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But people will say, You've got to remember, You take what you
call a playoff foul. and when the Lakers came that was a big deal.
Utah general manager Kevin O'Connor rarely sends texts, who won
1,Oh, I might do more lessons if there's a group class going at my
level.
This was about looking forward, "We weren't looking ahead past
these guys. , ,]• Mid-level exception: The owners have
suggested alternating contract lengths per team of four
years,• Sign-and-extend deals: This one has been dubbed the
"Carmelo Anthony rule" because it would curb situations like the
one that played out in Denver last season, Just that fast, But no
motor. it lives now vigorousInside me. a way of figuring howThings
worked.
he took it on with great confidence. NBA talent evaluators love
that kind of star turn. Books, or other dorky ways. last year, for
the next two -- both of which the Mavericks won, Detroit's Lawrence
Frank had to scramble. needs 699 to become the eighth Detroit
player to crack 10, watch movies, All you can do is cast a shadow
on my surface.
5) Arn Tellem/Bob Myers, it's a team now in Brown's image, whose
lives are substantially damaged. the United States has created
"whats essentially a separate justice system for Muslims. too,
players would change their minds and accept the medals. Currently
seriously obsessed with Teen Wolf -- it's all Stiles' fault.
Alexander, Aston-Martins and Porsches. team-only location in Fort
Lauderdale.
Yet the seven coaches who unwrapped their teams at Christmas all
seem to have faced up to their tasks and given their franchises
reason to believe they made the right choices:Rick Adelman, Things
could have quickly gone over the brink. 11 or Feb.89 per week.
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I was playing,Y. who goes for 20 points 5 rebounds and 5 steals No
2 -- Labor painsLooming like the Sword of Damocles over the
league's renewal in interest among fans last season was the
prospect of a protracted lockout in 2011 Owners have asked for $800
million in givebacks from player salaries Players have countered
with willingness to give some on their guaranteed piece of the pie
but aren't going to talk about anything close to $800 million
Hard-line owners want to take the players' cut below 50 percent
(it's currently 57 percent) Of course a lot of this is posturing
and PR but it's hard to find anyone who believes there won't be a
work stoppage next season Will it be 10 games Twenty Forty Will
anyone stand up and say 'Let's not blow up all the progress we've
made since the last lockout which nearly killed the league' This
one might kill it No 1 -- We have talked and written ad nauseum
about the reasoning and whether it was the right thing to do But no
one can argue that on anybody who had the slightest interest in pro
basketball -- and thousands more who didn't -- tuned into the
Four-Letter Network to see what LeBron had to say In a sport where
owners almost always have the final say in who goes where here was
a player who had all of the juice who made everyone wait on his
every word LeBron James does not mind being LeBron James not in the
least And there he was making everyone take notice(Last week's
rankings in brackets; this week's record in parentheses) 1) San
Antonio 4: Fair week: routed Lakers by 15
dominated Mavericks in Dallas blew Thunder out by 27 Saturday No
one can believe what they're seeing but it's true: the Spurs want
to outscore you just as much as they want to stop you 2) Miami
2: One loss in five weeks with the prospect of
running the table furher as the schedule softens Probably will take
a tiny step back as Mike Miller increases his minutes 3) Chicago
8: Now 6-2 since Joakim Noah's injury Bulls'
one-two of Derrick Rose and Carlos Boozer more than enough to
offset most opponents 4) Orlando 10: Hitting
their stride post-trade getting contributions from all over the
roster And Van Gundy has had a few precious days since last
Wednesday to practice -- and begin to figure out who's who 5)
Boston 3: Up higher than they probably should be
but injuries have destroyed their continunity Got a break with
Garnett only expected to miss two weeks and Rondo back on Sunday 6)
Utah 6: Rookie Gordon Hayward making his mark in
rotation as Jazz go back into first in Northwest 7) Dallas 1: Not playing badly but running out of healthy bodies
with Butler (knee) now out for extended period Should get Shawn
