2011年5月31日星期二

Cerebral Carlisle builds Mavs into contender with Xs and Os


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 In the midst of the wild celebration on the American Airlines Center court at the end of the Western Conference finals, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban snuck up on Rick Carlisle and planted a kiss on the coach's cheek that seemed shocking only because of Carlisle's reaction.
Normally a man averse to any sort of public display of excitement, let alone affection, Carlisle actually cracked a smile after Cuban's celebratory smooch.

For those most familiar with Carlisle for his three seasons guiding the Mavericks, it might not have seemed an odd reaction. But for those who have observed the man longer, those who have watched him since he toiled as an assistant coach in Indiana and before, that brief exchange with Cuban was the final, convincing piece of evidence needed to confirm that Carlisle has indeed mellowed.
Not that Carlisle, hours away from the opening tip of his first trip to The Finals as a head coach, has any desire to dwell on himself or his past. Not with the veteran Mavericks dialed into this series and needing minimal distractions as they deal with a superstar-driven Heat team with their own designs on the Larry O'Brien trophy.
If Carlisle's said it once he's said it 100 times since the Mavericks began this playoff run six weeks ago: "It's not about me."
Yet this team and all that it has been about during its run through this postseason points directly to Carlisle. The Mavericks are unflappable in the middle of chaos, relentless in their attention to detail and possess a wicked air of confidence that borders on cocky.
"They play with a precision and a savvy that you know is a result of having one of the best coaches in the game preparing them," said a Western Conference executive who insists that Carlisle has been the best in-game technician throughout this postseason. "Just look at the way they have attacked every team they have faced up to this point. They shredded the Trail Blazers in those final two games of that series. They blitzed the Lakers from deep, spreading them out and then attacking them up the middle with [J.J.] Barea. And then they completely destroyed the Thunder with different defensive looks that those kids could never figure out. Rick's been unbelievable. I mean, he is really, really, really good at finding your weakness and exploiting it."
In nine seasons as a coach, including the first two in Detroit and four in Indiana, Carlisle's formula has always been the same: tireless team defense and a collective, yet controlled, ferocity on both ends of the floor. His .600 career winning percentage and eight postseason trips in nine tries makes it easy to believe.
Whatever Carlisle, 51, lacks in motivational skills -- Knute Rockne-style pregame and halftime speeches are not his forte -- he more than makes up for with an advanced degree of technical expertise. It's been that way forever, and especially since his last trip to this stage. As an assistant to Larry Bird with the Pacers, he was on the bench as Indiana lost in six games to the Lakers in The Finals 11 years ago.

Even the players who have bristled under his tight reign earlier in his career have since come around.
"Rick [Carlisle] is the best coach in the league right now ... Has been for the whole year," Lakers forward Ron Artest wrote on Twitter Monday morning, "Rick is great at out coaching ... I played for him n he always found a way ... Jim Kerry look alike or not He is a dope coach."
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Artest spent parts of three tumultuous seasons playing for Carlisle in Indiana, playing some of the best basketball of his career and obviously enduring the most galling stretch of his career on Carlisle's watch, beginning with the Malice at the Palace back in 2004.
Lost in the fallout from that night -- which included Artest being suspended for the remainder of the season for his role in the brawl between Pistons fans and Pacers players -- is that in the seven games he'd played in that season he was on pace to have the best year of his career. He was averaging a career-high 24.6 points and 6.4 rebounds after winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award the year before. And he'd lit up LeBron James for 31 points in Cleveland in the season opener.
That season might have been Carlisle's finest coaching effort to date, working with the volatile Artest and a team that was clearly the class of the Eastern Conference before those final and fateful 45 seconds against the Pistons at the Palace.
Carlisle's ability to keep that team together in the wake of all of the suspensions and drama that followed is arguably the most impressive work he's done. He salvaged the Pacers' season by guiding a team that played the bulk of the year without not only Artest but also without All-Star power forward Jermaine O'Neal and swingman Stephen Jackson.

The Pacers finished the 2004-05 season with a 44-38 record and a spot in the playoffs. Carlisle used a makeshift lineup that included 20 different players and journeymen like Eddie Gill, Tremaine Fowlkes and Britton Johnsen. The Pacers beat the Celtics in seven games in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the Pistons in six games in the conference semifinals.
At the time, then-Pacers boss Donnie Walsh insisted it was the "best coaching job I've seen, considering the circumstances."
Carlisle already had a Coach of the Year award on his resume, won during his first year in Detroit after the 2001-02 season. So he was already considered one of the brightest young coaches in the game. But the fact that he never complained, at least publicly, about having to piece together his roster that season endeared him to the players who walked through that fire with him, players whose indifference toward Carlisle before then was palpable.
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"Rick Carlisle has to be Coach of the Year," O'Neal said. "If you have great players, it's easy to win. If you take away those players, it has to be the coach. Take away the top two or three players from any other team and ask me if they'd be in position to compete."
His work throughout this postseason has served to confirm what most league insiders already knew: that Carlisle can and will win with whatever type of roster he has. He can dig the best out of youngsters and veterans alike and will mold them into a playoff team.
Give him Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler, Shawn Marion, Caron Butler, J.J. Barea and the bunch he has now and he can craft a potent force capable of competing for a championship.
"You could not ask for a more talented, bright coach," Raptors assistant P.J. Carlesimo, whom Carlisle worked under as an assistant in Portland, told the Portland Tribune during the first round of the playoffs. "Rick has been a very successful head coach with three different organizations. That does not happen often. Everybody in the league thinks he is near the top, no question."
Perhaps even more important than the respect of his peers is the universal respect Carlisle has garnered from players over the years. The Mavericks swear by him, even those who were willing to admit that they'd heard interesting stories about his quirky personality and dry sense of humor.
Veteran forward Brian Cardinal has a unique perspective on Carlisle. Cardinal played under him in Detroit at the start of his career (and Carlisle's head coaching career) and now could end up winning a title with him.
While he couldn't pinpoint any drastic differences in the coach, he did notice an ease in the man. "Experience has a way of changing anyone," Cardinal said. "He's been around the league a bit, coached a lot of different places and players and has a family now ... bottom line, he's as good as it gets."
And that peck on the cheek from Cuban?
"Are you sure that happened?" Cardinal said smiling. "I need to see the tape."
Stay tuned. More could be coming.

