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Posted Wednesday July 08, 2009, About: Stern wants new Warriors owner
Stern is the best commissioner of *any* sport in the US. The NBA is lucky to have him. The only real knock against him is how he treats Mark Cuban, who is essentially the best owner in the NBA.
Posted Sunday May 31, 2009, About: Bulls interested in point guards
Bulls need a dominant PF. No idea why they care about getting another PG, they have Rose and Hinrich.
Posted Monday May 25, 2009, About: Clippers entertaining offers for top pick
Holy crap don't trade that freakin' pick! Draft Griffin, you morons!
Posted Saturday May 09, 2009, About: Teen accused in Ovechkin death threat
Who cares if Pittsburgh sucks or if Washington sucks or if anyone sucks?

The Red Wings rule. That's all that matters. =)
Posted Sunday April 19, 2009, About: Brown questions Okafor's love of basketball
He has a title in the last 5 years, and the only team in his entire coaching career he failed to dramatically improve was the Knicks. I'm pretty sure it's Okafor who should be listening to him, and not vice versa. LB is one of the five best coaches in the NBA, hands down, and even players who dislike him respect his coaching Xs and Os.
Posted Monday April 13, 2009, About: Source: Cassell to join Flip in D.C.
SVG is probably going to win coach of the year and won't be fired, even if Orlando is swept out of the first round (which won't happen). If they DO lose, it'll be because two of their best players are out (Nelson, their All-Star PG, and Hedo, who should have been an All-Star instead of Lewis), and because it looks like Chicago has a shot at nabbing that 6th seed from Philly. The combination of injuries to Orlando's starters and Chicago's stellar play lately has to have SVG worried about Orlando's first round matchup.

He's not, however, worried about his job.

Also, Sam I Am will rock as a coach. One of the savviest, wiliest NBA players ever. Also crazy (in a good way)!
Posted Saturday April 04, 2009, About: Iverson: I'd rather retire than come off bench
I'm not a fan of AI's game, never have been, but most of these negative comments have to do with his attitude and his image. AI was a great basketball player... the Sixers fans out there badmouthing him should know he took that Sixers team THREE WINS from an NBA title. He was the best player on that team by far. To say otherwise is to be deeply ungrateful. His exit was really messy and he handled it as poorly as possible, but damn, AI gave Philly some great basketball years.

He might or might not be a Hall of Famer, but I've seen him play in person a little more than half a dozen times (including with Team USA)... he's used to be a really entertaining and dynamic player.

But everyone knows small guards don't age well, and he's one of the smallest guards in the league. He should retire, but not because no one wants him. He's just abusing his body at this point. He has had a great career, marked with some stupid decisions and poor practicing habits. Should he ever make the HoF, I would not protest. He certainly deserves consideration.
Posted Tuesday January 27, 2009, About: Knicks frustrated with Robinson
Nate Robinson is one of the most effective 6th men in the NBA... look at the Knicks' +/- when he's in the game. He averages 15 ppg in less than 30 minutes per game, picks up assists, steals, hustles, cares about winning the game. I hate the Knicks, personally, but Nate Robinson is a good player. He's crazy, but he wants to win.

A lot of people dislike him in here, apparently, because he seems like he might be another troubled NBA player (which, so far, he is not). Labeling a player as "not very good" because you dislike the fact that he's loud is just stupidity. He's obviously a talented player, especially considering his size. Will he ever be an all-star? No. But he's definitely a great scoring option off the bench.
Posted Sunday January 25, 2009, About: Jackson leaving Lakers in 2010
lol

I hope this is parody. Phil Jackson has *nine* rings because he's arguably the best NBA coach of all time (Red, of course, being the person you would argue otherwise).
Posted Sunday December 28, 2008, About: D'Antoni: Knicks in crisis
I don't like the Knicks but they're on the right track. This team is not very good right now, and D'Antoni knows it. But they need to rebuild very badly, and they're moving in that direction. D'Antoni is also a great coach, at least this team plays hard and is entertaining.
Posted Sunday December 14, 2008, About: Rasheed to Mavericks?
If Dallas can get Sheed from Detroit just for cap space... that's a big deal. Sheed is an underachiever only in the sense that he *should* have developed into the best PF in the NBA. But he's undoubtedly a major playoff performer (barring leaving Horry alone on that one rotation...).

The other thing this article mentions, which is misleading... Harris is putting up gaudy numbers with NJ, but he wouldn't be doing that with Dallas. And Jason Kidd has been his old self lately. The Mavs right now are actually in striking distance of their division lead and turned it around quite a bit. The Mavs are not the Suns; they have a good team and a good core. If they got Sheed for just cap relief, rather than unloading their bench youth, it could potentially make them a contender. Not better than LA / Boston / Cleveland, but certainly a dangerous team.
Posted Sunday December 07, 2008, About: LeBron, KG may not start All-Star Game
I haven't checked if Yi is on the ballot... he should not be, he's not an all-star caliber player, much less all-star starting five material...
Posted Saturday November 22, 2008, About: Knicks offer Marbury for Heat's Marion
ahahahaha what

This can't be a real offer. Miami would never make such an idiotic trade when they know NY has to buy out Marbury at some point.
Posted Friday November 21, 2008, About: Knicks: Curry lacks desire
Curry really is unstoppable in the block... his career numbers are not that good because both Tyson Chandler and him were on some very, very bad Bulls teams his first four or five years in the league. But any NBA scout will tell you that Curry's combination of size and shooting touch inside is basically unstoppable down low. He used to draw tons of fouls and cause match-up problems the last year or two he played for Chicago, since he was surrounded with good shooters and paired with Tyson Chandler to clean up his misses.

