Yardbarker: Dwayne Jones

FIO Preview: Orlando Magic

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:47:05 -0500

2008-2009 Orlando Magic season preview and fantasy impact, courtesy of Fantasy Insider Online. Read the team preview here in the Yard, and then visit the FIO link for the rest. - Zach Harper Last Season Recap: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Two years ago, the Orlando Magic were the talk of November for being an overachieving team with a young budding superstar manning the middle of the paint. Unfortunately, they fell back to earth after November and eventually ended up being a 40-42 team. ...

Step Off The Ledge, Cavs Fans

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:19 -0500

Take a look at the facts. The Cavaliers were selecting at #19 in the draft last night. Marquee players are rarely found at #19 or lower. When you look at the All-Star teams last year, on the Eastern Conference side, every single player was taken in the top 10. On the Western Conference side, only Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, David West, and Carlos Boozer were drafted outside the top 10, and even then, only Boozer was taken below #19. Here are some other facts. Lance Allred is an undrafted free...

A Look a the Celtics 2nd Round Opponent

Mon, 05 May 2008 20:50:03 -0500

Here is a look at the Celtics 2nd round opponent, the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is a team that is much different from the very athletic Hawks. They are a team that leans heavily on their superstar but also have other talented players on the team. There is a subplot to this series in that two of the Cavaliers' starters were starting for the Celtics last season. Another player, Dwayne Jones, who comes off the bench is also is a former Celtic. Here is a look at the Cleveland Cavaliers and wh...

Employee #8 takes his game over to the Twin Cities

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:49:18 -0500

Yahoo! Sports reported that the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves have consummated a five-player deal highlighted by Antoine Walker leaving his conditioning problems and moving out West in exchange for one-time Heat player Ricky Davis and center Mark Blount (who both came from the Boston Celtics in a trade deadline deal almost two years ago). The Boston Globe wrote: "The Celtics sent Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two conditional second-round picks to the Timberwolves on January 27, 2006 in exchange for Michael Olowokandi, Wally Szczerbiak, Dwayne Jones of the development league, and a conditional first-round pick likely to be exercised in 2008." While for the same two players (Davis and Blount), the Heat got the aforementioned Antoine Walker, third-string center Michael Doleac, forward Wayne Simien (who I know is there but never really seen play) and a conditional first-round draft pick. Gosh, it's either the Mutt and Jeff combo of Ricky Davis and Mark Blount isn't worth that much anymore (Davis is projected to be the Heat's third scoring option while Blount should provide help to the trio of Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, and Udonis Haslem) or this is just another fine move by Timberwolves General Manager (Wikipedia.org lists him as Assistant GM) to dump salary because I don't think the T-Wolves fans would love the idea of trouping to the Target Center to watch the "spectacular" veteran tandem of Antoine Walker and Juwan Howard fill up the box scores. University of Florida's Corey Wayne Brewer, who the Timberwolves drafted this year would be more entertaining to watch in their frontcourt. I mean, come on! They did once upon a time have Kevin Garnett...