The champ is here…If you played high school sports at all, you know what it means when your squad is scheduled to be someone else’s homecoming opponent. That was the Blazers last night. The Spurs were in victory-lap mode, picking up their championship rings in front of the home crowd, unveiling the banner and rocking jerseys with the Larry O’Brien trophy stitched on. Are they gonna wear those all year? That’s just evil to make everyone look at the trophy all the time, especially when they play the Suns … It was light work early on for Tony Parker (19 pts) and Tim Duncan (24 pts, 13 rebs) and crew, to the point where Francisco Elson was looking like Amare Stoudemire dunking on Portland’s collective head. You could tell Nate McMillan chewed his team out at halftime, though, because the Blazers came out in the second half pumped up and playing well. Portland cut the lead to four by the end of the third, and got within three with two minutes left, but San Antonio hit the shots they needed and pulled it out … Of course, the Spurs own the top spot in the season’s first NBA Hit List, which we dropped before yesterday’s action tipped off … And you can add San Antonio to the list of NBA teams/players getting into the boxing craze. Ex-featherweight champ Jesse James Leija ran the Spurs through boxing classes over the summer, and apparently Manu (16 pts, 8 asts, 5 stls) can throw blows with the best of ‘em. Consider that the next time you wanna say he’s soft. Guess Kobe was lucky he didn’t catch a Chris Childs flashback after karate-chopping Manu last year … Did you hear where Darius Miles called Cheryl Miller to tell her that he’s a month away from being able to play? Why does D-Miles even have Cheryl’s number? … Thanks to the production team for the stuff about TP and Eva’s wedding. And extra-thanks for “You Are So Beautiful” playing in the background. We really needed that … Speaking of the NBA’s most famous husband, is Tony Parker a future Hall of Famer? The feedback was split when we posed the question yesterday … Why do people keep falling for Manu’s pump fake when it doesn’t even look like his real shot? … Brandon Roy made some nice passes (6 asts), but Bruce Bowen pretty much had him on smash all night (7 pts, 2-for-10 FGs). McMillan’s “Pass the ball to LaMarcus and let him shoot it” style of offense did produce 27 points for the big man, though … Our man Victor over at China Dime e-mailed right before the Rockets/Lakers game — airing at 10:30 a.m. Chinese time, if we’re not mistaken — and said the TV audience there was expected to be over 1 billion. Crazy. And how much bigger would that number be if Yi Jianlian or Sun Yue had also been involved? Whenever Houston and Milwaukee play, that’s gonna be the date to circle … Even with all the off-court Kobe drama, once the game got going, you almost forgot about all the trade rumors and just watched Kobe playing ball with his team. If you watched the game on mute, you would have had no idea there were any problems … In the first half Kobe dropped 19 points and was pretty efficient by his standards. In the second, kid brought out the heater. 32 shots from the field? 27 from the line? Damn, homie. He ended up with 45 points … Crazy finish to this one. Doug Collins had declared the game over with Houston up double-digits with about a minute and a half left, but next thing you know, Luke Walton turns into Larry Bird, Kobe hit a few more shots, Derek Fisher knocked one down, and we’re tied with under 15 ticks. Then Shane Battier comes down and sticks a three with a hand in his face with 2.5 seconds left. Laker ball, and Battier makes the smart play by fouling Kobe before he could get off a triple. Kobe made the first, missed the second on purpose, and had a decent look at a game-tying shot, but got it knocked out of his hand. Of course Kobe thought it was a foul, but we didn’t see it … We’re pulling for Kwame Brown. Really, we are. On L.A.’s first possession, Kwame soared into the lane and got a man’s offensive rebound, then with a clear path in front of him, didn’t even think of going back up for the shot. He’s just never gonna learn how to play basketball, is he? On one play in the second half, Kwame fumbled a rebound on the defensive end that somehow ended up bouncing high enough off the floor to go through the hoop for a Rockets bucket. T-Mac (30 pts) went down the floor laughing ’cause he got credit for