Game Thread: Suns vs 76ers
Bright Side Of The Sun — ... 207 6-6 Arizona Royal Ivey 12 G 12.20.81 215 6-4 Texas Eddie Jordan - H 1.29.55 170 6-1 Rutgers ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Philadelphia 76ers, Preseason Game 7
Bullets Forever — ... The 76ers are a solid 5-1 this preseason, which is good.  Eddie Jordan, thus far, has resisted the temptation to go really, really small and play Willie Greene instead of Samuel Dalembert, which I'd thought he'd do at this point.  They seem like they're learning the Princeton gradually, which is good for them.  But there has also been some odd behavior from the new 76ers coach this preseason, and I mean odd as in out of character, not bad.  He had his players ...

Morning Briefing: Finally, A Wacky Ending That Goes Our Way
Bullets Forever — ... Through the beginning of the third quarter, Wizard guards were driving the lane with reckless abandon. That all stopped when Jrue came into the game. He picked up his man at half court and barely gave him room to breathe. He fought over, and bounced under screens, never leaving his man for more than a second, no matter who the big involved was. He's got the defensive chops right now. I finally see what Eddie Jordan was talking about when he said that some time soon Jrue is just going to "get it." ...

Open Thread: Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls, Preseason Game 9
Bullets Forever — ... It honestly reminds me of how Eddie Jordan used to bench Brendan Haywood to try to motivate him.  At a certain point, that intention became transparent, and Haywood hated EJ for it.  I think Thomas has reached that point too.  ...

2009/10 NBA Blog Preview: Washington Wizards
Bullets Forever — ... Saunders' grand plan is to put the ball in Arenas' hands and have him create a vast majority of the scoring opportunities.  This is consistent with what Saunders has done with his point guards in the past, and it's a subtle, but significant change for Arenas.  In Eddie Jordan's Princeton offense, Arenas was asked both to make plays on his own and score off others.  He was essentially playing two roles - the point guard and the shooting guard.  Saunders will instead use Arenas exclusively as a point guard, asking him to set up others more ...

Practice Report: Stan Van Gundy Chimes in on the Philadelphia 76ers; Ryan Anderson Chats Perception Versus Reality Concerning the Orlando Magic
Third Quarter Collapse — ... though he has stated that he's coming closer to a decision. Who will the starters be? Who knows, but that's something to keep an eye on before Wednesday's home opener.    I was able to speak with Stan amonst the media and Ryan Anderson one-on-one after practice was over this afternoon.   Here's what they had to say:   Stan Van Gundy:   I know that Eddie Jordan likes to run the Princeton offense and Elton Brand is ...

NBA Eastern Conference Predictions
CelticsBlog — ... added comments… First up are the Eastern Conference previews Atlantic Division 1) Boston 63-19  - The Celtics’ adrenaline is up. Can they sustain it? The answer is yes, but… I expect the team to add to the roster again this season. Tyronn Lue is the obvious choice, but some teams may offer up good players by the half way point, and Danny will be watching. 2) Philadelphia 41-41 – Eddie Jordan has the same problem that DiLeo did – incorporating ...

Waive Goodbye, Part 2
Ridiculous Upside — ... at that point so take it with a grain of bacon salt.  He's almost certainly headed to Europe.  Michael Ruffin, eh.  I have a sort of personal animus against him through no fault of his, since Eddie Jordan overused him when they were both with the ...

Morning (afternoon) Briefing: We aren't the only ones impressed by the Wizards
Bullets Forever — ... MOVEMENT - The first thing you noticed about the 2009-10 edition of the Washington Wizards is that they are much more comfortable moving on the court. In seasons past, often the team looked lost in the free-flowing Eddie Jordan offense, particularly if subs were playing significant minutes for injured starters. Last night, the Wizards showed a lot more intended purpose in their cutting, defensive shifts, and decision making. ...

BaB official (and a couple days late) Eastern Conference predictions
Blog a Bull — ... - While the Wizards get a coach-bump from Eddie Jordan to Flip Saunders, that doesn't mean Jordan won't also help the Sixers. They still won 41 games after a lot of turmoil last season, and just because they had a bad record with ...

Wizards beat Mavericks in regular-season opener: Final wrap
Bullets Forever — ... I'm sure that's going to ruffle some feathers, particularly those who are fans of Eddie Jordan.  I don't come here to suggest that Jordan is not a good coach.  Far from it.  ...

