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2010年9月30日木曜日
Grizzlies add Luke Jackson, Tre Kelley, Kenny Thomas and Damien Wilkins to training camp
The Memphis Grizzlies added free agents Luke Jackson, Tre Kelley, Kenny Thomas and Damien Wilkins, who collectively add 21 years of NBA experience to their 2010 training camp roster, Grizzlies General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Wallace announced today.� Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Jackson, a 6-7, 215-pound [...]
Jackson, a 6-7, 215-pound [...]
Boozer should be big help for Bulls
John Jackson of the Chicago Sun-Times writes:
With Boozer as a viable option in the low post, teams no longer can gang up on Rose on the perimeter. When the ball is thrown in to Boozer, opponents now will have a choice to make — double-team Boozer or let him operate one-on-one in the post.
If teams [...]
With Boozer as a viable option in the low post, teams no longer can gang up on Rose on the perimeter. When the ball is thrown in to Boozer, opponents now will have a choice to make — double-team Boozer or let him operate one-on-one in the post.
If teams [...]
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Nikola Pekovic: Best tattoo in the NBA ? no, the Universe
Media day in the NBA gave a lot of newbies, unknowns and ubiquitous presences (see coverage of Miami Thrice schmoozing at right) alike the chance to know and be known. Minnesota Timberwolves fans and players alike are well enthusiastic about their new addition Nikola Pekovic, who?s already generating hilarious quotes from his teammates with just [...]
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NEW Basketball Drill for Full Court Pressure (Video)
Check out our new basketball drill & video that covers a full court pressure drill. The player practices finishing on offense and transitioning to full court denial defense.
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Pistons seek big-man
Terry Foster of the Detroit News reports:
The Pistons are loaded with guards but are thin up front. They re-signed 14-year veteran Ben Wallace, who was their best frontcourt player last season. Rookie Greg Monroe is a 6-foot-11 big man out of Georgetown who has a nice passing touch but is rough around the edges offensively. [...]
The Pistons are loaded with guards but are thin up front. They re-signed 14-year veteran Ben Wallace, who was their best frontcourt player last season. Rookie Greg Monroe is a 6-foot-11 big man out of Georgetown who has a nice passing touch but is rough around the edges offensively. [...]
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Four-Team Trade Featuring Carmelo Anthony Put On Hold
There has been some very exciting news in the past 24 hours. It features progress coming in a possible four-team trade that would send Denver Nuggets’ star small-forward Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets.
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
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Get Started on Your Outdoor Court
If you are among the many people who love basketball, then one of the first thing that you may want to have in your home is your own backyard basketball court. With this, here are the steps that you should follow in order to install a backyard court like those other enthusiasts who have outdoor courts as well.
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Layups: Former Track Stars Turned Pro in Other Sports
Although it's barely pertinent from a basketball perspective (Willie Sojourner, Fred Sheffield, and Walt Davis -- who apparently was a world-record-holding Olympic high jumper before his rather mediocre NBA career -- are the only hoops names on the list), Heimo Elonen has compiled a neat list of pro football, basketball, and baseball players who were [...]
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2012 Q&A: Sean Sheldon
I recently got a chance to chat with Sean Sheldon, a 2012 big man out of Traverse City.� Sean is a versatile big man whose recruitment started really picking up at the end of this summer.� Sheldon also really impressed at Michigan’s elite camp.� Here’s what Sean had to say: Describe your game. I like [...]
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Four-Team Trade Featuring Carmelo Anthony Put On Hold
There has been some very exciting news in the past 24 hours. It features progress coming in a possible four-team trade that would send Denver Nuggets’ star small-forward Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets.
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
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Eric Gordon loved his summer international experience
The AP reports:
Eric Gordon got a whole lot more than a gold medal from his summer in Europe with the U.S. national team.
The Clippers’ soft-spoken guard also learned with certainty that he really can play with the world’s best. Gordon was the fourth-leading scorer and a key defensive player for the U.S. team, silencing critics [...]
Eric Gordon got a whole lot more than a gold medal from his summer in Europe with the U.S. national team.
The Clippers’ soft-spoken guard also learned with certainty that he really can play with the world’s best. Gordon was the fourth-leading scorer and a key defensive player for the U.S. team, silencing critics [...]
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Tuesday Bullets
- Steve Nash says some sunny things, but there's no getting around the word "deficiencies" that he used in discussing the Suns roster.
- Tony Parker seems to think Tim Duncan's clock is ticking pretty loudly.
- What would Red Auerbach make of advanced statistics? A lot of the new metrics employed today address the exact concerns he had with old statistics.
- To go up on the tippy toes or not? Analyzing the free throw shooting of some of the best: Steve Nash (tippy toes), Ray Allen (no tippy toes), Dirk Nowitzki (tippy toes) and Chauncey Billups (no tippy toes).
- Just because Tiago Splitter has played in Europe does not mean he shoots 3s.
- Kendrick Perkins does not know how to concede ground, even if that ground is his spot in the starting lineup.
- The NBA knows all about a Tom Thibodeau defense, but what about a Thibodeau offense? Early word is he wants to run, and failing that, get it in the post. Sounds great. Also sounds like the kind of thing everybody says, but saying it does not make it so. On that note, the Cavaliers are also talking about run run running.
- Jerry Sloan sounds like a guy who is not happy that the rules say teams can only hold one contact practice per day.
- Royce Young of Daily Thunder on media day: "I found it interesting that the players came in one-by-one to be greeted by the media. Typically, two or three come in at a time and there are different players in different areas. This time, it was one at a time. And to kick things off was Tweedy Carter, which made for some awkward moments as everyone in the room tried to figure out who that is."
- Chris Douglas-Roberts assures everyone there are no character issues or egos in the Bucks locker room. So that's reassuring.
- The Amway Center will soon be the gold standard in NBA arenas. A sneak peek.
- Rip Hamilton says (via Piston Powered) "the more scorers we'll have, the better we'll be" and somewhere a vein pops out of David Berri's forehead.
- Rudy Fernandez says he prefers the style of play in Europe, and when his contract is over in the NBA in two years, he will probably return. He says he does not want a trade, but prefers to return to be with his family. Not sure how this becomes a happier story, unless that guy can embrace the challenge of learning to feel at home in the country where he signed the four-year deal.
- For all their lack of talent, the Pistons also have a crowd at the perimeter positions, and everyone's wondering how John Kuester will hand out minutes between Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Ben Gordon, Austin Daye, and Tracy McGrady.
- There's an anecdote in Jack McCallum's Seven Seconds or Less where an NBA player can't understand why a team trainer won't buy himself a $300,000 car. Here's a chart showing that most people don't understand how little money the rest of the world has.
- David Simon, the guy who made "The Wire," a race-rich TV show that captivated the NBA for a while there, won a MacArthur Genius grant. That's sort of like being named an All-Star, only instead of a paid vacation and some swanky parties, you get $500,000.
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2010年9月29日水曜日
NBA Star/Goat of the Week ? Week 21
NBA Star of the Week – Chris Paul Don’t look now but the Hornets are back on top in the West Chris Paul - Paul is making a strong push for MVP, leading the Hornets to a 5-game winning streak and the top seed in the Western Conference.� New Orleans has won 7 of 8 [...]
Yormark: Nets need new culture, more exposure in Russia, maybe new name
New Jersey Nets CEO/president Brett Yormark was recently in boss Mikhail Prokhorov?s hometown of Moscow in order to conduct a little team business ? no, not searching for prospects but more mundane stuff like discussing getting more Nets games on Russian TV. Happily, he took the time to give a quite extensive interview with Russia-based [...]
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Warriors name Keith Smart head coach
The Golden State Warriors announced today that Don Nelson has relinquished his head coaching duties and that Assistant Coach Keith Smart has been named his successor.� Smart, 46, will become the 23rd head coach in franchise history and the 18th since the team moved to the West Coast prior to the 1962-63 season.
?We feel that [...]
?We feel that [...]
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For Heat, an L.A. story
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LeBron James and Dwyane Wade began Miami Heat training camp on a military base.
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Ask the prognosticators and they’ll say there’s a good chance that the Miami Heat’s season will end in L.A., as a result of both teams making the NBA Finals.
A lesser known fact is that the Heat’s campaign is also starting in L.A.�-- the other L.A., that is, which stands for Lower Alabama in the southern vernacular. It's so named for this stretch of Florida’s far greater cultural and geographic proximity to its northern neighbor than to the bright lights of South Beach, nearly 600 miles away.
“Miles away” is a good description for where the Heat stand too, compared to where they were in recent years.
Less than eighteen months ago the Heat played a seventh game in the playoffs and I was the only national media member in attendance. Today the Heat had a training camp practice in a small city in a different time zone, and I was one of about 75 people covering it�-- including several from my own company.
When the media came on to the practice court, some players were stunned at the conga line of people that kept filing in.
