每日火箭相关新闻汇总(8月30日)

          一:我认为推特是所有的好消息的源头。 从这个意义上, 作为各种推特疯传的一天, 今天实在是一个搜集新闻的好日子。 NBA 目前最广为人知的分析家之一, 约翰-霍林格猜测, 如果安东尼在即将开始的新赛季穿的球衣不是掘金的话, 他将有可能穿上火箭队的红色球衣。 — 他的个人YY是一个主要内容为布鲁克斯去山猫, 丹皮尔的超级非保障合同去掘金的三方交易。虽然这个YY似乎并不出众,但是这个提案应该算是目前所有涉及到的安东尼来火箭的YY中最为现实的一个了。(当然,虽然后来他补充说明火箭队的纽约选秀权估计也得在这个三方交易中送去丹佛)。当霍林格关于安东尼的预测引起了一些追随者的兴趣和YY的同时,因为某些没有说得很明白的事情, 安东尼为了他的老婆对Kat Stacks大发脾气, 在Twitter上悬赏5000美金征求愿意去暴打那家伙一顿的人。– 然后后来又说是有黑客黑了他的Twitter发的这样的内容。虽然对于那些不希望安东尼来火箭队的球迷来说, 这样公开的在推特上悬赏打人不是啥好现象, 但是有两点我们必须注意:首先,如果安东尼的更正是真实的话, 发悬赏打人的事情和他没关系。其次,火箭队显然需要更多的Twitter的互相对呛。布拉德米勒,我正在说你呢

          二:  凯文马丁似乎很满意终于来到了火箭队的现状。他回到一个强队,有他的第一个(也是最喜欢的)教练在场边指导他,他甚至和是他的篮球偶像重聚了:“在开始的时候,我做任何事总是非常的快。在空切之前我总是太快; 在空切中我总是太快, 在空切后我还是太快。布拉德(米勒)对我说,“慢下来!你的速度已经比谁都快了,你现在要做的是学会预判!他传授给我了在空切和预判时的各种技巧, – 在空切的时候,什么时候需要利用档拆队员改变方向。在档拆的时候如果[防守队员不紧跟马丁, 而是绕过做墙的球员, 然后再跟上,] (这个战术专业术语叫什么我不知道,那位筒子知道的给个说法,谢谢了。)那么你拉开空间,并采取跳投。当一个人贴你贴得太紧,那么找后门机会。布拉德教会了我如何打球。

       三: 哦,如果前面那个关于安东尼要打人的推特还让你觉得不够劲爆的话,这里有一个为啥安东尼可能真的想悬赏重金征求愿意去扇那个女的一巴掌的原因。我很好奇安东尼会怎么说

       四:在这个充斥了球员交易要求的夏天,无论是令人震惊的,可笑的、还是无限诱人的要求,现在又出现了一个新的:由于亚特兰大不愿意和克劳福德续约, 他要求亚特兰大交易自己。克劳福德作为一个出手次数会让其他人气都喘不过来的NBA剩下不多的纯炮手之一,希望得到一份老鹰不愿意提供的长期续约合同。虽然他已经30,而且只有一板斧的投篮,而且可能不值得亚特兰大去大额续约(老鹰队在给某个大龄球员6年顶薪以后才想起来不给老家伙们大合同, 不嫌迟了点么? )但是yahoo专栏作家Kelly Dwyer认为他可以对某些球队做出贡献, 尤其是如果球队急需这种非常乐意投篮的家伙的话:“即使他的投篮只能算平均水平,但克劳福德下赛季还是可以帮助打出好水平。在球队能够保证他不拥有无限开火权的前提下,如果利用得当, 这家伙真的可以帮助球队。 而且即使他来到最后打得渣得一塌糊涂,但那又怎样?他是一个到期合同。“

         五:Eric Freeman 从不知道啥地方盗墓挖来一个很有趣的节目 – 在00/01年NBA总决赛的中场休息是播放的 NBC 的Weakest Link。虽然比尔沃尔顿和巴郎戴维斯都是篮球界有名的有思想的家伙,但是在这里, 最引人关注的是前者似乎比千年乌龟还老,而后者则不停的提醒我们拥有一脸大胡子可以帮助他展示多少个性。

         六:在快攻中, 斯科拉是全联盟最优秀的球员之一,根据The Dream Shake BBS的Tom Martin 的说法,在首发大前锋中,湖人队的保-加索尔是唯一一个在快攻时每回合得分(Point per Possession) 超过斯科拉的球员。我个人希望斯科拉在和他的队友,尤其是在与洛瑞和布鲁克斯之间的时间分配上, 快攻时的相关数据。Tom Martin同时还发布了一条关于蔡斯巴丁格的类似分析 — 不过那边分析的结论就不如斯科拉乐观了。


  

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Rockets Daily: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