the score … Before Warriors/Jazz, the GS roster was introduced one-by-one as they came down the steps through the crowd. Pat O’Bryant almost fell a few times. The starters were raised up on a platform. And somewhere, Rick Barry was grumbling about how he won a championship in the Bay and never got that kind of reception … Wasn’t it supposed to be the measured pick-and-roll Jazz against the crazy up-and-down Warriors? Utah was the group flying all over the court — AK-47 was especially possessed (9 pts, 9 rebs, 8 asts, 5 blks) — and turned it into a piecing … Carlos Boozer was a beastmaster with 32 and 15, but have you ever noticed that Booz pushes off a lot? He’s slick about it, though, and it was part of the reason Utah killed GS on the glass … You saw the commercials last night: Here’s your chance to win your high school squad a locker room makeover via the adidas Brotherhood campaign. We can’t promise KG, Duncan, T-Mac, Chauncey, Dwight and Gil will come to your school for a pickup run like in the ad, but it’s a cool prize nonetheless … If you missed it, Juwan Howard is reportedly signing with the Mavs. We knew they wouldn’t be rolling with Brandon Bass for too long; Juwan or C-Webb was destined to be in Dallas sooner or later … We’re out like Kwame’s progress …
October 31st, 2007 at 6:52 am
Captain America says:
Looks like more rings for the Spurs. Blazer put up a remarkably good fight though. Plenty of talent on the Blazer team and a good coach.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:56 am
Captain America says:
Is tony and eva married? Who (didn’t) knew?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:36 am
Gregg says:
Is today the day we get Grant Hill or Robert Horry for HOF discussion?
Dirk Diggler?
Pau Gasol?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:53 am
sans says:
The refs should of called Shane Battier for an intentional foul. He made no effort to even mask a try on the ball, grabbing Kobe’s left arm, not allowing him to shoot or maneuver to get a shot off at all. This caused a large disadvantage, similar to if he was going up for a dunk and someone pushed him from behind, sending him sprawling–except that it’s not flagrant. Seriously, refs make this call everyday at every level because intentional fouls are unsporting and a really cheap move.
The refs should have gave the Lakers the two free throws and the ball back because that was a bunch of bullshit.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:56 am
sans says:
Oh, and good no call from the refs on that block. Did Franchise do that?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:58 am
John Adams says:
Blazers/Spurs gets like four pages of dap, but Utah/Golden State gets a measly paragraph? Do you all still hold ancient reservations that the Jazz are not an exciting team or something?
October 31st, 2007 at 8:30 am
djKianoosh says:
i was impressed with the blaze.. they looked like they belonged on the court with the spurs and I wasn’t expecting that. dont know why, just didn’t. now i know. they can run, the really miss oden’s defensive presence in the lane, but otherwise play decent D. they hit some pretty important shots at key points in the game. good future on that team. Spurs, even though you can tell they were not clicking all the time, are still so on the same page. darius washington and matt bonner even came in and did their thing.
I was not impressed by the rockets. early on it just seemed like they didn’t have an identity. like they were still figuring out whether they’re TMac’s team or not. They just don’t use Yao enough early in games for some reason. I just don’t get that. Sure they won, but they need an identity.
Didn’t see the Jazz, I guess they were able to replace Derek Fisher allright. big win for ‘em.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:40 am
Kobeef says:
Speaking of Franchise, did anyone notice how many minutes he got? Zero. My guess is that he is going to start causing trouble if that keeps up.
Have to admit I am surprised that Rafer was still starting after all the PG’s Houston added this summer.
Also, LA was without Odom…the fact that LA lost by 1 on a questionable call without Odom is a good sign. LA is much better offensively with Odom in the starting lineup.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:57 am
B says:
A questionable call? Wowsers. Laker/Kobe fans are hilarious/delirious.