“I didn't know it was going to be like that,” said Udonis Haslem. “When the door opened I expected five or six guys like we usually do back home. I forget I have to [multiply] that by a hundred.”
This is different from anything the Heat have ever experienced before. It’s different, for that matter, from anything just about any team without Michael Jordan on it has experienced before. Not even major market powerhouses like the Lakers and Knicks have drawn mobs of this size to chronicle their daily grind. (And for those of you who will tell me that you’re sick of the Heat already, unfortunately your actions belie your words. I could write about Dwyane Wade’s choice of dental floss today and there’s a good chance it would lead our site in eyeballs.)
As a result, there’s an odd circular effect: One of the biggest stories of the Heat’s coming season is how they deal with all of us.
And by “us,” I include those of us that aren’t necessarily in this to break down box scores. With the Heat crossing into rock star territory, stars like Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh are now in the crosshairs of assorted peepers and paparazzi. Heck, their backups might be too.
Which takes us back to the decision to come here in the first place. With eight new faces on guaranteed contracts, including two rather important ones in Bosh and James, and an unprecedented avalanche of media attention, perhaps no team has needed a remote getaway more than this one.
That’s what led the Heat to their current quarters at an on-base lodging hotel at Hurlburt Field, an Air Force base just outside of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. that’s impermeable to prying paparazzi eyes. (While it’s spartan accomodations by normal NBA standards, they’re not exactly slumming it. One source compared it to a Courtyard by Marriott.)
Unless you’re in the military, the only way you’re spying on these guys is with Google Earth. Writers had to get a government security clearance just to come here, had their bags sniffed by trained dogs and were even escorted to the restroom.
Yet once on the practice court, it was Anywhere, NBA. The portion of Heat practice open to writers featured five-on-five defensive drills with four quintets�-- Bosh, Wade and James were each on different sides�-- but we did get treated to one breakout where James slammed home a powerful dunk. (The Heat, it should be noted, brought their own rims. No way a standard issue rec-center model was surviving a week of LeBron throwdowns.)
It was just basketball, in other words, and that’s the big idea behind coming here. For as long as they can, the Heat will try to minimize the outside noise and maximize the internal bonding. The first step on the road to a showdown with the real L.A. is to forge that camaraderie in this L.A.
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Being Number One in the NBA: It?s All About the Image
Kevin Durant is currently tearing it up in the basketball world lately. He is just coming off some great seasons in the NBA, along with being the youngest player to win the scoring-title, in which he did just last season. He also led Team USA to beat Hedo Turkoglu and Turkey in the FIBA World [...]
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The ?Answer? For Iverson? Go Play In Europe!
There is an old saying “Be Nice To The People You Meet On The Way Up. For They�Are The Same People You Will See On The Way Down!”� Those words�have come back and bit a whole lot of people who did not take those words to heart right�in the back-side. And the payback is a [...]
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Wizards sign Andray Blatche to extension, exercise JaVale McGee option
Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed forward/center Andray Blatche to a contract extension and has exercised its fourth-year option on center JaVale McGee.� Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not released.
?Andray and JaVale are two pieces that we feel can solidify our frontcourt for years to come [...]
?Andray and JaVale are two pieces that we feel can solidify our frontcourt for years to come [...]
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Reports Indicate Nelson Out And Smart In As Warriors Head Coach
The Contra Costa Times� reported Thursday that according to their sources, the Golden State Warriors will terminate their long time head coach Don Nelson next Monday which will be the club’s Media Day. Nelson according to the reports will be succeeded by one of his assistants, veteran Keith Smart. Nelson who has more victories than [...]
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Pistons seek big-man
Terry Foster of the Detroit News reports:
The Pistons are loaded with guards but are thin up front. They re-signed 14-year veteran Ben Wallace, who was their best frontcourt player last season. Rookie Greg Monroe is a 6-foot-11 big man out of Georgetown who has a nice passing touch but is rough around the edges offensively. [...]
The Pistons are loaded with guards but are thin up front. They re-signed 14-year veteran Ben Wallace, who was their best frontcourt player last season. Rookie Greg Monroe is a 6-foot-11 big man out of Georgetown who has a nice passing touch but is rough around the edges offensively. [...]
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Why Shoot With An Arc?
Is the hole in the rim the same size all the time?
Do you think that?s a strange question?
When I was in pilot training, I learned that the outer end of a propeller moves faster than the inner end. I could not figure out how that could be. They are all connected to the same hub [...]
Do you think that?s a strange question?
When I was in pilot training, I learned that the outer end of a propeller moves faster than the inner end. I could not figure out how that could be. They are all connected to the same hub [...]
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Friday Bullets
- “AHHHHHH!!!!! THERE ARE FIVE OFFGUARDS ON THE COURT RIGHT NOW!!!! THE OTHER TEAM IS TIPPING IN TIP-INS OF TIP-INS OF TIP-INS….OF…(heaving, breathing) TIP-INS!” That's Ethan Sherwood Strauss of WarriorsWorld, considering Don Nelson's tenure as coach of the Warriors.
- A big mess of data confirming the idea that resting players does prolong the productive part of their careers. One of the side points was that players who get a late start to their careers tend to be productive for a surprisingly long time. I wonder if that's because those guys -- almost never blue-chippers, and often without perfect NBA bodies -- need every trick in the book to compete. Maybe the learned habits that get them in the league, from a good diet to trickery fighting for rebounds -- are the things that keep them productive.
- Ever wonder why The Onion has so many stories about Tim Duncan? It's because of this guy.
- The TrueHoop Network gets to pump its fists in the air once again, as ClipperBlog contributor D.J. Foster gets a full-time job with the Clippers. Huge and well-deserved congratulations. And on that note, Queen City Hoops contributor James has found work with the Bobcats too. Fantastic.
- Rich Cho even uses math in taunting Thunder fans.
- When is it Ike Diogu's turn to shine?
- Michael Schwartz of Valley of the Suns after a week of Steve Nash diet challenge: "Seven days ago I set out to eat like Steve Nash for one week. In that time I have attempted to eat Nash’s prescribed diet of chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and brown rice, and I have cut out personal favorites like bread, red meat and pasta while also saying no to sugar, processed food and anything else that would be considered crap. Without having Nash by my side during this process, it’s hard to say if I followed the diet exactly to a T, but I did my best and certainly followed the spirit of the diet. In this time I have also tried to get more sleep than usual, another Nash key, and although I have not exactly gotten the eight hours a night I was shooting for, it’s certainly been better than my average week. Without question you need more than seven days to measure the effects of such a diet, but even in this small sample size I have felt a difference."
- The Raptors have the kind of roster imbalance that would seem to suggest changes are coming.
- I have been hearing suggestions of players who will be most affected by the new technical rules. Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Josh Smith have been some of the names discussed.
- Tim Grgurich doesn't talk to the media, so he flies under the radar. But he may be the most respected assistant coach in the NBA. And now, reportedly, he's likely leaving the Nuggets.
- The machine introduces the machine.
- I had an idea for this upcoming season. It would be a ton of work, but well worth it, I think. Somebody should make a highlight reel of homer broadcaster calls. And here's how to do it. With League Pass you can often get your hands on both local feeds of the same game. So if Boston is playing Portland, you watch both Boston and Portland feeds. Then, find moments when both broadcast teams are breaking down the same call, and the audio will be amazing -- they will they'll show the same exact calls, but they'll interpret the completely differently. Collect moments like that for a few months or a season, and you'd have a powerful and hilarious video.
- Pat Riley addresses the media, as transcribed by Surya Fernandez of Hot Hot Hoops: “Every time I greet one of my players I pinch them on the waist. They’re getting tired of that, it’s like our fat test. But he knows, he knows what it is about down here and we’re always about conditioning, body weight, body fat, and nutrition – all those things. I don’t think any athlete today can really ever achieve what it is they truly, truly want unless they’re in world-class condition, period."
- Donnie Walsh, once again trying to sound upbeat about Eddy Curry.
- Oh, the things footwork can do in the paint. In pictures.
- Ryan Schwan of Hornets247 on the Hornets' trade: "Now, I wasn't a fan of the Brackins pick, (clearly neither was Dell Demps) as I made abundantly clear earlier in the off-season. My best hope for him was he'd become a poor version of Rashard Lewis. Songaila was a nice shooter, but he was so bad on the boards - and at everything else - it was ridiculous. His chief attribute was his expiring contract. I'd still take them over Jason Smith and Willie Green. Green has been in the league for 7 years, and has been terrible. In fact, Green had his best season ever last year, at the age of 29, and he was still terrible.(Only his assist rate and turnover were above average, and that only barely.) Smith missed most of his first season with a major knee injury that made him slow to come back last year. Regardless, he's 7-0 tall, but doesn't rebound at all and took more than half his shots from 16 feet and out. I guess he hits 3-pointers well for a big man - but he's still below average for the league."
