NBA Draft 2012: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

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The second pick the NBA draft has produced many stars, but also many famous busts. Bob Petit, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Rick Barry, Earl Monroe Dave Bing, Wes Unseld, Rudy Tomjanovich, Bob McAdoo, Isaih Thomas, Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning and Kevin Durant were all drafted 2nd, which shows a HOFer can be found. The busts have fallen into 3 categories: • Big guys who were more big than good: Hasheem Thabeet, Darko Milicic, Shawn Bradley, Sam Bowie and Steve Stipanovich. • Freshmen forwards: … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2012: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Playoff Thoughts

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1.  Celtics-Hawks: So far, the First Round has been entertaining for individual games but no series has really quite gotten to the point that the outcome has been in much doubt.  In other words, no series have been tied at 2-2 but instead all were at 3-1 or 4-0 sweeps coming into Game 5.  Fortunately for the casual fan, the Hawks win tonight in Atlanta has made its series with Boston a little more fun.   Based upon the play so far, Game 6 will be yet another low scoring, low paced battle of … [Read more...] about Playoff Thoughts

Playoff Thoughts (Western Conference)

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1.  Spurs-Jazz: While it appeared that the Jazz's big front line just might give the Spurs some problems, it has not played out this way so far.  The front court has been irrelevant as Tony Parker destroyed the Jazz guards in Game 1 and the Spurs just collectively clobbered Utah in Game 2, in a game where the Spurs couldn't miss and the Jazz couldn't make a shot.  The only question is whether Utah can make this series interesting in Utah.  Jazz's fans can take solace in the fact that the team … [Read more...] about Playoff Thoughts (Western Conference)

Quick Thoughts

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1. Tanking: The theme of the final month of the NBA season has been tanking.  Namely, that the bad teams have quit trying in an attempt to amass ping pong balls for the NBA Lottery.   But is this true?  Well, the anecdotal evidence overwhelmingly supports this assertion.  Of the 16 teams currently in the NBA playoffs, all are at least 5-5 in their last ten games, except Orlando (which is 4-6 and has been reeling with the injury to Dwight Howard).  Of the 14 teams now outside of the playoff … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

SVG V. Superman

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This week's drama in Orlando is one of the more bizarre NBA stories I can remember. I’m not surprised that Dwight Howard wanted Stan Van Gundy fired or that the two might not like each other.  No, but Van Gundy’s decision to go nuclear and call Howard out at an interview session is pretty unprecedented.  Players and coaches often do despise each other but there is a thin layer of civility (at least in front of the public) that tethers everyone to reality.  Why and how did this happen? Of course, … [Read more...] about SVG V. Superman

Bad Shooting

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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

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