Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... won a single road series in five years (0-2)." Neal Pollack, brilliant and funny, speaks for those who have had enough of the MVP debate. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar takes issue with a plotline of the movie (not the book!) Horton Hears a Who. As the father of a daughter, I feel what he's saying. A lot of movies paint little girls as passive. The suggestion that the Jazz preferred not to beat the Spurs last night. Rule #1 of good defense: get out of the fetal position.
Ronja Rondo??
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans —
... These are photos of Kyle Korver playing defense. Chuck did that same thing when he saw the Chocolate Easter Bunny in the basket I gave him. Adorable ...
LINKBAWL: 4/17/08
Le Basketbawl —
... State of Mind with NBA Playoff Bracketology. And a new site design! Pretty. Nugg Doctor recognizing that Denver just hit 50 wins for the first time in 20 years. KnickerBlogger on how the season ended including playoff positioning and draft percentages! Dream Shake is not all that happy with ESPN right now. The Yao Ming rehab video courtesy of NBA Obsessed. Seriously Kyle Korver. This is twice now! Hoops Addict with a great article on ...
Worst of the Night: April 16, 2008
Basketbawful —
... ? Well, it happened again. Look, Kyle. I'm sure the whole "Gay Elf" thing goes over big at the Lord of the Rings conventions. But it doesn't work real well in the NBA. Keep it up, and Jerry Sloan is going to choke a bitch. Can you guess who the bitch is going to be? ...
Interview with Dave McMenamin of NBA.com
CelticsBlog —
... Thaddeus Young, hold on to Miller instead of accepting 50 cents on the dollar trade offers for him, oust Billy King from power, bring in a home-grown hoop head in Ed Stefanski who gets the boys to run and all the while Iguodala matures into a legit No. 1 option (or at least a 1.5 when he had been destined to be a No. 3 guy) and Sammy D becomes an active beast in the paint not seen in Philly since Theo Ratliff back in 2000. Green Bandwagon: I’d like to add a fourth skill to Korver’s repertoire. Green Bandwagon: Two ...
The 10-man rotation, starring more of Korver's lockdown 'D'
Ball Don't Lie —
... C: Basketball John. Yes, Korver's trying to avoid the ol' "head-fake and leap" play by Finley. Still funny, though. ...
Utah Versus Houston: The "Which Shoe Is Gonna Drop?" Series [NBA Playoff Preview]
Deadspin —
... Jazz player(s) to keep an eye on: Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer. Those guys are the pillars. Utah's offense pretty much begins and ends with them. Also, can Jerry Sloan afford to use Andrei Kirilenko to guard McGrady? It'd be nice to see the Russian Rifle get his defensive mojo back. Mehmet Okur has been solid lately. Can he keep it up against the Rockets bump-and-grind defense? And the entire world will be watching for futher occurrences of Kyle Korver's gay elf defense. ...