Orlando Magic 120, Philadelphia 76ers 106
Third Quarter Collapse — ... threw down a ferocious dunk off a 1/5 pick & roll after being a recipient of a nice pass from Williams. After that, Jason nailed two consecutive threes and forced Eddie Jordan to call a timeout for Philadelphia. What was once a 24-19 deficit for Orlando turned into a 41-32 lead (with Williams being responsible for 18 of the 22 points in that span) and the team didn't look back. In the second quarter, the Magic blitzed the Sixers for 41 points.  ...

Competition Discussion: Rest of the League
Bullets Forever — ... other -- which might happen later than you think because of the Rashard Lewis suspension -- they'll be the best team in the league heading into the playoffs. Philadelphia 76ers Last season: 41-41 (Pythagorean record: 41-41). Lost to Orlando 4-2 in first round Biggest team strength: Forcing turnovers (second in the league) Biggest team weakness: Shooting (24th in the league)  In: Eddie Jordan, Rodney Carney, Jrue Holiday, Jason Kapono ...

Recap: Sixers 99, Bucks 86
Brew Hoop — ... 29.  The weirdest part of the first 24 minutes?  The Sixers had only five free throw attempts, well below what we expect from an opponent of the hack-happy Bucks.  Eddie Jordan must have noticed at halftime, because his gang came out looking to take it to the Bucks in the second half, and sure enough, they racked up 29 freebie attempts in the final 24 minutes. When you look at the two teams' personnel it probably shouldn't be that surprising, as the Sixers were simply too athletic and physical for the Bucks to handle in the second ...

Guess who's back?
Liberty Ballers — ... you guys to answer a couple questions for me so I can go into tonight's match-up with a little background. Has the perimeter defense been the same, better, or worse than last year? Has Marreese Speights played any defense to go along with nasty numbers? Have Andre Iguodala and Lou Williams played as well as their box scores? How has Jrue Holiday looked? Does Elton Brand look halfway decent? First impressions of Eddie Jordan? ...

Sixers lose to Celtics 105-74
Liberty Ballers — ... good defense, didn't force anything, and limited the turnovers. This can be attributed to a couple things. One, the team is a year older and more experienced against superior opponents. Two, their ball movement, spacing and passing actually resembles an NBA offense. And three, Lou Williams is running the offense better than expected. Now, they didn't maintain their lights out defense, nor did they refrain from turning the ball over, but it all fell apart when Eddie Jordan went to the bench. ...

Wizards lose to Heat: Final wrap, including some questioning of Flip Saunders' in-game strategy
Bullets Forever — ... Snap reaction: This looks like a Four Factors chart we'd see a lot when Eddie Jordan was coaching.  Terrible shooting defense, poor shooting offense, a lot of turnovers forced and not a lot of fouls committed on defense.  It's the first time out shot defense has not been good, which I guess is a good sign.  Overall, looking at this, it's a pretty big surprise that the ...

Five possible ways to get Caron Butler's game going
Bullets Forever — ... In 2006/07, when Arenas was playing and doing his thing, Eddie Jordan used to run Butler down into the post on occasion to punish smaller players with his strength.  Butler's lost a bit of that strength over the years because he's slimmed down so much, but since he's not a great dribbler, why not post him up more in this scheme as well?  He could then use the strength he still possesses to get in the lane for higher percentage shots, and I imagine he'd be pretty good at passing out of a double team.  ...

Mo-Pete Hops in the Delorean
At The Hive — ... (and others on that New Jersey staff, like Eddie Jordan), Peterson's role was hardly one characterized by off the ball cuts to the hoop. It was him hanging out on the corners or the wing, hoping for the kickout. It's only natural that his overall value would diminish in this system. ...

Sixers defeat Nets 97-94
Liberty Ballers — ... Why did Elton only play 18 minutes? He wasn't in foul trouble. He isn't injured. The best explanation I got was from TK76 during the game: "He started running to the scorer's table [in the third quarter], but time expired before he got there." Seriously, I want a better explanation than "Any time you have a chance to play Jason Kapono at the four for an extended period of time, you have to do it." or "We wanted to play small ball," from Eddie Jordan later tonight. ...

