2011年6月29日星期三

Rick Snider: NBA should consider taking the NFL approac

The NBA should note, take the NFL job. Just as football, there are signs of progress in resolving their problems to work out of season, basketball seems to be ready to create your own block of limbo.
The two leagues are in a reverse situation. The owner of the NFL and the players share $ 9,000,000 profit. The NBA apparently has to lose 22 of the 30 teams money, but the players say, it is only 10 But that's a lot of problems with franchises.

The NFL tries to be dominant in the league on the planet. The NBA is trying to prevent the withdrawal of the franchise.

Washington owner Ted Leonsis acknowledged that the Wizards have lost money last season. Nobody wanted to see a crappy game and 81 suites. No wonder the tickets sold on StubHub for $ 1 each.
 The owner of the NBA players certainly block Friday when the new year begins in the league. The public does not care at first, especially if the NFL will be here soon with his contract of employment and training camps begin in late July.
 The biggest problem is that the NBA was small. Franchise too many games, many big money contracts. College basketball is much more interesting, because only 30 games. 82 games of the NBA season is a routine, and the players walk through games. It's boring, despite the big players.

There are also deductibles. Some fans worry if the NBA lost a part of the equipment. But the league can not lose, or games devices, because the money. Wait - how to play the teams money, or less? The horse racing industry is benefiting from its new strategy for local action groups a few months a year instead of the year. The declining supply, increasing demand.

The conclusion is that the players have less money like the NFL to do to prepare brothers. Sorry, guys - this is the new America. Everyone makes less. Only down even more in a season that almost all the work Joe does in life, so forgive us our lack of tears. You may need one or two cars worth more than many houses found. League provides 2000000000 $ to salaries and benefits, 10 percent less than before.

Players will qualify students to the project, rather than forcing them to take a year of basket weaving at the University before the league. No problem. When one is finished 18, we will be playing against him. It would be nice if somebody cut in training camp could still play at school, though.

How long before the NBA is it treated? Nobody cares until January, but rather than peace in the NFL in any way a positive effect on bringing an earlier resolution of basketball.

2011年6月28日星期二

Country Day, OR Benson stars, is now in the NBA with an uncertain summer

Play the Miami Heat may be the speed of more than one dimension of thinking.

The size is in the first round, Norris Cole, owner of the Cleveland State, the speed at which the philosophy of the heat before the introduction of a blockade of the NBA probably at midnight on Thursday. Prevented from this moment that the Heat have no contact with any player that is until a new collective agreement.
Moving to a game of speed better than the skills of lower Cole, chairman of the heat, Riley said he is more of a philosophical decision to hold meetings with coach Erik Spoelstra.

Erik and I did not really sit down and talk about the season and how everything went and what we have to improve as a team,  Riley said the review team direction with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.  I think the only thing he and I have always had relationships is the speed, quickness, agility, etc, etc, etc..

However, Riley said that should not change the expectations of the scene of a great team that finished two victories away from his one NBA title.

Currently, we are to realize, have two games to a world championship, as we have played, is that you do not try to reinvent the wheel, win, you must try to exploit the opportunities there,  Riley said.

After reference.com basketball, the Heat in the NBA last season ended in the twentieth rhythm. The Dallas Mavericks, who beat the Heat in the NBA Finals, finished 18th Note that a faster pace is not necessarily crucial for success.

Riley said Spoelstra does not mean that you are not fascinated by a faster pace.

He is a proponent of the ground offensive, and if we players player, which can explode and play games, of course, with LeBron and Dwyane and then we are probably talking about in that direction,  Riley said.


With the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas canceled because of the threat of a lockout, the heat of a complete mini-camp three days at the American Airlines Arena.

With the field mostly of players who went undrafted together, Riley said he issued a challenge to each of these views.



If Riley is taken at his word, heat may have set for the next season in the center, Zydrunas Ilgauskas has recently called opt-in clause for the 2011-12 and Joel Anthony Dexter Pittman and contract for next season.

When I met with him to leave, I did not know where all the conversations in which all the talk of retirement to come,  Riley said of Ilgauskas, 36  There is a long time, a player who is very proud, I think many in the tank, to play like ..

I encouraged him not to rest, because I still believe it can help someone, and you want someone to be us. I do not want it on the street or on the street or on the street.

2011年6月27日星期一

Celtics free agent OPTIONS Center

Of course the NBA is on the precipice of a blockade of the first July, but we can still consider the options available for the Celtics in any position, when the landscape of the salary cap is determined (God knows when). Centers: To start with the greatest need for Cs.

The Celtics started the 2010-11 season with four centers in the list (Kendrick Perkins, Shaquille O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal and Semih Erden) in collaboration with the Centre once Glen Davis. Now, one year later, only OJ. this list. While Big Baby is always an option depending on their value on the open market, the SC must have at least one if not two more guys who can play every five years.

The Celtics had six players under contract in 2011-12 to a total of $ 64.3 million (Kevin Garnett, 21.2 billion, Paul Pierce, $ 15.33, Ray Allen, $ 10, Rajon Rondo, $ 10; Jermaine O'Neal , $ 6.23; Avery Bradley, $ 1.53) and Jeff Green is at least an additional $ 5,910,000 in the off season. This leaves little room for Celtics president Danny Ainge, basketball operations, no matter how shaken agreement.

Consequently, we expect that comply with all free agents. Let us at the corner (early termination option), Nene, Marc Gasol start ($ 4.5 million qualifying offer) and Tyson Chandler (without limitation) the list of potential targets. While none of these three would be very fit in 2011, Celtics 12 (provided, of course, Teresa 2011-12 NBA season), they are all out of your league.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the options available should the Celtics in the middle and separates the flow of free agency for players in four categories

2011年6月26日星期日

2011 NBA Draft Grades: Dynamic Duo For Charlotte Bobcats in the draft lottery

The Charlotte Bobcats get rid of Stephen Jackson and veteran guard at the base agent Shaun Livingston a draft day trade. They received in exchange for two players, with its selection of 19 projects, worth more. He used these assets in Corey Maggette, a productive player in the legal system, and two top ten picks. B-Bismack written business Smack Biyombo Kemba Walker seventh and ninth place overall.

Biyombo can be invested and ridicule are one of the best defensive presence in the league in the next few years hopefully. He has incredible athleticism and generated comparisons with the other big man in the Congo, Serge Ibaka. He has no directory Serge's offensive, but a better recovery and blocking skills and is already in the league in those categories to speak. Biyombo has an engine, with smoking and a campaign to dominate the league will finish, I think it will be an international success for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Kemba Walker is a good choice for cats. Michael Jordan is now the majority owner of the team, a player had won a family tree, as it was. Walker led his team through the UConn Husky Big East tournament and beat the competition in the NCAA tournament. He is a leader on the floor and has the ability to play guard at once to the next level.

This infusion of young talent in a beleaguered franchise will undoubtedly help to begin an effort in the Eastern Conference playoffs only five teams to go deep today.

2011年6月24日星期五

NBA Draft 2011: Ranking Project Trail Blazers

  The Trail Blazers were one of the most active teams during the project in 2011 in the NBA, but experts are impressed.

Portland point guard Nolan Smith Duke made 21 and was sent to Denver for Andre Miller, Raymond Felton, while Rudy Fernandez shipping in Dallas and writing at Ohio State guard Jon Diebler with selection-51.