I agree with dude who said the rockets need/don’t have an identity. They have a stacked roster but they’re gonna have to figure some things out over the course of the year. I would think they’d want something similar to what LA used to have with riding Yao the first 3 quarters and then ask T-Mac to close it out in the fourth. He’s gotta step up and fill that roll though.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:01 am
B says:
Kobeef gets dressed to this in the mornings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpzJgLzzX38
October 31st, 2007 at 9:22 am
Gee says:
B I am so wit you homey! When I woke up today I told myself “Boi some Laker fans will be in hate mode today”. They shouldn’t though. If anything they should be proud that Kobe is still coming to play despite all the stuff going on. As far as the calls, well let us just say the refs made horrible calls that involved both teams all night. Anyway Rockets won!
Did anyone see that they hadn’t won their first game of the season since 85! Woooo that is crazy.
LOL it was funny watching T-Mac smirk and laugh at Kobe pitching a fit at the end of the game.
Again Rockets win anyway so deal with it haters. If the Lakers don’t go and score for the Rockets….who knows (I am smirking and laughing like T-Mac right now).
Oh yea and umm of course the Rockets don’t have an identity right now. THE SEASON JUST STARTED. They have a new coach and new players, so it will be a minute before they get that. Shiiiii a lot of teams don’t have one right now. Anyway I thought it was a great first night, can’t wait for the rest of the 81 games for each team.
So glad baseball is over! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:30 am
Amar says:
hey dime, where’s your head office, I need to know because i’m on the phone with comcast and I want to go ahead and set up you guys with the NBA League Pass, because you obviously didn’t watch the jazz beat the dubs like they stole something. AK actually had 10 boards, and they didn’t credit him for all of his blocks . . . Brewer and Millsap were straight up throwing it down on people and you know this guy, Deron Williams right? I know that CP3 is your collective bf, but no mention of his 24/8 while sticking a lot of threes?
That’s okay, there were so many games on last night, I can imagine that you couldn’t possible get to all of them. Btw, when will be the next full article on the knicks coming out? I have a really good feeling about Jeffries this season breaking out (off the bench to get into the rotation this season).
October 31st, 2007 at 9:31 am
Amar says:
oh yeah, and for the rox fans, I thought you guys were going to win the title, you can’t even take care of the lakers without getting all types of scared?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:32 am
Austin Burton says:
One game in and the Jazz fans are already claiming no respect? Wow. Consider the fact that the Spurs game was the only game on TV at the time, whereas Utah had to comepete with Houston/LA. I only have on TV at my house, so …
October 31st, 2007 at 9:45 am
smity says:
is the league now keeping track of block attempts? just got through checking the box scores. when was this announced/decided?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:56 am
Vertman says:
Darius & Cheryl sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g. Hahahahah! I guess Miles like his women tall. Muahaha!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:04 am
Bust Jlaze says:
“block attempts”? What the…Neva hoid of such a thing!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:10 am
Kudabeen says:
As much as Kobe is taking on the mantle that his team isn’t built to win last night he showed how much he isn’t built to lead…
What i saw last night was a bunch of “younger” players giving effort. I saw Kwame continuing to be tough on D and stronger with the ball. I saw Bynum showing on D, but not getting the ball on O to keep his motivation. I saw D-Fish being D-Fish…I saw Farmar attacking and full of confidence. I saw Walton playing D!! and hustling…Turiaf being Ronny and bringing energy…This was a young squad competing and looking good overall without their second best player…
I also saw Kobe start the game off perfect. He was taking good Kobe shots He had some very nice dimes, but then…He got lost in himself out there…He wasn’t focused…I don’t know if it’s the wrist or just his internal ambivalence toward the organization, but for a large stretch it didn’t look like he was playing for the Lakers or for a W. It looked like he was playing for what was on the back of his jersey rather than the front! Bad shots, not allowing others to get involved, which is different then the past where guys would be gun shy. The other player looked confident…hell even Kwame was attacking. Kobe just was forcing the issue. What was the deal with his Freethrows? in a game that tight that’s crucial. Yes they made the late surge and yes the Rockets are supposed to be better, but like I said in an earlier post. I think the lakers are way better than Kobe and other’s realize. I think Phil Jackson put it best. Kobe has to be committed to his team to get the most out of it. I know I’m in the Minority, but the lakers can be a 50+ win team. The other guys weren’t the problem last night. Kobe hijacked many possessions and in the end they allowed the Rockets to casually put them away.
