•Pretty funny moment at around the 9 minute mark of the first when Trevor Ariza’s shoe came off and Ron Artest nonchalantly tossed it into the stands. The icing was Ariza’s reaction of sheer incredulity, as if to say “Seriously?” •The aforementioned sequence isn’t demonstrative of any malfeasance on Ron’s part, but it’s a convenient [...]
In watching Brandon Jennings’ onslaught last night on league pass, my primary emotion was an excitement for the city of Milwaukee. Maybe even moreso than ‘greatness’ itself, as a sports fan, I don’t think there is truly any spectacle more intriguing than that of ‘greatness’ in its infancy. There is nothing quite like being within [...]
With the Houston Rockets outrebounded 54 to 35 last night, the popular sentiment seems to be one of complete panic. From the uproar over the demotion/dismissal of Dorsey/Pops to calls for a trade of Shane Battier for a stopgap ‘big’, the overall myopia of the fan base is pretty perplexing. This has been a common [...]
•My plan entering this game was to document the success rate for the team on each of Chase Budinger’s ‘action plays.’ For my purpose, I had arbitrarily defined ‘action plays’ as those plays where he took two or more dribbles within an offensive set. My intent was to assess his overall coordination and decision making. [...]
Is this the face of someone who would disappoint? (Don’t answer that.) I hate to do this just hours before tip-off, but this needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP. The overall amount of discontent with Houston Rockets center David Andersen is snowballing at such a rate that, if constant, he’ll be at the [...]
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