ESPN.com 's Chad Ford (insider information) is a C-Portland: The Blazers came a man whose ceiling seems to be a sixth man. Nolan Smith is solid, and is perhaps in the No. 21 box is good enough. But I thought that players like Reggie Jackson and Brooks Marshon offers more advantages.

CBSSports.com with a C for the Blazers, including the  loser  category for the night was, Smith later between four and seven points if they trade down. Not on the needs of other places and at the same time, the redevelopment of the area defense a priority, not the guards were better than Smith to buy here. To get to the top of a disappointing night for the Blazers trade.

Yahoo Sports Marc J. Portland Spears leaves are also among the losers of the project: the Portland Trail Blazers traded the one player most underrated Andre Miller as the basis for the Denver Nuggets and sent athletic guard Rudy Fernandez, the Dallas Mavericks, while the acquisition Raymond Felton the basis of an exchange of three teams. The Nuggets were disappointed by Felton, after a poor offensive performance in the playoffs and was determined to change it. While Felton is a solid starting point guard hes not a leader experienced Bodenmiller. Nuggets coach George Karl told close friends that he was excited by the return of Miller, he hated to see addressed in the trade of Allen Iverson to 19 December 2006. While Fernandez was driving, the Blazers to the NBA champion Mavericks and the loss of insurance for injury-prone guard Brandon Roy helped.

Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk.com NBC with a big C: At the end of what looked like a busy day that ended with Raymond Felton younger, but not much better than what they had and a nice pair Shooters must do much more. The same team that was 24 hours, at the base.

NBADraft.net gives the Blazers a C: Pioneers (sic) decided to play it safe in the draft this year. Both have a great need in the run-up to people like Kenneth Faries available so that Nolan Smith is scratching her head. Smith and Jon Diebler have a strong role of a potential, but it is difficult to see one of them, become something more. Smith is a combo guard attacker / defender of the bank, while Diebler is a great shooter at the end of the rotation. Raymond Felton scored well for the Nuggets, who was his great success and gives them a solid young point guard for the coming season.

Tom Ziller Award SB Nation D-Portland: Felton is an update to Miller? This could be the big question of our time. Felton is not a shooter, in great depth, but it can fill up a little here and there. He did well in slowing the attack in the Charlotte Bobcats for five years. He is a proponent of Nice and the dealer. It's like the definition of  OK . Raymond  OK  Felton, the leader of the NBA.
Sean D茅v茅ny Sporting News  like even less, giving the Blazers an F: Huh Felton Noncommercial Nate McMillan's slow adaptation to Why give Fernandez and Miller to protect a marginal entry point for Nolan and Smith to extend to 21 years??

How noticeable the day on the project Blazers? Vote in our poll and post your comments below.

2011年6月23日星期四

Utah Jazz have the edges of the No. 3 to No. Alec Burks. 12

 The Utah Jazz, add a few pieces of their rebuilding, selecting 6-foot-11 center Enes Kanter of Turkey with 3 and 6-foot-6 guard Alex Burks Colorado Project No. 12, 2011 NBA.
The Kanter 19 is regarded as one of the Elite Trampoline and editors in this year of the project. Kanter jazz impressed those responsible for training pre-project in Chicago, and Jazz coach Ty Corbin reports that  directly connected  with him when they met.

The team hopes to Kanter, who qualified for the NCAA for the University of Kentucky College last season to compete, strengthen the front court for the Jazz, who fought to the end of last season. In a video interview aired at EnergySolutions Arena, Kanter said he was anxious to join the list of jazz.

Utah, following the selection of 12 to 19 years, Burks, who averaged more than 20 points per game and six rebounds per game last season in his second year of the buffalo.
Jimma Fredette, who led the nation in scoring last season playing for Brigham Young, was tenth overall with a pick acquired from the Sacramento Kings. Before the project was rumored to Utah to the No. 12 pick for a chance to get into a better position to trade the star guard project.

Elected Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving Duke with first choice and went to Texas to Tristan Thompson on fourth place Minnesota Timberwolves forward Derrick Williams in Arizona with the second overall selection.

The Toronto Raptors finished among the top five collections Jonas Valanciunas Lithuania.

The Jazz Project to be critical, as General Manager Kevin Corbin oConn and try to get a Utah team that broke down the stretch last year to build.

Is the project for the first time since the sudden withdrawal of organizations of Fame coach Jerry Sloan and Brad Star point guard Deron Williams. Jazz began the season 2010-2011 in fashion ever, but ended with a dive and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

The current list of Jazz 2010 with two lottery choices. Power forward Derrick Favors has been selected by the New Jersey Nets in the last year with the third overall choice, before they are packaged and in Utah in a deal for Williams. The Jazz has Gordon Hayward Butler University to re-ninth.

2011年6月22日星期三

Fans rejoice: Lakers problems could disappear with the owner of Felton?

According to Adrian Wojnarowski Yahoo Sports writer, could the Lakers their Denver Nuggets point guard Raymond Felton at (notes) are riveted and replaced (Note) veteran Derek Fisher. The Sacramento Kings also appear in the mix of Felton, but would not be surprised if the Lakers stepped on the accelerator, and the trick has to happen if another opportunity arises.

Things that make him an interesting perspective on how the owner of the Lakers defense is solid, passing and shooting skills in circulation over the bow. These three play areas marked decrease in the playoffs Lakers NBA Finals 2011th Therefore would be adding a player with skills Felton in each category will be a big boost to the arsenal of the Lakers. Felton comes from perhaps his best season of his career six years NBA. During the 2010-2011 season, he averaged 15.5 points per game, 8.3 and 1.7 steals per game supports, all career highs. All 21 games for Denver last season, has also put together a three-goal percentage of 45.9 points would be received with open arms the Lakers. Felton is a balanced base that would fit perfectly  trained as a mediator and faster with some of the packing slip that the Lakers Lakers defense like a hot knife through butter cut last season.
 Although he has time with the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets last season, saw his first five years of his NBA career he played with the Charlotte Bobcats. Meanwhile, he has never really stands as a base class, because he was forced to declare a marker rather than a facilitator. In the years 2010-2011, is more like a true point guard, which I think is the reason for his increased production in all areas. He was supposed to be from natural marker for the Knicks and Nuggets, meaning it was the go-to-type surround. This would apply even if he landed in the land of the Lakers with Kobe Bryant (notes), Pau Gasol (notes), Andrew Bynum (notes) and Lamar Odom (notes) of all potentially part of your support team.

Return to the possibility of exchanges, I am a little skeptical about what the Nuggets would be willing to give Felton. You have Ty Lawson (notes), they seem confident in developing the performance work, so Felton could fungible. Enough I think, something like Steve Blake (notes) and a pair of Lakers in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft, but would can be a little optimistic. However, it can only be found one day before the project as quickly as possible, if something will happen.

When I saw Felton play in Charlotte, I felt it was a point guard better than he has credit for. If the Lakers were able to take him to Los Angeles, I was surprised he could see better in the locker room and the line than a player like Chris Paul (notes) and Deron Williams (notes). Not a superstar, but the Lakers really need another one of those who continue to exceed meters Diva? What Felton is a talent base that the potential, the missing ingredient for the Lakers' next trip to the NBA Finals to be.

2011年6月20日星期一

NBA Draft 2011: Jimma Fredette and top-15 prospects for the Houston Rockets

 Jimma Fredette, Alec Burks, Chris Singleton, Tristan Morris and Thompson Markieff all Houston could play in the NBA next season there is a season in the NBA next year.