That last play by Rafer wasn’t questionable. I think Kobe’s reaction time wasn’t their once he touched the ball. He tried to gather for a shot and/or get contact, rather than go straight up. He goes straight up, then Rafer fouls him on the head or arm.
Having said that. I was jumping around and my heart was racing in the end of that game. It was an excellent start to the season. I got to Kobe challenge Tracy.
Big thing I did notice. Tracy was clearly more relaxed and confident in his team than Kobe was in his, but then again Tracy doesn’t emit that vicious energy to win too often anyway. Houston and the Lakers are playoff teams right now, but I think the Lakers have a much greater upside. All they need is their best player to be their best leader …
October 31st, 2007 at 10:12 am
bliz289 says:
I understand it’s hard to type with CP3’s junk in your mouth, but c’mon…No love for Deron? Keep giving CP Dime covers, while my man Deron sneaks up on you until you’re watching him in Feb in the All-Star Game…and you’re like, yo - who’s that cat killing people? Oh, it’s Deron Williams…Whooo!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:21 am
T.M.P.B.W.O.T.P. says:
What is with the Jazz fans always whining? Did you notice there were two games going on at the same time — Rockets/Lakers and Jazz/Warriors. One of them was a 20-point blowout. The other one came down to the final play. One of them featured Boozer, Deron and Baron. The other featured Kobe, T-Mac and Yao. Come on. There was a reason TNT chose LA/Houston for national TV. And what do you expect people to watch the game with a score sheet? The box score says 9 boards and 5 blocks. So STFU.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am
Bron42 says:
i love how people bitch at dime cuz their team didnt get some long drawn out article..are you really that sad where u feel betrayed because the spurs get more hype than the jazz? come on now.
and that play with luke “i’m here cuz my last name” walton and kwame “can’t believe i’m gettin paid” brown scoring for the rockets pretty much sums up how the whole season is gonna look. Kobe better pay paxson himself.
I dunno, but the way aldridge was goin at tim duncan, with another lotto pic and oden playoff opposite him..maybe all the blazers bein nice in a few years hype might be true. I mean they’ll at least be better than the sonics and their garage sale leftovers team.
Watchin fisher play again almost made me forget he was with the jazz for alil.
Also, speakin of questionable calls, everyone is gonna hype up manu’s behind the back, but are we supposed to overlook the travel in the process? and it wasn’t franchise with the tip from kobe, it was alston.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:28 am
smity says:
check the box scores at nba.com and tell me what you all think the “BA” listed after “BS” stands for…
October 31st, 2007 at 10:50 am
B says:
BA = Bad Acting??? I noticed Kobe had 3 LOL
October 31st, 2007 at 10:56 am
penske1 says:
It’s “Blocks Against”, or how many times they got blocked.
Look how the team totals for BS are inversed for BA.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am
Celts Fan says:
anyone else notice that Martell Webster looked really good last night? Nice, consistent J. Looks like he’s coming along really nicely…
October 31st, 2007 at 11:19 am
Derek says:
What’d you fellas think of D-Wade’s new T-Mobile commercials with Barkley? Comedy…
October 31st, 2007 at 11:23 am
Amar says:
Bron42 — did you forget that Fish played in GS for like 2 seasons also? I have no problem about the spurs getting pub on right night, they deserved it. I didn’t say anything about the spurs.