2011年5月30日星期一

2011 NBA Mock Draft: Where Will Marcus and Markieff Morris Land?


Twins and brothers entering the NBA draft often face the risk of falling into the role of the "other brother..." The role of Robin Lopez, Taylor Griffin, and other lesser-known brothers to their superior siblings in the NBA. Their careers are forever shadowed and sometimes even forgotten about while their brothers, the Brook Lopezes and Blake Griffins of the NBA, forever establish themselves in the spotlight, forever as the "better brother."

Marcus and Markieff Morris are the stars of the Kansas basketball team, and led the Jayhawks to the Elite Eight this year before being bounced from the tournament by this year's Cinderella, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Marcus and Markieff look almost identical, are both big and built at 6'9'' and 6'10'' respectively, and even have matching tattoos. Both of them are projected to be picked about midway through the first round, with Marcus typically going about three to five picks earlier than his slightly larger, slightly older twin brother. While Marcus is largely considered the better of the two twins, due to his versatile scoring ability and athleticism for his size (17.2 PPG, 7.6 RPG), his brother Markieff should not be dismissed to follow in the footsteps of the "other brothers" preceding him.

While the Morris twins are only about an inch apart in height, their varying skill-sets each come with individual assets that could offer a lot to teams willing to draft either one of them. On the other hand, neither Morris is perfect, and both of them have a lot to learn before they will reach their peak contributing to an NBA franchise. As mentioned before, draft experts typically rank Marcus above his brother primarily for his ability to score. He is undoubtedly a great athlete, and has shown in his three years at Kansas that he has absolutely no problem beating guys his size off the dribble.

Where Marcus lacks NBA readiness is in commitment to the dirty work. Despite a clear advantage in athleticism over most players of his size, his defensive presence is lacking with just .6 blocks per game. Also, like many other players entering the draft, Marcus has grown accustomed to being the star scorer on the floor, yet he was unable to lead his team to victory over the underdogs at VCU. Morris and the Jayhawks hustled, but were still outhustled. As a rookie and a role player, the little things matter dearly, and Marcus will have to develop his play to better suit his role. Right now he could be compared to other bigger softer guys with shooting capability such as Jeff Green or Al Harrington, but a dedication to improved defense, rebounding, and overall hustle will be what makes or breaks Marcus's career.

Markieff may not have the quickness, flashy moves, or versatile scoring ability that his twin does, but he does have the size, athleticism, and grittiness that coaches love to see from their rookie players. Because Markieff plays more like a big man than Marcus, I believe the impact he could have as a rookie actually surpasses his twin brother's ceiling, even if the scoring numbers lean in Marcus's favor. Markieff averaged slightly less points (13.6 PPG) and slightly more rebounds (8.3 RPG) than Marcus this year, but arguably played smarter basketball. He averaged over one block per game, and his .589 shooting percentage was higher than his "better brother's", which was .570. He plays well in the paint both on offense and defense, and has a dangerous baby hook that will not often miss. Furthermore, the bigger twin's .424 3-point shooting percentage was significantly higher than Marcus's .342 percentage.

Let's be honest. There have been stronger draft classes. There are very few players in this year's draft that are actually expected to develop into bona fide NBA stars. However, that does not mean that some of the fresh young faces coming to each team will fail to someday become the faces of those teams. Players do not have to be superstars to earn love and respect from their teammates, coaches, and fans, and many of this year's first and second round picks will likely become the respected role players of the future... The P.J. Browns, Tony Allens, and James Poseys of the league. Neither Marcus nor Markieff Morris will likely be remembered as one of the greatest players of the generation. However, both of these guys are quality ball players with a lot of potential, and with some refinement and good coaching, they could easily become important pieces to winning organizations sometime in the near future.

2011年5月29日星期日

Heat's Miller dealing with daughter's illness during NBA Finals

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 Mike Miller will play these NBA Finals with a heavy heart, amid concerns of a tiny heart, but at least with his newborn daughter closer to his heart.

The Miami Heat forward said Sunday that his daughter, Jaelyn, had been released from a Broward hospital Saturday. She spent the initial days of her life in intensive care because of a ventricular septal defect, in this case, according to Miller, "four holes in her heart, which were causing problems with her breathing."

Miller left his daughter's side to fly with the team for Thursday's Eastern Conference finals-clinching victory against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center, but otherwise the schedule has allowed him to fulfill his Heat obligations without putting distance between himself and his family.

This week, hospital visits are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday, with the Heat later each night playing Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks at AmericanAirlines Arena.

For the short term, there is relief.
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"She goes back Tuesday, actually has doctors' appointments all week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday," he said. "We'll find out how everything is going then and hopefully keep her out."

For now, there is a waiting game.

"They started her on some meds," he said. "Her breathing got a little better. It's still not where we want it. But we're going to find out this week and figure out in the next hopefully month or two if she'll need surgery or not."

Miller, who lives in northern Broward, also has two young sons.

An estimated eight in 1,000 newborns are born with some sort of congenital heart defect, with VSD representing 25 to 30 percent of all congenital heart defects. Some are naturally healing.
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Miller said his teammates have been particularly supportive.

"They've been great," he said. "Obviously, there's guys that understand what's going on as an athlete, when you have something else going on, because everyone's kind of been through, I'm sure, something personal when they're playing.

"Unfortunately, sometimes it comes at times like this, when it's the Eastern Conference finals or Finals, but they've been great."

2011年5月27日星期五

Brown's path to Lakers' job started in Mesa



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As the recently cast caretaker of the NBA's wackiest soap opera, Mike Brown already is at the mercy of vigorous scrutiny.

League watchdogs are wondering if the new coach of the Los Angeles Lakers has the chops to thrive in this combustible environment. Specifically, they're wondering if he can muster the psychological muscle of Phil Jackson, whose matchup Zen steered the franchise to five championships in 10 years.

But the minefield tucked inside the job description includes Brown's ability to share the same page with twilight-encroaching superstar Kobe Bryant, a player whose ego can push lesser personalities into the margins.

Observers also are wondering if Brown can cajole a collection of disparate egos into embracing the five-players-on-a-string defensive concept that seems to be working so well around the NBA. And is he qualified to rehabilitate the confidence seemingly lost by Pau Gasol in the 2011 playoffs?

Will he preside over an offensive scheme that fits the skills of certain Lakers with the efficiency and attendant mysticism of the triangle? Does he want or need a real point guard and, if so, will the Lakers get him one? Is he capable of formulating a killer three-man rotation co-starring his celebrated post players?

Did LeBron James really coach the Cleveland Cavaliers late in games?

Will Brown inspire sufficient respect from Jack Nicholson?

Do the Lakers have the right man for the job?

"How am I supposed to know that," Tom Bennett said when hit with that last question, "without really knowing their program?"