- Byron Scott on WKNR in Cleveland (thanks to Sports Radio Interviews): “He told me when I was 26 years old, Pat Riley that is, that I’m going to be a coach one day and I would understand some of the things he had to do to get prepared. I looked at him and I was 26 years old, my fifth year in the league and I told him, ‘You’re out of your mind. You’re crazy. I’m never coaching.’ He said, ‘Alright, you just watch.’ Thirty-two years old, I’m playing for Larry Brown, who said the same thing. So I just looked and started thinking, ‘What do they see in me that makes them think that I can be a good coach?’ I started taking a lot of notes and really started to think about the game from a coaching standpoint. Lo and behold, here I am.”
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Reports Indicate Nelson Out And Smart In As Warriors Head Coach
The Contra Costa Times� reported Thursday that according to their sources, the Golden State Warriors will terminate their long time head coach Don Nelson next Monday which will be the club’s Media Day. Nelson according to the reports will be succeeded by one of his assistants, veteran Keith Smart. Nelson who has more victories than [...]
2010年9月28日火曜日
Yormark: Nets need new culture, more exposure in Russia, maybe new name
New Jersey Nets CEO/president Brett Yormark was recently in boss Mikhail Prokhorov?s hometown of Moscow in order to conduct a little team business ? no, not searching for prospects but more mundane stuff like discussing getting more Nets games on Russian TV. Happily, he took the time to give a quite extensive interview with Russia-based [...]
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Report: Sixers offer Iguodala for Melo
Kate Fagan of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports:
The 76ers have contacted the Denver Nuggets about a potential trade for star forward Carmelo Anthony, multiple NBA sources confirmed on Sunday.
The centerpiece of the Sixers’ offer is swingman Andre Iguodala, although other players, including expiring contracts and young talent, would be needed to convince the Nuggets to part [...]
The 76ers have contacted the Denver Nuggets about a potential trade for star forward Carmelo Anthony, multiple NBA sources confirmed on Sunday.
The centerpiece of the Sixers’ offer is swingman Andre Iguodala, although other players, including expiring contracts and young talent, would be needed to convince the Nuggets to part [...]
Heat will not sign Erick Dampier
Michael Wallace of the Miami Herald reports:
With four centers already on the roster under guaranteed contracts, the Heat decided Friday to pass on the Erick Dampier experiment.
Dampier, a 14-year veteran free agent, had workouts this week with the Heat and the Houston Rockets after he was released by Charlotte.
Heat president Pat Riley spoke highly Thursday [...]
With four centers already on the roster under guaranteed contracts, the Heat decided Friday to pass on the Erick Dampier experiment.
Dampier, a 14-year veteran free agent, had workouts this week with the Heat and the Houston Rockets after he was released by Charlotte.
Heat president Pat Riley spoke highly Thursday [...]
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Warriors name assistant coaching staff
The Golden State Warriors have hired Jerry Sichting and Robert Werdann as assistant coaches, hired Mark Price as a shooting coach, and moved Special Assistant Calbert Cheaney into the role of assistant coach, the team announced today.�� They will join returning assistant coach Stephen Silas on the staff of new Head Coach Keith Smart.
Sichting, who [...]
Sichting, who [...]
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Thursday Links
The Education Of Demetrius Walker This is an excerpt from George Dohrmann?s book Play their Hearts Out, written after eight years of reporting during the grassroots revolution of youth basketball. Great stuff and I?ll be picking it up when it?s released on October 5th. Amir Williams off UA radar, too Williams has had in-home visits [...]
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Hawks Would Be Imbeciles Not To Give Jamal Crawford Contract Extension!
Atlanta was the “Frickin Death Valley” of the NBA for quite a few years. Why, you ask? The answer is really quite simple, the team just�Frickin stunk. The club did not have a real core that� they built around, yes they had the occasional talented player on the team but he would be surrounded by [...]
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Official BallinEurope Euroleague Power Rankings: The preseason
Since BallinEurope?s Official Power Rankings were so, um, popular during the FIBA World Championships, today we?re kicking off the same schtick for the upcoming Euroleague campaign.
The rules, again: These rankings are basically purely subjective (at this point; once the games are played, actual wins and losses will be figured in) but are based loosely on [...]
The rules, again: These rankings are basically purely subjective (at this point; once the games are played, actual wins and losses will be figured in) but are based loosely on [...]
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NBA Awards (*so far)
Here is a look at my top ten candidates for NBA awards as of today (March 16): Most Valuable Player: 1. Kobe Bryant 2. Lebron James 3. Kevin Garnett 4. Chris Paul 5. Tracy McGrady 6. Dwight Howard 7. Tim Duncan 8. Steve Nash 9. Dirk Nowitzki 10. Chauncey Billups ———————————————————————————————————- Rookie of the Year: [...]
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Four-Team Trade Featuring Carmelo Anthony Put On Hold
There has been some very exciting news in the past 24 hours. It features progress coming in a possible four-team trade that would send Denver Nuggets’ star small-forward Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets.
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
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Mozgov May Stand Above Competition For Knicks Starting Center
The New York Daily News�reported on Friday that the starting lineup when the New York Knicks take to the court for opening night of the regular season could feature two players who are new to the club featured in the front-court. It has been a given since signing him as a Free Agent in July [...]
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Interview: Baumann on British basketball
A few days ago, BallinEurope noted some of FIBA secretary-general/International Olympic Committee member Patrick Baumann?s new demands for British Basketball vis-�-vis getting the team into the 2012 Olympic games to be held in London. The folks at Britball Media gave BiE the heads-up yesterday on an interview conducted by MVP, the ?UK home for basketball? [...]
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2010年9月27日月曜日
Calipari: Kanter ?a great kid,? amateur; status still under review
While the NCAA Eligibility Center continues to review the case of Enes Kanter, whose reception of up to $150,000 in benefits from Turkish club Fenerbah�e �lker may make him ineligible to play for the University of Kentucky in the 2010-11, team coach John Calipari offered a public show of support Thursday night.
Calipari opined to the [...]
Calipari opined to the [...]
Four-Team Trade Featuring Carmelo Anthony Put On Hold
There has been some very exciting news in the past 24 hours. It features progress coming in a possible four-team trade that would send Denver Nuggets’ star small-forward Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets.
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
Reported by ESPN.com’s NBA Insider Marc Stein, Anthony would end his seven-year career with the Nuggets to move on to the [...]
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Video: Carlton Brundidge 2010 Playoff Highlights
Here?s another extensive (10 minute plus) video of Carlton Brundidge from his junior year of high school. Temofe Anyameluna put this video together and he also put together a video of Brundidge’s regular season that we posted earlier. Brundidge had a terrific run as he led Southfield to the Class A state semifinals where they [...]
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Bulls Top Carmelo?s Wish List
The Chicago Bulls could be one stop away from becoming one of the most dominant teams in the NBA. They could be right up there with the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers. And all it takes is one deal, and that is for current Denver Nuggets’ small forward Carmelo Anthony.
Melo made his wish [...]
Melo made his wish [...]
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Mavericks sign Steve Novak
The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have signed forward Steve Novak. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. InsideHoops.com assumes it’s a nonguaranteed contract for training camp.
Novak (6-10, 230) joins the Mavericks as a free agent from the Los Angeles Clippers where he spent the past two NBA seasons. He holds career [...]
Novak (6-10, 230) joins the Mavericks as a free agent from the Los Angeles Clippers where he spent the past two NBA seasons. He holds career [...]
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2012 Q&A: Sean Sheldon
I recently got a chance to chat with Sean Sheldon, a 2012 big man out of Traverse City.� Sean is a versatile big man whose recruitment started really picking up at the end of this summer.� Sheldon also really impressed at Michigan’s elite camp.� Here’s what Sean had to say: Describe your game. I like [...]
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Hornets trade Craig Brackins and Darius Songaila to 76ers for Willie Green and Jason Smith
The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have acquired guard Willie Green and power forward/center Jason Smith from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for forward?s Craig Brackins and Darius Songaila.
?It is tough to trade Darius and Craig, but we believe both teams will benefit from this move,? said General Manager Dell Demps. ?Willie is [...]
?It is tough to trade Darius and Craig, but we believe both teams will benefit from this move,? said General Manager Dell Demps. ?Willie is [...]
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Lopez Should Be ?Untouchable? In Any Trade For Carmelo!
According to reports there seems to be no chance that Carmelo Anthony will be wearing the Blue and Orange of the New York Knicks this season. However according to both the “New York Post” and the “New York Daily News” the All-Star forward still could end up in the tri-state area as a member of [...]
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More on Glenn Robinson III
Glenn Robinson III committed to Michigan earlier today and I didn?t have time to put together a full post. Here are some of the relevant bits of information ? scouting, offers, rankings, scholarship breakdown, etc. — that I typically post with each commitment story. First, some quick thoughts on the commitment. Michigan got in with [...]
