Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings/ Training Camp Quick-Thoughts 10.6.08
Hardwood Paroxysm —
... KD's got a plea for all of us: Be Patient With Shaun. Dealing with the D-League as much as I do, patience is something I think about and talk about a lot. Essentially it comes down to this. People talk about how there's not enough talent for expansion or how there's a limited amount of great basketball players. That's not necessarily true. There's a limited amount of elite basketball players. The real problem is that here's not enough resources or time to develop great basketball players. So many guys need time to work through a variety of things. In ...
NESW Sports Headlines 10/6/2008
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
Hello, I’m Ethan Jaynes, and you’re not. Here are today’s Headlines
Dan Snyder is Michael Scott part 1 and part 2. < Mr. I
Shawn Livingston is not ready < Ball Don’t Lie
Jim Zorn pulls the rope a dope < Deuce of Davenport
An interview with Daryl “D-Train” Smith < The Hoop Dr’s
Deconstructing the Angels Blunder < Big League ...
Links: Searching At Wrigley; OJ’s Party; Dan Snyder Pumped
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... see this kid working at full strength, but it’s going to be another season of underwater work and treadmill time. That’s just how things are going to flow, so we’d like to ask that we wait a while before presuming that the “finished” label works with Mr. Livingston. Apologies for repeating myself, but partially because it would depress the hell out of your humble narrator, and mainly because it wouldn’t be true, even next June.” — Kelly Dwyer of Ball Don’t Lie on Shaun Livingston ...
Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... But I think that conversation would be better served by any number of other people, namely actual civil rights leaders. The WNBA, getting nothing but respect. Britt Robson of the Rake watches a Timberwolves' scrimmage and says Sebastian Telfair still can't shoot. Then, describing Rafael Araujo, he writes two sentences you'll seldom encounter: "For all you old Wolves fans, he reminds me of Stoyko Vrankovic. Jason Collins can't come back too soon." The Shaun Livingston project is going to take some time. ...
Livingston's Long Road Back
ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans —
Kelly Dwyer has a smart post on Shaun Livingston and his new contract with the Miami Heat: As late as 2006-07, his last full season with the Los Angeles Clippers, Livingston was still trying to develop the sort of upper and lower body strength needed to not only become a starting-quality NBA guard (criticisms that have rightfully dogged him since his pre-draft workouts in 2004), but someone who could be counted on to play half an NBA game 65 times over the course of a season. That was two years ago, and though the ...