The Houston Rockets are No. 14 and No. 23 selection in the first round of the NBA on Thursday. Some players do not get enough for the Rockets with the choice of 14 select, so we do not discuss Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams and other key stakeholders in the years of the project.

The Rockets have tried a new coach in Kevin McHale and his organization in their league season in new mid-1990.

2011年6月19日星期日

Chew Wit Dat Take: Plano alum writes book about the Mavs as

 It took 31 years to win for the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA championship.

It took five days to write to Plano Senior Rob Mahoney contribution to a book about magic and age.



The only book took to write a couple of days, but Mahoney has for some time.
 Mahoney, who graduated from Plano in 2007, began his writing career in sports when I was a freshman at the University of Texas. He started a blog for sports, the NBA, granting of loans in the amount of college life without the time comes.

I started (blogs) when I was a freshman in college, said Mahoney. As far as to invite the college course, you can sometimes take, there is this incredible amount of free time you really notice, that if there are no extracurricular activities because it secondary school. So to fill this gap, I began to do many things.


To grow as your blog, then made his name. Mahoney said that luck played a role in his blog and take off.


A, took his career.

The biggest blog eventually took over the world market leader in sports over, ESPN True Hoop newly created Red, which is where Mahoney is currently a writer devoted Mavericks.


While Mahoney is a fan of all sports, the NBA world to stay there.

There was always something I like to do, says Mahoney. Some people say that the players of professional basketball have such great personalities. They do not wear helmets, and they are easily accessible.


Why Mahoney took the Triumph series of books.


Despite his love for basketball is very deep, Mahoney wanted to make sure his book, something that nobody could read.

A big part of my writing is for hardcore basketball fans obsessed you really want to delve into the finer details of the game, he said. The real challenge is to draw attention to the balance between what is accessible to anyone who picks up the book if you're a basketball fan or not, and can quickly get in touch with the characters and the actors involved, but to same time, while nursing wear, the people who really love the game.

2011年6月16日星期四

Sources: Approval remaining obstacles to the PG

  The remaining obstacles to the Spanish guard Ricky Rubio, the Minnesota Timberwolves were cleared to join, the sources said on ESPN on Thursday.
Rubio tweeted Thursday at a press conference in Barcelona on Friday to discuss his future basketball.


Rubio had to reach a contractual agreement with the Timberwolves and submitting it to the NBA, 31 May in order to be entitled to play the next season. The Timberwolves with the fifth pick selected Rubio pick in 2009. The 20-year-old played the last two seasons in Spain, some felt because he, he was not physically ready for the NBA and in part because of the purchase price for the contract of the Spanish League - $ 6 million or more - too big for him to pay out of pocket.
Rubio agreed, the Timberwolves and his Spanish team, FC Barcelona, 鈥嬧€媤ith the necessary conditions, the period of 31 May Meeting, according to sources. Several points brought the period of two weeks was reached. The Timberwolves refused to comment on Rubio and Barcelona officials.

Rubio move to the NBA could not happen, however, without the consent of the chain of command abroad. FC Barcelona had to their release to officials of the Spanish league, which authorize their consent to FIBA, the International Federation of Basketball sent. No action may be taken up in the season with FC Barcelona Rubio was over, so do not start the final approval process, as the team finished the championship on Tuesday night. An approval letter from FIBA, the last step, as NBA Commissioner David Stern when he arrived at his office on Thursday morning expecting a source with knowledge of the process.
Had prepared the release of international players not been a problem before the international league to play consistently and before 31 May The NBA and FIBA, said a source, has an agreement reached in recent years, rather than the current wording of the collective agreement in the final league for all the problems of the time.

Rubio has until the late NBA legend Pete Maravich been compared, partly because of his ball handling skills and the vision of the earth in part because of physical resemblance. He scored six feet four inches and 190 pounds, with a wingspan of 6.9. He turns 21 in October.

While the competition in the NBA leader is as wild as in years, Rubio should have a direct impact of a team that finished with the worst Timberwolves (17-65) in the league this season last, a result that Minnesota was the second overall pick on Thursday.

Officials must not accept, but sources said:  .. It is only a formality is done

2011年6月15日星期三

A.J. Pierzynski compares LBJ to A-Rod

Was seen as a catcher AJ Pierzynski Chicago White Sox LeBron James, the NBA develop drama after finals, I could not help thinking of the equivalent of baseball.
It's like that (the New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez) came by for a while there,  Pierzynski said Wednesday that  El Show de Carmen, Jurko and Harry  on ESPN 1000th  It's almost as if they were all good, what went wrong to do.


After James Miami Heat of the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 on Sunday, James was removed from the people who asked rooted against him. He said that people wake up the next day with the same problems they had lost against Miami, and went to the life they had built for himself to enjoy.

James said the comment Tuesday to say he was not suggesting that it was better than any other.



Before the game Tuesday, Rodriguez spoke with the New York Post about the pressure of the championship and the need to remember that James was 26 years and is a talent to win to be celebrated.

I'm sure LeBron will win a title, and everyone will forget this,  Pierzynski said.  But with everything on this machine (heat), and the whole drama of losing and losing, if they had to cough [in apparent mockery of the cold Dirk Nowitzki] happened and followed everything that is not only a good time to their parties.

2011年6月14日星期二

Gangs kidnapping case focuses on Shaq Rumor

Retired NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal in the middle of a bizarre case of a criminal street gang in Los Angeles, an alleged kidnapping and sexual video stars have basketball legend is found, the Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.

The case, which came in this week's preliminary hearing in the alleged kidnapping of a former member of the seven foot, which she a sex tape of O'Neal had with other women while married to his first wife, Shaunie Nelson said.
Robert Ross, who claim to have the band after his sour relationship with O'Neal, alleging he was attacked by Crips gang members who requested the materials offer potentially scandalous.
Ladell Rowles, the alleged leader of the former Main Street Mafia Crips and six band members are abducted at, beaten and robbed Ross accused.
 The complaint, filed in February, is on Rowles six band members, which is based come to Ross. The gang allegedly kidnapped Ross in his Bentley on the famous Sunset Strip in Los Angeles on the night of the Grammy Awards 2008.

Ross said he struck with a pistol and defeated his Clock, chain and Rolex diamond earrings and $ 15,000 before the group let him go.
Detectives interviewed O'Neal in Los Angeles and found that he had no role in the alleged incident, and prosecutors are the future of 39-year-old Hall of Fame is not involved in the case and there is evidence that a sex tape exists.

O'Neal, the fifth pointer in NBA history, announced his resignation on 1 June after 19 seasons.

2011年6月13日星期一

More people watch the baseball games of the NBA Finals

had professional game can be a really bad time getting traction in the West rather than have, for example, places like South Korea, but progress is slow but steady.

Major League Gaming announced that it registered a record 22.5 million line with recent trends in Columbus, Ohio, to see where the viewers in 164 countries on four sections of the three-day competition. Which, incidentally, is almost twice the number of people who saw 2011 NFL Draft - or rather, the number of people online anyway observed.

MLG his 22.5 million viewers with 11.4 million viewers who watched the NFL draft online compared. But the NFL Draft was released right? The figures are suggesting that nearly six million people saw the project, carried out by a total of 鈧?17,400,000 to 22.5 million from NFL MLB.

