The Knicks are moving closer to hiring former Hawks head coach Mike Woodson as an assistant coach, which will fuel speculation that Woodson may one day succeed Mike D’Antoni as the team’s head coach.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
If not for poor penmanship, Shane Battier would be Shane Battle
Most NBA fans know Shane Battier as one of the league's great men, the kind of person who could branch out into politics after his athletic career is over. He has a real sense of the world outside of himself.
But to what extent did that disposition develop because Battier was born with a French-sounding last name. France, as we all know, is a haven for the life of the mind. If that name were all a sham, would the Battier mistake come crumbling down?
The answer, of course, is yes. Prepare to have your world rocked with the real story of how Battier's last name came to pass. Here's what he had to say at a press conference for the apparel brand Peak in China (via SLAM and TBJ):
"My dad, Eddie Battle, born Eddie Battle, on his birth certificate, whoever wrote it down wrote B-A-T-T-scribble-scribble-scribble. So my dad grew up Eddie Battle his entire life, and then he joined the army when he was of age, the army recruiter actually had his own interpretation of what was on the birth certificate. They wrote down B-A-T-T-I-E-R.
"So the first day in the army, my dad says 'Private Battle reporting for duty.' The sergeant said, 'There's no Battle, there's a Battier�[ed. note: pronounced 'batty-er'].' So my dad says, 'That's not my name.' The sergeant says, 'Well Uncle Sam says it is.' So my dad kept it.
"So he was Eddie Battier�[still 'batty-er'], and he met his wife, my mom, in '75 and she said, 'It looks French. We'll call it French.' So from that point on they were Battier�[bat-ee-ay]. So I'm a first generation Battier."
It's a bizarre story, especially when you consider that Battier's father could have easily gone back to being Eddie Battle when he left the armed forces. On the other hand, ad campaigns and action movies have taught me that men don't become men until they fight for their country, so maybe that name is the true representation of the man Eddie became.
This news also makes you wonder if any other NBA stars were incorrectly named. Perhaps LeBron James was always supposed to be Lyndon Baines Johnson. Or maybe Dwyane Wade was meant to be "Dwayne." Would he be a more conventional star if that were the case?
Yes, almost uncertainly. For proof, just remember that Joe Smith is one of the most boring players in the NBA.
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Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton sent thousands of bucks to laid-off Laker employees
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Since pro athletes began earning millions of dollars for a season's work, the idea of a "playoff bonus" seems almost quaint. The reward for making the playoffs, or even winning a series or two, numbers in the tens of thousands; but when you're potentially making eight figures a year those bonuses hardly seem like a big deal.
To regular schmos, though, that cash can go a long way. And the Los Angeles Lakers players, with Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton leading the charge, made sure the bonuses from last season's disappointing playoff run went into the hands of the Lakers that needed it most. Namely, two video coordinators who were laid off by the Lakers as soon as the lockout started.
The Los Angeles Times has the scoop:
Kobe Bryant insisted on giving some of the team's playoff bonus to two members of the Lakers' video department whose contracts were not renewed after the season. Chris Bodaken and Patrick O'Keefe split about $65,000 of the Lakers' playoff bonus.
Bodaken started with the Lakers as a ball boy in 1986 and spent the last 10 seasons as their director of video services. O'Keefe was the Lakers' video coordinator for six seasons. They both hope to be re-hired by the team when the NBA lockout ends. For now, they are thankful for Bryant's financial gesture.
"He always looks out for people who are lower on the totem pole," O'Keefe said.
The article goes on to point out that Walton gave an undisclosed amount to the teams' training staff, and that the Lakers have laid off 20 employees since the season ended. Most could be re-hired once the NBA lockout ends, but chalk up another 20 casualties of a lockout that shows no sign of ending.
The Lakers are under no obligation to pay for team employees to work over the offseason. They're also under no such obligation to pay employees during a spell where teams are precluded from even speaking or emailing or even tweeting with their players. Team employees are almost scared to make eye contact with players, much less help a backup small forward work on his knee rehab over the summer.
This goes well beyond a famous general manager having a round of golf with his highest-paid player. Earlier this month we heard of a ridiculous but true story about a low-level Orlando Magic employee that had to silently dash out of a convenience store after co-worker Dwight Howard strolled in, with Howard essentially giving the team employee the "seriously?" shrugged-shoulders look in response. It wasn't her fault, and she wasn't being rude. It's just the letter of the law, these days. It's that ridiculous.
