Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

qilver wrote:

not yet sure about Smush...
but thinking of waiving Dampier...will have to watch and see in the preseason...

I have smush on my CBS league team and just waive him for Damon Stoudamire. :hehe:

btw, played another mock-draft tonight.
here's the result, (why is it just a mock-draft...:shamefulcry:)

10 team, C,F,F,F,F,G,G,G,G,BEN,BEN,BEN,BEN

Gilbert Arenas WAS (R1 P10)
Chris Paul NO (R2 P1)
Lamar Odom LAL (R3 P10) a F who has 5apg and can shoot three-pointers :D'
Josh Smith ATL (R4 P1) I want blocks
Rasheed Wallace DET (R5 P10)
Kirk Hinrich CHI (R6 P1)
Zach Randolph POR (R7 P10)
Raymond Felton CHR (R8 P1)
Danny Granger IND (R9 P10) I'm really high on him if he could get more playing time
Speedy Claxton ATL (R10 P1)
Tyson Chandler NO (R11 P10) lucky enough to find a good C in 11th round
Ryan Gomes BOS (R12 P1)
Mike Dunleavy GS (R13 P10).....steal !

i haven't been spending as much time as i should with my team, and going to waive some players on my list.....that are no good. :shakehead:

qilver wrote:i haven't been spending as much time as i should with my team, and going to waive some players on my list.....that are no good. :shakehead:

no need to spend too many time to add/drop players now.
but when the season starts, it's important to be active and competitive in your league. Ganbatte ne ! :applaud:

qilver wrote:i haven't been spending as much time as i should with my team, and going to waive some players on my list.....that are no good. :shakehead:

I think the only player you should waive is Joe Smith and pick up Anderson Varejao or Shelden Williams off the free agents pool (these 2 guys are big contributors in rebounds and has more playing time compared to Joe Smith ;) ). The rest are pretty useful and I don't see any players in the free agents pool that are as good as them. If you really don't want Dampier to be in your team then you might as well trade him to teams who are in need of a center in exchange for lets say a decent shooting guard, but don't waive him! :beatyou:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

I think the only player you should waive is Joe Smith and pick up Anderson Varejao or Shelden Williams off the free agents pool (these 2 guys are big contributors in rebounds and has more playing time compared to Joe Smith ;) ). The rest are pretty useful and I don't see any players in the free agents pool that are as good as them. If you really don't want Dampier to be in your team then you might as well trade him to teams who are in need of a center in exchange for lets say a decent shooting guard, but don't waive him! :beatyou:

ok, thanks for the information.
when can i start waiving Joe Smith, and trade Dampier...i think. :bonk:

Lakers-Suns tomorrow night at 6PM, KCAL-9.

bmwracer wrote:Lakers-Suns tomorrow night at 6PM, KCAL-9.

Kobe hopefully will be due back..by Thursday....we shall see...they need his help big time.

Lakers beat the Suns, 94-91, in San Diego... Despite commiting over 30 turnovers... :shakehead:

I'm sure qilver will be happy to read this article :mrgreen: :bonk:

Comic relief

By Steve Kerr, Yahoo! Sports
October 23, 2006

For years, the Los Angeles Clippers were the laughingstock of the NBA. Management was more interested in turning a profit than putting a winning team on the floor – that's why Elgin Baylor never signed any of those talented lottery picks to long-term contracts.

With so much roster turnover year after year, the Clippers didn't develop any continuity or build any momentum. Until last season, they had notched a winning record just one since their arrival in Los Angeles in 1985. As a result, L.A. basketball fans always looked at their "other" team as nothing more than a distraction from what really mattered: the Los Angeles Lakers.

But last season, everything changed.

The Clippers won 47 games – two more than the Lakers – and won a playoff series (beating Denver) for the first time in franchise history. Mike Dunleavy's squad then took the Phoenix Suns to seven games, barely missing out on a trip to the Western Conference finals.

With the return of every key player and the addition of Suns playoff hero Tim Thomas (who signed a four-year free-agent deal), the Clippers for the first time in team history are actually talking championship. Before you laugh, take a look at the Clips' roster.

Sam Cassell and Shaun Livingston will share the point guard duties, and they'll look to get the ball to Elton Brand, who averaged 25 points and 10 boards last season. On the wings, Corey Maggette and Cuttino Mobley provide scoring and toughness, and Chris Kaman is one of the best centers in the league. The Clippers are on the verge of something very special, and they can feel it.

Their first order of business, of course, is to win the Pacific Division. But with high-flying Phoenix pouring in points, that won't be easy. Still, the Suns are not without their issues.

If Amare Stoudemire can't come back from his knee injury and be a productive player, Phoenix will be limited inside, and much of the scoring burden again will fall on Steve Nash's shoulders. At 32, Nash can't be counted on for heavy minutes. The Suns will have to figure out ways to score without him.

The Clippers also must deal with a Lakers team across town that figures to be better. A second season in Phil Jackson's triangle offense will make Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown and Smush Parker more comfortable, and they should be able to give Kobe Bryant more help.

Up north, the Sacramento Kings have a new coach for the first time in nine years. After the highly entertaining and successful Rick Adelman era, the Kings most likely will become more defensive-minded under Eric Musselman, and with Ron Artest wreaking havoc, they will be tough to beat, particularly on their home floor.