Is much closer, but really, it's not at all bad. By comparison, the NBA Finals in the relationship, has an average 17.2 million viewers per game. MLG always wins here, even if one could argue that these figures either with several sequences of broadcasting at the same time, he has every right to be proud of their numbers.

According to the Ministry of Local Government, 16,000 spectators attended the event in person and 1,300 competitors tried their luck. If you can count on the fingers of his actions, why not try it in the next Pro Tour event in Anaheim, CA (July 29-31), Raleigh, North Carolina (August 26 to 28) and Orlando, FL (October 14 to 16) - near you.

MLG grand finale is in Providence, Rhode Iceland, in November, that's probably the most interesting thing happened in Providence over the years.

2011年6月12日星期日

Mock NBA Draft 2011: Jimmer Fredette will be up to the hype?

 One of the biggest stories going into the draft this year is exceptional shooter BYU, Jimmer Fredette. The lights went out offensive threat to the nation in scoring last year from an average of 28.9 points per game while shooting 40 percent from downtown. But while it was nice to see, it's hard to believe that their game tremendously even be translated into the NBA.

Despite the situation on the rocks shoot from anywhere in the timber, Fredette lack of defense is sure to hurt him professionally. Because of its size is expected to be a leader and that his death is no longer good enough. In four years at Brigham Young University, he averaged only 3.7 assists per game.
More importantly, despite impressive in the NBA combine, is too inexperienced in Fredette play defense to be effective as a pro. At this time there will be more of a shooter like Steve Kerr, from the bank.

2011年6月10日星期五

Allen Iverson deserves One More Chance in the NBA?

Let's face it: The NBA Finals 2011 are full of stars this year. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, the Finals have shown that there is clearly no shortage of talent flourish today in the NBA. So its natural that the story of Allen Iverson, the press this week has not received as much attention as it would be if the league was difficult even for well-known name at that time made.

Story Featured in August 2011 issue of SLAM, to help cover Iverson shot, the magazine celebrates its 150th Result mainly throws his hat into the ring for next season s Tzvi Twersky SLAM say, 36 years, he still thinks that he play in NBA. And, more importantly, he says he is ready, any role that he accepted to do. When I watch basketball and if I know what I can do on the basketball court, it is difficult to know what's on a whole NBA season and has yet to play, if I know how to play, he said. Ill play for a team in any capacity is back doing what I love to do.
Not exactly a shocking revelation, of course, to an inquiry in the league before the start of the season play before signing with the time in Turkeybut play raises the question: Allen Iverson, one of the most prolific actors of his time to earn a crack back in the NBA?

The simple answer is not here. Two years ago we all sat watching as AI said essentially the same thing bombed during his career. He agreed the team would complete Grizzliesa Memphis off the radar a few years agoand IA only lasted a few weeks with the team before he was leaving for personal reasons to join. He met with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team that had originally developed in 1996, we, and felt that it would be his last hurrahthat end the year with the Sixers, then ride into the sunset. But after an emotional start their return to the city of brotherly love, the AI 鈥嬧€媘ore or less at the end of the year and always receives a farewell not appropriate. Party or F Sixers that werent very good, but the other was that neither had the bird flu.

Moreover, it seems that Iverson has basketball a few days in itself. Has not played much in recent years thanks in part to have a leg injury, which are used for much of last season in Turkey, and disputes over payments in Turkey, which led him to a series of practices and games sidelined. But the desire to return to the league and despite reports of suspected cases of battles with alcohol, AI still seems in good shape for a guy who has not played much basketball lately are. And the fact that Kidd is actually two years older than Iverson and prosperous member of the Dallas Mavericks throw and you have yourself an argument in favor of Amnesty International in the NBA to give them a last shot.

Of course, the question has always been and Iverson asked in reference to him is: Are you ready for a good team-mates are? Each team that even thinks of income on your list to ask this question and feel good experience with the response. Iverson, through all his years in the NBA, always has everything he had been on the field. He was always stubborn and always pushed as hard as he could to help try and win his team. But has not the capacity to not need the type of teammatewho 25 points every night, make a difference on the ground attack demonstrated. I his team AI can we really do, they have a few minutes on the quality of the field and elementary school youth in practice they have been put.

What Iverson to think before just to prove again that he may have to do to this guy now. He did it in the ear of a youth organization and forth have wall guard john point? Tyreke Evans? Russell Westbrook? And let them know he wants for his team in a supporting role to play. Or, you need to find a group of veteran guys in charge (the Miami Heat come to mind) that require a veterinarian with many years of experience to give you a few minutes a few points and a little offensive firepower for the alignment. But they do not need AI 01they need for IA, 11

Basically, Iverson has to prove one last thing in the world before he finally calls it ended. He has to prove that hes not the same player selfish, I entered the league back to the 96th He must prove that they do not damage the team decides to sign it. He must prove that he really wants to play again.

The NBA is full of stars at the moment. So we all must do, is to get a spot file with the NBA team next season to prove that he does not need one more of them. For once, you must prove that they are the center of attention. And if he thinks that he can really think he has the chance it deserves to be proved.

2011年6月9日星期四

Arenas is against those responsible for the NBA again

 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Orlando Magic Gilbert Arenas said he was from the NBA for comments he made on his convicted Twitter account fine.
The NBA confirmed Thursday that Arenas was fine, but do not say what or how much it was worth.
Arenas led later, in the power of social media was a joke, that I punished.
He apologized for his comments and asked the NBA for a copy of their rules for posting on social networking sites.
Arenas, 29, was three times All-Star, but has lost favor with the officials before.
In the 2009/10 season when he played for the Washington Wizards, was suspended for the storage of unloaded weapons in the locker room.
He was traded to Orlando last year.

2011年6月8日星期三

NBA Finals: Mavericks vs. Miami Heat The wear

Is heard. It's pretty obvious. You are not depressed about it, is more a question of him is so incredible, it like the rest of us.
Each game of the NBA Finals in 2011, a case of only a handful of his possession, the heat in a dogfight every night, every time the absolute intensity of crucial importance. The fact that both teams have a difference of a total score of five points from four games is the pressure at the highest point ever.

Winning the final is very stressful. This series is pure heart attack material.
 Not surprisingly, the heat is frustrating that leads allowed to evaporate so close in every game and watch in their midst.


Revenues are what the Mavericks have lived there. In reality, there would be a question whether the Mavericks could continue to return again and again, with the exception of the fact that they again and again. Comebacks and subsequent collapse in the heat are a product of how close each game and how each race was only a handful of possessions reduced. The heat had 34 properties (of Synergy Sports) in Game 4 of a quarter. They only had 24 in the fourth and scored only 14 points themselves.

Chris Bosh said it was less frustrating for him and more a product of incredible and in his words,  weird  was the series.


Bosh started for the storage of goods is infinitely small, which resulted in a tied series. But if I go, start an idea of 鈥嬧€媡he amount of things that get no control over the heat against the Mavericks.



Mavericks, Rick Carlisle said, the coach at length before Game 4 of the offensive  lulls  would go the Mavericks, so that heat to go to 7-0 and 9-0. He stressed the need to avoid. When the rebels came in the fourth quarter of Game 4, they managed to do the same with heat. With no means over, the Mavs made just enough possessions to close the heat.

For Miami, the reality is starting to look again. DeShawn Stevenson said after Game 4 of the heat  does not play a tough game.  And coach Erik Spoelstra repeat heat, this series has become what the progress: a war of attrition.