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Best Offensive and Defensive Coaches
When I posted last month about the all-time players who played for the best offensive and defensive teams in NBA history, there was a common theme among a number of the names at the top of each list: namely, they all played for a certain coach, or under a certain scheme. It only makes sense, [...]
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Andrew Bynum expects to be out until late November
Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register reports:
Andrew Bynum said Saturday he does not expect to make his season debut until late November.
?I see it more towards the end of November,? Bynum said of his return.
Bynum had surgery on his right knee on July 28, and the procedure involved his doctor reattaching the damaged cartilage [...]
Andrew Bynum said Saturday he does not expect to make his season debut until late November.
?I see it more towards the end of November,? Bynum said of his return.
Bynum had surgery on his right knee on July 28, and the procedure involved his doctor reattaching the damaged cartilage [...]
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D'Antoni hyperbolic on Russian center Mozgov
GREENBURGH, N.Y. - Remember a year ago when Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni called Danilo Gallinari the greatest shooter he had ever seen?
Pretty strong words, and D'Antoni later regretted heaping that level of praise on the Italian youngster.
Well, we have a new D'Antoni-ism to go into the 2010-11 season with. It concerns Timofey Mozgov, the incoming 7-foot-1 rookie center from Russia who has been practicing with the Knicks informally over the past several days.
"Have to see how he adapts to the NBA game, but at 7-1, 270 pounds, he's maybe our most athletic guy, that runs, that’s a great guy, that has great hands and knows how to play,"�D'Antoni�said.�"(Watching him) I’m like, 'Yeah, what am I missing?' So I’m happy with him and excited about the possibility. We have a lot of guys we should be excited about the possibilities."
Excited? OK.
But "most athletic guy?"
I wonder what dunkmeister Bill Walker will have to say about that. As you can see here, he's never been shy about speaking his mind.
You can read more of what D'Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh said about the new-look Knicks, and the difficulties they must overcome to put together a suitable trade package for Carmelo Anthony, by clicking here to read a column I wrote today for the ESPNNewYork site.
Pretty strong words, and D'Antoni later regretted heaping that level of praise on the Italian youngster.
Well, we have a new D'Antoni-ism to go into the 2010-11 season with. It concerns Timofey Mozgov, the incoming 7-foot-1 rookie center from Russia who has been practicing with the Knicks informally over the past several days.
"Have to see how he adapts to the NBA game, but at 7-1, 270 pounds, he's maybe our most athletic guy, that runs, that’s a great guy, that has great hands and knows how to play,"�D'Antoni�said.�"(Watching him) I’m like, 'Yeah, what am I missing?' So I’m happy with him and excited about the possibility. We have a lot of guys we should be excited about the possibilities."
Excited? OK.
But "most athletic guy?"
I wonder what dunkmeister Bill Walker will have to say about that. As you can see here, he's never been shy about speaking his mind.
You can read more of what D'Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh said about the new-look Knicks, and the difficulties they must overcome to put together a suitable trade package for Carmelo Anthony, by clicking here to read a column I wrote today for the ESPNNewYork site.
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2010年9月26日日曜日
Jason Richardson must step up this season
Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic reports:
Jason Richardson and the Suns need the same thing - a big season from him. Phoenix needs his scoring with Amar’e Stoudemire gone, and Richardson needs to play well and win to set up his next contract. He will be paid $14.4 million this season and said there has [...]
Jason Richardson and the Suns need the same thing - a big season from him. Phoenix needs his scoring with Amar’e Stoudemire gone, and Richardson needs to play well and win to set up his next contract. He will be paid $14.4 million this season and said there has [...]
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The Basketball Hoop: Its Story
In basketball the points are scored when a player throws a ball into a hoop suspended 10ft above the ground. In the NBA and NWBA the official size of the basketball hoop is 18in (46cm) in diameter. The net that extends from the hoop ranges from 15-18in (38-46cm) in length and is usually made from nylon. The hoop is made from metal, usually steel and in competitive games is connected to a backboard.
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Friendly Recreational Outdoor Sports
The world we live in is growing increasingly fast-paced, stressful, and filled with responsibility. Because of this, everyone needs some time to relax and have some recreation. Our modern way of life also tends to be sedentary, and the meals we eat are often not very healthy. Exercise is a very important component in renewing us. For these reasons, sports recreation activities are some of the best recreation we can choose. There are many options for hobbies to provide sports recreation. You may even want to learn some new recreational sports skills.
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Suns sign coach Alvin Gentry to contract extension
The Phoenix Suns signed head coach Alvin Gentry to a contract extension that will keep him with the club through the 2012-13 season.
?It was important to extend Alvin?s contract before this season,? said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. ?He proved his mettle as the perfect coach for the Suns last season.� We are [...]
?It was important to extend Alvin?s contract before this season,? said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. ?He proved his mettle as the perfect coach for the Suns last season.� We are [...]
Expect more technical fouls in 2010-11 NBA season
Henry Abbott of ESPN.com reports:
NBA referees will have more reasons to issue technical fouls next season.
At the referees’ annual meeting in Jersey City, N.J., on Thursday, the league announced the guidelines for technical fouls will expand to include “overt” player reactions to referee calls.
Referees have been instructed to call a technical for:
- Players making aggressive [...]
NBA referees will have more reasons to issue technical fouls next season.
At the referees’ annual meeting in Jersey City, N.J., on Thursday, the league announced the guidelines for technical fouls will expand to include “overt” player reactions to referee calls.
Referees have been instructed to call a technical for:
- Players making aggressive [...]
Dick Bavetta Reffing Game 7: Spurs @ Hornets
Where is the accountability, David Stern? How can the NBA possibly reward this guy after his performance during game 6 of the Cavs-Celtics series? I'm not even going to get into all the foolishness that went on in that debacle, but lets just say I've seen Harlem Globetrotters - Washington Generals games that were more legitimate.
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Value of Outdoor Courts
A lot of people nowadays value the importance of sports. This is due to the reason that it will keep you fit and at the same time entertain you in the midst of your busy life. Just like in the groups of youth. Teenagers who are more inclined with getting involved with sports are more capable of steering away from drugs and other social problems.
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Video: Trey Burke Junior Year Highlights
Thanks to CapCityPreps for passing along the highlight video. For more video on Burke, check out our commitment post which features several embeds and links.
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The ?Answer? For Iverson? Go Play In Europe!
There is an old saying “Be Nice To The People You Meet On The Way Up. For They�Are The Same People You Will See On The Way Down!”� Those words�have come back and bit a whole lot of people who did not take those words to heart right�in the back-side. And the payback is a [...]
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Even The Homeless Refuse LeBron?s Old Cleveland Uniform Jerseys!
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Last spring the uniform jersey of Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward LeBron James was the second largest selling jersey in the NBA, trailing only Los Angeles Lakers All-Star�guard Kobe Bryant’s uniform in popularity. In another�example of just how far the popularity of the last two consecutive NBA MVP Awards has fallen, those jerseys can no longer [...]
Last spring the uniform jersey of Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward LeBron James was the second largest selling jersey in the NBA, trailing only Los Angeles Lakers All-Star�guard Kobe Bryant’s uniform in popularity. In another�example of just how far the popularity of the last two consecutive NBA MVP Awards has fallen, those jerseys can no longer [...]
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Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers (BLAB): End of Season Wrap-Up
Hey, remember the Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers? If not, go back and check out these posts (I'll wait): Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers (BLAB) Setup Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers (BLAB): Regular Season, Stage 1 Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers (BLAB): Regular Season, Stage 2 Finished? Awesome. In short, the basic premise of BLAB [...]
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2010年9月25日土曜日
New Day New Top Choice For Carmelo According To Reports
If you enjoy the art of speculation than you truly must be enjoying this year’s NBA off-season as it has been rampant for extended periods of time throughout the summer. The first situation that kept fans of the Association on the edge of their seats was resolved in early July when NBA MVP LeBron James [...]
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You HAVE To Check Out New York Vinnie?s New Theme Song!
Ever since New York Vinnie took over Le Basketbawl and started to turn it into “The House That New York Vinnie Built” there has been one thing missing. New York Vinnie has been searching endlessly for the perfect “theme song” for the site but nothing ever really seemed to fit.
Well one of New York Vinnie’s [...]
Well one of New York Vinnie’s [...]
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Javaris Crittenton to try out for Bobcats
Michael Lee of the Washington Post reports (via blog):
Javaris Crittenton is hoping to return to the NBA after accepting an invitation to try out for the Charlotte Bobcats in training camp, his agent Mark Bartelstein said on Tuesday.
The other half in the infamous altercation with Gilbert Arenas involving guns in a Verizon Center locker room, [...]
Javaris Crittenton is hoping to return to the NBA after accepting an invitation to try out for the Charlotte Bobcats in training camp, his agent Mark Bartelstein said on Tuesday.
The other half in the infamous altercation with Gilbert Arenas involving guns in a Verizon Center locker room, [...]