  • Remember the glorious month of August, one in which the Houston Rockets seemed to be among the chosen few angling for the services of one Carmelo Anthony? Entering the fracas at this point, an unbiased observer has to wonder if the Rockets’ calls are even getting through to newly named and, most likely, newly overwhelmed Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri. The Nuggets are apparently trying to move Anthony somewhere he has no interest in in the West, as the Clippers, King and Timberwolves have emerged as the Nuggets’ preferred trade partners. None of these places provide Mr. Ihatekatstacks with the win-now roster in which Anthony seems interested (scream sweating, hopeful Rockets fans everywhere). If Anthony can suck it up and learn to live, though, NBA Fanhouse‘s Tom Ziller thinks Melo should reconsider one of these NBA cellar-dweller’s offers: “Consider this, then, a plea for Carmelo to look past 2010-11 and embrace the wonderful future he could have with a young, rising team. Sacramento, for instance, could make Denver an attractive offer without putting Tyreke Evans or rookie Demarcus Cousins in play. The Kings have modeled themselves after the Oklahoma City Thunder; like OKC, Sacramento hit the depths, drafted a superstar, drafted well again and is ready to rise. Evans isn’t Kevin Durant, but one could argue Cousins is a bigger chip than Russell Westbrook and that the Omri Cassippi-Donté Greene dragon outstrip the Thunders’ third tier. (There’s also the fact that Sactown is an hour flight from L.A., with jets leaving five dozen times a day. Also, the team is owned by the Maloofs, who have some pulls both in Vegas and the entertainment world. And they got Evans a sitdown dinner with President Obama last season. Power comes in odd shapes and sizes!)” Read More »

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Two Carmelo Anthony Related Points

Two points for discussion while I eat this sandwich:

1. The ghost of Tracy McGrady hovers over this discussion in some relevant ways.

1a) deterrence – Many feel embittered after the McGrady experience, gaining cynicism towards all misfits.  I don’t think this is wise.  While I have my own reluctances, this past experience should not scare one off completely.  As I have often said, “Tim Duncan isn’t walking through that door,” and talent is talent and ultimately what wins in the NBA.

1b) the comparison – to be fair, Carmelo Anthony shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as the Tracy McGrady of 2005.  You could state with a straight face that the team had acquired the best player in basketball, in those days.  In this situation, were there to be a trade, you’d need to conjure quite an argument to convince some of the smarter basketball minds that the Rockets had acquired a player who was truly “elite.”

2. We’ve heard the anti-Melo argument, passionately posited by the stat-geek community.  What are the chances that Morey has no interest?  Based on his comments and his known philosophy, it’s really at 50/50, I think.

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Rockets Daily: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

  • For a stretch of last year, Luis Scola was far and away the Houston Rockets’ best player, even if the Houston Rockets weren’t necessarily that great. This further deepened Houston’s already passionate Scola-mania, culminating in his (contextually) gigantic five-year-deal with the Rockets. What can a 30-year-old power forward who has certainly already peaked out and just received a huge contract bring in terms of intensity? As it turns out, 17 points in the 1st quarter is the exact amount. Scola opened Argentina’s preliminary round matchup with Angola with a roar, going 11-19 in the game and single-handedly keeping his country’s team undefeated. While the Rockets’ own caveman’s dominance was undeniable, The Painted Area recognized a theme regarding Scola and his international superstar treatment that I’m sure Rockets fans would love to see imported from Istanbul: “Luis Scola got back to his efficient ways with a 31-point, 9 rebound effort on 11-of-19 shooting. Scola did most of his damage as the roll man. He hit 3-4 pick/pop foul-line jumpers. To say Scola gets superstar calls from FIBA refs is an understatement. He’s definitely a physical guy, but he gets some calls other pedestrian players don’t. I only counted two buckets off post-ups, but both were tough makes. One was a banker in traffic plus the foul. Then he added a sweet up/under move finished with his left hand that gave ARG a 69-66 lead late.” Read More »

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Rockets Daily: Monday, August 30th, 2010

  • I think all good news begins with Twitter; therefore, today shall be a glorious news day as this weekend was seemingly turbulent in NBA Twitter news. One of the NBA’s most prominent experts, John Hollinger, predicted that if Carmelo Anthony ends this upcoming season in a jersey other than the Nuggets’, he’ll end up in the ketchup and mustard of the Houston Rockets thanks to a three-way deal that he hypothesizes would send Aaron Brooks to the Charlotte Bobcats and Erick Dampier’s gigantic non-guaranteed deal to the Nuggets for cap relief. As trivial as this seems, it stands as probably the most realistic Melo/Rockets deal put forth (although he later amended it by saying the Rockets’ draft picks acquired in last year’s deal for Kevin Martin would probably go the way of the rockies as well). While Hollinger’s prediction about Carmelo’s future piqued the interest of a few followers, the man himself caused the Internet to explode via a tweet that appeared to put a bounty out on the head of hip-hop socialite Kat Stacks for some vague reason related to his wife. Though this was eaten up by the exploding Internet, the tweets were later learned to have come as the result of a hacked account. While this may all feel a little ridiculous and seedy to Rockets fans already wary of the culture Anthony could bring this team, it is important to note two things: one, that this had little to do with him. And secondly, the Rockets obviously need more Twitter beefs. Brad Miller, I’m looking at you. Read More »

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