This is a test of physical and mental strength all the way at the last possession,  said Spoelstra.

Miami just do not have the force of the game leads one to hold. His victory in Game 3, which seemed so impressive, just a few days (as Mike Miller said,  is how this thing ), now seems more an example of the heat kept molten lead instead to other closure.

But when the heat had managed to defend Dirk, as they did in Game 3, everything would be different. Pressure, media attention, the impression that collapses. Instead themselves connected to the series, the alarm will sound on the heat. You have a chance in Game 5 to set the tone again. The question is whether the heat strong enough to build and control of the series, or if the heat back to the collective approach to the door is kept. If the heat does not have these answers, the war of attrition that this the NBA Finals will have its consequences.

And will only get worse from there.

Bill Walton’s career was revived with 1985-86 Celtics

The end of an injury-plagued NBA career that had begun with high expectations in 1974 was now on the horizon.
Bill Walton, who was 32 years old in the summer of 1985, had missed 524 of a possible 902 games over a span of 11 seasons due to injuries, taking the fun out of the sport for the three-time college basketball Player of the Year at UCLA.
He had led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship and was the league’s Most Valuable Player in the 1977-78 season, but staying healthy was always an issue.
Walton left the Trail Blazers after four seasons, sat out the 1978-79, the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons because of foot injuries and played only 33 games for the San Diego Clippers in 1982-83.
After being a steady contributor to the Clippers in 1983-84 and 1984-85, Walton wanted the chance to play for a contender before it was too late, and his wish was granted, thanks to the Celtics.
Walton was dealt by the Clippers, who were then based in Los Angeles, to the Celtics for Cedric Maxwell and a first-round draft pick.
For the first time since the late 1970s when the injuries began piling up, Walton was on a team playing meaningful games, a team that had won two of the previous five NBA titles and had lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1985 championship round.
Walton, whose problems began when he broke the navicular bone in his left foot in February 1978, took full advantage of his new situation.
Backing up Robert Parish, Walton played a career-high 80 games after appearing in more than 60 games just twice before.
He averaged 7.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists, won the NBA’s Sixth Man Award and fit in perfectly with the Celtics’ team-first approach, keeping the ball moving and leading an effective second unit that featured Scott Wedman and Jerry Sichting.
There were a lot of happy people in the region 25 years ago today when the Celtics clinched the 1986 championship, but few were as ecstatic as Walton, whose career had been revived.
“I can never thank the Celtics enough for not giving me my career back, but for giving me my life back,’’ said Walton in a recent telephone interview.
Walton had left the Trail Blazers on bitter terms due to a dispute about medical care regarding his foot, and with the lowly Clippers, he was always on the outside looking in as far as the playoffs were concerned.
When Walton arrived in Boston, he was rejuvenated and had the time of his life with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Parish, Danny Ainge and Dennis Johnson.
“I am the most-injured athlete ever,’’ said Walton. “Of my 14 years in the NBA, 91/2 years I missed with injuries. When I first joined the NBA, I was devastated by the selfishness, the greed, the individual agendas, the lack of commitment to the team, the lack of fundamentals and the lack of discipline in the NBA.
“I spent six years on the Clippers, and I can’t even begin to tell you what a spectacular chance that I had coming to the Celtics, and it never would have happened without Larry Bird and Red Auerbach taking a chance. They were the architects of the team. They took a chance on me.’’
Walton became an instant hit with Celtics fans that season when he averaged nearly 20 minutes per game and often teamed with Bird to make some nifty passes to set up easy baskets.
All the pain and all the missed games seemed like a distant memory that year for Walton when he was such an important piece of a championship team. Being a part of a Celtics’ title team had a great impact, and that is evident today when Walton leaves a voice mail or sends an email that ends with “Go Celtics.’’
“It was incredible,’’ said Walton, who was able to play only 10 games in 1986-87 due to a foot injury. “It was incredible to live in Cambridge and ride the ‘T’ into the game, the Red Line to the Green Line to North Station. It was a joy to experience the rich and full life of New England and Cambridge and Boston.
“The people of New England have always treated me better than I deserved. The Celtics fans, the Celtics Nation, it’s impossible to express in words what that has meant to me in my life, personally.’’
Walton, a key part of John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty, said he was a Celtics fan as a youngster growing up in southern California and always harbored a desire to suit up for the franchise on the opposite coast.
“In my life, all I wanted to do was be part of something special and I got that,’’ said Walton. “The fact that it happened on my boyhood dream team, the fact that Bill Russell was my favorite player ever, on and off the court, and all those great Celtics teams were ones I followed, and then I got to come and sit on the bench and watch.
“Chick Hearn, the great Lakers announcer, is the one who taught me about Bill Russell and the Celtics, the greatness of the Celtics. I had this idealized version of Boston and the Celtics, and then when I got there, it was better than I ever dreamed – all of it.
“There’s some people in your life that, the closer you get, the better they are. The deeper you go, the better it is. I was lucky. That’s the way it was with the Celtics.
“When you get to some place and have this image and vision of how it is and then you find out it’s actually better than that, that’s like playing for John Wooden. That’s like getting to know Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan and Neil Young. I just have the fondest, fondest memories.’’

2011年6月7日星期二

As the NBA playoffs is Just Like A Game of Thrones

Now there were eight episodes of the season, I think it's time, Game of Thrones hosts in the pantheon of singing miss cable dramas. This is a great series.
Borderline brilliant. The writing is terrible. The cast is exceptional. The plot is slow and not enough to confuse the public enough to be unpredictable and difficult to guess the people.

GT has become the gold standard for the medieval drama, thanks to the holy trinity of TV production HBO: Sex, violence and, ahem, little people (sound familiar, fans of Boardwalk Empire?). Your Lord of the Rings, Braveheart meets with a lot of nudity and dirty tricks in a mixture

What makes the show so popular, but what keeps people employed, is how the characters are assigned. The action takes place among the kings and knights and prostitutes of the 14th Century, but the types of characters directly from the local bar

It is the fascinating and the Beast, the outcasts, the b ****, pretty boy, Honest Abe, the tomboy, the guy in the corner by jokes, the good woman (yes, you're right, they wouldnt be in the bar), the rebel, the fool, the girl hot, soaked in alcohol to the person responsible, and, of course, the crazy woman who is still nursing her child under 6 years. Well, forget the past. It's just funny.

Independent (or in some cases family members) are struggling these signs for the same goal: the right to sit on the throne (which looks like a Tim Burton film, by the way). As Kanye West, who all want power. And they will stop at nothing to get.
On the way ego before, the battles are fought and people die. Campaign to end. He cries. new members come to the throne. It's a vicious circle. Even if you win, you really can not win because you tried to keep an eye on the neighbors, have to take his place.

The NBA is as obtained in this way that it's a constant struggle for power that interact heavily on individual talents and personalities and how these talents and personalities.

Lakers Take, for example.

For two seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10), sitting Kobe Bryant and company on the throne. They had the perfect mix of talent and personality. They decided to sarcasm, to throw stones at those who dared challenge him. You do not think anyone could play at the top.

At that time, the team chemistry was good. Everyone was hungry, safe and very happy with his place in the court of King Kobe, Derek Fisher as the hand (the adviser of the Kings), Pau Gasol and first gentleman, Ron Artest as the protector of the Kings (bodyguard up), the Crown Prince Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom, well, let's face it, no one knows what role Lamar Odom.