Mavericks must find help for Dirk Nowitzki
Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News reports:
The Mavericks’ future hall of famers are as dependable as any facet of the organization. And they have been durable. But addressing their roles and reducing their playing time is important because the two or three minutes per game saved would make a huge difference in the long [...]
The Mavericks’ future hall of famers are as dependable as any facet of the organization. And they have been durable. But addressing their roles and reducing their playing time is important because the two or three minutes per game saved would make a huge difference in the long [...]
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Ben Wallace Pictures On The Internet
If you're looking for pictures of Ben Wallace and the games that he has participated in, then there are many fans sites all over the Internet which specialise in Ben Wallace pictures. In fact, there is certainly no shortage of them and a quick search on Google images will show you that.
Scottie Pippen On The Player?s Greatest Challenge
?Sometimes a player?s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.? ? Scottie Pippen
As a player, you need to realize that there are many different ways to contribute to a basketball team and be successful. Ben Wallace shot just over 40% from the free throw line and he has NBA [...]
As a player, you need to realize that there are many different ways to contribute to a basketball team and be successful. Ben Wallace shot just over 40% from the free throw line and he has NBA [...]
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NBA Star/Goat of the Week ? Week 21
NBA Star of the Week – Chris Paul Don’t look now but the Hornets are back on top in the West Chris Paul - Paul is making a strong push for MVP, leading the Hornets to a 5-game winning streak and the top seed in the Western Conference.� New Orleans has won 7 of 8 [...]
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It Is Time For Dan Gilbert To Level With Fans Of The Cleveland Cavaliers
As we rapidly approach NBA Training Camps throughout the Association, the Cleveland Cavaliers through no fault of their own find themselves a shell of the team they were a year ago. Although they did everything humanly possible to retain him, the man who was the heart and soul of the franchise decided to relocate to [...]
You HAVE To Check Out New York Vinnie?s New Theme Song!
Ever since New York Vinnie took over Le Basketbawl and started to turn it into “The House That New York Vinnie Built” there has been one thing missing. New York Vinnie has been searching endlessly for the perfect “theme song” for the site but nothing ever really seemed to fit.
Well one of New York Vinnie’s [...]
Well one of New York Vinnie’s [...]
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NEW Article: ?Watch What You Teach!?
Read this new article form Don Kelbick. It really challenges you to think about the way that you coach the game of basketball and how it could be affecting your team.
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/Watch-What-You-Teach.html
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/Watch-What-You-Teach.html
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Friendly Recreational Outdoor Sports
The world we live in is increasingly filled with responsibility, more stressful, and fast-paced. Because of this, everyone needs some time to decompress and have some refreshment. Our modern technique of life as well tends to be inactive, and the meals we eat are not healthy. Exercise is an important component in invigorating us. For these grounds, sports recreation activities are some of the best recreation we can choose. There are many options for spare-time activity to allow for sports recreation. You may even would like to discover some new recreational sports skills.
2010年9月24日金曜日
Team USA World Championship Extravaganza
Team USA capped off a strong tournament yesterday by defeating host nation Turkey 81-64 in the championship game of the 2010 FIBA Worlds, and I'm going to cap off our coverage with the final U.S. advanced stats from the tourney: Basic Stats Player G Min FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL [...]
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Layups: Artis Gilmore Has a Blog
If you're a longtime reader of this blog, you know that Artis Gilmore is always the answer to at least one of our recurring questions: "Who is the very best (eligible) basketball player in history that isn't in the Hall of Fame?" In fact, sometimes it seems like we should just retire #6 on that [...]
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In wake of Maroussi problem, congratulations to PAOK BC, Galatasaray
In a classic trickle-down theory of basketball league management, the vacancy caused by Maroussi BC’s ejection from the Euroleague Qualifying Round (and thus the Eurocup) has allowed the promotion of a couple other teams into more prestigious tournament.
Reads the official Euroleague/Eurocup press release, in part:
“…a resulting open place in the Eurocup Regular Season has been [...]
Reads the official Euroleague/Eurocup press release, in part:
“…a resulting open place in the Eurocup Regular Season has been [...]
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NBA Playoff Predictions
Its been a while since I’ve posted, but I am reinvigorated for the playoffs. An amazing NBA season came to a somewhat uneventful end. The only intrigue over the past few weeks was the battle for the last playoff spot in the West. Now that all the dust has settled on the regular season, I [...]
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Corey Maggette still healing
Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Bucks coach Scott Skiles said at the team’s annual golf outing Monday that Bogut will be ready for the start of training camp in one week.
But Maggette, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle during the off-season, will be brought along slowly at the start of [...]
Bucks coach Scott Skiles said at the team’s annual golf outing Monday that Bogut will be ready for the start of training camp in one week.
But Maggette, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle during the off-season, will be brought along slowly at the start of [...]
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Former Lakers trainer Frank O?Neill dies at 81
Frank O?Neill, Lakers trainer from 1960-1974, died Tuesday at his home in Playa del Rey from congestive heart failure.� He was 81.
O?Neill, who took over training duties when the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, received his training to become an athletic trainer while attending the University of Florida.� He earned his certificate as [...]
O?Neill, who took over training duties when the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, received his training to become an athletic trainer while attending the University of Florida.� He earned his certificate as [...]
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Respect Maurice Lucas
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Why is it a secret Lucas is among the greatest Blazers ever?
ESPN.com has this fun thing happening where you can pick your team's all-time starting five. As a Blazer fan, I recently stopped by to see who was named my team's all-time starting five.
Something terrible has happened, though. Perhaps the most important player in Blazer history didn't even make the starting five. Maurice Lucas should come in first or second as the franchise's all-time MVP, and instead finished behind both Rasheed Wallace and Sidney Wicks. Lucas got just 14.6% of the lousy power forward vote.
In August 1976, the Blazers had never had a winning season. They had never been to the playoffs. They had never really had any reason for hope.
Lucas arrived in town from the ABA and invited new teammates Bill Walton and Herm Gilliam to dinner at Jake's. They ate fish and talked about life. Walton would go on to name his son after Lucas, and the seeds of that friendship were nurtured at that dinner.
They finished eating, and stepped outside into the warm summer evening. Before saying goodbye, Walton remembers "Mo said 'Oh, by the way: We're going to win the championship. And we're going to win it this year.'"
Walton thought it was crazy talk, but smiled anyway, and said "OK, Maurice, whatever you say."
To make a long story incredibly short, Lucas made it so. Everybody on the roster bought into new coach Jack Ramsay's passing style, even the prickly Lucas. Lucas led the team in scoring and perhaps even more importantly, freed Walton from having to wrestle with the league's strongest players, while intimidating opponents on a nightly basis. Only one player on the roster had ever played in an NBA playoff game before, yet they made it to the Finals.
Then, with the Sixers holding a big lead late in Game 2, the super strong Darryl Dawkins roughed up Blazer Bobby Gross.
Lucas ended the ensuing melee by charging Dawkins, swinging an arm that connected with his neck.
I have no idea if that was called for, or right, or heroic, but I know that players and coaches from that Blazer team are unanimous that the Blazers would not have won the franchise's only title if Lucas had not been the one to, in Walton's words "stand tall and say 'look, no one is messing with my team.'"
Despite being in a big hole, the Blazers' landed to find thousands of fans at the airport, in the middle of the night. Lucas further fired up the Portland fans by running across the court to shake Dawkins' hand before Game 3.
Portland went on to win four straight games, and the title. Blazermania was born. The team began a home sellout streak that lasted for decades.
Walton has been widely credited as the MVP of Portland's title team, and the greatest player in team history. That's fair.
But if you talk to Walton, or anybody else who was close to that team, they have a hard time making a case that anyone was more clearly more essential than Lucas. Before he came around, nobody was even thinking about winning titles.
So, let the Lucas vs. Walton linger on if you're so inclined. But the Lucas vs. Rasheed Wallace, or Lucas vs. Sidney Wicks debates? They're long over, and they were no contest, no matter how people may have voted in this contest.
Why is it a secret Lucas is among the greatest Blazers ever?
ESPN.com has this fun thing happening where you can pick your team's all-time starting five. As a Blazer fan, I recently stopped by to see who was named my team's all-time starting five.
Something terrible has happened, though. Perhaps the most important player in Blazer history didn't even make the starting five. Maurice Lucas should come in first or second as the franchise's all-time MVP, and instead finished behind both Rasheed Wallace and Sidney Wicks. Lucas got just 14.6% of the lousy power forward vote.
In August 1976, the Blazers had never had a winning season. They had never been to the playoffs. They had never really had any reason for hope.
Lucas arrived in town from the ABA and invited new teammates Bill Walton and Herm Gilliam to dinner at Jake's. They ate fish and talked about life. Walton would go on to name his son after Lucas, and the seeds of that friendship were nurtured at that dinner.
They finished eating, and stepped outside into the warm summer evening. Before saying goodbye, Walton remembers "Mo said 'Oh, by the way: We're going to win the championship. And we're going to win it this year.'"
