brewhoop.com - 4/28/2008
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Andrew Bogut blocks shots AND draws charges... a lot. So do Marcus Camby and Josh Smith...
Chris Kaman, Yao Ming, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard and Amare Stoudemire? Not so much.
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Empty the Bench —
... could be infectious. Yikes.
Don Chavez - Ray Allen has some peculiar compulsive rituals and it’s rubbing off on Rondo.
Bleacher Report - Ranking the top 30 prospects in the 2008 NBA Draft.
TMZ - This just in: Isaiah Rider is wanted by the authorities. Again.
Biz of Basketball - These are the best NBA playoffs in years, and the ratings have responded.
Brew Hoop - Andrew Bogut is the best big man in the NBA at drawing charges. ...
Pistons don’t take charges
Detroit Bad Boys —
... , Jason Maxiell led the Pistons in drawing offensive fouls (ie, taking charges) this year with 17 … which by my count is tied for 71st in the league. Billups and Stuckey drew 9, Hamilton drew 8, Rasheed drew 7 and McDyess and Prince each drew 6. Hayes, Herrmann and Johnson each drew four. Maybe there’s something to it when the Pistons complain how they never get calls. (via BrewHoop) ...
Celebrating Bogut's Unconventional Defense
FanHouse —
Filed under: Bucks, Eastern, MilwaukeeThere's more than one way to play defense. Everyone celebrates the ones most commonly found on highlight reels -- the vicious block that sends the ball five rows into the stands, the sneaky steal at mid-court that results in an easy fast-break dunk -- but people tend to ignore another fundamental tactic: holding your ground and drawing a charge. As Alex from BrewHoop pointed out this weekend, Andrew Bogut is one of only a handful of players who excel at both the highlight-reel block and ...
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