The problem is that his low post scoring is literally the only NBA-level aspect of his game. That a player that size can't play a lick of defense or rebound... pass or block... he's just too one-dimensional and perpetually out of shape.
Posted Monday November 10, 2008, About: Dirk questions Mavs' effort
I wonder how many people who comment here actually watch the NBA and read anything but headlines. Dirk's been a reasonably good defender for almost three years now, and can't really be criticized as a soft player anymore. Ask any basketball scout or analyst, and they'll tell you Dirk no longer plays matador defense. That was Avery Johnson's contribution to Dirk's career.

If the Mavs are not playing well, it's hardly Dirk's fault. The team has been anemic and while Dirk is still one of the ten best basketball players in the WORLD, they aren't going to compete in the West unless Howard, Terry, Kidd and the rest of the Mavs play with more consistency.
Posted Thursday July 03, 2008, About: How Red Wings landed Hossa
The only reason Detroit doesn't sell out every game, and fans everywhere should be aware of this and show a little **** respect, is because the state of Michigan was in recession long before the rest of the country. The city of Detroit has been in hard times for decades now. Just the fact that attendance is so good in spite of the economic situation shows that Detroit has the best fans in the NHL. Hands down. You want Detroit games to sell out? Be a buddy. Buy someone in Michigan Wings tickets. They'll sure as hell go watch their Red Wings!

By the way, this is one of the most awesome free agent thefts EVER. The one year tenure allows them to resign Hossa after they lock up Zetterberg and Franzen. And did anyone notice they also resigned Stuart for peanuts too? This is the best run franchise in sports. They're like the Spurs of the NHL, except they're even better.
Posted Thursday July 03, 2008, About: Source: Mavericks sign Green
Who the hell is Brandon Bass? He's one of the sleepers from last year's draft. Put up great numbers off the bench as a rookie.

Gerald Green might be a nice signing. He just needs to get his butt kicked around a little bit, but there's some talent to work with. Depends on how much he'll work for it, which is the question mark he had with Boston and Minnesota.
Posted Thursday July 03, 2008, About: Sources: Arenas offered $125M
Arenas is worth max money. Anyone here suggesting otherwise is simply wrong. I'm neither Wizards fan, nor an Arenas fan, not a detractor or anything, since as a player I like him fine and he's a great blogger. But big, 26 year old combo guards that can average nearly 30 ppg and have good ballhandling / passing skills (though not PG caliber, but still good nonetheless) don't grow on trees. Arenas has a great in and out game, he can hit threes, slash to the basket, and is generally an explosive and disruptive offensive player.

If Rashard Lewis is making max money in Orlando, then Arenas is far, far more deserving of that kind of cash. He is an immediate impact player. Washington has been a playoff team since signing him, His stats last year were not impressive because he was injured most of the year, but remember this guy has averaged something like 27 ppg throughout the last 4 seasons for a playoff team. This is not a guy putting up garbage numbers for a bad team. He's real good. The only real criticism of Arenas is that he's not a two-way player; he lacks defensive acumen, but then again, so does that entire Washington team.
Posted Friday June 20, 2008, About: Why the Lakers will trade Odom
Odom, before Gasol came, led LA in basically every statistical category except scoring. He's a very talented and different type of player than Pippen (who on the whole was a megastar, so comparing Odom to him is unfair anyway). I don't think they'll get anyone as good as Odom if they traded him. What LA needs is far more veteran presence on their bench.

The other issue is that while Kobe is one of the NBA's 10 best players, he's simply lacking the leadership qualities to anchor a championship team. He doesn't make people around him better. So LA needs a veteran bench, veteran voices on the team who do not simply allow him to harp on them for every mistake they make, while at the same time expecting them to sit silent while he takes dozens of bad 15 footers and 3 pointers. Kobe is excellent, but as we learned these finals, he's not Jordan, and he never will be. So LA has to build around him accordingly. You can win a title with Kobe, just not without another dominant player and a deep bench.
Posted Saturday March 15, 2008, About: Sanders rips Knicks front office
She's right to point it out. The testimony from the courtroom revealed she's not exactly an A+ executive either, but you have a major, major problem with basic professionalism in your organization if the HEAD COACH / GM is sexually harassing on of your TOP EXECUTIVES. Can you imagine what it was like for other women, who weren't highly paid executives?

It's good for her to keep reminding the press, precisely because the Knicks will sell out games regardless of whether or not they're winning. That's a huge issue for David Stern; Dolan is still making some money, but the Knicks sucking robs the league of revenues from nationally televised regular season and playoff games, plus whatever Knicks-related gear gets sold. Sexual harassment and the hiring of Marbury's cousins are just the tip of the iceberg of how bad of a franchise the Knicks are; on the court we see the true product of that mess every game.
Posted Tuesday March 11, 2008, About: Bulls fine Duhon for comment
Also, the guy who posted Elton Brand and Carlos Boozer as "somewhat" successful Duke players needs his head checked. :P Two of the ten (maybe even five) best PFs in the NBA right there...

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