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Full of Sports: Scouts like Lakers, Cavaliers, Celtics in 2009-2010 season – Ian Thomsen – SI.com
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans: NBA Scouts like LA... barely
Boston Celtics Basketball - Celtics news, rumors and analysis - CelticsHub.com: A Half-Dozen Anonymous Scouts Think the Celtics are Good
Scouts like Lakers, Cavaliers, Celtics in 2009-2010 season – Ian Thomsen
– SI.com
Full of Sports —
Here are the most sophisticated predictions you're likely to find for the coming season, as once again I've polled a half-dozen NBA advance and personnel scouts for their thoughts on the upcoming conference races and the playoffs. These are the same league experts who will break down all 30 ... RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans found this 16 hours ago on sportsillustrated.cnn.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers
NBA Scouts like LA... barely
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans —
... That said... SI has polled 6 of those advance scouts about what they see happening this season. The link has has the heavy detail... so here's the summary: ...
A Half-Dozen Anonymous Scouts Think the Celtics are Good
Boston Celtics Basketball - Celtics news, rumors and analysis - CelticsHub.com —
... In any case, people like predictions, and they like scouts, and so here we are. Thomsen’s scouting buddies like the C’s and the Cavs in the East, with not one picking the Magic to go to the Finals. Hooray, more gist for Stan Van Gundy’s bogus “nobody respects ups” schtick. Awesome. ...
Scouts See Lakers, Cavaliers as Title Favorites
BallerBlogger.com —
... Sports Illustrated’s Ian Thomsen polled six advance and personnel scouts — experts who attend between 100-130 games during the regular season to study and report on teams firsthand and again on tape — for their choices on the upcoming season. You’ll find their opinions, for the most part, ...
Monday Notes: BDL's preview, Skiles talks, Thomas starting?
Brew Hoop —
... waste it out of fear that he might curse. Forget "Blog superstar," how about "blog watershed"?
NBA.com: Bucks banking on a backcourt led by rookie Jennings This is technically NBA.com's season preview for the Bucks, but Steve Aschburner's main piece is all about the kid.
SLAM ONLINE | " 30 Teams, 30 Days Bryan Crawford is not a believer, folks.
Dime: Bucks Preview Same with Austin Burton.
SI: Scouts like Lakers, Cavaliers, Celtics in 2009-2010 season Mark it down: scouts say ...
Hawks Down Wizards Like Falcon’s Balloon; Atlanta 113 – Washington 95
Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog —
... Six random NBA scouts pick the Wizards to finish 5th in the East. [Sports Illustrated] ...
NBA.com previews the Blazers, Greg Oden ... and more links
Blazers Blog —
... fouling out. "Greg's slowly approaching learning how to do that," Demopoulos said. "And that'll be something that he'll always have to work at, just like every great big man has to work at those things. But right now, he's much better." And for more video from NBA TV, an awkward interview with Andre Miller and Craig "The Suit" Sager: Ian Thomsen surveyed "half-dozen NBA advance and personnel scouts for their thoughts on the upcoming conference races and the playoffs" for SI.com. And the scouts favor Portland: L.A. is a unanimous choice to return to the conference ...
Full Court Press
Blazersedge —
... season and that Oden wanted to be the kind of center that powered through people. Then Oden averaged seven rebounds (in just 21.5 minutes) and suffered another knee injury, and maybe burly wasn't better after all.
"I've been strong my whole entire life," he said. "It just took a whole entire year of going through the league for coaches to finally get it in my head that 'You're strong already.'"
Ian Thomsen of CNNSI polled NBA scouts and they like the Blazers.
Last season the scouts correctly ...
The Pre-Funk: Jazz at Blazers 10/20
Blaze of Love —
... against the Jazz. [Blazer Blog]
Kirilenko is back tonight and energized. [StandardNET]
The Jazz Bear is way cooler than Blaze. [Ball Don't Lie]
A Jazz preview to prepare yourself. [SLC Dunk]
More enemy coverage. [True Blue Jazz]
Greg Jayne has the player-minute situation figured out. [Columbian]
Blazers in the Conference Finals this year? [SI.com]
The Jail Blazer era is revisited in length. [DIME] ...
The scouts break out their crystal balls for Sports Illustrated
Lakers Blog —
Ian Thomsen at SI.com has polled six NBA advance and personnel scouts in preparation for the upcoming season as part of their season preview blowout. No surprise the Lakers are expected to win the top seed in Western Conference, and the expectation is they'll advance in the playoffs. Click here for the full feature , but I'll go ahead and excerpt the part people really care about- the Finals: "Now it gets interesting: ...
While We’re Waiting… Cribbs’ Contract, Bobby Valentine, and Creepy Quinn T-Shirts
WaitingForNextYear —
... this day — that he would be the PERFECT Royals manager. Here’s a team that has less money and fewer resources. For most people around baseball, the Royals are utterly irrelevant. Bobby V. would make the Royals matter. And, I suspect, he’d help them win too. [...] Now, the news: Bobby V is a finalist to be the manager of the Cleveland Indians. Well, that would be good too.” [ Joe Posnanski ]– Get your NBA Conference Predictions here! [ Empty the Bench ] [ ESPN ] [ SI.com ] [ BallerBlogger ]– DE-FENSE! ”The point the Cavaliers were trying to make ...
Wednesday Bolts – 10.21.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... Sports Illustrated’s preview is out and let me tell you, I look forward to this every year. I used to just get excited for the baseball, and college sports previews because I’d grab it and immediately sling it open to my favorite team’s page. Now as of last year, I get to do it for the NBA preview. And within the preview, advanced scouts have the Thunder finishing 12th in the West and SI predicts OKC to finish 11th. ...
Who’s Going To Be Better: Jazz or Blazers?
Dime Magazine —
Deron Williams Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated ran a poll with a bunch of NBA scouts for their season’s predictions. Not surprisingly, the scouts had the Lakers and Spurs at the top of the Western Conference, but what struck me as interesting is they had the Jazz fourth behind the Blazers. I love my Jazz don’t get me wrong, but I also try to be subjective with my opinions. I like and still like Denver to finish in the third spot, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought the Jazz had a chance at that four spot over Portland. Utah has ...
2009-10 Nuggets Preview: Predictions and expectations...
Denver Stiffs —
... Hoops Preseason Power Rankings
4th in Western Conference
J.A. Adande, ESPN.com Jon Barry, ESPN Chris Broussard, ESPN Magazine John Hollinger, ESPN.com Jalen Rose, ESPN David Thorpe, ESPN.com
5th in Western Conference
Chad Ford, ESPN.com The Baseline, Sporting News
6th in Western Conference
Ian Thomsen, Sports Illustrated
8th in Western Conference ...
NBA Predictions for 2009-2010 Go Here
The Big Lead —
... . SI talked to scouts, who think the Lakers and Celtics will be No. 1 seeds in the playoffs. The scouts couldn’t agree on the NBA Finals, though. ESPN really likes the ...
Monday Night Links
Sixers Court —
... : Boston (10-4), Atlanta (11-3), San Antonio (5-6) and Dallas (10-3). If it’s any consolation to you (it’s not for me), the five-win Spurs, who many have ranked as one of the top two teams in the West, are perhaps a bigger disappointment than the five-win Sixers. ...