As GT episodes 1-6, all was well Laker Land. Not perfect, but good. There was no order. Everything moves smoothly, but with an undertone of jealousy.

Then, the death of Robert Baratheon events (corresponding to loss of Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference semifinals in Dallas) and as a result GOT 7 (you win or die), which degenerated into chaos.

The success led the Lakers patients as individuals, but her wardrobe has always been a miniature version of the dissatisfaction of the Kings Landing was still closed (asked especially when it comes to Bynum was role Kobe and pejorative sense he treats his teammates, not the game's name Fisher anyway).

The two losses for the Mavericks in the house there was animosity. Comment on Bynum Lakers have confidence issues is the proof.

Talent-wise I had the means to return, as the Kings Landing Media, personnel-wise to patch the empire back together after the death of King Robert. But the pettiness and jealousy got in the road. There were high hopes. Too many expectations. Too many private disputes.
King (Kobe) and hand (Fisher) was able to keep the team together and I swept the Lakers.

That opened the door to a new challenge for the throne and the Mavericks.

If the Lakers were the house of King Robert's death, the Mavericks, the Stark House, only with more determination, more detailed power-hungry head.

Dirk Nowitzki is similar in many respects Eddard Ned Stark: talented, humble and modest, to keep a sense of humor and a tendency to the microphone close to his face during interviews after the game. Sorry. I could not resist. It's so funny how it Dirk.

As Ned, Dirk is a determined leader, hates being the center of attention. Both distract from the point of restriction. Unlike Ned, but Dirk wants a shot at the throne. He is not ready Baelishs Petyr (Pat Riley) and Joffrey Baratheon give (LeBron James, I'm joking, theres no comparison Joffrey) worldwide. He's refused to often. He wants the crown for himself.

The same goes for his teammates, a varied mix of supporting actors, the rivals Stark House, the largest retailer in the program we've seen in the deep.
Are there parallels at all levels. Neither the Mavericks can use the potential of youth and the leadership of Robb Stark, to compete, for example. But the Mavs are strong from top to bottom, the Stark House is equally strong.

We must also admit that it's very funny, as the Mavs have Tyrion Lannister was removed. I mean, JJ Barea.

Dallas is the Stark House: stable, reliable, undemanding, but it remains a legitimate threat to the throne. It is an almost perfectly.

With the heat, it is not so obvious. They are rather a mixture of Dothraki and House Lannister.

LeBron James is obviously Khal Drogo. It is easier pairing of red wine and meat. Physically they are both developed urinating their pants, and both can your game to the next step to take in the blink of an eye, when LeBron is a wild necessary dunk, Drogo wild with death if you if it is still asking the man.

The actor, Drogo, Jason Momoa plays is a Buddhist, but his character assassination of people in monstrous ways possible, by pouring molten gold into the head and ribs, his larynx.

Opponents fear Khal Drogo as opponents fear LeBron James, especially now that it has found its way into the future (if the defense and offense or a crime to you). And with the addition of a key figure in their lives (Daeneyrs Targaryen Drogo, Dwyane Wade, LeBron), two are now on the warpath. They have fixed their eyes on the crown.

This gives a perfect game to Dothraki wise leadership and warmth. Then the comparison fails, however. Jora outside (the consultant Daeneyrs handles), the Dothraki are more or less anonymous. This works for the supporting actor Anthony Joel heat, etc., but not third for other members of the Big

Yes, this could be Daeneyrs Wade. Hes also influential. But Daeneyrs is a puppet sex, hot girls with her husband and is therefore Dwyane Wade, a warrior of his own. This is nonsense.

Wade is more like Tywin Lannister, Jaime's father (a favorite word), Tyrion (the puck) and Cersei (agreement of the queen). HES and ruthless business man, a great soldier, who is the hand that guides his growing family to power, even if hes not his face.

In the last three games, Wade, the obvious choice for MVP and win the heat, the draw is not exactly the route was Tywins future, there is no way hes going to be king, but the assembly comparison ITSA different.

I said that JJ Barea Tyrion leave (because of his sense of humor Cmon, people), Chris Bosh as Jaime Lannister. If you are not familiar with Jaime, HESA real piece of work, a talented sword fighter, first leg, to fight a battle unless he knows he must win denied. Recall anyone?

Of course, Bosch is not an incestuous relationship with her sister that James is, but this is not the problem. Terrain-wise, they both have the same goal.
They are necessary, useful and bring to the table, but they are not liked.

In GOT, if Lannister never an alliance with the Dothraki, it would be over game for everyone. Together they have enough muscle and prosperity for hundreds of years, or at least control, until the fight began. The other houses wouldnt have a chance.

This is what Pat Riley had in mind when he reached with the Big 3 this summer.

That does not bode well for House Stark. Or, in this case, the Dallas Mavericks. They are easy to overcome. With Miami winning Game 3, it does not look good for Ned and Dirk and the boys.

crazy things (Tyrion a soldier beaten to death with your shield, for example), but all indications are that the heat sitting on the iron chair, when all is said and done.

Whether it can protect the title, is another story. Again is the logic Gots. You can use all talent in the world, but there is no guarantee that all the eyes are on what you have.

taught us that the Lakers this season.

2011年6月6日星期一

NBA Draft 2011: Why Kyrie Irving is not the best player in the draft

 Consensus on a number of choices in the upcoming NBA Draft 2011 Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers are in need of the owner, in fact, need each position. Since I need help in all positions, the Cavaliers could theoretically design the best player in the draft.

But if the Cavaliers make the project Kyrie Irving, actually are the development of the best players in the draft?

First, let's see why people think Kyrie be the best player in the draft. His academic career was marked by injuries. In addition to the leave, the seed playing 16, who has not played much anyway Kyle has only two games played competitive college.

The second game Kyrie lost what many considered the second best player in the overall standings of the 2011 Entry Draft, Derrick Williams and the Wildcats of Arizona.

Why Irving is considered the best player in the draft, despite his lack of college experience for real? Because of the way he was in high school.

According to ESPN.com, the entire post-hire three high schools. Number one, Harrison Barnes, and the number two player Jared Sullings to stay in school for his second year.

How to determine who the best player in high school? This is solely based on talent.

But is the talent, great player makes it so great? Michael Jordan was the best player of all time with the ability to weakening jump shot and playing suffocating defense draw to be born named? No, Michael Jordan has worked harder than anyone and has the best players of all time.

Working in the High School players are not as hard as it once they arrive to do at the university. Each year John Calipari has become a team from the first year and every year we talk about how to get the freshmen to understand how difficult it is to work have to be successful in this sport to form.


Play in higher education teaching these players how to work and improve. It is not only working hard, but knowing how to work hard. The adage of practice makes perfect is a teacher, the hours and hours of work to achieve in practice, usually deeply 10,000 hours.

The rule of 10,000 hours, as outliers is described in the book by Malcolm Galdwell the number of hours of practice it takes to become an expert in anything.
Whether it is jumping to writing software for computers, instruments, play or recording, the 10,000 hours of work continues to grown.

However, just do something without thinking about it for 10,000 hours should not be an expert to improve with practice and work and stop when you do not do this until you get something good.

Ray Allen on the set of OCD. If he is the head that will last longer, but he thinks he has enough, 30 minutes later turned in the gym shooting until he is convinced that all the information to your photo is perfect.
Kyrie Irving has had time to study and application of this kind of life on the basketball court? How could he, if he is injured and the sideline.

