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Intro by Tom Ziller on Sunday, November 12th, 2006 at 12:47 pm | permalink | trackback |
It was the biggest output in Bucks history:
Redd sank 18 of 32 shots, including 6 of 12 from three-point range, and made 15 of 17 free throws. He scored 42 points in the second half when the Bucks, who trailed by 24 points in the second quarter, mounted a furious rally that fell just short.
It’s cliche to point this out, but he wasn’t drafted until the 14th pick of the second round in 2000. Dan Langhi, Mateen Cleaves, and Chris Carrawell had no comment.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Friday, November 10th, 2006 at 1:15 pm | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.nealpollack.com/I’ve now watched five of the first six Phoenix Suns games, because four were on national broadcasts and one was against the Clippers, who found their home announcers, I believe, in the parking lot of a Von’s. And since I’ve been watching the Suns win (and lose) 113-110 games since long before Leandro Barbosa’s parents conceived him during a Carnaval orgy, I believe I’m uniquely qualified to comment.
I know this site offers “Basketball analysis beyond conventional wisdom,” but sometimes conventional wisdom offers good value in and of itself as Neal Pollack demonstrates in his examination of the impact and extrapolates the particulars of the root causes of (that’s what qualifies this entry under the rubric of “beyond”) Boris Diaw showing up fat to work.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Friday, November 10th, 2006 at 11:34 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2006/11/good_vibes_after_big_win.htmlJames Lang was lounging in his chair on the “east coast” side of the lockeroom, minding his own business when Arenas, Antonio Daniels and DeShawn Stevenson addressed his secret life as a “thief.” Turns out, Lang borrowed someone’s deodarant and was banned from the “west coast” side of the lockeroom, the side occupied by Arenas, Daniels and Stevenson. Arenas evicted Lang last week and Lang is not allowed on that side of the room anymore without permission.
Arenas has instituted a system whereby Lang is fined $2.60 every time he goes over to the west coast without permission. Why $2.60? Stevenson wears 2, Daniels wears 6 and Arenas wears 0.
On the heels of the Etan Thomas/Brendan Haywood scuffle, comes this news from Ivan Carter.
These kinds of allegiances have a history of turning ugly.
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Chicago at Cleveland, Pre-Game Discussion
Hoopinion: What will be the biggest factor in determining the winner of tonight’s game?
1. Pace (Chicago averages six more possessions per game than Cleveland this year, three more in the 05-06 season.)
2. Rebounding (Cleveland has (somewhat) survived poor early season shooting by getting 32% of possible offensive rebounds. Chicago’s getting 83.3% […]
Published on Friday, November 10th, 2006 at 7:53 am
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Intro by Rob L on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 11:58 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2003375501_sonics09.htmlSeattle has been all but mathematically eliminated as a long-term home for the Sonics and Storm, meaning the future of professional basketball in the area is down to two options — the suburbs or so long.
By overwhelmingly approving Initiative 91 on Tuesday, Seattle voters effectively ended any notion that the NBA and WNBA teams would remain in their namesake city.
The initiative requires Seattle to receive cash profit in exchange for granting subsidies to benefit a professional sports franchise, such as tax money for a new arena.
I had read elsewhere that Initiative 91 set the return rate (on public investment in a sports arena) at that of a 30 year bond. I don’t know if that’s super unreasonable or not. Just thought I’d mention it.
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Intro by Kurt on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 1:21 am | permalink | trackback |
Origional Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=265455…
With technical foul calls nearly doubled compared to the same point last season, union director Billy Hunter wants commissioner David Stern to lighten up on the NBA’s crackdown on complaining — or he might even seek legal action against the league.
Good, because federal judges really don’t have anything better to do.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 at 1:22 pm | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/061108You know how there are young players every year that everyone PROJECTS to be better than they actually are? And when we discuss them, it’s always in the context of their potential rather than their production, even though they’ve never done anything or they always keep getting hurt? So here’s the D-Miles Memorial All-Stars. If we made this an expansion team, everyone would pick it to win between 50-55 games and it would end up going 28-54.
Starting 5: Sam Dalembert, Josh Smith, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Shaun Livingston, J.R. Smith.
I take exception to Josh Smith’s inclusion on this team. It’s not his fault that Mike Woodson is playing him out of position in deference to Atlanta’s (far, far) lesser Williams. Plus, Livingston and Smith (once tomorrow comes) are 21-year-olds who can still reasonably be expected to improve. And does anyone still discuss Mikey Dunleavy as having potential?
The one mis-step by Simmons in an otherwise typically thorough overview.