OK, fair point. While sitting next to Gilbert High School boys varsity coach Jay Caserio last season, Bennett probably didn't spend much time analyzing the inner workings of the Lakers, so when one of his former players and good friends is called to duty in Tinseltown, the Valley coaching legend is taking the pragmatic approach to assessing Brown's future in L.A.

"I know him well," Bennett, who finished with a record of 711-269 in 33 years coaching community college and high school basketball, said of Brown. "He's a class person, a very good person. That's my knowledge of Mike Brown."

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And Mike Brown's knowledge of basketball -- with much of it credited to NBA coaching mentors such as Gregg Popovich, Hank Egan and Rick Carlisle -- includes a great deal of what he learned playing for Bennett at Mesa Community College.

"He was a good player, not a great player," Bennett said of Brown. "But he was a great leader. He had a high-level work ethic and leadership. His involvement with others around him was significant. And he was a strong defender."

Right, the commitment to defense we've seen in Brown's NBA work began long before any enrollment in the San Antonio Spurs' way. Anyone familiar with Bennett's teams at MCC or Gilbert High (the Tigers won the Arizona big-school state championship in 2003) have seen similar dedication to stingy team defense, patient offense and overall hard work from Brown's teams.

In five years coaching James and his supporting cast with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Brown posted a record of 272-138 along with one NBA Finals run and two trips to the Eastern Conference finals.

"The thought processes, the attention to detail, the work ethic ... that's what sets him apart from a lot of people," Bennett said of Brown, who played guard for his T-Birds from 1988-90.

Brown went from MCC to the University of San Diego, where he played two seasons for Coach Hank Egan. Shortly after finishing at USD, Brown was employed by the Denver Nuggets as a scout and video coordinator. In 2000, Popovich hired him as an assistant coach in San Antonio, where the Spurs brought home the O'Brien trophy in 2003. Carlisle wooed him to Indiana the following season, and Brown helped steer the Pacers into the 2004 Eastern Conference finals. He was hired as head coach by the Cavaliers in 2005.

Brown's coaching-ladder climb is considerably different from the career arc of Bennett, who churned out players, future coaches and victories from the same part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

After the '89-'90 MCC squad finished 32-3, Bennett was named National Junior College Athletic Association Coach of the Year. That team secured one of Bennett's five Region I and nine Arizona Community College Athletic Conference titles.

Bennett, whose skill as a player at Southport High and Wabash College led to induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, won 20 or more games 15 times at MCC. His son, Randy, is the highly respected head coach of the St. Mary's College Gaels.
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So although his coaching influences are considerable, Brown was exposed to winning and its important variables at an important stage of development.

"At that point, I don't know if he was focused on being a coach," said Bennett, who has spent a couple of post-retirement seasons assisting the Gilbert High program. "I knew that whatever he chose to do, he'd probably be a success in, because he is a hard worker."

Some of Bennett's former assistant coaches have said that their mentor and Brown still talk basketball, but Bennett downplays any current influence he might have on the Lakers' new sideline boss.

"I just know Mike's tremendous," Bennett said. "An outstanding coach and a tremendous person."

2011年5月26日星期四

Atlanta Hawks’ Josh Smith top five performances for the 2010-11 season

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As an Atlanta Hawks' fan, I believe Josh Smith(notes) has an opportunity to grow as a player if he listens to his coaches and continue to develop his game.

Smith's impact on a game defensively is well known and is one of the reasons why he is the youngest player ever—at the age of 24— to block 1,000 shots.

The multi-talented forward is now approaching his eighth year in the NBA and will be 26 years ago when the 2011-12 season begins.
Smith was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2004 NBA Draft as the 17th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. The 6'9", 240 pound Smith came into the NBA right out of high school and has never looked back.

His reputation as one of the best dunkers was solidified with his entry into the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during his first season during the 2005 NBA All-Star Weekend.

However, Smith wants to be known more than just a dunker, but an all-around player.

For the 2010-11 season, Smith had averaged nearly 17 points a game along with shooting 47% from the field. Even though his blocked shots stats were down in 2010-11, he is still averaging 2.2 for his career and his defensive skills helped to garner him recognition last season as NBA All-Defensive Second Team for the 2009-2010 season.

The following is Josh Smith's Top 5 performances in the 2010-11 season

1. (May 8th) Smith triple-double performance propels Hawks: Josh Smith is a very capable player and is a metaphorical jack-of-all trades. He can look like John Stockton passing the ball to his teammates or he could look like Shaquille O'Neal(notes) blocking shots or have the three-point range of a Kevin Durant(notes).
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In a playoff game versus the Chicago Bulls in the conference semifinals, Smith had one of the best all-around games in Hawks' playoff history by scoring 23 points, collecting 16 rebounds and dishing out eight assists in a 100-88 win over Derrick Rose(notes) and the Chicago Bulls.

2. (March 30th) Smith scores 26 as Hawks defeat Magic: Josh Smith led the Hawks in scoring with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Smith played a great all-around game against a team that had dominated the Hawks the previous season. This particular win gave the Hawks a 3-1 regular season advantage. Smith was part of a defense that helped to hold the Magic to 38 percent shooting in those four regular season games.

3.(November 16th) Smith records 7 blocks in win over Pacers: Josh Smith had a monster game in a road game against the Indiana Pacers. Smith set the defensive tone, but was 9-for-16 from the field for 25 points and collected eight rebounds. Games like these does distinguish "J-Smoove" as an unique talent and an All-Star caliber player.

4. (March 23rd) Smith records double-double, 33 and 12 in close loss to Sixers: Smith did all that he could do to help rally his Atlanta Hawks back against the athletic, playoff-bound Sixers.
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The 6'9" small forward scored 33 points and 12 rebounds for the slumping Hawks. Smith connected on a clutch three-pointer with 1.6 seconds to get the Hawks within three, but it wasn't enough as the Sixers escaped with a 105-100 decision.

5. (January 2nd) Despite tough shooting night, Smith's impact felt in win over Clippers: The Atlanta Hawks were able to beat Blake Griffin(notes) and the Los Angeles Clippers behind Joe Johnson's(notes) 29 points, but Josh Smith scored 22 points to help rally Atlanta in the fourth quarter to a 107-98 win.Smith may get some criticism over his three-point shot selection, but Smith's late three was critical in a fourth-quarter run that helped to seal the win.