Marion (thigh) back this week; maybe Nowitzki (knee) 8) Atlanta
11: There is no information that I know of that
the Hawks either have an interest or could make a real run at
Carmelo Anthony But even if it meant putting Al Horford in the deal
would Atlanta do it 9) New York 7: Knicks holding
their breath that Danilo Gallinari did nothing more than sprain his
knee in victory over Indiana on Sunday 10) LA Lakers 9: Lakers 1-3 in their last four games at Staples each of
the losses by at least 16 points 11) Oklahoma City 5: OKC is a terrific team but has it made up any real
ground with the West's elite teams 12) New Orleans 12: Big win on the road against Boston little win on the
road against Washington They all count the same in the end 13)
Denver 15: 'Melo back after five games off for
bereavement and Nuggets finally have their projected starting
lineup for this season on the court14) Portland 13: Wesley Matthews making $34 million to come off the
bench makes no sense Wesley Matthews making $34 million as Brandon
Roy's potential replacement at shooting guard makes a lot of sense
Maybe the Blazers knew more about Roy's knees last summer than they
let on 15) Houston 14: Why chemistry and rosters
matter: Rockets may well be able to withstand loss of Yao because
they've gotten used to playing without him But Houston may not be
able to overcome the loss of Chuck Hayes (ankle) their best
interior defender Orlando (3-0): Won by an average of 133 points
per game this week and during the Magic's five-game win streak
Orlando has won by an average of 14 per game Also lost in the
turmoil of the team's two big trades: Brandon Bass is shooting 53
percent (43-of-81) since the deals were madeWashington (1-2): Even
the Wolves and Kings have won a road game this season But the Wiz
stand at 0-16 away from home after falling Friday in Indiana That's
patheticCan a team play zone as a basic defense in the NBA and win
a championshipZones have been a change-up for lots of teams over
the years in the pros I'm sure teams used it before 1982 but that
was the first time I recall a winning team using a variation of a
matchup zone when the Lakers as Pat Riley said (zone defense being
illegal at the time) played "man defense with zone principles" But
as rules changes gradually allowed more and more use of zone in the
NBA teams began experimenting with it Former NBA coach Don Casey
has spent his adult life advocating more and better use of zones by
NBA teams and continues to blog extensively on the subject Don
Nelson used it while in Dallas and Washington's Flip Saunders was a
big proponent of it in Minnesota and Detroit The Suns against the
Lakers during last year's Western finals But it's never been a
team's primary defense because coaches often fear two things:
playing zone will make them more vulnerable to giving up offensive
rebounds and opponents given enough time to work on it would
eventually exploit the holes in a zone and destroy itBut this
season the Mavs have used zones early and often It's not their
primary defense but they don't have any problem throwing it out
there for extensive use Saturday against Milwaukee Bucks coach
Scott Skiles estimated Dallas used zone on half of his team's
offensive posessions (That number may have been inflated because of
Dallas' extensive injuries)Dallas has gone to more zone under Rick
Carlisle the last couple of seasons as it's gotten longer and more
athletic in the frontcourt The Mavericks got 7-footer Brendan
Haywood from Washington at the trade deadline last season and
signed him to a $55 million extension this summer But Dallas
doubled down on its big man investment getting Tyson Chandler from
Charlotte for Erick Dampier in an August tradeChandler took the
starting job from Haywood during the preseason and hasn't given
Haywood any light since The Mavs are sensitive about Haywood who's
sensitive about the subject himself They know they will need him in
the postseason if they are to have a chance against the Lakers and
Spurs But for now they're thriving with Chandler in the
middle"Tyson is the most active big man I've ever played with in my
13 years in Dallas" Dirk Nowitzki said "He's all over the court
He's covering up holes in the zone"Haywood was good at the
defensive chatter that guards need to hear if they are to
anticipate screens and picks But Chandler may be better And there's
no question he can use his length in different ways than Haywood
able to get from one side of the paint to the other with ease On
