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Comment on Dig, Don’t Bury by Houston Rockets Daily News for September 9th, 2010 | Red94 | essays and musings on the nba and houston rockets

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:13:35 +0000

[...] season. That is unless those teams got better this offseason, which it appears those Mavericks did. The Two Man Game’s Rob Mahoney takes a look at the deal involving Erick Dampier’s gigantic [...]

Comment on Dig, Don’t Bury by Nick van Exel

Nick van Exel — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:13:59 +0000

great job yet again

Comment on Dig, Don’t Bury by Kirk Henderson

Kirk Henderson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:32:24 +0000

This is interesting, but its also painful to read. As much as I'm getting my hopes up, a lot of things have to break are way to be anything other than a playoff team.

Comment on Revisions, Pt. I by Henrik Broman

Henrik Broman — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:08:36 +0000

I see another factor: players that can be guarded by everyone, ie the Bruce Bowen category.

As Quetzpalin explained it, in his modification of the DX-system Derek Fisher normally could be seen as a Team14, meaning he's a good team defender that can do a decent job on players 6'1 to 6'4. But, he definitely could guard Bruce Bowen, even when BB was in his prime. A lot of teams hid their worst defenders, regardless of position, by having them defend Bowen. Honestly, outside of Earl Boykins I can't come up with a single player that with the help of some team defense concept couldn't have done a good enough defensive job on Bowen.

Other players that come to mind in the Bowen category, the so called swingman stopper, are Trenton Hassell and Quinton Ross.

Suddenly Fisher is a Team18, and Yao Ming is a Team8-7'7. I guess my point is that you'll need to someway match defensive ability with the skill level and athleticism of the opponent.

And what is the description on offense for someone who can be guarded by most players?

Comment on Learn to Fly by Nick van Exel

Nick van Exel — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:52:16 +0000

You're the man.

Comment on Heard It Through the Grapevine by Andrew Tobolowsky

Andrew Tobolowsky — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:58:55 +0000

I really don't get all the Pau love. He's a nice player, maybe the fourth or fifth best PF in the league, on a great team. How is that not the obvious and general consensus? Better rebounder than Dirk, significantly worse scorer, and nothing special as a defender. It's not like there's a GM out there who would trade Dirk for Pau….I'm PRETTY sure….

Comment on He’s Never Had an Intentional Assist by C'monson

C'monson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:06:02 +0000

not funny

Comment on Moving Pictures: Today Meets Tomorrow by Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:34:46 +0000

Hey
Could you tell me the name of the song please ?

Comment on My Schedule and My Attitude, Not Necessarily in That Order by Smoots

Smoots — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:07:39 +0000

Howard had a legit chance to become the 2nd all star on the team and eventual #1 option. He was and is that talented and everyone knew that. What is sad is he just didnt have the mental strength to push himself physically and mentally to maintain and improve on his abilities. Had this guy worked out like Kobe and stayed mentally focused on what was making him a star “basketball” dallas would have 1 title by now. But that is not all his fault.

Comment on He’s Never Had an Intentional Assist by Angry Trey

Angry Trey — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:06:31 +0000

Thats freaking hilarious