2011年5月25日星期三

NBA Analysis: Jerry West is changing the culture warriors

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1. The club reached the NBA Playoffs 2012th

2. The club has a player participating on Wed 2012 NBA All-Star in Orlando.

3. The club is 25 or more home games at Oracle Arena to win.

4. CLUB honor renewal without risk, with a range of security equal to 5% for the 2011-12 season in the NBA.

More importantly, the Warriors said they will do if all the elements are not met. If they do not make the playoffs, the team tends season ticket prices for 2012-13 increased. If you do not get a player in the All-Stars will give the team title of an article autographed All-Star names and they all put in a drawing for a trip to the ASG. If this is not a club win 25 games at home, subscribers can an autograph session for two hours to participate with all appliances. And lose the last element of aid to protect cardholder money if the games are lost due to suspension.

The contract comes just days after Jerry West was able to set a franchise consulting, and in the low season in the first group of new owners who bought the team last fall, Chris Cohan. Cohan team owner since 1995 and was one of the worst owners in the NBA in many fronts, including the account of the relationship of the fans. The agreement promises a lot of things that the fans are not used, it's a phenomenal piece exploited the goodwill of newcomers in height from a base of fans who ignored and felt for some time. I welcome your efforts in the rejuvenation of the population, to keep them in business.

Fans, of course, to win this contract and feel appreciated. The Warriors won for the same size. For starters, they will come in 2011-12 with the support of the fans over during a year in different Cohan 2007-08, which came in the wake of the nuts who believe that 8-on-a Dallas first loss round in April before. With this contract, the fans are much more willing to manage their subscriptions, the money can be renewed for the team.
Surprisingly, the Warriors 10th present home in the league in last season average 18 692 people, directly behind the Lakers (18 995) and Magic (18 972) and just ahead of the Celtics (18 624) and Spurs (18.314) fell.

Therefore, knowing the acquisition of Golden State clean taste and the health system team the fans season tickets this summer and get in some parts of the league presence, literally millions of dollars more, allows examination of the four promises from the perspective of what the team has to win or to lose.

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The Warriors do not have the playoffs this year (no way) made, it tends to raise prices for season tickets in 2012. For the fans will be thrilled that the team had a good thing that Bill Simmons muster more than a year (Every team that loses the playoffs can not ticket prices next season proposed.
Miss two rounds right subscribers receive a discount of 5 percent for the next renewal season. Miss three consecutive games, from 10 percent. Miss four in a row, it jumps to 25 percent. Miss five consecutive jumps to 50 percent.) They'll buy more tickets this year. There is more money for the Warriors right now. Then they are not in the playoffs, but fans will love it, what the Warriors will cost more input, then you know what, the fans were leaving in good yields in 2012 did. More viewers in games, most fans pay for parking, food and beer and hot dogs $ 7,000,000, and the purchase of T-shirts.
In addition, the price of a single set of inputs is likely to increase anyway. The relief was just a lot more money with the promise not to raise the prices of season tickets in two years.

Unfortunately, the Warriors have an All-Star this season. Forward David Lee has no chance in the top five, at his post in the West against Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, Zach Randolph Blake Griffin, Pau Gasol, Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, Nene, Al Jefferson, David West, Lamar Odom and Luis Scola, especially since 12 of the 13 times exactly the same position as Lee PF. With respect to the guards Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis is not sure he can break the West's five rows back from Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Russell Westbrook, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Jason Kidd, and I Tyreke Evans am . Ellis has a chance if you put another 24 ppg, supports 6 per game this season and improved equipment, but I'm not holding my breath. As provided that the computer be no representative on the GSA list to a shit and buy an article signed by a person traveling to Orlando for a few days added. Which is what the team back? Maybe $ 3,000? Read the millions that make subscription renewals.

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In fact, I think Golden State can and must win 25 games at home this season. Do you know why? They won 26 at Oracle Arena last year and they were terrible. Although the Warriors were 36-46 at home 26-15. But they say they do not want this year? Well, then host an autograph session for two hours, it costs nothing and makes the fans love them even more. Win-Win.

The latter protects the fans pay for games that will never happen if the lock Teresa, it is a breeze, and with the appearance of more orders.

But the Warriors imitate something decent that every team should the fans love the team care enough to at least give the impression that they try to improve (he hired Jerry West, one must therefore believe that they really are) and Golden State made millions Tickets renovations, even if they meet any of the promises. I love it!

2011年5月24日星期二

In the rapidly approaching NBA lockout

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I have a confession to make to C these NBA playoffs, are the most fun I've had just one playoff year. There is some indication biased IC love Chicago, I like LeBron James. I hate the Lakers, I hate the Celtics. Western games arent so intensely, but the joy of basketball Dirk Nowitzki C quickly simply incredible things night after night. They even have some ESPN SportsNation poll on where he places among the great ones of all time.
The middle? I have not seen this funny one playoff series (Bulls-Heat) in a very long time.
But come on 1 July of the NBA to shoot one of the best seasons of his position, had in the years to an uncertain future. The L Word hanging over the NBA, the owners and players. Will there be a further barrier of the first block of the NBA since the 1998-1999 season shortens the Championship with a star? The last time the ABC was defeated in 2005, six years after the agreement of the final closing. With the NHL lockout of 2004-2005, everyone wanted to reach a new agreement signed quickly. It came despite the age limit, that preparation for the age of the NBA pros ended. The maximum salary cap was also reduced slightly, but the players have a greater stake in 57% of the revenues of the league.
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Everyone knew that it would happen. His talks in almost two years ago, when the C begins in the summer of 2011, there will be a big problem. The financial problems of the world was rosy in the NBA world. Arenas for less successful teams seem increasingly empty, silent and empty. Too many teams, bad contracts, the tickets are too expensive. Who is willing to back down. We all saw it coming.
David Stern, who looks increasingly like a mad dictator with each year to support the owners. The NBA said that the owner has lost 300 million U.S. dollars last season. Players will be tested. The average salary of an NBA player this season was 5.2 million with a salary cap of $ 58,000,000. Reducing the owners and the league schedule, the number to about 40 million, up 30%. That's about 3.6 million U.S. dollars per player.
Fans and the NBA is unlikely that the players are overpaid. If a man, about 50k per year, the guys who make their annual salary in a few weeks time (the NBA minimum salary is 500k) arent happy to see the money they earn, they earn the most disturbing to say minimal. But its bad that the players look bad. There are many owners of the NBA, the money to extort from the city to look for new areas of public funds and have the power to move the unit, leaders of the community where they do not get their way.
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Another problem is that too many teams. LeBron James has some heat for a comment he then pushed a little, but he was right. The league needs less equipment. As the NHL and the NFL probably. Not all markets hold many professional teams and basketball is not great anywhere. If an owner wants to lose money, that's your problem. But when a team in a city where people do not care want to have enough about the sport and a profit on the backs of the players and fans? I can understand not know that
While I am prepared for Game 4 of the Heat-Bulls series, I see news of the blockade of the NFL and the players of the hotel practice things informal meeting with recruits and things. A little sad. The NBA has done more for me, but now in both leagues, he does not seem to be many reasons to be optimistic about a future agreement.