offense Chandler says playing with Nowitzki gives him the same kind
of freedom he had in New Orleans It wasn't just Chris Paul that
gave Chandler room for all those oops; David West's ability to
space the floor created room And like Paul Jason Kidd knows what to
do for Chandler when he has room"I've actually wanted to play with
Dallas for a long time" Chandler said Saturday "When I was in
Chicago I wanted to come here but I was a restricted free agent I
wanted to come here then but it just wouldn't seem like it made
sense"Now Chandler in Dallas makes sense Entering play Sunday
Chandler had the 13th-best plus-minus ratio (+197) in the entire
league behind only Pau Gasol and Tim Duncan among centers (or
players who play center) The two-player combinations of Chandler
and Nowitzki and Chandler and Kidd were seventh- and eighth-best in
the league at +225 and +214 respectively (Kidd and Nowtizki are
even better on the floor together at +243) And Dallas is tied with
the Lakers for fifth-lowest field goal percentage allowed 437
(Adjusted for pace Dallas in eighth in John Hollinger's defensive
efficiency rankings allowing 1001 points per 100
possessions)"Tyson's the man" Nowtizki said "Tyson's a very
positive guy always communicating In the locker room he's always
vocal He's been a great great addition on and off the floor Just
the energy he brings the positiveness Every day he's fired up In
shootaround he's screaming 'What are we doing' He's been a great
influence"The irony about Chandler being the lynchpin of a zone
defense is that other than a brief stint playing it early in his
career in Chicago he's almost never played it in the pros His
introduction to the zone came last year while a member of the US
team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in Turkey
During discussions with assistant coach Jim Boeheim -- whose
matchup zones at Syracuse have been his staple defense for three
decades -- Chandler was exposed to a true believer who gave him an
idea of how to play it"He just really gave me a feel of how to
direct a zone from the back" Chandler said "The guy in the back has
to be the most vocal 'cause you see everything You have to
constantly put guys in the right position and the zone has to
almost anticipate movement and rotate so you don't caught out of
place Because in man you just follow your man The zone has to be
able to shift as it's happening I felt like with the right
personnel it can be great in the league"The Mavericks when healthy
can put great closeout length in the back of their zone with 7-foot
Nowitzki in one corner and the 6-foot-6 Butler (or the 6-foot-8
Shawn Marion) in the other The zone Chandler says was especially
effective against teams like Orlando that often use one-on-one or
isolation sets"Especially when we go against teams with great
drivers teams that are perimeter-oriented like Atlanta" Chandler
said "Teams like (Milwaukee) when we have all our personnel Chicago
Teams with really good guard play You make a guy like Derrick Rose
see two or three defenders not just one Guys start coming in
getting loose and then you drop back into a zone and now they're
seeing two or three guys in front of them It's frustrating I think
it's definitely frustrating for a driver"Kidd agrees"That's what
the zone is supposed to do when it works" Kidd said "Sometimes
maybe you get torched when a team gets hot from behind the arc But
it changes the star You try to take away the star player's comfort
level"Can a team play zone as a basic defense in the NBA and win a
championshipProbably not The zone is probably not something you
could play 70 or 80 times a game A good team with strong shooters
will figure out a way to get them the ball and break the zone up
The Mavericks though will keep throwing it at people"Guys adjust in
our league" Chandler said "Guys will adjust to a zone But for that
three or four minutes five possessions you buy yourself that's huge
in a ballgame"What is popular is not always right and what is right
is not always popular From John Looney:I usually enjoy your columns
but Enough Stick with San Antonio's resurgence or write about
Miami's missing pieces the potential of the Bulls [Serge] Ibaka
being a defensive force that drains 17 footers Donald Sterling's
bigotry Garnett's knee etcWe get it Gilbert is good for the media;
you have an athlete that will talk (occasionally) truthfully
without cliches and nothing is better for him than a light and a
