dberri.wordpress.com - 7/3/2009
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For reasons I will touch upon in my next post, this has been a busy week. So busy that I have actually been out of touch with this forum and hence I am quite surprised to see more than 100 comments on my last post. At this point, many of these are unread. But I [...]
thehoopdoctors.com - 7/3/2009
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The Detroit Pistons have been arguably one of
the top two or three franchises in the NBA...
this decade. Much of that due to the basketball and business mind of Joe Dumars. But what is up with his recent moves?
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What is Joe Dumars thinking?
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Friday Bolts - America! Edition
Daily Thunder.com —
... David Berri looks at one dimensional players like Ben Gordon: “Of course, if all we focus upon is scoring, then Gordon and Villanueva are above average players. But once we move past scoring we see that Gordon was below average last season with respect to rebounds, steals, turnovers, blocked shots, and assists. And Villanueva was below average with respect to steals, turnovers, and personal fouls (and not really far above average with respect to anything else).” Remember how people thought OKC should sign him? Yeah, wasn’t gonna happen. ...
While We’re Waiting… Hedo Turkoglu, Detroit Signs Two, Ben Francisco and Hector Rondon
WaitingForNextYear —
... and Villanueva are above average players. But once we move past scoring we see that Gordon was below average last season with respect to rebounds, steals, turnovers, blocked shots, and assists. And Villanueva was below average with respect to steals, turnovers, and personal fouls (and not really far above average with respect to anything else). In sum, it looks like the Pistons have traded away valuable cap space for two players who are not going to take this team to a championship.” [Dave Berri/Wages of Wins] Some not so good news on one of the regular Indians players: “Take ...
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