2011年5月23日星期一

veland Cavaliers fan living his dream when the Cavs the No. 1 and 4 of the draft lottery won

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Cavaliers fans can only come from your dream team from a lottery selection in the NBA with the tips of the first and fourth in the first round.
Rica Smith dreamed this dream, and lived Cavs fans last week when the team, in fact, choose the winning numbers 1 and 4
Basically, I had a dream (last Sunday night) is that I knew that the Cavs had the choice of the first and fourth,  said Smith, sales manager who lives in Columbus, and the dream that I wanted to understand what can do so, picks.Anyone such a declaration. Smith said his sleeping wife, Marcia, but he had some others, such as a current, your hamster in which death has become a reality.
Smith, 52, of North Canton Hoover High School and studied Ohio, at the time was great sport in your life. His father was the late Don Smith, the Director of Public Relations for the Hall of Fame 1968-97. Prior to that, the more Smith in public relations for teams like the Denver Broncos. That's when Rich predict known for its expertise with large eyes to games was.
(Don Smith led the committee that the current valuation to be collected system of a quarter of the NFL) Rich Smith campaign, I do not remember exactly what the young man, probably, then 5 or 6 years correctly predicted every winner of the Denver game to win even the Broncos rarely. During the end of the season, Denver owner Gerald Phipps approached Smith before the game and asked what I thought. The Broncos lose,  he recalls Smith. Young children are honest.The Cavaliers are the first team in 28 years that is outside of the lottery with two of the four largest. Dreams So, if the actions of Smith thought by many observers about how the Cavs are using these slots.
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I think they are probably with Kyrie Irving First and Enes Kanter go with the fourth choice,  said Smith, who is on the custody of the Duke and central Turkey, respectively. I can see where scenarios (in Arizona), Derrick Williams them incumbent to No. 4, but it's probably a little luck.


Smith has been a fan since elementary school Cavaliers. He did not give up if the computer has to LeBron James as a free agent for the Miami Heat.
I remember the miracle of Richfield, everything,  Smith said. I liked the team of Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Larry Nance, Craig EHLO and Hot Rod Williams.
Despite seeing the struggles against the kind of fun in the last season of a few, because they tried to play together to see rather than to change a guy.Things,
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Smith believes the team to Cleveland after a few disappointing years. This was his reaction after the ping-pong balls were the Cavaliers way and validated his dream in the night of the Draft Lottery.
It was kind of exciting,  said Mr. Smith to see playing the lottery. I was happy for the Cavs and Cleveland fans. In 2007 it became clear that Cleveland would be good for several years. The Cavaliers reached the finals, the Indians almost to the World Series and the Browns in the vicinity of the playoffs. Then LeBron James the Cavs lose, and things do not work for Indians and Browns.
Now it seems they are all on the right track. I felt good for Cleveland.

2011年5月19日星期四

LeBron James a championship four billion dollars?

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Miami Heat LeBron James has the burden of the trust of the world on your shoulders when you win the NBA title this season, but also an important step towards a source of global revenue.

Bloomberg.com reported that the profit of a title is the next critical step for the commercialization of James, an achievement that 4 billion euros in revenue for Nike in China could in the next decade to increase.

Nike 1960000000 posted sales of U.S. $ in China, the world's most populous nation in the 12 months to January. Rhoads said an integral part of that comes from basketball, without being more specific. A
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championship would James to take over the 32-year-old Bryant as the face of the company in China to see the sales Rhoads easy to get Nike to $ 6,000 for 2020.
Therefore, we expect to triple the annual sales in key markets worldwide with headquarters outside of a single title? Holy Moly. What if our collective nightmare becomes reality and heat to a dynasty in fact? If James wins four titles in a row, it will be 100 apartments skyscrapers of Hong Kong will be built as a hub?
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James, of course, represented and won a gold medal for the U.S. team in Beijing 2008 Olympics. He has also worked hard to court the Chinese market, the promotion of visits during the off season.

2011年5月17日星期二

Cleveland is happy, why not. A lottery selection in NBA Draft

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 Redemption was swift for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the withdrawal of the lottery on Tuesday in the NBA.
Last year, the team's franchise player and the first pick lost in 2003: LeBron James.
When it came to King James the second best in the Eastern Conference with 58 victories this season, the Cavaliers fell to the worst record in the conference only 19 games to win.
But Tuesday night there was the Cavs fans something to smile again. They won the first choice in the NBA Draft. He has also won the fourth choice in the design, development, make Cleveland a major player again. The project will be determined by drawing lots among the 14 teams with more losses.
The televised event in downtown Cleveland bars church revivals become.
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I never thought it was a possibility,  Campy Russell, a former Cavaliers player Affiliate wews CNN.  For believers, it is a great day.  Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said that the choice of hope to give fans who were crushed by the announcement of Santiago last summer that he would be the team left for the Miami Heat. The roller coaster had been. Obviously shocking events took place last summer, not only for me but many people in Ohio. It was a slow run, a long and painful to get through, can and see what happens, the last straw to over the mountain and on the other side and we have is great hope for the future, and what we need,  said Gilbert.
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Gilbert was a very different tone last summer, according to James, he announced in his  talent in South Beach.  At that time, Gilbert said the decision of Santiago a  cowardly treachery  and a In a statement, he added.  Shocking act of disloyalty  - In capital letters -  I personally guarantee that win the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship before profits  king  of the self-titled EX, the bank ..  Draft Lottery on Tuesday may have moved to the nearest Cavaliers to ensure Gilbert .

2011年5月16日星期一

McCants history lesson is sad for dreamers NFL

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There was a time when McCants had no money, except the former representative of Lance Luchnick advance - apparently directly from the University of Alabama - who pleaded guilty to more than 20 years of non-compliance with state standards for initial contacts with low-class players, a year earlier. Beset by disease, McCants, now 43 and arrested 11 times since 2002 and remember not tragic, probably. But the excellent chronic flooding, and we mean way of remembrance. It was the spring of 1990, and McCants, come from a brilliant career for the Crimson Tide has rabies.
The Atlanta Falcons, the team that covers both the property of choice in the draft this year, and there were rumors that McCants is strong selection.
The practical nature of the business journalism that newspapers run out of money, can not more than afford to, or wind gusts have 140 characters almost obsolete, the Journal-Constitution he sent me, Mobile, Alabama, McCants hometown to a history of Make the player many felt would be a savior Falcons.

