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A Tale of Two Coaching Matchups
Published 5/16/2008 by TCO (noreply@blogger.com) at My Inner Fan
Even though the Couch Potato gave only 6/10 bags for this weekend's action, today's NBA action, composed of two Game 6s, look fairly promising. When one look at these games, even superficially, one difference between the two games stands out. Coaching. One game features two HOF coaches, one the longest tenured and consistently good, and the other possesses 9 rings. This contrasts sharply with the other game, which features two coaches, whose luck has been significantly better than their coaching. Which much of the media ...

John Hollinger gives his "best and worst of the first two(playoff) rounds"
Published 5/16/2008 by Dave Dial at Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com
No formulas or mathematical equations, just John Hollinger's observations about the best and worst list for the NBA playoffs so far. May 16, ESPN: Rookie of the Playoffs: Rodney Stuckey OK, they can't get a do-over on drafting Darko Milicic, but at least the Pistons got something out of him. That's more than Memphis can say ... or Orlando. In fact, the Magic's trade of a No. 1 pick and Kelvin Cato's expiring contract for Milicic and Carlos Arroyo two years ago might have cost them the series. Detroit used the pick to take Stuckey in the draft last June, and he held down the ...

Seeing What You Want to See
Published 5/16/2008 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation: Front Page Posts
... Citizen Jax will be pleased to know that John Hollinger has decreed Rodney Stuckey to be the best rookie of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. OK, they can't get a do-over on drafting Darko Milicic, but at least the Pistons got something out of him. That's more than Memphis can say … or Orlando. In fact, the Magic's trade of a No. 1 pick and Kelvin Cato's expiring contract for Milicic and Carlos Arroyo two years ago might have cost them the series. Detroit used the pick to take Stuckey in the draft last June, and he held down the fort while Chauncey Billups ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 5/17
Published 5/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
Herald Another roadblock has Celtics headed back home Opportunity squandered as Green stray from script Cavs squeezing life out of Celts FL's Take: It is more like the refs squeezing the life out of the Celtics. Stumped by slump FL's Take: It may be as simple as he is tired and ...

Hornets-Spurs: Saturday News Wrap
Published 5/17/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
Typical: I have more time to do this stuff on the weekends but then there's not as much to link up. Screw you, world. We'll start off with the Horry/West stuff again. Mike Monroe and Mike Finger team up in the San Antonio Express-News to tell us that the NBA has reviewed Horry's hit and deemed it routine. There's also some quotes in that story about West's struggles prior to getting hit, and Tyson Chandler's thoughts on the five quick fouls called on the Hornets in the third quarter... "I was a little tentative," West said. "I didn't want to overextend anything. But I just missed shots. Wide-open shots." West said the injury ...

More Of The Same
Published 5/18/2008 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
A lot of people are looking for something big to happen this afternoon. LeBron’s big break-out game… Ray Allen’s big break-out game… something. But its been 6 games now.  So you can expect today to be more of the same:  Pierce and LeBron knocking the crap out of one another… Ray Allen struggling to get his shot off… KG burying jumpers.  ...

Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons: Game 4 Preview - What Happened to Leon Powe?
Published 5/26/2008 by Jim at Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts
... versus youth playing time dilemma. Experience often wins. - Powe is prone to foul trouble at times. While the Celtics are certainly not concerned with Powe fouling out, they definitely don’t want to put the Pistons, an excellent foul shooting team, in the bonus. - Brown has the ability to knock down the mid range jumper and the offense needs that at times. - Way back in the Atlanta series Mike Fratello talked about Powe’s defensive missteps. From John Hollinger: "TNT's Mike Fratello alluded to five defensive mistakes Powe made ...