T.M.P.B.W.O.T.P. — last night the box score said andrei had 10, early reports after the game confirmed that. this morning i wake up and he has 9, whatever, jazz still got the W. I was surprised by the lakers/hou game, a lot closer than I thought it would be, either I grossly under-estimated the lakers this season, or more precisely, grossly over-estimated the ability of the rockettes. I just thought that a game between two 2nd round teams would have been more exciting than a game between two teams that yearly bounce out of the playoffs in the first round.
bliz289 — No way Deron makes the all-star game this season. It’s IN New Orleans this year.
Austin Burton — fan, singular. it’s not a claim of no respect, your actions themselves display a lack of respect (half the write up is about the dubs pregame pagentry) … you looked at the box score long enough to mention Andrei, but not long enough to notice that Millsap got a double double, or that Deron was killing them. Brewer and Millsap had about jams each, but you wouldn’t have known that because you decided to watch the lakers/houston game. When was the last time either of those teams made it to the west finals, 2004?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am
Amar says:
Martell looks good, he and outlaw are going to be fighting for the most under-the-radar starting job in the L early on this season . . .
October 31st, 2007 at 11:26 am
Amar says:
meant to say “three” jams each . . .
October 31st, 2007 at 11:30 am
B says:
penske1
I was trying this new fad called, uh, joking. I believe it’s ‘joking’ or ‘yoking.’ It might be a soft j. I’m not sure but apparently you just say something but you’re not serious! It’s supposed to be wild.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:39 am
Austin Burton says:
Amar — Fans, plural. Check out John Adams’ comment above yours. I watched Houston/L.A. because I like T-Mac and I wanted to see if my man Aaron Brooks was going to play. I flipped to Utah/GS during the commercials. Sue me. And there’s no mention of Yao’s stat line either, but I don’t hear you complaining about that.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:44 am
Duke says:
utah fans complain as much as Boston Redsox fans.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:47 am
SWAT says:
Amar c’mon man you gotta admit some of those calls down the stretch were bogus. Didn’t you guys see a difference with the refs between the San An game and the Rox game. ALOT OF SOFT CALLS! On both sides, but it’s cool though because Tmac and Battier came thru in the clutch. And was it just me or did Kobe whine alot more than usual last nite? As far as title run that’s been the media hyping us up, i believe we will at least be in the conf finals. Title aspirations are a bit much though.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:48 am
Celts Fan says:
the Spurs get the pub cuz they’re the ones getting the rings. In other words, THEY EARNED IT. The LA/Houston game gets pub because, between being on national TV and the constant Kobe stuff, that’s a no brainer. The Jazz could’ve gotten more pub, but it was a beat down.
Hopefully AK47 can not be so friggin soft (mentally) this year and play up to his abilities, and not let his emotions get in the way, cuz he’s one of the best all-around players in the NBA when he’s got his head right.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:49 am
Celts Fan says:
Duke, Red Sox fans don’t whine anymore bitch, we celebrate…
October 31st, 2007 at 11:52 am
smity says:
did any of you hear anything about the leauge deciding to now keep block against stats? Thats interesting.
penske- thanks for the explanation. how do you think this new stat is going to affect a player’s ranking? (for example, “Yao leads the leauge in BA’s with 5,000. Conclusion: He takes a lot of ill advised shots) Is that what its going to be about now?
b- that bad acting joke was funny. I expect Manu or Rip to lead the league in Bad Acting points this year.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:53 am
Gee says:
Amar says:
oh yeah, and for the rox fans, I thought you guys were going to win the title, you can’t even take care of the lakers without getting all types of scared?
Gee says back:
Dude it’s the first game of the season??? Is it our fault or your fault that you were the one thinking the Rockets were going to win a title lmao. I mean I am a big Rockets fan, but I don’t even expect them to win a title this year. I am more just trying to get them past the first round of the playoffs.