The day was memorable for many reasons: The passenger flight from Atlanta to short-Mobile was in near hurricane conditions, and white knuckle ball that pushed me and the photographer Renee Hannan in the hands of the clutch in prayer for the 45-minute examination of all potholes . Long before the advent of GPS, we missed at least three times on the way to the motel where they meet McCants.
 The surface streets at home McCants were flooded by streams of rain, the car rental Hannan arrested several times and the possibility of losing your expensive equipment horrified stowed in the trunk. The trip to McDonald's offered for lunch five big Macs, three of them prey to McCants. At the end of the day was so bad, McCants can try to guess, friends and acquaintances who continued their illicit relationship with Luchnick secretly our drive through flooded streets and back to the airport was able to confirm.
Perhaps the most memorable visit was indescribable but McCants in mobile homes and lived for his family. The base of the house of concrete blocks was incredibly small. The courtyard was essentially sterile and had to travel by wooden planks down in the mud. Supplies were scarce, especially in the kitchen, where we sat at the table and discussed the McCants dream  in the NFL. Finally, the House  would have been modest,  to have been underestimated.

In reading the comments McCants prison at the weekend, got old and yellowed, and the remains of 90 are examined. McCants said of what the NFL would mean money for him and have a family like you do mean buy a new house for his mother, the social mobility of additional revenue it. Twenty-one years in the future seemed so promising for McCants. And now, more than two decades later, McCants, sporting a cane and a criminal record that includes close to a medical report that says 29 operations, the dream is a nightmare.
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McCants could barely walk and can not find a job. Been diagnosed with clinical depression and had suicidal thoughts. Football has done  the physical agony,  said the newspaper. The $ 7,400,000 he earned from the Bucs in his first NFL contract away. So the money he earned in later agreements.

These efforts since 1990, so real and alive at the time, have an ugly picture. McCants is run down, broken dreams and broken, apparently, a page of the newspaper crumpled badly.

What made the game McCants is certainly not sufficient. McCants has done a lot worse.

The Falcons do not draft McCants, sending the first team in Indianapolis for a package, offensive lineman Chris Hinton, Andre Rison and eye catching, and Jeff George Colts selected contains Quart. Years later, in a step that the NFL is a strange place confirmed, yes, George was the Hawks traded.

McCants finished fourth option in the project, in Tampa Bay began. On the morning of the project is the Journal-Constitution a short story, published the cover story detailed the knee problems McCants.

The role of the server and have to delay the story until the wee hours of the project in an effort to overthrow McCants action was criticized, and the sensationalism of the story. In truth, we expected a further element of extinction in journalistic circles these days, a second source conformation.
In retrospect, the story will play a lot, and a former boss who was a few years ago that  traffic driving  is more important than the content suggested proud. But the result was that McCants had surgery two days after the draft of a torn cartilage.
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It was the first of many knee surgeries McCants during an NFL career lasted only found six seasons and 88 games to three computers.



And read a sobering parable that the prospects of the bill in 2011, with time on their hands because of the lockout would do well to.

LeBron James vs. Derrick Rose: Why the NBA Finals in the Eastern Conference is that you watch TV

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LeBron James and Derrick Rose are ready to give sports fans at the final of NBA Eastern Conference to celebrate 2011, the much-needed relief to what is difficult after the Super Bowl and the Depression.

That the process of blocking brutal NFL Rashard Mendenhall Tweets poorly designed or have the tragic death of a number of athletes in recent months with many small and almost none has been filled up.
 But thanks to some big stars who arent even 25 years, but all that changed.
This is what everyone from July, when LeBron James has his intentions in what remains one of the worst mistakes in public relations sports history announced waited.

The reasons for the decision was widely speculated, and many possible reasons why the public with a vision that King actually was.

Derrick Rose was in the summer when he refused to stay on the possibility of James running with the Bulls.

One of the superstars in the hardest person in the NBA, the barely passing an entrance examination to the university was announced, one of the most brilliant and daring comments in recent history.

Rose wondered aloud why not the MVP of the NBA. He wondered aloud why he could not be the best player in the league.


Roses summer LeBron Management shows the contrasts between two of the most important poetic athletes in the NBA has ever seen.

These differences create a fascinating sub-plot, which is probably the most-watched the final of the Eastern Conference in recent years.

LeBron James has become a household name since he was a teenager blinded when drooling in the junior tournaments and college recruiters. When he was a high school student, gave recruiters knew there was no way the child to set foot on a college campus.

At 17, LeBron has already had the talent of a grown man.

And somehow he had the maturity of a people who are friends to you in your youth leadership, while her mother fought affairs.

James first started the competition on the James St. Vincent-St Mary's mother Gloria has plundered a step back in your life.

For all his strengths as a person, there was no question of Fame was impossible to ignore Santiago and enjoy.

The meaning of the claim by James and his followers found was a big turnoff for many sports fans who were either jealous or angry about his antics.

Once you're in the uniform of the Cleveland Cavaliers, forms of bias reached new heights. He forgot to dominate the competition only by offering a series of critical games festival performances great disposition.

James was one of about 21 more years, Magic Johnson on steroids with a shot. And the NBA has never seen anything like it.

Meanwhile, the children are quiet from Chicago, who spent his life for the youth of his older brothers have been trained and quiet, the search for recruiting in the country.

On the first day in Memphis, the media wondered if Rose had the power to translate the talent into results.

John Calipari swore constantly rose in control of a team that take too deep with talent, and have mixed results in his first year with the baby in the face.

Rose was often reluctant to be drawn and posted disappointing statistics play in spite of the unfortunate Conference USA.
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With more critical disappointing performance came on the ability of roses to be, if he wanted to be a leader and how exactly do you go to the next level to a pure playmaker.

It got so bad that if the fate of the Bulls was the first draft pick of 2008 NBA, Chicago radio was filled with heated debate.

If the cops really the weight of the franchise set in the hometown of another child? Rose individual never be a star, or would follow in the footsteps of Eddy Curry Thornwood alum and a bust to follow?

But take Michael Beasley? Really?

In the end, Chicago was the logical choice, and that has not much time for the Rose was not assertive, most people believed to occur.

At the end of his second season, Rose has taken over late in the game and work tirelessly to improve his defense.