The Pacific basement figures to be occupied once again by the Golden State Warriors, but with Don Nelson running the show, they will be improved. He will have his team running and gunning, and with plenty of offensive versatility and talent at his disposal, don't be surprised if Nellie doesn't turn the Warriors around.

Still, from top to bottom, no one in the Pacific has a more talented roster than the Clippers. If things go their way, they just might be able to break though and win the division. And no one will be laughing then.

good article on the clips :applaud:

and can't believe the Lakers won that with having 30 T/O's... :beaten: :doh:

qilver wrote:good article on the clips :applaud:

Yeah, the Clippers are definitely a serious contender this season.

qilver wrote:
and can't believe the Lakers won that with having 30 T/O's... :beaten: :doh:

I can't believe the Lakers won without Kobe! :beaten:

no live broadcast for me to watch her :shamefulcry:

JacksonywL wrote:no live broadcast for me to watch her :shamefulcry:

Sorry to hear that. We have a channel here that broadcast live games, though most of the time I can't watch them especially on school days because they show it in the morning (because it is live and games are during night time in the West) :sweat: :banghead:

We all know that the big tub of goo is a double-double machine who can also piles up blocks, but in the world of fantasy basketball (statistics), he is also an enormous anchor in the free-throw and turnover category, one that is basically impossible to overcome. This articles is a big proof to that. :hehe:

If computers ran the NBA, Shaq would be benched

Reuters - Oct 24, 5:52 am EDT
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shaquille O'Neal may be one of the best basketball players on the planet, but he should have been benched in this year's National Basketball Association championships.

Or so concludes a new statistical measurement developed by Lenovo Group Ltd. the world's third-largest personal computer maker. Introduced by Lenovo and the NBA on Monday, the statistic is supposed show which five players combine to make the best team on the court at any one time.

In June's NBA finals, for instance, the Lenovo Stat showed the best combination for the champion Miami Heat included Dwyane Wade, James Posey, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker, and Alonzo Mourning.

Missing from the list is O'Neal, the 7'1" Miami Heat center who is an 11-times NBA All-Star and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in league history. But it was with Mourning -- rather than O'Neal -- that the Heat had the greatest point advantage during the championships, according to the Lenovo Stat.

Lenovo is launching the statistic as part of a new multi-year marketing partnership with the NBA. Under the partnership, Lenovo will place notebook and desktop computers in all 30 NBA arenas for use by coaches and referees.

NBA Commissioner David Stern, who said the statistic would give coaches "enormous additional data," declined to comment on the conclusion about O'Neal.

"Shaq is a friend of mine," he joked.

Saito_Hajime wrote:We all know that the big tub of goo is a double-double machine who can also piles up blocks, but in the world of fantasy basketball (statistics), he is also an enormous anchor in the free-throw and turnover category, one that is basically impossible to overcome. This articles is a big proof to that. :hehe:

If computers ran the NBA, Shaq would be benched

Reuters - Oct 24, 5:52 am EDT
More Photos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shaquille O'Neal may be one of the best basketball players on the planet, but he should have been benched in this year's National Basketball Association championships.

Or so concludes a new statistical measurement developed by Lenovo Group Ltd. the world's third-largest personal computer maker. Introduced by Lenovo and the NBA on Monday, the statistic is supposed show which five players combine to make the best team on the court at any one time.

In June's NBA finals, for instance, the Lenovo Stat showed the best combination for the champion Miami Heat included Dwyane Wade, James Posey, Gary Payton, Antoine Walker, and Alonzo Mourning.

Missing from the list is O'Neal, the 7'1" Miami Heat center who is an 11-times NBA All-Star and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in league history. But it was with Mourning -- rather than O'Neal -- that the Heat had the greatest point advantage during the championships, according to the Lenovo Stat.

Lenovo is launching the statistic as part of a new multi-year marketing partnership with the NBA. Under the partnership, Lenovo will place notebook and desktop computers in all 30 NBA arenas for use by coaches and referees.

NBA Commissioner David Stern, who said the statistic would give coaches "enormous additional data," declined to comment on the conclusion about O'Neal.

"Shaq is a friend of mine," he joked.

LOL, even computers recognize that he's worthless. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, even computers recognize that he's worthless. :hehe:

:hehe: Yeah, numbers don't lie, ya know. He is physically dominant but his VERY low FT% and lots of turnovers committed in a game puts him down in terms of statistics.

As a Laker fan, I always hated the Celtics, but this is still sad news: By JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer
8 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Red Auerbach, who coached the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.
Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.

He died of a heart attack, according to an NBA official, who didn't want to be identified.

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Wow, that's some big news.

Honestly, I can't say I liked him much: he was arrogant, smug, and selfish... But he was an excellent coach.

Condolences.

gaijin mark wrote:As a Laker fan, I always hated the Celtics, but this is still sad news: By JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer
8 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Red Auerbach, who coached the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday. He was 89.
Auerbach won 938 games with the Celtics and was the winningest coach in NBA history until Lenny Wilkens overtook him in the 1994-95 season. As general manager, the straight-talking Auerbach was also the architect of Celtics teams that won seven more titles in the 1970s and 1980s.

He died of a heart attack, according to an NBA official, who didn't want to be identified.

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Condolences to his family and to the Celtics organization.

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Condolences to his family and to the Celtics organization.

yea that is real sad news to the Celtics, NBA organization.