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Three-Point Specialists Among NBA’s Best Bargains
The Wall Street Journal’s David Biderman explains in an article that attempts to correlate the rise of the three-pointer with the sluggish economy:
“Teams know these three-point guys can contribute, and they’re the perfect fit because they don’t cost much,” says Wayne Embry, a former general manager for the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers and currently [...]
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January 06, 2010
Discuss
Happy Birthday, Gilbert
Gilbert Arenas turns 28 today, prompting Mike Wise at The Washington Post to pen an “open birthday card” to the embattled Wizards star:
You said it best when we spoke Tuesday night: “I should just steal a quote from Batman, when he said, ‘I’ve been around long enough to see myself turn into the bad guy.’ [...]
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January 06, 2010
Ramifications for Arenas Could Be Severe
Ken Berger reporting for CBSSports.com:
Gilbert Arenas’ troubles did not come to an end Monday when he met with prosecutors and police in Washington, D.C., to explain what he was doing with four firearms in the Wizards’ locker room last month. This may only be the beginning, according to two Washington law enforcement officials familiar with [...]
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January 05, 2010
Inside Team Tyreke
The world of amateur basketball, where street agents and handlers compete for the hearts and minds of promising young players, is filled with tales of greed and deceit. But with a strong support group comprised of three brothers, best friend Dwyane Davis, and trainer Lamont Peterson, Kings rookie Tyreke Evans avoided many of the pitfalls [...]
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January 04, 2010
The Maturation of Michael Beasley
Lost amid the talk of Gilbert Arenas, gun possession, and grand jury indictments, have been several positive reports out of Miami concerning once-troubled forward Michael Beasley. Beasley, if you remember, made waves last summer when he checked into a rehabilitation facility for treatment of depression and substance abuse. After a month long stay at the [...]
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January 04, 2010
Out of Bounds: Arenas Gun Probe No Laughing Matter
Adrian Wojnarowski’s compendium on the locker room confrontation between Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, which could lead to an NBA suspension or possible jail time, is long on eye-opening anecdotes and brutally honest assessments, ending with this one:
Arenas is trying to laugh his way out of something that isn’t funny and isn’t a joke to [...]
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January 03, 2010
Video: Manu Ginobili’s Near Triple-Double
Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News:
I’ve never heard a post-game locker room quite so abuzz about the exploits of one player. At one point, the trio drew assistant general manager Dell Demps into the conversation. Soon, Keith Bogans — who occupies the locker next to Hill’s — was chiming in on Ginobili’s near triple [...]
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December 30, 2009
Charting the League’s Smartest Teams
I’m a day late pointing this out, but it’s new to me so what the heck. This clever graph by FanHouse’s Tom Ziller shows which teams take the bulk of their shots at the rim and from beyond the arc, otherwise known as the second and third most efficient shots in basketball.
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December 30, 2009
Video: Baron Davis Clips the Celtics
From the Los Angeles Times’ Lisa Dillman:
Baron Davis was driving hard, pushing forward aggressively almost all night against the Boston Celtics, so why not do the same, verbally, in the Clippers’ final timeout?
So he spelled it out in clear, precise terms.
“Coach, run this play for me. I’m gonna shoot and we’re gonna win,” Davis said [...]
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December 28, 2009
Balancing Sleep and Basketball
Howard Beck writes in today’s New York Times that a growing interest in sleep science could lead to an end of the pregame shootaround era, when teams used the shootaround as a means to force players to rise early. A favorite excerpt:
The typical night game ends at about 10 p.m. By the time players shower, [...]
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December 19, 2009
Video: Kobe scores season-high 42 in Lakers win
Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register:
How much easier is the game for the Lakers when Kobe Bryant can shoot straight?
This 96-87 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night offered an answer.
After Bryant’s poor outing in defeat in Utah on Saturday night, he bounced back with 42 points on 15-of-26 shooting from the field. [...]
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December 16, 2009
David Stern Amenable to Gambling Revenue Streams
Sports betting is legal in only one state out of 50, Nevada, and betting on sports has long been every pro league’s biggest nightmare. But just last week, in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Ian Thomsen, NBA Commissioner David Stern softened his position on the issue of legalized gambling, referring to nationally legalized gambling on [...]
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December 14, 2009
Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade Lead All-Star Voting
Chris Paul, who’s second in assists, and first among point guards in true shooting percentage, is fourth in Western Conference guard balloting, according to the NBA’s official press release. Tracy McGrady, who hasn’t played in an NBA game since Feburary 9th of last season, is second with 281,545 and Steve Nash is third at 272,135. [...]
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December 10, 2009
Gate Receipts Down 7.4 Percent
The figures and some stark perspective from CBS Sports’ Ken Berger:
Net gate receipts, the money teams make from ticket sales, fell to an average of $828,985 per game, down from $894,823 at the same point last season. Only nine teams were up or flat in average net gate receipts through Nov. 29, while 21 teams [...]
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December 10, 2009
Blazers and Magic: Inside the Numbers
Synergy Sports’ video and play-type data, reportedly used by a majority of NBA scouts, coaches and general managers, is tagged according to categories such as Isolation, Pick-and-roll ball-handler, Spot-up shooter, Post-up, Hand-off, etc. If, for example, I wanted to look at Chris Paul’s pick-and-roll offense, I could watch hundreds of sequences [...]
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December 08, 2009
Video: The Continuing Decline of White Americans in the NBA
Yesterday on “Outside the Lines,” ESPN’s Mark Schwarz explored the perception that white American players are a dying breed. Jerry West, Mark Price, and Mike Dunleavy, all former NBA players, were asked to comment on the evidence that supports that idea. Asked by Schwarz to name the NBA’s best white American player, West said: “Gosh, [...]
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December 07, 2009
The Fundamentals - NBA News and Rumors
Ross Siler of The Salt Lake Tribune: "The
team still was waiting for word Saturday from Carlos
Boozer ($12.7 million), Mehmet Okur ($9 million) and
Kyle Korver ($5.2 million) about opting out of their contracts to
become free agents. All three face a Tuesday deadline to make their
decisions..."
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June 28, 2009
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