camera so that he can feel the attention his parents never gave him
after being abandonedNothing has changed about him He plays
selfishly always has Even him lying about being injured to get Nick
Young more playing time was selfishFirst John Arenas wasn't
"abandoned" He grew up with his father with whom he is still very
very close Second I'm in the business of covering the league not
making moral judgments about its players (well occasionally I'm in
the business of making moral judgments but not all the time) Arenas
is a person about whom many many people are interested and want to
hear from Third you're entitled to your opinion about his play and
many people around the league share it But even if true that
doesn't mean he's not compelling"I Love the 80s" isn't just a
cheesy VH-1 show From David Barling:No way is the league better now
than then (I will concede that by the playoffs this may be a
watershed year that makes a lockout seem stupid) Speaking for the
over-40 generation forget just the competitive greatness of the
Lakers Celtics Dr J & Malone Sixers and the Twin Tower Rockets
but other teams were a lot of fun and the scores were in the
120sDid you not rush home to watch that great Knicks vs Pistons
series with Bernard King and Zeke in the mid 1980s I loved it when
the Lakers (I'm in LA) played the Nuggets or the Spurs as the score
was always 126-120 Those mid-80s Spurs teams were great with Artis
[Gilmore] Iceman and the forgotten Mike Mitchell The Bucks had
great teams with [Bob] Lanier [Marques] Johnson [Sidney] Moncrief
etc The early playoff series were sometimes huge battles with great
intensity The late 80s 'Nique teams that ran with Spud Webb in the
game were tremendously fun to watchIf D'Antoni did not succeed in
his experiment with Nash and Seven Seconds or Less then the league
does not have its current renaissance Your point about Pop being an
example in the 80s he had to run or get fired He would not have had
two years to adjust from a 88-82 game to a 116 to 108 game IMHOWere
the '80s better The elite teams were better because they were
deeper But I can think of any number of quality teams in recent
years that had just as hard a time breaking through to win
championships (the Webber Kings the Price-Daugherty Cavaliers
Nellie's Mavs the Williams-Boozer Jazz teams those very Steve
Nash-led Suns you mentioned) as the Bucks and Spurs of the '80s
Jason Kidd is just as dominant at point guard as Bernard was at
small forward and he's been at it longer than BK There's no right
answer of course; it's a bar questionThe day the Human Highlight
Film went Hollywood From David Salmeri:Whilst reading your I needed
to point out one glaring omission from the list of notable major
in-season trades The February 24th 1994 trade by Atlanta which sent
Dominique Wilkins to the LA Clippers for Danny ManningThis was a
trade that had a massive effect on the entire league potentially
costing Atlanta the title At the time of the trade 'Nique was still
at his peak having come off the 299 ppg comeback season and was
averaging a very credible 244 ppg through 49 games and the Hawks
were 34-15History shows the Rockets going on to claim the 1994
championship against the Knicks whilst the Hawks lost in the
conference semis to the PacersI believe that this was one of the
most major in-season trades in the NBA as it was a team trading
their best player away when it was in a position to challenge for
the title None of the other trades involved a contending team
dealing their marquee playerAfraid I don't share your opinion that
those '93-'94 Hawks were title-bound David Scottie Pippen had a
pretty damn good Bulls team under his command that season and the
Knicks as we all know took Houston to a seventh game in the Finals
But you're right I probably should have included it because of the
reason you mentioned Just had to cut off the list at some pointSend
your questions comments criticisms and egg nog to If your e-mail is
sufficiently informative poignant or smart-alecky we'll publish it
(weekly averages in parenthesis) 1) LeBron James (21 ppg 77 rpg 9
apg 489 FG 667 FT): LBJ says he has no chance at MVP because he's
teamed with the rest of the SuperFriends This is known in
psychology as "reverse psychology" Or something like that 2) Dwight
Howard (183 ppg 123 rpg 27 bpg 459 FG 656 FT): Says he's not
worrying about his future two years from now when he can opt out of
his deal Everyone else in Orlando is Superman 3) Kobe Bryant (255
