Diop for cap space).
To me "to blow up" means you've had a decent level of success with a roster you've put together according to some sort of plan, but have realized you can't get any farther with that roster so you're going to do a total rebuild. Shuffling players (on whatever scale) on a bad team doesn't count as "blowing up" in my book. "To blow up" implies some sort of risk that you might not attain the level of success you had prior to the "blow up."For example, last offseason, had Boston let Allen and Pierce walk, dealt Garnett to bring in younger talent - that'd have been a "blow up." But the Bobcats turning over a crummy roster because they continue to suck - that's not a "blow up." Even Wallace doesn't seem to be worth much anymore.
i don't know. according to the yahoo sports article i read, dj augustin was larry brown's decision. jordan was prepared to take lopez. that could have made them a different team. i like the paul silas selection. he's a players coach and they should respond. i don't think they'll make the playoffs but they just need to not suck for sials to return. even more interesting to me is seeing charles oakley on his staff. i want to see oak do something with tyrus thomas. make a man of him!
don't tell No16 that, ok? he and josh childress are valuable players.
You're right, I'm probably being too hard on Jordan. But his track record for player evaluation to date isn't that good.
I liked his game, but he doesn't seem to be able to stay on the court enough for it to matter.
I don't think it's a matter of Denver accepting the Nets offer, it's the Nets convincing Melo to sign an extension with them.
this is true to some degree. i'm willing to cut him some slack though. it's hard to be jordan the FO guy when you are still jordan. he's still learning the position, i think.
Haha.Gerald Wallace is still a stud in my book and would be a great addition to any team. Why the Magic traded for Arenas/Hedo when Wallace is possibly available makes me baffled. He's still an above average two way player and there are not many of those in the league.
Agree 100%, if Melo agrees to go to NJ there is really nothing that anybody else will/can offer that is close to what they will get from the Nets.
arenas was a great roll of the dice. he might be a knucklehead at times but he didn't cost them anything really in player exchange. why they would want hedo again is beyond me. his nickname when he was played for the spurs was "he-don't"...
To get Davis they would reportedly be trading Augustin, Diop's huge contract and Carroll's terrible contract. I think its clear at this point that Augustin is a solid backup but no more, and they would also dump two terrible contracts... its a risk, but even if Davis continues not to give a ####, they don't lose much.saintfool said:
those bad contracts from charlotte have value themselves. those are the kinds of contracts that help teams broker deal for other players. they could be the 3rd team in a multiteam trade that helps make the contracts work and get a little something for their trouble. you don't give up those bargaining chips up for declining players, like baron davis, who have contracts no one should want to take on.
Exactly. All bad contracts eventually turn into ASSETS in the final 2 years of the deal so you could bail out a GM who made the same mistake, but this time you leverage a potential rotation player.
Well the same time Carroll and Diop's contracts become "assets" so will Davis'. Diop at 7 million dollars a year or Carroll at 4 million have 0 value until 2013 because they aren't even good enough to be a rotation player on a bad team. You guys are silly.
Richardson is way underrated. The TNT guys were suggesting he should be the one that comes off the bench and Turkoglu & Arenas start. He would be the best 6th man in the league, and it wouldn't be close. He should be their #2 option IMO, unless Arenas really turns it around completely (which is a possibility IMO, but not likely).If Turkoglue doesn't show major improvement, I don't see how they can have him in the playoff rotation. Bass, JJ & even Ryan Anderson are as good or better than he is IMO. Not even really sure Turk is better than Quentin Richardson at this point. I understand they had to take him back to get Jason Richardson, but making him a de facto starter doesn't make sense to me.
I was quite stunned to see anyone take Hedo in a trade. He's an end of bench talent now. And I agree he is no better than any of the aforementioned players. JMO he's only going to cost the Magic & get exposed (just because Dwight's back there shouldn't be a excuse that he can't guard & does little else). Just not something you want to learn in the playoffs that the guy isn't anywhere close to the player he was.I do agree with having Richardson/Arenas (one starting/one the 6th man), but agree they've got better options than Hedo to start.
Knicks are 3-3 so far during this stretch.Look at their schedule from Dec 12 to Jan 12.
Sun, Dec 12 vs Denver - Win
Wed, Dec 15 vs Boston - Loss
Fri, Dec 17 vs Miami - Loss
Sat, Dec 18 @ Cleveland - Loss
Wed, Dec 22 vs Oklahoma City - Win
Sat, Dec 25 vs Chicago - Win
Tue, Dec 28 @ Miami
Thu, Dec 30 @ Orlando
Sun, Jan 2 vs Indiana
Tue, Jan 4 vs San Antonio
Fri, Jan 7 @ Phoenix
Sun, Jan 9 @ Los Angeles
Tue, Jan 11 @ Portland
Wed, Jan 12 @ Utah
They maybe get wins vs Indiana and Cleveland (but it is a back to back) and probably steal one somewhere else. What is the next easiest game in there? Playing Miami? @ Phoenix?
Surely serious NBA fans know, but I'm not sure casual fans know him.Of course, I mostly know white people who love to deride the NBA, so I may not have the best compass.By "no one" do you mean "everyone"?
don't you mean Milwaukee reds?
Could be true. I've probably watched more Warriors games than anyone outside of the bay area in the past couple years and I'm always impressed.But it is true that he has to dominate the ball which is why I'm still confused about how he and Curry are supposed to work together. At least this year, Monta has passed to him a couple of times.
Those reds are hideous, aren't they. The green jerseys are a better representation of the nickname.don't you mean Milwaukee reds?
