There were plenty of fantasy surprises last night. Let’s get at it.
Jeff Green – Jeff Green is on my list of biggest fantasy puzzles. He’s actually been remarkably consistent for a guy who refuses to get to the foul line. Green had 23 and 9 last night, including 5 threes. He went to the foul line once. He’s one step away from being a big time fantasy stud. I think, in time, he might get there.
Marcus Camby – Surprise, surprise. Listen, those of you (us) who started Camby can’t complain about the 6 point/6 board night because those were 6 more boards and points than we expected to get out of Camby last night. He should be good to go for the weekend. 2 more games for the big man to do his thing.
Danny Granger – And just when you thought the sliced hand was possibly going to keep him out of a game, Granger sat out with a sore knee. Every owners fingers are crossed that it was a one game thing. Read More »
Eddie House‘s career-high 28 points (8-9 3FG) was seriously one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen all year. He was taking one ill-advised shot after another, and it didn’t matter at all. Everything was going in. Right at the 1:50 mark, House catches a kick-out from Paul Pierce, and lets the rock fly as soon as it touches his hands. Honestly, this guy gets rid of the ball like a middle infielder. On that play his shoulders were square to the opposing bench, but he pulled anyway and swoooosh. Read More »
Last year, Andres Nocioni literally ended up on Oleskiy Pecherov‘s back in transition when “Stewie” turned away from getting dunked on, and it ended up looking even worse. That’s the same thing that Andre Iguodala did to Yao last night (off an ‘oop) – it almost would’ve been better if he jumped out of the way.
The last time the Sixers and Rockets played, one of the Houston announcers said about Andre Iguodala, “When he came into the League he could run and jump. Now he’s mastered that outside shot.” While we wouldn’t exactly say A.I.2′s mastered it, in last night’s Sixers/Rockets matchup he showed off that improved jumper and then some, sticking big shots in crunch time and not letting anyone forget that run-and-jump aspect of his game. In the first half, Iguodala caught an alley-oop where he scaled Yao‘s back and almost sat on his shoulders (think Reign Man over Rodman in the ’96 Finals). As for the jumper? Iguodala was hitting H-O-R-S-E shots against Houston’s zone D throughout the fourth quarter of a comeback win. With 36 seconds left he knocked down a baseline fadeaway with Shane Battier all in his shirt and Yao’s hand in his face, putting Philly ahead by four. After the Rockets called timeout, Iguodala (20 pts) went back to the bench doing the Nick Van Exel “Get off my d*ck” move. (Remember when national TV announcers had to pretend Van Exel was “quieting the crowd” whenever he did that?) … Read More »
The flying pirate looks a little questionable. I’d like to see Dwight dunk with that giant bird head on. That’d be like a spin on Cedric Ceballos‘ cover-the-eyes dunk.
Is it that time of year again already? That’s right, Nike will once again invite some of the nation’s best high school basketball teams to New York City’s premier high school basketball event – the Nike Super 6 Showdown. The event serves as a pinnacle moment in the New York City hoops scene showcasing top, up-and-coming talent from five teams in the New York City area as well as one team from Minnesota.
The Nike Super 6 Showdown will take place Friday, February 13, 2009 at Fordham University’s Bronx Campus in the Rose Hill Gym. Read More »
Watching the Mavs/Pistons game last Friday, I felt like I’d turned to one of those alphabet boxing title fights: Not of the IBF/WBC variety, but one of those North American Boxing Association of Arts & Sciences-type deals. Yeah, a belt was on the line, but was it really a championship fight?
That’s because Dallas and Detroit both fall into the category of the NBA’s fake contenders. While we’ve all seen the “contenders and pretenders” columns, fake contenders are something different. “Pretenders” are teams that have talent, that can get into the playoffs, but there’s no real reason for anyone to think they can actually win a championship (think ’09 Atlanta Hawks). Fake contenders are a different animal: You can’t completely write them off because of what they have — at least one playoff-proven superstar, a handful of established vets with postseason experience, usually a good coach, a deep bench and they play adequate defense — but so many things have to fall into place for them to win the ‘chip, it doesn’t make sense to take them as a realistic title threat.
The LeBron to NYC hype isn’t over yet. With King James touching down in NYC next Wednesday, there is already word out that Nike has released yet another version of his Zoom LeBron VI specifically tailored to New York. Read More »
If you’re Mark Cuban and your offense is struggling, you pick up the phone and play “make a deal.” If you’re Donnie Walsh and your offense isn’t playing up to par, you trade away your best players.
Ben from Ben’s Suns Blog wants Steve Kerr and Terry Porter, whose offense hasn’t lived up its full potential, to consider implementing the Triangle Offense.
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With the NBA All-Star game right around the corner, the League announced today the participants for the annual Rookie Challenge featuring reigning Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant, and this year’s front runner Derrick Rose. Unlike past years, there’s no one on these teams that I can really argue with, and no real snubs.
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