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The Links: Fratello, Iverson and T-Mac’s Christmas Miracle
SLAM Online —
by Lang Whitaker
Some random thoughts and notes…
• Goodbye, Czar of the Telestrator. The rumors about Mike Fratello’s impending demise had been circulating for a while, but I was shocked when he was actually canned yesterday. During his tenure in Memphis, Fratello was 95-83 and was the franchise’s winningest coach. They won 49 games last year, and though they’d started 6-24 this season, they’d been playing without their best player and they lost both Lawrence Roberts and SLAM Rookie Diary writer Kyle Lowry to injuries.
But Jerry West still kicked Fratello to the curb, which makes ...
Chris Paul gets rocked by Dwight Howard
Odenized —
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download The announcers bring up a good point. Dwight Howard is a threat to everyone's health: Tony Battie, Jameer Nelson, Brian Cook (broken hand, this week), and now Chris Paul! Is Dwight Howard a player assassin? ...
Worst of the Night: April 1, 2008
Basketbawful —
Carlos Arroyo: Where's Jameer Nelson when you really need him? Carlitos was an Albatross on offense (zero points, 0-for-5 shooting, 4 assists, 2 turnovers) and had his lunch eaten by Mo Pete (19 points, 7-for-9 shooting, 6 rebounds). Dwight Howard: From Odenized: "The announcers bring up a good point. Dwight Howard is a threat to everyone's health: Tony Battie, Jameer Nelson, Brian Cook (broken knuckle yesterday), and now Chris Paul! Is Dwight Howard a player assassin?" Watch the video and decide for yourself. (Hint: The answer is ...
2007-08 NBA Worsties: Part 6
Basketbawful —
Okay, okay. I've been promising Part 6 of the 2007-08 Worsties for a few weeks now. It's time to deliver. This installment covers the end of the regular season leading into the playoffs. Creepy merchandising: The NBA marketing geniuses unveiled a series of mildly disturbing bobblepop dolls, the creepiest of which was, without question, the Steve Nash version (although the Dirk Nowitzki bobblepop came close). Poor "Nash" looks like the mutant love child of Pee-wee Herman and Annie Lennox. Which pretty much means it just looks like Annie Lennox. Sweet dreams are not made of ...
We need a new word
Bullets Forever —
So I caught a little grief about saying Nick Young dunked "on" Fabricio Oberto. That's fair. On indeed means on and it should be reserved for when there's clear contact between the dunker and the player being dunked on. Take for example, this dunk:
Now that's a dunk on someone. I'm pretty sure Shawn Bradley still has marks (both physically and emotionally) from that posterization. Dunks like that are the why we say dunked ON, not dunks like this. I get that. But what happens to all the great dunks over the years that have ...
Mizzo’s NBA Top Five: This Week Kev Dog is Right! The Lakers Are Tops
The Starting Five —
Yeah..uh…since my squad is landscaping their Arizona lawn in January, it’s time for a total NBA focus. Ryan Howard asking 18 million in arbitration? So what. Baseball smaseball….football forget all ya’ll. I’m ready for the rock!
(yeah I’m hatin’)
1. Los Angeles Lakers 32-8
I’m giving this to the Lakers by default since no one else seems to want the top spot. The Lakes have defeated both Boston and Cleveland at home recently but have also lost to New Orleans, the Spurs (road) and the Orlando Magic this ...
Mizzo’s NBA Top Five: This Week Kev Dog is Right! The Lakers Are Tops
The Starting Five —
Yeah..uh…since my squad is landscaping their Arizona lawn in January, it’s time for a total NBA focus. Ryan Howard asking 18 million in arbitration? So what. Baseball smaseball….football forget all ya’ll. I’m ready for the rock!
(yeah I’m hatin’)
1. Los Angeles Lakers 32-8
I’m giving this to the Lakers by default since no one else seems to want the top spot. The Lakes have defeated both Boston and Cleveland at home recently but have also lost to New Orleans, the Spurs (road) and the Orlando Magic this ...
Magic at Hornets Preview
The Puns are Starting to Bore Me —
Last night's game sure was fun but it's time to turn the page and look forward to our newest challenger. The New Orleans Hornets. I wonder what has been going on with them?? Oh wait they traded Tyson Chandler!! This trade has been roundly killed by everyone as a cost cutting measure and Hornets247.com has all the ...
Busy Night on the Tube
The Big Lead —
For whatever reason, there are about 27 significant college hoops games tonight involving bubble teams. And the Lakers visit the Warriors and old friend Ronny Turiaf (first to 130 wins). Dwight Howard vs. Chris Paul. And of course, LOST.
Topping the college basketball list: Miami must beat FSU and Notre Dame must beat West Virginia. The Mountaineers (loved by Ken Pom!) are surprising 9-point favorites. Penn State isn’t as hard-up for a win as those two, but it could really use a victory at Illinois.
“Chris Paul Does What He Wants And The Ladies Love It!”
Total Pro Sports —
Total Pro Sports - It seemed like just another day at the office for Chris Paul last night. As usual he put up one of his impressive across the the board stat lines with 36 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and even one blocked shot. This is a pretty ordinary game these days for Paul but what was even more impressive was the manner in which he did it. Not only was he cutting through the lane and crossing all over the magic players, but he even found time to trash talk Superman himself, Dwight Howard, after a rainbow shot over his attempted block.
We have gotten use to the usual sequence of Lebron, ...
The Complete List Of Current NBA Players That Don't (Can't) Dunk In Games
The Kitchen Sinkhole —
Growing up, my favorite basketball player was Eric Murdock. I used to go to a lot of Providence College basketball games, and he and Carlton Screen were the stars of the team back then. Murdock wasn't a dunker, and although I have a hazy memory of seeing him dunk in a game once, the only video clips of him scoring that I could find were of his signature layup off the glass (see picture). As I was watching the NCAA Tourney today, I was reminded of Murdock and his non-dunking ways, and I began to wonder how many current NBA players can't dunk. Well, judging from this article, about 20 current NBA players can't dunk. ...