So, who are considered the best player in the draft?

Derrick Williams. He was a three-star player does not yet Rival.com top 150 players coming out of high school in 2009. It was considered the worst player in a class of five players recruitment Arizona.

What happened?

He worked harder than anyone to improve. Not had the opportunity to talent show in high school, Derrick Williams refused defeat.

Since it is very obvious that he worked very hard before making the NBA, which will continue to work on a kind of Michael Jordan pitches hard. Kyrie Irving has not been difficult to get to work, where he is today.

When I put the Cavaliers, who take on Derrick Williams Kyrie Irving each time for the reason that Derrick a proven hard worker and the work is more important than anything else, if it is not only a great player

2011年6月3日星期五

An NBA championship success story

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” His name? Michael Jordan. You may have heard of him.

This quote speaks to anyone who has ever thought about failure. I’m sure failure was on the minds of Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, and the rest of the Dallas Mavericks team in Game Two of the NBA Finals.

With six and a half minutes left, they found themselves down 88-73, all the momentum against them, and a raucous Miami crowd high fiving and dancing as if the game was already over.

But if the game was over, someone forgot to tell the Mavs. As history will show, they stormed home on the back of a 22-5 run, led by their ‘Big Three’ (Dirk and the Jasons), and stole home court advantage from the Miami Heat.

For those three, this was more than just one game. This was the culmination of years of failure. Dirk and Terry were the last surviving relics of the Dallas team that lost to the Heat five years ago in the finals, and were there again the next season when they were eliminated in shocking style by the bottom-seeded Golden State Warriors.

Jason Kidd had been there twice with the New Jersey Nets, only to see his chances fade away. For another veteran like Shawn Marion, this was his first time in the finals at all, after coming close with Phoenix.

Even coach Rick Carlisle has failed on the big stage, having lost as coach of the Indiana Pacers a decade ago. This is a team filled with people who have had their fingertips on the championship, only to see it slip away.

So when they look across the court, and see a team featuring two of the greatest players in the world (Wade and Lebron, you may have heard of them), a team with solid contributors in Bosh, Miller, Chalmers, Bibby, a more than capable coach in Eric Spoelstra, and perhaps one of the savviest General Managers in NBA history in Pat Riley, these Mavs do not see any of that.

These Mavs see a team of mostly young players who got bored with their mediocre teams, and united to try creating a super-team. The Mavericks? They’re a bunch of veterans and eager talents, hand-selected by Hollywood-friendly GM Mark Cuban, to surround the greatest Mav in history in Dirk Nowitzki.

These are guys who have done everything to win, and come short, and now it seems they won’t let it happen again. They won’t be intimidated, because they see what they need to do to reach their goal.

Let’s get more specific. If you have to pinpoint a moment in the game when Dallas turned it on, you’ll notice it’s tough to find. After Wade scored a three to put Miami up 15, it looked like Dallas was done. They called a timeout, and something must have clicked.

It was subtle at first.

Terry made a jumper, and then the team defended a Miami offence well. Got the rebound, and scored on the break. Two more foul shots from Terry, and they had brought it back to nine points. Another stop. Kidd made a big three after Dirk was double teamed. Down six.

It happened so quickly, I don’t think Miami quite knew what to do. They struggled to get any offence going, tried to run the clock down, but ultimately took bad shots and were out-rebounded all the way.

Miami shot 53 percent from the floor for the first 41 minutes, and shot nine percent for those last seven. Their only basket? A tying three from Mario Chalmers with twenty four seconds left, a three that made me feel certain this game was going to overtime.

But trusty Dirk, he did what he’s been doing all season – making up for past failures. Gone are the days where Dirk was soft. After all this time in the NBA, Dirk is now showing why some feel he is not just one of the best players in the world today, but one of the best players ever.

He scored the Mavs last nine points, including a fabulous left handed layup (with an injured finger on his left hand) with three seconds left to give the Mavs the lead for good.

For Lebron, Wade and company, if they lose this series, they’ll look back on this game and think about the mistakes they made, and what they need to do better next time. For Dallas – the oldest of the 16 teams that qualified for the playoffs – this could be the last time.

Kidd is 38, and even if he plays next season, this is perhaps his last hurrah as a player of relevance. Marion and Terry are slowly losing the explosiveness that made them so dangerous, and Peja Stojakovic doesn’t quite seem to have the killer threes down pat like he used to. Dallas cannot afford to let this one slip away.

Down 15, in Miami, with the crowd and opposition taunting them, the Mavs realised something.

I like to think they looked back on all those missed shots, all those losses, and all those times they were trusted to make the game-winning shot and failed, and thought, perhaps now we can lay those demons to rest.

Instead of going back to Dallas down 2-0 and facing a young, talented and very dangerous Miami team, they go to Dallas even 1-1 with momentum and a shocked Miami side that isn’t yet sure what took place. Dallas now has three games at their home fortress, and if they win all three, they will finally be NBA Champions.

For Lebron and the Heat, this is just another hand of poker. They’ll come back next time and play better. But for the Dirk and the Mavs, this is their all-in moment. This time though, they’ve found a way to win. Just when it seemed it was a foregone conclusion, these Mavs fought their demons and perhaps swung this title fight in their favour.

Being a basketball coach, I often like to tell kids the story of Michael Jordan getting cut from his high school basketball team. I talk about how many shots he’s missed, and yet, how he uses that motivation to do better, so that one day he could call himself a champion.

Perhaps one day I will get to tell the kids about how the Mavs came back and found a way to win, when failure was once again staring them in the face. Failure can be used to make our success that much more beautiful.

I think there’s a seven-foot German who’d be smiling after hearing that.

2011年6月2日星期四

Bryan Colangelo sends mixed messages on Jay Triano

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Make no mistake, this is a sign that in a big city, the NBA can be dismissed without even a gesture of resignation. The Toronto Raptors have not yet reached the NBA last season very much, but which was translated and continue in a field: C as in Meh Meh.

Jay Triano of Niagara Falls, Ontario., From sharp objects and explosives in an advisory role and there is not a single tear nationalists. Nice guy, probably a very good coach C all good people say all the things around him, the role of the C, but could not accept what would be a good team, the Raptors in the playoffs in 2009-10 and failed miserably last season teaching bad team, the only thing that has been accused of doing, played the defense a little bit from time to time. His ability to do so was apparently the reason for the Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo has replaced Mr. Schmeer-defense to himself, Sam Mitchell, Jay Triano, first.
It was true that the club, including 2009-10, Chris Bosh, the stars (and sun) in the eye and was busy organizing his departure, even if he does not recover from a broken face distracted and bored Hedo Turkoglu was. This club in recent seasons has failed to start at 100 percent feel, to fill a role in the formation of an NBA team DeMar DeRozan decent C, perhaps, and nights where you so motivated, Andrea Bargnani. Attach a copy of the court it was a decade behind the rest of the league, and the Raptors have been waiting all night shift.
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So there is not much Triano was with the team that Colangelo was, and that is exactly what he was doing. No matter what the players like Triano, as Colangelo said in a press conference later this year. Teams that arent bad coaches Anybodys idea into a dream scenario.

