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There have been some notable really bad shooting performances from usually pretty good players this season.  Most notably, Lamar Odom is shooting 34% after shooting 53% last year.  Plenty other players have also looked ugly too:  James Toney, DeShawn Stevenson, Ron Artest, Baron Davis, and Jason Kidd are other well-known players hovering below 36%.  But is there really more bad shooting this year than normal?  It would seem that this might happen in a lockout year but the fact is not confirmed … [Read more...] about Bad Shooting

The class of 2012 is better than the class of 2011. Right now that’s about the best thing I can say about it. I’ll add that there are enough intriguing prospects out there that I expect an interesting enough class to develop by draft day. But I still see this as a slightly below-average class once all is said and done. As it stands now I see 1 player who stands out, Anthony Davis. After that there are 3 others in the next tier. Beyond those 4 I put the prospects in groups for now. The groups are … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2012: An Early Preview

Until recently, the NBA-NBPA negotiations have been relatively quiet but now things are starting to get a bit funky.  The players have doubted the amount of money losses that the NBA has set forth in their financials, which has created an impasse.  More recently, the NBPA filed a complaint with NLRB claiming that the NBA has not been bargaining in good faith.  In other words, the NBPA did not like that the NBA was not budging and sought leverage by getting a ruling from the NLRB that … [Read more...] about Nuclear Summer (and Winter?)

It has been one of the more fun regular seasons in a long time but it's safe to say that we are all ready for the playoffs.  This year's playoffs look particularly interesting because there is no prohibitive favorite.  Sure, the Bulls are the best team on paper but even numbers crunchers are given some pause about the fact that the team is relatively green playoff-wise.  The Heat are obviously good but they haven't looked like the super dominant force some expected.  It's also tough … [Read more...] about NBA Playoff Preview 2010-11

For the past few weeks, we have gone through each of the major college conferences and ranked each college hoops programs based upon its NBA production post-1980.  Today, we finally reach the not the Final Four but the Final Six....the rankings of the best teams of the each of the six major college conferences against each other.  Obviously, this is still a subjective endeavor and is not still not meant to be the gospel truth.  Still, in reviewing each conference, we've been relatively … [Read more...] about The Final Six of the NCAA, NBA Style

For the past two weeks, we've been working our westward, and reviewing the best NBA players since 1980 from each of the six major NCAA conferences. Today, we reach the last leg of our NCAA tour, the PAC 10.  Without having reviewed the rosters yet, we do know that UCLA and Arizona should have the most formidable line ups.  Of course, may not be so simple.  Let's take a look and see how the PAC shakes out: 10. Washington State: PG: Craig Ehlo, SG: Don Collins, SF: Brian Quinnett, PF: … [Read more...] about Best of the Pac 10, NBA Style