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Intro by KnickerBlogger on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 at 8:56 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.nysun.com/article/43151The biggest impact was made by O’Neal. He wasted away at the end of the Portland bench despite good PER’s — a metric developed by John Hollinger to measure the sum of a player’s statistical contributions on a per minute basis — but when traded to Indiana for Thomas’s first season, he immediately moved into the starting lineup. In Thomas’s final season in Indy, O’Neal posted his first 20-point, 10-rebound campaign. Also during Thomas’s time on the Pacer bench, Ron Artest went from a volatile young player to a star-caliber player. Thomas cleared out veterans like Rose (yeah, he was a vet even then), Mark Jackson, Travis Best, and Derrick McKey, to get playing time for his young guys.
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Intro by KnickerBlogger on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 at 8:47 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.nysun.com/article/43166That explains the “what,” but let’s talk about the “why.” A big reason for the slow start is that one of Dallas’s biggest advantages — its bench — has been a liability these past three games. Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Austin Croshere, and Greg Buckner have all hit 37.5% or less; Anthony Johnson and Erick Dampier are hitting at a better clip but have taken the fewest shots of the bunch. Additionally, the Mavs continue to call a maddening number of plays for Stackhouse despite his fairly low efficiency; he’s fourth on the team in fieldgoal attempts but shooting 33.3%.
Perhaps more telling than the shooting percentages are the free-throw rates. A year ago Dallas averaged .364 free throws per field-goal attempt, one of the top figures in the league. So far this year they’re at .237, which is pathetic. Stackhouse, Harris, and Terry are the biggest culprits, but nearly everybody on the roster has a lower free-throw rate than a year ago.
I point out that change because it indicates a larger, roster-wide concern: age. The Mavs made a concerted effort to import veteran players over the summer, feeling their team lacked the experience and toughness to put away the Heat in last year’s Finals. However, they might have gone a little overboard.
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Intro by Rob L on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 12:58 pm | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2652056Kings center Brad Miller will miss at least four weeks with an injured left foot, adding the biggest problem yet to Sacramento’s early season woes.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 11:45 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/COLUMNISTS0306/611070331/1065/sportsA point guard who can turn the ignition key on this offense without repeatedly turning the ball over is what has been needed lately.
Jameer Nelson doesn’t have a handle on that, yet.
Right now, Carlos Arroyo does.
Know what I said about drawing premature conclusions on limited evidence when I posted the Hollinger article earlier this morning?
For Peter Kerasotis of Florida Today, I present career turnover rates entering the season: Arroyo, 11.6; Nelson, 11.6.
Also, through 4 games Orlando is +8.2 per 100 possessions with Nelson on the court and +3.3 per 100 possessions with Arroyo on the court.
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Intro by KnickerBlogger on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 10:44 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://slamonline.com/online/2006/11/the-dirty-30-2/The ancient philosopher Bill Parcells once said “You are what your record says you are.” In honor of his team’s soul crushing loss yesterday, I mention his name in this Dirty 30. However, it’s too early in the NBA season to follow that particular train of thought. Philly and Utah are undefeated. Dallas is winless. This is going to be messy. Who you beat matters more than your record at this point. I guess. I’m trying to make sense out of teams playing 2, 3, or 4 games.
In a way this makes sense. The next installment of OTTER will incorporate who you play as well as if you win.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 10:34 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.nysun.com/article/43005?This has been perhaps the most important development of the season’s opening week, and the least observed one: The pace is much faster.I use a measure called “Pace Factor” to track how many possessions each team uses in a 48-minute game.
Last year, the average was 92.94; this year it’s all the way up to 95.83. The change may be more severe than it looks, because normally pace slowly increases as the year wears on. If that happens this year, we could be looking at an increase of 5% or more in game pace from a year ago.
Which is harder to wait out: the exhibition season or the regular season until team and player stats reach a critical mass of even modest statistical signifigance when conclusions are just dying to be drawn?
Hollinger’s a more patient man than am I.
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Intro by KnickerBlogger on Monday, November 6th, 2006 at 10:15 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://www.nysun.com/article/42907If National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern has a late night tomorrow, it’s understandable. Stern will be watching election day referendum results from two NBA cities that will directly impact the Sacramento Kings and the Seattle Supersonics, as well as Senate and Congressional races nationally that could have a direct affect on how the NBA and other leagues do business.
According to this article, not only are team stadium deals in the mix, but cable revenue, and NCAA’s tax exempt status.
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Intro by Hoopinion on Monday, November 6th, 2006 at 10:07 am | permalink | trackback |
Original Article: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-061105smith,1,5186748.column?coll=cs-columnists-navigationBusy week for new Warriors coach Don Nelson. After one game he scrapped his Troy Murphy-at-center plan, calling Murphy “terrible.” He said Baron Davis was a “negative” because he “pounded the ball too much,” and he described Mike Dunleavy as “a disaster. Didn’t rebound, didn’t guard, didn’t do anything.”
1. Should Nocioni start?
2. Brandon Roy vs. Randy Foye through the first 3 games of their careers.
3. Garnett to the Lakers.
4. Don Nelson (see above) accepting reality.
5. Corey Maggette to Golden State?
6. Amare and Artest struggle.
7. Darko back to Europe at season’s end?
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