I wouldn’t say they were scared of the Lakers either homey. I mean they did a lot of STUPID mistakes at the end and have to take way BETTER care of the ball, but scared???? Naw. Oh yea and just for the sake of your thought …even if they were scared….lol they still won pimpin how bout that?
October 31st, 2007 at 12:05 pm
SWAT says:
And a side note on franchise…homeboy came into to camp a bit heavy. That’s why he didn’t play last night. I will never understand how if this is your main job and you get paid millions to take care of your body, how can you not take your health or your weight serious? Antoine Walker can testify what happens if you don’t get your shiiii together. Stevie already started dropping little hints of unhappiness to the chronicle but he’s going up against cats who are ripped and he’s making jokes about how he doesn’t have a six pack he has a keg or something like that. Adelman didn’t see the humor.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Kudabeen says:
Martell did look confident. He had one play where it showed most to me, where he caught the ball on the side around 3-land and took this huge in-step off the dribble, went straight up and drained it, turned his back and got right back on D looking for his man. There was no silly celebration. He knew that was supposed to go in…He and Lamarcus looked great. Roy was the only one that didn’t show up. I can’t even blame it all on Bowen, because he was dancing around bowen off the dribble to start, but then sort of faded. Even when parker was guarding him and Barry he didn’t attack. 2-10 for their franchise player is weak. He should be 2-15 or have a gang of freethrows, but maybe I’m just undervaluing the Spurs team D.
Aldridge not only looked go going at Duncan on O, but actually didn’t look too bad on D. The Blazers team all together was erratic on D at times. Too many times Aldridge and Joel was one perimeter while duncan and olsen of all people were getting favorable match ups or no one was rotating. But like Barkley said, they are no easy games guaranteed outside of the wolves and sonics maybe…
I am looking hard at Deron Williams. The durability on top of the killer instinct is very Impressive. Paul Has the instinct, but he hasn’t proved to have the durability to be on the floor to help his team. Deron for me edging out CP3 for the best young PG in the league. I think Deron will be an All-star, because it’s in New Orleans. You don’t think he knows it’s there and he’s competing against CP3 as that third PG along with Tony parker and Baron with Nash being the shoe-in for the starting PG. We’ll see how CP3 comes out firing…
October 31st, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Bust Jlaze says:
I stood there staring at the screen in disbelief when Cheryl Miller had that whole “Oprah” segment with Eva….WHAT THE $%#@ I thought it was just ABC that was going NUTT on this whole Eva thing…now it’s TNT too?! That was so gay, she read the specs on her engagement ring!! To an audience of BASKETBALL FANS for crying out loud…”OK, so it’s this many carats, and this size, and weighs this much…” ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEEEEE??? When is this going to end?
October 31st, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Austin Burton says:
Eva was talking about the Spurs championship ring right there, actually. Then Cheryl asked her, “Is your wedding ring like that?”
October 31st, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Kudabeen says:
One other thing I didn’t see anyone really mention…
Tim Duncan signed an extension and took $10+mil less than market for the GOOD OF THE TEAM…
I’m not saying this to point fingers at guys who get all they are worth, because those guys aren’t in the position Duncan is.
I say this to commend and praise the San Antonio franchise on how well it’s built and ran. Kobe has already spoke on how he felt about the laker’s management, why would he take less money. KG witnessed the wolves lack of commitment to winning, why would he take less dollars. Even though he did say that he’d restructure (if the players union would let him) if he thought the decisions were going to help…
Are we going to use the same weak arguments about Franchise players signing contracts for too much money if LeBron’s Cavs can’t afford a free agent in the future or with Dwight if Orlando needs another piece?
It’s about the franchise building the kind of solidarity and understanding with their Franchise player to allow him to put his ego aside and be willing to sacrafice a little to improve his team and benefit the guys around him that he needs to battle for him and with him.