Sixers beat Nets, barely.
Liberty Ballers — ... fans -- Eddie Jordan was tough on rookies. Well, they're no longer rumors. From not playing Jrue during a freakin' pre-season game because he was afraid Nate Robinson would damage his psyche to pulling Jrue after one rookie mistake, and sitting him for the remainder of the game, Eddie has done nothing to disprove the rumors. It'd be one thing if he was sitting Jrue in favor of a legit backup point guard, but he's playing Royal Ivey instead. Come on now. Rookies make mistakes, and Jrue shouldn't be expected to play perfect in order to stay on ...

Game Preview #9: Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Blog a Bull — ... ow, the situation has been thrown fully into a blender, as new coach Eddie Jordan doesn't appear to have enough confidence in Brand to have him on the floor in key situations. Brand has not played in the fourth quarter in four of the past five games. In those games, he has averaged only 24 minutes, 7 points and 5.2 rebounds. ...

Brand out? Who's in?
Liberty Ballers — ...  that there might be a change in the Sixers lineup on Wednesday night. What change? No one is quite sure, especially head coach Eddie Jordan. ...

How does Antawn Jamison help the Washington Wizards? Some stats to consider
Bullets Forever — ... That may not seem like much, but consider that Jamison and Arenas nearly always shared the court, due to both playing a ton of minutes for Eddie Jordan.  It's incredible that Jamison makes even that much difference in Arenas' assist rates considering how rarely the two played without each other. ...

Briefing: The Thunder Kept on Rolling and Rolling
Bullets Forever — ... big 3 all have 20 points, when was the last time that happened? Twitter / George V. Panagakos Since Boykins joined Wizards, Washington hasn't played a single game without scoring at least 100 points. Miller and Jamison of course :). Twitter / Wizards Extreme 30 win season if the Wiz kids can't get it together, another mediocre performance tonight Twitter / The BF gang So what happened to that much-improved defense? This looks like an Eddie Jordan effort. Twitter / Kevin Durant Good win ...

LeBrons 97 Sixers 91
Liberty Ballers — ... time and Iguodala tried to play hero, forcing awful, awful shots and just flat out sucked. This has been a developing story all year long. Iguodala worked on his jumper over the summer and all of a sudden thinks he's Kobe Bryant. He settled for jumper after jumper and eventually killed his team in the end.  Big shout out to Lou Williams, Thaddeus Young, Elton Brand, Rodney Carney and Jason Smith who gave a terrific effort tonight. Even Eddie Jordan coached a good game. His only mishap was playing Royal ...

The Dagger Report, Episode 4: What's ailing Gilbert Arenas edition
Bullets Forever — ... blog, about the Sixers, Eddie Jordan and what's causing them to get off to a slow start.  Jordan lets off some steam about Eddie Jordan, questioning his early use of guys like Jrue Holiday and the team's defensive struggles.  We also give a prediction about tonight's game. ...

Thank You, Abe Pollin
Bullets Forever — ... On the day that the Wizards' longtime owner, Abe Pollin, 85, died of a rare brain disorder, his team played better than it had been playing. After the game, Sixers coach Eddie Jordan said of Williams' last-second miss: "Mr. Pollin's spirit blocked that shot out of the rim." ...

Sixers lose to Celtics 113-110
Liberty Ballers — ... Jrue was very up and down, as expected. He played very rookie-ish, but I'm completely fine with that. God bless Eddie Jordan for leaving him in. Sure, he had no other options, but that hasn't stopped him before.   ...

Wizards hold on to beat 76ers in DC: Final wrap (a day late) and a vote for a larger rotation
Bullets Forever — ... , played well.  We dominated a fully-healthy team for three quarters without two key starters.  We got contributions from all over.  We played excellent defense and displayed great ball movement on offense (obvious caveat: we were playing the 76ers, a discombobulated team confused by the Princeton offense and already suffering the requisite Eddie Jordan drop-off on defense).  ...

Prowling the NBA: Nov 27 - What could have been...
Canis Hoopus — ... Stephen A Smith just Tweeted it this morning, saying Sixers head coach Eddie Jordan is scheduled to fly to Iverson's Atlanta home this Tuesday to talk to the guard, who is also scheduled to meet with his former Gerogetown coach, John Thompson the same day. ...

Game Preview #15: Philadelphia 76ers @ San Antonio Spurs
Pounding The Rock — ... Eddie Jordan Below .500   images via yahoo.com   Other Factors ...