The difference is not everything, but it makes sense to travel widely in the nature of memory. ESPN must be treated ad nauseam with revisionist history.

Finally, the similarities between the two stars are rare. Of course, both have incredible agility, strength and explosion. Both have well-rounded game and a basketball IQ will have many NBA veterans never.
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Ultimately, the greatest similarity to the heritage of two players who have already written, incomplete, even with a factory.

Before you an idiot or selfish James Rose anoint the next Jordan, who must sit and watch the superstars head to head.

Adrian Wojnarowski is a sports journalist and expert willing to write the preview as columns, but instead into the trap of thinking about the future, sports fans should focus on the present.

To connect your laptop, disable these programs before the game, watching a cold beer and sit and James Rose and the battlefield.

And take care of whatever you do, do not have the possibility of blocking the NBA.

the foolishness of hope, tonight in Madison is the first step in a symphony than a decade between Derrick Rose and LeBron James are.

I for one can absolutely not wait to start for the games.

2011年5月12日星期四

In the NBA now has the torch from one era to another

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They know what they say, out with the old and new.

And in the new NBA, said none other than the case of this kind

This series has one of the most entertaining in recent years for several reasons, the new NBA is all about great teams, the defense of a cover (only two teams, Memphis and Oklahoma City an average of more than 100 points per game) and the major powers of the NBA fell.


In the first round, the former San Antonio Spurs were in management, muscle and played only by a very young team Memphis Grizzlies.

The Spurs lost the series 4-2, averaging 97.5 to 94.3 and Zach Randolph, a player in his youth has a lot of damage in the old Tim Duncan. Z-Bo was 21.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game led the Grizzlies after the first round of the playoffs for the franchise first playoff victory.
San Antonio Central and three were from Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have won the most games in the regular season Western Conference, but at the end of the first lap was just too old and were the No. 1 quarter of the seeds fall to No. 8 seed in NBA history.


In the second round, perhaps even more trouble finds that the Dallas Mavericks to back-back NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers took.

Kobe Bryant was the MVP of the NBA much, but he is old, lost a hand and he is no longer able to lead the Lakers in the playoffs. Also Pau Gasol was not as impressive as necessary, appears to be declining, as Ron Artest.


Dallas is also an older computer, but Dirk Nowitzki is still online at their best and knows how to make use of its size and length to protect it impossible for the opponent. Jason Kidd was flat-out in the monitoring of outstanding higher, more athletic and younger than some of Kobe in the series, and Jason Terry was a fire downtown.
San Antonio Central and three were from Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have won the most games in the regular season Western Conference, but at the end of the first lap was just too old and were the No. 1 quarter of the seeds fall to No. 8 seed in NBA history.


In the second round, perhaps even more trouble finds that the Dallas Mavericks to back-back NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers took.

Kobe Bryant was the MVP of the NBA much, but he is old, lost a hand and he is no longer able to lead the Lakers in the playoffs. Also Pau Gasol was not as impressive as necessary, appears to be declining, as Ron Artest.


Dallas is also an older computer, but Dirk Nowitzki is still online at their best and knows how to make use of its size and length to protect it impossible for the opponent. Jason Kidd was flat-out in the monitoring of outstanding higher, more athletic and younger than some of Kobe in the series, and Jason Terry was on fire downtown Miami beat Boston by an average of 95.4 to 91 was actually one of the best defensive teams played in the NBA and heat were thrown together in just one year, while the Celtics have become Champion Pedigree seasons.


Of these three teams have the Spurs (4) Celtics (1) and Lakers (5) 12.10 1999-2010 NBA championship victory and showed the three teams were in the finals 13 times during this period.

But these dynasties are made completely of players selected in the mid 90s.

The changing of the guard, the old school to new wave of talent of our fans in the NBA.
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The Lakers and Spurs are in the West, one of the youngest teams in the league (Memphis and Oklahoma City) will make the final of the Western Conference this year.

The Grizzlies are young OJ. Mayo, Mike Conley, Marc Gasol led, while the Thunder have young stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Nowhere can the passage of the torch is most evident in the Eastern Conference, where the heat and the (likely) they beat the Bulls for a photo in the past.

Wade, Miami, James and Bosh are 29 years or less, while Toro star point guard Derrick Rose was the youngest MVP back to 22 and increasing the center Joakim Noah is the number 26

And also the best players and teams in the game left some coaches in the NBA office and the most famous shows of the year 2011.


Sloan was one of the most successful coach in NBA history, was one win from seven up to the mark of 1,000 Eclipse and left a mark in the league, which left a much larger effect of a single point of victory and defeat.


As Sloan, Jackson is not on the game at the same time the power of older to younger people has shifted.

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Phil Jackson, with his NBA record 11 titles, is undoubtedly the best coach in the history of the club and walk down to the younger coaches to come to power.

The game is decidedly younger style (jump) and athletic, and new strategies are at work.

The old cars move aside for his younger contemporaries, with humility, but experienced players do the same and go without much protest?

Probably not, but the inevitable downfall of all parties the time, age, mileage and wear down their bodies more massive, and the new generation is here (at least for the next five, seven years ago).


Wake up in the world, the NBA has a class for youth and power shifted in their favor, even if the shift of power from the last ten years this has more in just over a week just happened.

2011年5月10日星期二

NBA: Celtics Rondo hurt more with the bad arm to help?

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Rajon Rondo is a Boston Celtic in the truest sense of the word. Full Pride and courageous faith in the brotherhood. His valiant efforts in this playoff series has received praise from around the league. Celtic fans and foes!
The Boston Celtics are now facing a 3-1 deficit against a team that Miami is finally a way to beat them in a tight game has found, Doc Rivers a difficult question 5 at the beginning Rajon Rondo's play time of crisis? The answer to this question at the end of Game 4 was the removal of NO. This decision has Doc instability and insecurity left.

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But Rivers had to start again? Rondo missed a trail in the final seconds at the end of regulation in Game 4 that gave the Celtics a 86-84 advantage. Rondo missed the start because its way to the right in the injured arm. He has just lost what is happening. The injury was not the cause of the error or was the only reason Boston has lost, but Rivers looked skeptical that the game to stay longer than one reason, Rondo of extra time.
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If Rondo is not attacking, finishing, and wreak havoc on defense with his lightning fast hands rivers actually then look elsewhere if the situation arises again. This hurts Rondo is better than 90% of the keepers in the league and certainly better than any other heat in general has to fight flat. Rondo to play in any way and show courage in their efforts. Hope that Doc made the right choice. Better still wait for the Celtics a double-digit lead in the final minutes and it will cut a point have together.