Walton thought it was crazy talk, but smiled anyway, and said "OK, Maurice, whatever you say."
To make a long story incredibly short, Lucas made it so. Everybody on the roster bought into new coach Jack Ramsay's passing style, even the prickly Lucas. Lucas led the team in scoring and perhaps even more importantly, freed Walton from having to wrestle with the league's strongest players, while intimidating opponents on a nightly basis. Only one player on the roster had ever played in an NBA playoff game before, yet they made it to the Finals.
Then, with the Sixers holding a big lead late in Game 2, the super strong Darryl Dawkins roughed up Blazer Bobby Gross.
Lucas ended the ensuing melee by charging Dawkins, swinging an arm that connected with his neck.
I have no idea if that was called for, or right, or heroic, but I know that players and coaches from that Blazer team are unanimous that the Blazers would not have won the franchise's only title if Lucas had not been the one to, in Walton's words "stand tall and say 'look, no one is messing with my team.'"
Despite being in a big hole, the Blazers' landed to find thousands of fans at the airport, in the middle of the night. Lucas further fired up the Portland fans by running across the court to shake Dawkins' hand before Game 3.
Portland went on to win four straight games, and the title. Blazermania was born. The team began a home sellout streak that lasted for decades.
Walton has been widely credited as the MVP of Portland's title team, and the greatest player in team history. That's fair.
But if you talk to Walton, or anybody else who was close to that team, they have a hard time making a case that anyone was more clearly more essential than Lucas. Before he came around, nobody was even thinking about winning titles.
So, let the Lucas vs. Walton linger on if you're so inclined. But the Lucas vs. Rasheed Wallace, or Lucas vs. Sidney Wicks debates? They're long over, and they were no contest, no matter how people may have voted in this contest.
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Outside Basketball Courts
Do you love basketball? If so, then you may have that wish of having an outside basketball courts in your backyard. These courts will make it possible for you to play your preferred sports whenever you like to do it and at the computer of your own property.
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The Basketball Hoop: Its Story
In basketball the points are scored when a player throws a ball into a hoop suspended 10ft above the ground. In the NBA and NWBA the official size of the basketball hoop is 18in (46cm) in diameter. The net that extends from the hoop ranges from 15-18in (38-46cm) in length and is usually made from nylon. The hoop is made from metal, usually steel and in competitive games is connected to a backboard.
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After respite, Rudy Fernandez ?going back to work? (in New York? Chicago? Barcelona?)
In the midst of surely his most frustrating off-season ever, Rudy Fernandez has proclaimed … he?s taking a break.
On Fernandez? official site Rudy 5, the disgruntled Portland Trail Blazer yesterday bilingually wrote the following blog entry:
?After an irregular World Championship in which we couldn?t reach our goal, winning a medal, and were we weren?t able [...]
On Fernandez? official site Rudy 5, the disgruntled Portland Trail Blazer yesterday bilingually wrote the following blog entry:
?After an irregular World Championship in which we couldn?t reach our goal, winning a medal, and were we weren?t able [...]
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Outdoor Sports Shows Recreation And Friendship
The world we live in is increasingly filled with responsibility, more stressful, and fast-paced. Because of this, everyone needs some time to decompress and have some refreshment. Our modern technique of life as well tends to be inactive, and the meals we eat are not healthy. Exercise is an important component in invigorating us. For these grounds, sports recreation activities are some of the best recreation we can choose. There are many options for spare-time activity to allow for sports recreation. You may even would like to discover some new recreational sports skills.
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Respect Maurice Lucas
Anthony Neste/NBAE/Getty Images
Why is it a secret Lucas is among the greatest Blazers ever?
ESPN.com has this fun thing happening where you can pick your team's all-time starting five. As a Blazer fan, I recently stopped by to see who was named my team's all-time starting five.
Something terrible has happened, though. Perhaps the most important player in Blazer history didn't even make the starting five. Maurice Lucas should come in first or second as the franchise's all-time MVP, and instead finished behind both Rasheed Wallace and Sidney Wicks. Lucas got just 14.6% of the lousy power forward vote.
In August 1976, the Blazers had never had a winning season. They had never been to the playoffs. They had never really had any reason for hope.
Lucas arrived in town from the ABA and invited new teammates Bill Walton and Herm Gilliam to dinner at Jake's. They ate fish and talked about life. Walton would go on to name his son after Lucas, and the seeds of that friendship were nurtured at that dinner.
They finished eating, and stepped outside into the warm summer evening. Before saying goodbye, Walton remembers "Mo said 'Oh, by the way: We're going to win the championship. And we're going to win it this year.'"
Walton thought it was crazy talk, but smiled anyway, and said "OK, Maurice, whatever you say."
To make a long story incredibly short, Lucas made it so. Everybody on the roster bought into new coach Jack Ramsay's passing style, even the prickly Lucas. Lucas led the team in scoring and perhaps even more importantly, freed Walton from having to wrestle with the league's strongest players, while intimidating opponents on a nightly basis. Only one player on the roster had ever played in an NBA playoff game before, yet they made it to the Finals.
Then, with the Sixers holding a big lead late in Game 2, the super strong Darryl Dawkins roughed up Blazer Bobby Gross.
Lucas ended the ensuing melee by charging Dawkins, swinging an arm that connected with his neck.
I have no idea if that was called for, or right, or heroic, but I know that players and coaches from that Blazer team are unanimous that the Blazers would not have won the franchise's only title if Lucas had not been the one to, in Walton's words "stand tall and say 'look, no one is messing with my team.'"
Despite being in a big hole, the Blazers' landed to find thousands of fans at the airport, in the middle of the night. Lucas further fired up the Portland fans by running across the court to shake Dawkins' hand before Game 3.
Portland went on to win four straight games, and the title. Blazermania was born. The team began a home sellout streak that lasted for decades.
Walton has been widely credited as the MVP of Portland's title team, and the greatest player in team history. That's fair.
But if you talk to Walton, or anybody else who was close to that team, they have a hard time making a case that anyone was more clearly more essential than Lucas. Before he came around, nobody was even thinking about winning titles.
So, let the Lucas vs. Walton linger on if you're so inclined. But the Lucas vs. Rasheed Wallace, or Lucas vs. Sidney Wicks debates? They're long over, and they were no contest, no matter how people may have voted in this contest.
Why is it a secret Lucas is among the greatest Blazers ever?
ESPN.com has this fun thing happening where you can pick your team's all-time starting five. As a Blazer fan, I recently stopped by to see who was named my team's all-time starting five.
Something terrible has happened, though. Perhaps the most important player in Blazer history didn't even make the starting five. Maurice Lucas should come in first or second as the franchise's all-time MVP, and instead finished behind both Rasheed Wallace and Sidney Wicks. Lucas got just 14.6% of the lousy power forward vote.
In August 1976, the Blazers had never had a winning season. They had never been to the playoffs. They had never really had any reason for hope.
Lucas arrived in town from the ABA and invited new teammates Bill Walton and Herm Gilliam to dinner at Jake's. They ate fish and talked about life. Walton would go on to name his son after Lucas, and the seeds of that friendship were nurtured at that dinner.
They finished eating, and stepped outside into the warm summer evening. Before saying goodbye, Walton remembers "Mo said 'Oh, by the way: We're going to win the championship. And we're going to win it this year.'"
Walton thought it was crazy talk, but smiled anyway, and said "OK, Maurice, whatever you say."
To make a long story incredibly short, Lucas made it so. Everybody on the roster bought into new coach Jack Ramsay's passing style, even the prickly Lucas. Lucas led the team in scoring and perhaps even more importantly, freed Walton from having to wrestle with the league's strongest players, while intimidating opponents on a nightly basis. Only one player on the roster had ever played in an NBA playoff game before, yet they made it to the Finals.
Then, with the Sixers holding a big lead late in Game 2, the super strong Darryl Dawkins roughed up Blazer Bobby Gross.
Lucas ended the ensuing melee by charging Dawkins, swinging an arm that connected with his neck.
I have no idea if that was called for, or right, or heroic, but I know that players and coaches from that Blazer team are unanimous that the Blazers would not have won the franchise's only title if Lucas had not been the one to, in Walton's words "stand tall and say 'look, no one is messing with my team.'"
Despite being in a big hole, the Blazers' landed to find thousands of fans at the airport, in the middle of the night. Lucas further fired up the Portland fans by running across the court to shake Dawkins' hand before Game 3.
Portland went on to win four straight games, and the title. Blazermania was born. The team began a home sellout streak that lasted for decades.
Walton has been widely credited as the MVP of Portland's title team, and the greatest player in team history. That's fair.
But if you talk to Walton, or anybody else who was close to that team, they have a hard time making a case that anyone was more clearly more essential than Lucas. Before he came around, nobody was even thinking about winning titles.
