Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Collective Bargaining Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... The "experts" at ESPN are at it again as they decide the season's awards. It seems that they have a 4 way race for MVP between LeBron, Chris Paul, Kobe and Dwyane Wade with LeBron coming out on top. Doesn't leading your team to a championship count for anything? Not even one vote for KG or Paul Pierce. The top 3 for Rookie of the Year are Michael Beasley, Greg Oden, OJ Mayo. If Dwyane Wade gets his way, Beasley will get plenty of playing time so he may have a chance. Best Newcomer is Elton Brand with Ron Artest coming in second. I agree with the Elton Brand choice. He is ...
Individual player predictions on ESPN
Canis Hoopus —
Individual player predictions on ESPN
No love for Ricky No D on biggest negative impact it seems. They aren't paying attention.
Ere A Tiger and A Knight-Mare Out West
JR, On Fire —
... News - Singapore Slingers are set to lose another player. Jason Castro will settle with the Slingers in the near future then go home and play. - Wollongong looking to turn up their "D". - Adelaide 36ers will play the South Dragons this weekend in a preseason game, but this game has a thick plot. - So called ESPN experts already predict their NBA award winners. - Yahoo ...
Tuesday Morning Burn: ROY, up and coming, Greg Oden and Travis Outlaw
Blazers Blog —
... over at Blazer's Edge. ESPN.com continues its summer forecast with picks to win the ROY and best newcomer. Greg Oden and Rudy Fernandez earn some votes. Speaking of Oden, he's ...
Holiday Weekend Wrap-Up: Links
Canis Hoopus —
... salesperson went quickly says Gopher Nation on RubeChat. Good to see him generating some excitement.
Fox Sports somehow deduced that Sebastian Telfair is the 10th most likely player to improve this year.; I'm not trying to make any wild predictions, but I think we may have legitimate candidates for All-Star (Jefferson), ROY (Love), MIP (Telfair) and 6th Man (McCants or Gomes, depending on the rotation) this year.
Speaking of which, Kevin Love did not make Four-letter.com's expert's list of ROY candidates. But, neither did Derrick Rose. ...
Last Call Rounds
The Sports Complex —
... ESPN predicts that Elton Brand will be the season’s “best
newcomer”, which is as obvious as it is accurate ...
Thoughts on ESPN’s Predictions
BallerBlogger.com —
... Wade even received a vote as the 2008-2009 MVP. I was impressed with Wade’s explosiveness in the Olympics, and he’s obviously put on some muscle since last season. (I recall a play against Greece where Wade drove to the basket and was met in midair by Sofoklis ‘Baby Shaq’ Schortsanitis and Schortsanitis took the brunt of the impact.) But I didn’t see Wade score in ways I haven’t seen before. And he’ll need to score in different ways with NBA defenses focusing on stopping him from getting to the basket. Shaq may have been a shell of ...
Friday Notes: Milwaukee's Mad Ants, Blogger table of elements, NBA nickname rankings
Brew Hoop —
... ESPN.com forecasts MVP, ROY, best, and worst newcomers. No current Buck mentions, though Mo Williams got one vote for both best and worst newcomer, and Yi Jianlian received two worst newcomer votes. ...
Turmoil to Follow
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
Not too long ago, 25 ESPN writers, editors and contributors weighed in on a number of topics concerning the upcoming season. One issue discussed was which team was most likely to descend into turmoil. You know the story. The Isiah Thomas Knicks. "The Ship be Sinkin'" Knicks. The Jail Blazers. The Clippers for a decade or two. It happens sometimes. Things start poorly, continue worse, and then ... everyone seems to start agreeing that the team is falling apart. There is an unofficial code in ...