I respect the hell out of that man…
October 31st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Dame says:
Aldridge got pretty busy but only had like 3 boards tho. Thats not gonna cut it from PF
October 31st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
T.M.P.B.W.O.T.P. says:
I gotta wonder how Toronto would look if they had taken LaMarcus and had him playing C next to Bosh at PF. Not saying they made a bad pick with Bargnani, but it’s a question worth asking.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Lucky Lester says:
lol - this site is getting bigger and bigger, eh, Dime?
44 responses already, nice work… It looks like NBA Hoops is back.
As for the “questionable call” c’mon, Skip took that out of Kobe’s hand like the Tooth Fairy, don’t let Kobe’s reaction trick you.
The Spurs are money, but don’t be surprised if the Blazers play a lot better than everyone thinks they will. They have a pretty talented young team, even without Russell’s doppleganger.
And I love CP’s game, and thought he’d be the best player out of that draft, but I’m sorry to say, Derron Williams is better right now. He has more consistency in his game, can do everything.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
jbass says:
zero mention of dwill’s dominance (especially in the 4th quarter) is some SportsCenter shit, Dime
October 31st, 2007 at 2:44 pm
B says:
Utah fans have some serious Napolean complex issues…
October 31st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
sans says:
the questionable call is the intentional foul that deprived the Lakers of an opportunity to tie the basketball game. you have to make a play on the ball, not the player. Shane Battier should gone for a steal and hacked him. peace.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Kudabeen says:
CP3’s answer:
22pts 12ast 8rebs 3stls only 2 TOs in 37mins
Deron
24pts 8ast 4rebs 0stls and 3 TOs in 31mins
Both were in blowouts. Someone should create a website thta post just Match-ups or comparisons. Like CP3 vs Deron, KG and Duncan, Dwight and Okafor or Bosh, Kobe and Lakers…I think it would be a cool site or daily feature to fuel or extinguish a lot of that who is better stuff…
November 1st, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Amar says:
Kudabeen — CP3 is a great point guard, and I’m happy to see that he’s still off the ‘hizzy’ with his production. People call him the next Isiah, but I think that he’s closer to the next Oscar. (on the stat sheet) I think that if you switched Deron and CP3 on their teams, they wouldn’t be in the optimum situations for their talents. It’s hard for Deron to display his rebounding ability, look at his roster . . . CJ Miles had 7 boards for the jazz in their first game. Steals is another thing that CP3 gets a lot of, he’s really quick, and with Tyson on board, has all the free reign in the world to play passing lanes because if he gets beat then he knows there’s a 7 foot shotblocker who has his back. Deron doesn’t have that going for him. I think that if both teams are healthy, they can both win at least 5-6 playoff games this season.
B - A lot of utah fans I know are pissed off enough with the years of being passed over that they’ve become too defensive. I probably fit that bill, I’ve been a jazz fan since ‘87.
jbass - he really looked like he was coasting out there, if he can do it, why not dime? : )
Gee - I just thought the Rox would take care of buisness, and not rely on Kwame and Walton scoring for you guys to secure your margin of victory. It’s going to be a long season, you guys will probably be more playoff ready after the all-star break.
Celts Fan - I hope that Ak doesn’t think that he has the green light to shoot jumpers with no one in rebounding position with 15 on the shot clock . . . he did that 3 or 4 times vs. G’State. If a jazz homer like me doesn’t like it, I’m pretty sure that Sloan isn’t going to be a fan either.
SWAT - In the 4th quarter in Staples the refs will always let the lakers foul you on defense to get steals. Rememeber that playoff game vs. phoenix when smush stole the ball from nash? yeah, there was more contact there than on tony parker’s wedding night. Crappy deal, but glad the lakes still lost.\
Duke - I think that sox fans have shut up a bit, you know, after the rioting of course.
Austin Burton - What, your HD-TV doesn’t have picture in picture? Ha, sorry for being so hard on y’all. I’ll have plenty of time to hear you guys write about them after the rox and lakers are out of the playoffs, but the jazz are still in them. So, again, I’m saying sorry.