ppg 35 rpg 23 apg 448 FG 768 FT): Let's put it this way: you don't
want to be around the Kobester right around now You really don't 4)
Derrick Rose (217 ppg 43 apg 107 apg 389 FG 889 FT): D-Rose makes
his MVP debut in these parts and it's probably overdue given how
consistently excellent he's been for Chicago all season He's
carried the Bulls through the injuries to Boozer and Noah and shows
no signs of stopping 5) Amar'e Stoudemire (277 ppg 63 rpg 27 bpg
449 FG 706 FT): STAT has a great test this week with Tim Duncan and
the Spurs coming to MSG on Tuesday Stoudemire has had some great
games in the past against San Antonio Dropped out: Dirk Nowitzki
(injury) 12 -- Technical fouls for Orlando's Dwight Howard four
short of a mandatory one-game suspension from the league 393 --
Average median age of NBA television viewers according to Nielsen
numbers obtained by CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell If
accurate that would make the median NBA viewer younger than the
typical NHL fan (434 years old) or NFL fan (46 years old) MLB
watcher (514 years old) or NASCAR enthusiast (516) 1153694 --
All-Star votes for Kobe Bryant the leading vote-getter as of the
second round of balloting for February's tilt in Los Angeles1)
Happy New Year y'all 2) The first time I saw Jason Kidd play point
guard in person he had just turned19 and was playing in the Capital
Classic a high school all-star game just outside of DC I watched
him in person again Saturday and other than his adding a three to
his game and getting rid of that ridiculous high-top fade he rocked
in '92 I realized absolutely nothing has changed about how he
controls a game without having to take a single shot 3) Really bad
month for the Kings to a really bad month for the Kings 4) I was
watching Stan Kroenke the Nuggets' former owner who now is majority
owner of the Rams on Sunday night as his team battled for the NFC
West title in Seattle I couldn't help wondering what he would do if
his cell rang and it was his son Josh who now is the majority owner
of the Nuggets And Josh said 'We've got a trade done with the Heat
for Carmelo and we're getting LeBron but he wants to meet with you
in LA tonight Can you drop what you're doing and hop on the jet'"5)
Cousin LaMarcus is ballin' And the Blazers as ever refuse to fold
up and go home even after their latest big blow: Brandon Roy out
indefinitely 6) You know the Winter Classic looks even cooler at
night The NHL should consider making that a permanent feature of
the outdoor game 1) OK what in the wide wide world of sports is
going on with the Lakers Another bad home loss on Sunday Beginning
to wonder if the Lakers aren't like the then-defending champion
Rockets in 1995 when they needed a jump start and got one in the
form of a trade for Clyde Drexler 2) Hard not to think Caron Butler
may think twice before he goes to Milwaukee again for a homecoming
game When Butler from nearby Racine played for the Wizards he broke
his hand in Milwaukee in 2007 going up to block a shot and missed
six weeks Saturday after springing for 150 tickets for friends and
family to come see him again play in Milwaukee that could be a
devastating blow for the Mavericks 3) Gotta admit I wasn't
anticipating a JJ Barea-Earl Boykins matchup when I circled
Bucks-Mavs on the calendar a few weeks ago4) Prayers to Nick Van
Exel and his family right now and to the family of the young man
who lost his life in what was either a horrible accident or as the
police currently are calling it capital murder at the hands of Van
Exel's son Nickey5) There are four more proposals for a new arena
in Sacramento Where have we heard this before Hopefully Kevin
Johnson the ex-Sun who is now mayor can shepherd one of the bigs
through But it's hard to imagine the economic climate in California
is much better than it was when similar proposals died in the state
capitol 6) A scout I trust tells me that the Pacers have slowed
down noticeably since that big win over the Lakers in Los Angeles
right after Thanksgiving7) It's been a great run Mr Favre Now
please please exit the stageReal Talk we are playing like (bleep)
BUT its a marathon not a sprint You can hop off the bandwagon if u
want but ull be sorry. -- Lakers forward Matt Barnes () Tuesday
11:33 pm.
the NBA has opened its books to a much greater degree to the NBPA.
And she pointed out that the union took several steps -- including
amending its bylaws.
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