So, let the Lucas vs. Walton linger on if you're so inclined. But the Lucas vs. Rasheed Wallace, or Lucas vs. Sidney Wicks debates? They're long over, and they were no contest, no matter how people may have voted in this contest.
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2010年9月23日木曜日
First Cup: Thursday
Michael Lee of The Washington Post: "The NBA and the Washington Wizards are hoping Gilbert Arenas will be able to reconnect with fans more through his actions than his words. The three-time all-star is returning after serving a 50-game suspension and a month in a halfway house after bringing guns into the Wizards' locker room at Verizon Center, but anyone expecting the loquacious Arenas to open up more about what led to that embarrassing incident and the aftermath might be sorely disappointed. NBA Commissioner David Stern spoke with Arenas on Tuesday to express his excitement about having Arenas back in the league after the lengthy banishment, and he told Arenas he can talk about anything going forward -- except the infamous dispute last December involving guns. Stern later called Wizards owner Ted Leonsis to inform him public comments from the organization about the situation are also off limits. Stern wants Arenas and the Wizards to put it all behind them. 'It's time to move on, rather than obsess about the past,' Stern said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. 'It's just that it's been discussed, and discussed, and discussed. It's been written about, and written about, and written about on each occasion - his release, his sentencing, my ruling or what have you - and at some point, it's time to move on. I think he's entitled to do that. And I'm supportive of him. We're lucky he's well and we like the way he's worked with various groups over the summer. And we think it's time. Millions and millions of dollars later, and a new season later, I think it's time to move on. And that's what I told him.' "
John Jackson of the Chicago Sun-Times: "There's a growing debate throughout the NBA these days concerning the Bulls: Is management wise or crazy for its apparent unwillingness to include center Joakim Noah in a trade with the Denver Nuggets for perennial All-Star Carmelo Anthony? That it's even a topic of discussion is a testament to how much Noah's reputation has changed in the last two years. Granted, no one believes he's the equal of Anthony, who is considered one of the top five players in the league. It's just that Noah is a hard-to-find center, and his game meshes perfectly with point guard Derrick Rose and new power forward Carlos Boozer. Basically, the question Bulls management has to ask is this: Is the team better off with Anthony (career average of 24.7 points in seven seasons), or with Noah and small forward Luol Deng (who undoubtedly would have to be included to make a deal for Anthony work under the salary-cap rules)? Noah hopes the latter option is more attractive."
Bud Shaw of The Plain Dealer: "Alarm bells should be sounding for the Cavaliers. OK, that's sort of obvious. I mean more alarm bells, louder alarm bells. In separate communications recently -- one a tweet and the other an old-fashioned interview -- Mo Williams hardly comes off sounding like a guy new head coach Byron Scott can count on to lead a Cavaliers' resurgence. Williams alludes to 'family problems' in his latest Twitter feed. He calls this summer 'the worst time of my life.' He says everything with the team -- and you know, based on previous tweets he means LeBron James' departure and the firing of Mike Brown -- 'has been very hard.' ... Maybe it speaks well for him that he didn't just react to James' departure with a 'I'm still getting mine' shrug. But there's a lot of middle ground between that and being so crushed you consider retirement. He's being honest, I suppose. If you're Scott, though, you're hopeful Williams, who's had shrinking performances under playoff pressure, embraces an old slogan: 'Rise up' -- this time from the ashes. That doesn't sound promising."
Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: "Donnie Walsh admitted Wednesday that he second-guesses himself for including a first-round pick in last year's Tracy McGrady deal. In fact, the Houston Rockets are dangling that 2012 first-round pick in a potential deal for Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, a player the Knicks are also heavily pursuing. 'I'll second-guess myself forever on that,' Walsh said of including a 2012 first-round pick in the McGrady trade. 'I've always wondered about that. I didn't like it when we did it.' On Feb. 18, 2010, McGrady was traded to the Knicks as part of a three-team deal involving Houston and Sacramento. The Knicks and Rockets exchanged 2011 first-round picks in the deal, and because the Knicks added their 2012 first-round pick, they are prohibited by league rules to trade their 2013 first-round pick. In fact, Walsh revealed that he is trying to acquire a first-round pick that he theoretically could include in a deal for Anthony."
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Tony Parker might be right. Maybe this will be the 'last real chance' for him to win a title with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. But the finality of Parker's statement this week says something else. If Parker thinks this is it, then Parker likely thinks this is it for him, too. Which could help the Spurs this season. Parker is among the few Spurs not in San Antonio already, but that's not a sign of anything. He usually comes into town just before training camp starts and, besides, he put in his time this summer. He's been traveling to various functions with his wife, and he's often been in Los Angeles. But he worked out in L.A. with devotion, usually with a Spurs assistant, and some in management think it's been among the most productive offseasons of his career. Not getting hurt with his French national team standing nearby was an additional plus. This should be clear: He's not Carmelo Anthony, another entering the final season of his contract. Parker wants to be here this season, and he wants to win. And if Parker resumes his All-Star status while the Spurs win? There might be the same franchise urgency to find a contractual compromise as there was with Ginobili late last season. ... From Amare Stoudemire declaring in July that Parker is 'ready to join me' with the Knicks, to Eva Longoria saying in August that Parker would like to play in New York. Parker's latest statement is mostly a basketball one. This week, he told a French website, 'Personally, I think this will be our last real chance to win a title,' and his reasoning translated into a two-word analysis. 'Duncan aging,' Parker said. That will go over well in the practice facility. Parker is acting as if this is the end, putting everything on today while distancing himself from tomorrow. And if that leads to some anxiety, there's also an edge that was there a year ago with Ginobili. If this is the last of Parker, it will be the best of him, too."
Brian Kamenetzky of ESPNLandOLakers: "For a team to enter training camp lacking overwhelmingly juicy subplots generally means the squad is either very bad (there are loads of questions, but the answers don't matter) or very good (there aren't many questions to begin with). With consecutive titles, three straight Finals appearances, and strong odds to earn a fourth, the Lakers are the obviously the latter. While the 2010-11 season undoubtedly contains some very compelling storylines, very few will start to play out this early. Meanwhile, most of the regular 'camp stuff' other teams deal with before the start of the regular season doesn't apply to the purple and gold. The rotation is fairly well established, there are no significant positional battles, no new system to absorb, no major issues integrating new guys on the roster. This is a good thing."
Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News: " 'What have I gotten myself into?' That's what I was thinking heading into a workout with Pistons strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander last Friday at the Pistons practice facility. Kander's reputation of being a guru preceded him, and I wanted to see for myself how he's been so successful in his nearly 20-year tenure with the Pistons. Surprisingly, he didn't flinch upon my request to go through a mini-workout. You can't compare it to Tae Bo, P90X or Pilates. What he put me through was more than enough to bring even the most finely tuned athlete to his knees. 'Everyone sees what the endgame is, but we'll see what the roots are,' Kander said. He told me I would be going through a scaled-down version of what he puts the players through, and as he looked at my slim, 150-pound frame, he said: 'Doesn't mean you're in shape; it could be hereditary.' He was right, and I knew it. This was the first summer I hadn't played basketball on a regular basis. I expected this workout to be difficult; I left with a newfound respect for what players put their bodies through day after day, just to stay afloat."
Ken Trahan of NewOrleans.com: "Entering his eighth year in the league, Jannero Pargo must prove that he still has the quickness and shooting ability that made him so effective here. He was courted by Golden State in the off-season but the Warriors rescinded their offer to Pargo after he underwent minor knee surgery. By his own admission, Pargo is getting healthier though he is not 100 percent yet. The Hornets need a backup plan for Paul. Unproven Mustafa Shakur is on the roster while D.J. Strawberry, more of a shooting guard who could steal a few minutes at point, is on the roster as well. Marcus Thornton played some minutes at the position a year ago but he needs to play off the ball and score. Bottom line--if Pargo proves that he is healthy, he would be a good option here. Paul knows him and is comfortable with him. Ditto for David West. Pargo likes it here. He never really wanted to leave in the first place. Perhaps New Orleans will be his last place in the league via a second chance. His first impression here was a good one, complimentary to CP3. If Pargo left his heart in New Orleans, perhaps he will rediscover it here while rediscovering his game."
Tom Enlund of the Journal Sentinel: "Milwaukee Bucks' players of the past and present rubbed elbows at the team's golf outing earlier this week and a couple of the heralded alumni offered praise about the direction of the franchise under coach Scott Skiles and general manager John Hammond. 'It's exciting what's happening with the Bucks,' said former guard Sidney Moncrief, a five-time all-star and a five-time all-defensive team player during his 10 seasons with the Bucks. 'It's getting back to the excitement level when they had (Oscar) Robertson and then Ray Allen and even when they had our team. The fans here have always been supportive and now they have something to cheer about. I think the changes are very aggressive changes to try and improve the ballclub so whether they work out or not - and I think they will -- at least you know they're trying to move the team in the direction of being a contender.' Said Hall of Fame center Bob Lanier: "I like this team. They're a nice team. They made some nice trades and additions ... people around the league are talking about them, which makes you feel good.' "
Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee: "Former Kings star Vlade Divac will be featured in Once Brothers as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. The documentary will be 90 minutes and centers on the friendship between Divac and Drazen Petrovic and how it dissolved before amid a civil war in Yugoslavia between Divac's Serbia and Petrovic's Croatia. Both played on the Yugoslavian National Team and were pioneers for players from overseas coming to the NBA and having success. Petrovic died in a car accident in 1993. 'To build a friendship takes years, but to destroy it, takes one second,' Divac said in a statement. '...I always thought that the day would come when Drazen and I would sit down and talk, but that day never came.' The documentary will air on ESPN on Oct. 12."