Placed in fact, there is only one element of Trianos attracted much as an eyebrow in Toronto. Colangelo has been officially declared, before he recommended his non-confidence vote in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, even if asked again, his successor Triano is also obtained for the head coaching job is given. Therefore, his successor would do well to keep Triano, but do not for Colangelo?
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Paul Jones, made the Raptors radio voice and a clear statement Thursday when he said that if the replacement Trianos a coach who can lead his team to the next stage, this stage does not necessarily compete for the championship. Teresa tons of work to do with this group. However, I can not even the tip, let alone reach for, and with a bit of bad luck in the draft lottery, they lack one of two players who could be responsible for the difference. Theyll the solution for the point guard CC second best second best player, or other large organization to be.

2011年6月1日星期三

NBA legend Larry Bird comparisons to complement Dirk Nowitzki

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Dirk Nowitzki, a key element in the incredible series of the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs, has always compared to NBA legend Larry Bird of similarities in their game

 Apart from the similarities in appearance, observers began to Nowitzki, who took his game to another level in the playoffs, to compare the Hall of Fame in birds, especially his great skills as a marksman.

In the playoffs, Nowitzki scored 28.4 points per game and shooting an astonishing 51.6 percent of his attempts from 3-point range.

In the meantime, would be a modest and elegant bird, which has won three NBA titles with the Celtics, you see the relationship and it is an honor to be compared to the Mavs' star forward.


He has to step back. Teach the rim. The difficulty of some of the photos you want ... one thing about him is that he is always a great balance.
His shot appears to be declining, but a lot of balance if the shot goes up,  said 54-year-old former Celtic great.
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Vogel, the most terrible in his first head NBAS frontcourt while the Celtics, also said that it takes the Mavericks during the NBA Finals.

In his career, Bird, an NBA MVP three times and 12 All-Star, averaged 24.3 points with 10 rebounds. Also recorded 49.6 percent shooting clip from the floor and 37.6 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.

A notable difference between the two players is their passing game. Bird had piled up 5695 assists on average nearly six assists per game.

has done the worst year on average more assists per game birds Nowitzki never in his best year.

Mavericks Rick Carlisle, the coach, played with the bird when the Celtics won the NBA championship in 1986 and worked for him in Indiana, took the height difference between the two larger with Nowitzki in the vicinity of three inches as the birds listed.
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Carlisle said ...  Want to watch these two guys are very different as far as people for Dirk and Larry, Larry was a winger and was 6-9 Dirk is added about 7.1 and a power never seen a boy of 7 meters, 7 feet was the one who developed has to play a game on that style of basketball, ESPN.com reported.

Nowitzki, who seeks his first ring in the NBA, has 23.0 points per game on average. and 7.2 rebounds in his career. It also has a career field goal percentage of 47.6 percent and 38.1 percent three-point range.

Mavs' Nowitzki stifled, injures finger in Game 1


rue to his word, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra gave Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (FSY)  different defensive looks.
The Heat started with center Joel Anthony (FSY)  on Nowitzki. Then LeBron James (FSY)  guarded the 7-footer. Heat guard Dwyane Wade (FSY)  defended him, then forward Chris Bosh (FSY)  had a chance — all in the first six minutes of the first quarter.
"We'll have multiple guys guard him by necessity and because of that's who we are to change up things, different looks and great players require that," Spoelstra said before Game 1.
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At the start of the second quarter, Heat backup forward Udonis Haslem (FSY)  took his turn on Nowitzki.
"Every team we've played is very aggressive on him," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "He's a unique player. He's got to be denied the ball virtually all the time. Haslem is a guy who has the wherewithal to do that, and they're going to play him aggressively, and we know that. {hellip} We've got to keep giving him opportunities to create."
"They're a very good defensive team. ... Both teams shot (below) 40%," Carlisle said. "It gives you some idea of (how) difficult good, clean shots are going to come by in this series."
Miami's aggressive defense kept Nowitzki from dominating, and the All-Star had as quiet a 27 points as a player can score in Miami's 92-84 victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday.
The right-handed Nowitzki tore a tendon in the middle finger of his left hand but said it shouldn't be a problem. He said he injured the finger while trying to steal the basketball from Bosh.
"I kind of looked down, and I couldn't straighten my finger out anymore," said Nowitzki who had an X-ray on the finger. "I guess it will be alright. I have to wear a splint probably for the rest of the playoffs. … I'll be alright for Thursday."
The injury earned him no sympathy from James.
"Dirk is right-handed," James said. "He shoots the ball extremely well. That left hand is just a guide hand for all shooters We all know that. It won't affect him. He's still going to be great. He's still Dirk."
It was Dallas' second-lowest scoring total of the playoffs.
"You hold a team to 38% and 92 points, for us, that's usually a victory," Mavericks forward Shawn Marion (FSY)  said. "To score 84 points is very rare for us."
Nowitzki scored 13 points in the first half and four points in the third quarter. He made seven of 18 shots (38.9%) in one his worst shooting games of the playoffs.
"Both teams are good defensively. That's why both teams are in the Finals," Nowitzki said. "I had my opportunities there. I had some good drives there in the first half. I've just got to finish. I missed a righty layup. I missed a lefty layup that rolled around. I have to keep attacking and take my opportunities when they're there."
Said Wade: "We'll take seven of 18 every game we can."
The Mavericks shot 37.3% from the field Tuesday, including 36.4% in the second half.
After Dallas took a 51-43 lead early in the third quarter, the Heat finished on 22-10 run and took a 65-61 lead into the fourth quarter.
And the fourth quarter has been where Miami's defense has excelled through the first three rounds of the playoffs. It continued against the Mavericks with James, Wade, Haslem, Bosh and forward Mike Miller (FSY)  on the court.
"We were able to get some defensive stops there at the end to create some distance," Spoelstra said.
The Heat entered the series knowing they couldn't stop Nowitzki for 48 minutes. He's too tall and can get his shot off at anytime. He's too creative with his arsenal of traditional and unorthodox moves.
"You just have to make it tough on him and wear him out throughout the game," James said before the start of the series.
While Nowitzki lamented missed shots, the Heat also did fair job of making him work for shots and keeping him from his comfort zones as much as possible.
"I thought our guys did a good of paying attention to the detail of what we wanted to do," Wade said.
Of all the Heat players guarding Nowitzki, Haslem was the least surprising. In Miami's 2006 NBA Finals victory against Dallas, Haslem helped limit Nowitzki to 39% shooting and became known as "the Dirk stopper."
"We all know Haslem is a good defense at the four position, probably one of the best in the league" Nowitzki said.
Nowitzki, who entered the Finals averaging 28.4 points, started 1-for-3. He went 18 minutes, 39 seconds without a field goal in the first half. Miami wanted to keep Dallas out of the paint, and it did — at the expense of three-pointers. Six of Dallas' 13 field goals in the first half were three-pointers. But Dallas was held to three three-pointers in the second half.
"Defense is our staple," James said of the Heat, who entered the Finals allowing 88.3 points a game in the playoffs and were No. 6 in points allowed a game (94.6) during the regular season.
To get an idea of how much emphasis the Heat place on defense, Bosh said they made too many mistakes on defense in a game in which their opponent did not shoot 40% or score 90 points.
"Tomorrow, we'll look at film, we'll see where we made our mistakes, we'll make adjustments and move on from there," Bosh said.
Spoelstra, as he did throughout the conference finals when Miami kept Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose (FSY)  from controlling games, didn't want to take credit for what the Heat did.