Quick Thoughts

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1.    What're Yi Doing?: The least shocking news of the day was the announcement of Yi Jianlian's Chinese team the Beijing Tigers that it would not permit him to sign with the Bucks.  According to Beijing's owner Chen Haitao: "This is not -- as media reports have said -- because Milwaukee, as a city with very few Chinese people, is not good for Yi's commercial development.  Rather we want to find a team suitable for Yi's growth. That's the root of the problem."  It's not quite … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Transactions: 7/2-7/13

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Dallas Mavericks 7/12    Re-sign Devean George 7/13    Re-sign Jerry Stackhouse The Stackhouse re-signing was an interest decision.  Stack is not young (33) and has had knee issues but he was a key player for the Mavs off the bench last year.  The extension is reported at three years and $18 million.  It's hard to know where Stackhouse will be in three years.  Last year is difficult for predictive value because it was so uncharacteristic of his career.  Previously, Stack was a … [Read more...] about Transactions: 7/2-7/13

Transactions 4/14-7/1

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Atlanta Hawks 6/28    Draft Al Horford and Acie Law IV Horford looks like a nice pick.  He should develop into the power rebounder that the Hawks don't quite have.  The only question is whether he develops into a solid pro (a la Otis Thorpe) or whether Horford will do some scoring.  The pick renders last year's high power forward pick, Shelden Williams, as nothing more than a reserve.  Of course, Williams does not look like he was ever as talented as Horford to begin … [Read more...] about Transactions 4/14-7/1

NBA Draft 2007: Combo Guards

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This being a relatively new category of prospects, I don’t have the history to draw on that I do with the 5 traditional positions. While I could give the combo standards to pass, like the 7 RSB40 for SGs, the best thing for now might be to look at how well they do the things that are most important. To me that would be showing the ability to play PG in a pinch, good scoring ability and strong defense. While his numbers were pretty awful overall for a guard prospect last year, Daniel … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2007: Combo Guards

NBA Draft 2007: Point Guards

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For the PGs the important standards seem to be as follows: A FG pct. of .450, 18.0 P40, 5.0 A40 and 6.5 RSB40. Unlike SGs, it seems that the better a PG does in each one of these categories, the better he plays as a pro. Of particular importance seems to be a high number of assists. The 5.0 A40 number I tossed up there is more of a minimum. The best pro PGs racked up at least 7 assists per 40 minutes in college. Scoring isn’t as important as it is for the other positions, but scoring … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2007: Point Guards

NBA Draft 2007: Shooting Guards

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One thing I found looking at past SGs is that it’s more important for them to reach certain levels of performance in a number of stats rather than excel in one or two particular areas. Specifically there are four numbers that seem to be important for SG prospects to reach: A FG pct. of at least .420, a P40 of 20, an A/TO of at least 0.8 and a combined rebounds, steals and blocks per 40 minutes of at least 7. While it’s great if the player excels in any one of these four areas, it’s … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2007: Shooting Guards

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