John Jackson of the Chicago Sun-Times: "There's a growing debate throughout the NBA these days concerning the Bulls: Is management wise or crazy for its apparent unwillingness to include center Joakim Noah in a trade with the Denver Nuggets for perennial All-Star Carmelo Anthony? That it's even a topic of discussion is a testament to how much Noah's reputation has changed in the last two years. Granted, no one believes he's the equal of Anthony, who is considered one of the top five players in the league. It's just that Noah is a hard-to-find center, and his game meshes perfectly with point guard Derrick Rose and new power forward Carlos Boozer. Basically, the question Bulls management has to ask is this: Is the team better off with Anthony (career average of 24.7 points in seven seasons), or with Noah and small forward Luol Deng (who undoubtedly would have to be included to make a deal for Anthony work under the salary-cap rules)? Noah hopes the latter option is more attractive."
Bud Shaw of The Plain Dealer: "Alarm bells should be sounding for the Cavaliers. OK, that's sort of obvious. I mean more alarm bells, louder alarm bells. In separate communications recently -- one a tweet and the other an old-fashioned interview -- Mo Williams hardly comes off sounding like a guy new head coach Byron Scott can count on to lead a Cavaliers' resurgence. Williams alludes to 'family problems' in his latest Twitter feed. He calls this summer 'the worst time of my life.' He says everything with the team -- and you know, based on previous tweets he means LeBron James' departure and the firing of Mike Brown -- 'has been very hard.' ... Maybe it speaks well for him that he didn't just react to James' departure with a 'I'm still getting mine' shrug. But there's a lot of middle ground between that and being so crushed you consider retirement. He's being honest, I suppose. If you're Scott, though, you're hopeful Williams, who's had shrinking performances under playoff pressure, embraces an old slogan: 'Rise up' -- this time from the ashes. That doesn't sound promising."
Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: "Donnie Walsh admitted Wednesday that he second-guesses himself for including a first-round pick in last year's Tracy McGrady deal. In fact, the Houston Rockets are dangling that 2012 first-round pick in a potential deal for Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, a player the Knicks are also heavily pursuing. 'I'll second-guess myself forever on that,' Walsh said of including a 2012 first-round pick in the McGrady trade. 'I've always wondered about that. I didn't like it when we did it.' On Feb. 18, 2010, McGrady was traded to the Knicks as part of a three-team deal involving Houston and Sacramento. The Knicks and Rockets exchanged 2011 first-round picks in the deal, and because the Knicks added their 2012 first-round pick, they are prohibited by league rules to trade their 2013 first-round pick. In fact, Walsh revealed that he is trying to acquire a first-round pick that he theoretically could include in a deal for Anthony."
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Tony Parker might be right. Maybe this will be the 'last real chance' for him to win a title with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. But the finality of Parker's statement this week says something else. If Parker thinks this is it, then Parker likely thinks this is it for him, too. Which could help the Spurs this season. Parker is among the few Spurs not in San Antonio already, but that's not a sign of anything. He usually comes into town just before training camp starts and, besides, he put in his time this summer. He's been traveling to various functions with his wife, and he's often been in Los Angeles. But he worked out in L.A. with devotion, usually with a Spurs assistant, and some in management think it's been among the most productive offseasons of his career. Not getting hurt with his French national team standing nearby was an additional plus. This should be clear: He's not Carmelo Anthony, another entering the final season of his contract. Parker wants to be here this season, and he wants to win. And if Parker resumes his All-Star status while the Spurs win? There might be the same franchise urgency to find a contractual compromise as there was with Ginobili late last season. ... From Amare Stoudemire declaring in July that Parker is 'ready to join me' with the Knicks, to Eva Longoria saying in August that Parker would like to play in New York. Parker's latest statement is mostly a basketball one. This week, he told a French website, 'Personally, I think this will be our last real chance to win a title,' and his reasoning translated into a two-word analysis. 'Duncan aging,' Parker said. That will go over well in the practice facility. Parker is acting as if this is the end, putting everything on today while distancing himself from tomorrow. And if that leads to some anxiety, there's also an edge that was there a year ago with Ginobili. If this is the last of Parker, it will be the best of him, too."
Brian Kamenetzky of ESPNLandOLakers: "For a team to enter training camp lacking overwhelmingly juicy subplots generally means the squad is either very bad (there are loads of questions, but the answers don't matter) or very good (there aren't many questions to begin with). With consecutive titles, three straight Finals appearances, and strong odds to earn a fourth, the Lakers are the obviously the latter. While the 2010-11 season undoubtedly contains some very compelling storylines, very few will start to play out this early. Meanwhile, most of the regular 'camp stuff' other teams deal with before the start of the regular season doesn't apply to the purple and gold. The rotation is fairly well established, there are no significant positional battles, no new system to absorb, no major issues integrating new guys on the roster. This is a good thing."
Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News: " 'What have I gotten myself into?' That's what I was thinking heading into a workout with Pistons strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander last Friday at the Pistons practice facility. Kander's reputation of being a guru preceded him, and I wanted to see for myself how he's been so successful in his nearly 20-year tenure with the Pistons. Surprisingly, he didn't flinch upon my request to go through a mini-workout. You can't compare it to Tae Bo, P90X or Pilates. What he put me through was more than enough to bring even the most finely tuned athlete to his knees. 'Everyone sees what the endgame is, but we'll see what the roots are,' Kander said. He told me I would be going through a scaled-down version of what he puts the players through, and as he looked at my slim, 150-pound frame, he said: 'Doesn't mean you're in shape; it could be hereditary.' He was right, and I knew it. This was the first summer I hadn't played basketball on a regular basis. I expected this workout to be difficult; I left with a newfound respect for what players put their bodies through day after day, just to stay afloat."
Ken Trahan of NewOrleans.com: "Entering his eighth year in the league, Jannero Pargo must prove that he still has the quickness and shooting ability that made him so effective here. He was courted by Golden State in the off-season but the Warriors rescinded their offer to Pargo after he underwent minor knee surgery. By his own admission, Pargo is getting healthier though he is not 100 percent yet. The Hornets need a backup plan for Paul. Unproven Mustafa Shakur is on the roster while D.J. Strawberry, more of a shooting guard who could steal a few minutes at point, is on the roster as well. Marcus Thornton played some minutes at the position a year ago but he needs to play off the ball and score. Bottom line--if Pargo proves that he is healthy, he would be a good option here. Paul knows him and is comfortable with him. Ditto for David West. Pargo likes it here. He never really wanted to leave in the first place. Perhaps New Orleans will be his last place in the league via a second chance. His first impression here was a good one, complimentary to CP3. If Pargo left his heart in New Orleans, perhaps he will rediscover it here while rediscovering his game."
Tom Enlund of the Journal Sentinel: "Milwaukee Bucks' players of the past and present rubbed elbows at the team's golf outing earlier this week and a couple of the heralded alumni offered praise about the direction of the franchise under coach Scott Skiles and general manager John Hammond. 'It's exciting what's happening with the Bucks,' said former guard Sidney Moncrief, a five-time all-star and a five-time all-defensive team player during his 10 seasons with the Bucks. 'It's getting back to the excitement level when they had (Oscar) Robertson and then Ray Allen and even when they had our team. The fans here have always been supportive and now they have something to cheer about. I think the changes are very aggressive changes to try and improve the ballclub so whether they work out or not - and I think they will -- at least you know they're trying to move the team in the direction of being a contender.' Said Hall of Fame center Bob Lanier: "I like this team. They're a nice team. They made some nice trades and additions ... people around the league are talking about them, which makes you feel good.' "
Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee: "Former Kings star Vlade Divac will be featured in Once Brothers as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. The documentary will be 90 minutes and centers on the friendship between Divac and Drazen Petrovic and how it dissolved before amid a civil war in Yugoslavia between Divac's Serbia and Petrovic's Croatia. Both played on the Yugoslavian National Team and were pioneers for players from overseas coming to the NBA and having success. Petrovic died in a car accident in 1993. 'To build a friendship takes years, but to destroy it, takes one second,' Divac said in a statement. '...I always thought that the day would come when Drazen and I would sit down and talk, but that day never came.' The documentary will air on ESPN on Oct. 12."
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