2011年5月6日星期五

Lakers blow up when you pump out of the playoffs?

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The Lakers are 2-0 after rooof against the Dallas Mavericks and the stress. Kobe Bryant says anxiously. Phil Jackson said he is concerned. Andrew Bynum said there were legitimate questions.

Now, reports the Los Angeles Times that the veteran point guard Derek Fisher and assistant coach Brian Shaw  game is better or not here next year,  the card is set in an effort to stimulate a sense of urgency.
Two weeks ago, Derek Fisher gathered his companions and told them to search the room.
We talked about what the keys are pressed,  Fisher said after practice on Thursday.  This is reality, and the business with this team. You must understand and appreciate what it is. I think the guys understand it.   If [the players] as palm trees, sunny climate and beautiful women in Los Angeles and other stuff that comes with it, if you keep it, then do it better come with him,  said Shaw.  Otherwise, there are many other people who would be in this position.
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 And this organization can not sit and wait.  If the Lakers blowing things seriously, it will take a lot of work. The team of 10 best-paid players - left the team five Lamar Odom, Steve Blake, Matt Barnes, Shannon Brown and Luke Walton - are all caught in the season 2012/2013. Bryant, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest and Blake all the books until 2013-2014.

In other words, a conversion of the list not only on the demise of a player option would be to refuse to extend him a qualifying offer or to walk in free agency. The real change in the rotation will be made only by the trade. The button says Fisher.
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Another expected change is observed: Shaw was in the chair falling head coach next season.

Goodell and Hunt painted a bleak picture of the NFL without an employment

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt tried optimistic Thursday on the labor market situation in the league and the prospects for a full season in 2011 for a half-hour conference call Q & A with subscribers heads.

But both warnings about the possibility of a post-closure of the NFL to the idea of 鈥嬧€媋 free economy to eliminate all, making it difficult to compete for the small market teams like the chiefs. They said that this is possible if the owners of the players and I can not agree on a new collective bargaining agreement now in a dead-end pages and havent for two weeks and met the players prevail in their claims.

 The players agree. They said that if the blockade would result in a lost season, it would irreparably damage his career by them because they are so short. The players have a federal antitrust case against the NFL pending before U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in Minneapolis. But the legality of the blockade has been in the fight for important now, and both parties at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San discussion
Nelson Luis, whether the decision in the case and the concept of irreparable harm.

There are several open questions about the economy than in the collective agreement, which is important as fans the game you want to make the game and support you like to be part of the remains great game and remain competitive Goodell said the Kansas City have Chiefs the same financial capacity to deal with the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears and other large market (the team) to compete.


The General Staff said more than 3,000 subscribers is part of the conference call. Together Goodell and Hunt responded to 11 questions from an audience that was mostly favorable, given the fact that the season 2011 is in danger. The staff spoke no screen issues.


? Goodell said that he understood the tightening of the fans with a lockout.
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I know this is a difficult time,  he said. We all share your frustration at the failure to a new collective agreement and the uncertainty of achieving it here.




? When asked why must the fans pay the full price for preseason games, Goodell said owners prefer a 18-game regular season and reduce the preseason with two games. But he never said why the league to pay the full price for fans of board games is.

? Goodell said the NFL no definite date for delaying the start of the season or the cancellation of games if the blockade continues.

There is some flexibility (in time), if it takes weeks or break week low (a) between the championship games and the Super Bowl,  he said.
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It also reiterated its previous statements on the possible use of replacement players.


? A hunt in the changes by the leaders in the past few seasons made, Goodell said: I greet you in the direction of what you have and share with the organization to its stamp on him. You have great people, including Scott Pioli and brought a great team yet. You make everything we can to make sure the fan experience for our fans.

At our annual meeting, the staff recognizes as one of three teams that have strong the fan experience is superior. It focuses on the decisions (and) their work to meet the concerns of the fans at the top of the list.

2011年5月4日星期三

2011 NBA Mock Draft: Could Kyrie Irving Be Selected Outside the Top Two Picks?

Point guard Kyrie Irving is widely regarded as the likely No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft on June 23. 

Irving's abbreviated college career lasted only 11 games, yet his impact on every Duke game was immense, whether in uniform or street clothes.
When on the court, Irving was defending National Champion Duke's best player, and clearly showed one-and-done potential. When he burst onto the scene in November for the Blue Devils, most thought that he'd be heading to the NBA before he finished unpacking his dorm room in Durham.
Well, in spite of an injury that cost Irving three months, the experts were right. Even with the lack of experience and exposure, Irving was consistently projected as the draft's top pick.
After Duke's disappointing run in the NCAA Tournament, Derrick Williams' brilliance and the rise of Enes Kanter, a cloud of doubt has been cast over the supposed pecking order at the draft's beginning.
Is Kyrie Irving a lock to go in the top two picks? Find out in my latest mock draft edition.

2011年5月3日星期二

The referees should the NBA playoff games arbitration poor are exposed to?

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When you see the Celtics play the Heat On Sunday, you can remember Jermaine O'Neal  flagrant foul  by James Jones. You know, it was in the Jones a touch of love O'Neal under the basket, Jones went to the ground as if it had been trampled by an elephant, heat two free throws (two) and a possession to be in a 3 hands? What was a series of nine points in a game of 14 points in just 18 seconds?
Now, after the NBA that never happened.
The League withdraw from the flagrant foul on Monday, mostly cleaners O'Neal for the rest of the playoffs and thus messes up the referee - bad. But what the league was on Monday was not returned in time, the right choice and play the rest of the game as if a personal foul - and not a flagrant foul - was held in the third quarter.
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He is the Celtics won the game had the right call was made in the first place? Probably not, but the application was swung momentum in favor of Miami.
You can also recall a certain Celtics forward (which is pretty good, actually) who have made a selection, taking a pretty hard shoulder Dwyane Wade have exchanged a few words in what is considered tame a meeting (even by NBA standards ), but he received his second technical foul of the game and was left with 7 minutes in the game away. It was Paul Pierce, who scored 19 points, and probably should not have been from a playoff game.
But he was, and decided the league, not to resume these calls further. Maybe start calling technical fouls in the NBA is all players who speak an oath, or maybe, just maybe, the referee Ed Malloy is wrong.
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So when the Celtics face punishment from the flagrant foul O'Neal, the expulsion of the fact that Pierce and LeBron James are not exposed to view, despite breaking a rule in black and white leaving bench during an altercation, you have to ask themselves whether now is the time officials began punishment from their mistakes face.