Another busy day at work, so here are some quick thoughts. • Why, if Kobe has a good first quarter, does the rest of this team seem to go in a funk? We’ve talked about Kobe needing to get other players involved early, but there will be nights when he’s hot early and the rest […]
Archives for March 2005
On Tap: The Philadelphia 76ers
Tonight I hope to see Frank Hamblen’s Lakers take the court, because last night I could have swore I watched the Rudy T. Lakers — and their 34 three point attempts. I kept rewinding TiVo to see if Rudy T. was wearing a Kurt Rambis mask and taking his place on the bench, but there […]
Carnival Time
Busy day at work for me, I’ll get the 76er preview/Wizards recap up as soon as I can. Not that we really want to relive last night. In the short term, check out what everyone around the NBA is saying with the Bulls Blog Carnival posting. It’s a great review of other NBA blogs — […]
On Tap: The Washington Wizards
Things were off and running earlier this season in Washington D.C., but like the president’s Social Security plans, things have slowed down of late for the Wizards. And it hasn’t been good for either of them. So far this season the Wizards are averaging 97.1 possession per game, the fourth fastest pace in the league. […]
Some NCAA Hoops
Have you filled out your bracket yet? I just started mine (I run the office pool here, forcing me to get a jump on this) and at first blush here are my final four: Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Duke and North Carolina, which seems a little ACC heavy but they seem to have the best […]
NBA Minor Leagues
One of the reported talking points of the upcoming CBA negotiations is to put in a 20-year-old age limit on players to be drafted or play in the NBA. Let me offer a quick opinion on this — not going to happen. What is probably going to happen instead (and I have now read this […]
On Tap: The Charlotte Bobcats
Consider this a tale of two cities (and three players). In one city, Charlotte, you have the future rookie of the year in Emeka Okafer. He’s put up solid numbers — PER of 15.85, scoring 16.4 points per 40 minutes, has an impressive rebound rate of 17.3 (percent of rebounds grabbed while he is on […]
Talking Draft
I know it feels a little odd to mention potential draft picks after a game where the Lakers looked like they could make the playoffs, but it’s not me doing the mentioning. Blame Knickerblogger (well, actually one if his regular contributors, David Crockett). He has a two part series looking at some of the top […]
On Tap: The Dallas Mavericks
A comment thread below started to drift toward a discussion of how the Lakers don’t need to get stars this off-season but more role players — someone who can bring to the Lakers what (for example) Reggie Evans and Danny Fortson have brought to Seattle. Another great example is tonight’s opponent, Dallas Mavericks. When you […]
NBA RPI
It’s that time of year when talk of RPI, seedings and bubble teams fills the air. You’ve got to love March Madness. UCLA is likely in the Big Dance and has an RPI ranking of 29th in the land. The second best team in Southern California based on RPI? Cal State Fullerton, ranked 111th, followed […]