No, I don’t think it will last — the Clippers will not continue on pace to win 60+ games, they will come back down to earth. That doesn’t mean they can’t make the playoffs — if they stay healthy they have a good shot. They could even win the Pathetic Pacific this season. But they […]
Archives for November 2005
Fast Break
Thoughts from the Knicks game — including where Lamar Odom should play — and other things: • The newest Carnival of the NBA blogs is up over at HoopsAddict.com, and there are a lot of new bloggers out there with a lot to say — some of it very insightful. • Phil Jackson is now […]
On Tap: The New York Knicks
Rather than having me, who has seen 0% of the Knicks games this season, talking about that team, Larry from the Father Knickerbocker blog and I have swapped previews. What follows is his look at the game, my synopsis of the Lakers this season is up at his site (all of which will be pretty […]
Triangle? Trapezoid? What Is That?
After two poor offensive outings, I decided to do some offensive charting for the Memphis game to get a detailed look at what the Lakers were doing and why it wasn’t working. Picked a great game to go through every step of — didn’t miss a minute of that beauty. The first three games of […]
On Tap: The Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis has not played much like a Mike Fratello team so far this season. Oh, they may still be boring fans to death and setting offensive basketball back decades (we’ll get a better look at them tonight, if we can stay awake), but they are not playing good defense. The ill-named Grizzlies have a defensive […]
On Tap: The Philadelphia 76ers
This game has two interesting defensive questions to be answered: 1) How does Smush hold up against the ultimate penetrating small guard in the league (and does Kobe spend some time on him too)? 2) What lessons did the rest of the NBA take away from the Laker collapse at the end of the Minnesota […]
The Good Stuff
Sometimes I feel I focus too much on the negative, on the things that need improvement, but there are a lot of things to smile about five games into the Laker season, and not just that they are above .500: • What was the biggest problem with the Lakers last season? Say it with me: […]
On Tap: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Update: Kobe is off to a fast start on the offensive end, but his defense is the focus of a good piece over at 82Games.com (done by friend of the site, and stats wiz, Kevin Pelton). A must read. A couple years ago they brought in some veterans that were supposed to get them an […]
Bloggers NBA Rankings
The first week of the season brought a few changes to the bloggers poll NBA rankings (of which I am taking part), but not at the top. The top 5: 1. San Antonio 2. Detroit 3. Indiana 4. Dallas 5. Miami Apparently some of my fellow bloggers missed the mediocre 2-2 start the Heat got […]
On Tap: The Atlanta Hawks
Steve Belkin was right. Not for the right reasons — his was more about a power play than issues about a player — but trying to reject the Joe Johnson trade was the right move. Count me in with the group that think the Hawks overpaid — both the contract and in terms of draft […]