I will refrain from commenting on the recent speculation surrounding management’s motivations in handling Tracy McGrady. I can’t offer any insight unique to what has already been said, and I would rather not give way to conjecture. My preferred subject for discussion is McGrady’s role on this team. As was the case last season, the [...]
One odd phenomenon that has perplexed me since the previous year has been Houston Rockets guard Kyle Lowry’s complete inability to shoot the basketball despite possessing a fairly orthodox shooting form. Lowry is shooting 43% overall from the field, which is at his career average and right around the norm for most NBA guards. However, [...]
•9:27 in the 1st – Chuck Hayes cuts off Al Jefferson on the baseline. I wanted to make note of this possession to underscore Hayes’ mastery of strategic positioning but unfortunately, he pretty much got destroyed the rest of the way. •8:40 in the 1st – Trevor Ariza drives to his right, gets trapped and [...]
Our old friend Donte Greene scored 24 points last night on 10-19 shooting in a losing effort against the Bulls. Green is thus far averaging 8.4ppg in this his second year, and it appears he will, at the least, be a legitimate rotation player. The sentiment that the Ron Artest trade was a mistake will [...]
•The first thing that jumps out at me in viewing the box score is that despite scoring a career high 27 points, Carl Landry had the lowest +/- on the team at -17. Conversely, Chuck Hayes had the second highest at +4. I found this to be pretty amusing. •With 11.6 seconds left in the [...]