With those rules in place, though, let's not pretend like the Lakers are a typical case. They had a massive payroll last season, including former coach Phil Jackson, and yet only made it to the second round. Still, the then-defending champs were massively profitable, and they recently signed a local TV deal that could earn the team potential billions over the course of the run. Should the NBA cancel the 2011-12 season, the Lakers will still take in guaranteed national TV money, without having to pay a dime to the team's players.
That's a long way of saying that they could certainly afford to keep those 20 employees on, even if they're under no obligation to.
The Laker players, most notably Bryant and Walton, clearly felt some obligation. Good for them.
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Not quite a mass migration, but NBA players are slowly trickling overseas
Kobe Bryant hasn't put pen to paper. Dwyane Wade is nowhere to be found. Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh are appearing on "Law and Order," and Kevin Love has taken up pro volleyball. There was a lot of bluster earlier this month and last as to whether or not NBA stars would take up residence overseas during the lockout, and with the NBA's stalemate failing to inch closer to a resolution, we're still not seeing many NBA players of note jump into action overseas.
By far, the biggest name (as reported by Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski) to make the jump is former Golden State Warriors scoring forward Reggie Williams, and his name was met with a resounding "who?" when I ranked him 30th amongst NBA small forwards this time last year. Williams will be playing in the Spanish League this year, with a pretty hefty buyout clause (he'd have to go halfsies with an NBA team on a million dollar buyout) likely making it so he'll stay overseas even if the NBA plays a full season this year.
Woj is also reporting that 2010 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, Duke product, and Detroit Pistons second-round pick Kyle Singler will also play in the Spanish League. Singler isn't the highest choice from last June's draft to make the leap, as former USC forward and Philadelphia 76ers' 16th overall selection Nikola Vucevic will be going back home to play for a team in his native Montenegro during the lockout.
Early Tuesday morning, ESPN.com's Marc Stein relayed that Cavaliers forward Omri Casspi could jet off to work with Tony Parker's team in France. It should be noted that Parker doesn't have any current designs on playing for that team, but should this lockout keep rolling along (and especially if the athletic Casspi hops on board), Parker could suit up for his squad.
Rasual Butler? He's heading to Spain, with no apparent opt-out clause according to CSN Chicago. Hawks second-rounder Keith Benson? Spain. Pooh Jeter? According to Wendell Maxey, potentially Spain.
And that about rounds it up. Hardly the tidal wave agents would have us expect, though I do submit that we're just entering late August and that late September could see another wave of guys you've never seen play signing with international squads.
UPDATE: Eighty seconds more surfing revealed this post written by Scott Schroeder of Ridiculous Upside that details several of the players I mentioned above, and a few stray ends beyond that. Give it a read.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Days of NBA Lives: Wherein Stevie Francis dares to dream big
At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.
Spencer Hawes: Just got out of the gym with the reign man learning a ton by the minute.
Ty Lawson: Aahhsdkdoejwhahshhsh!!!!!!
JaVale McGee: went to wingstop last nite n ordered 80 wings... had 30 left and gave them to the 1st homeless dude i saw. but he was doped up on somethn.. so i gave it to the other homeless guy laying there..... he was tearin that chicken up.. lemon pepper never looked so good-P
David West: #manlaw No Ice Cream cones after 18!!
Steve Francis: Where can I get one of those electrical skateboards @?
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Video: Nicolas Batum dunks, Ronny Turiaf reacts in ecstasy
One of the nice aspects of the lockout is that basketball fans have been forced to focus on areas of the game they usually overlook. Summer pro-am leagues are an obvious example, but even tournaments as big as the European Championships usually get short shrift in the face of important NBA news like Mickael Pietrus' latest destination and Tim Donaghy's latest allegations about mascots betting on games.
Now, though, we can luxuriate in all the wonder that these tournaments have to offer. Check out the video above of this Nicolas Batum dunk from a recent game involving France and Great Britain. It's a nice play, certainly. The real attraction, though, is Ronny Turiaf's reaction in the angle near the end of the clip. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but "Ray Lewis stepping into a puddle while dancing" feels close.
It's the kind of ecstatic post-play reaction that Turiaf has become famous for during his NBA career. It's so great, in fact, that now I'm getting all sad about missing out on moments like this one next season. Even when you try to enjoy another part of the basketball world, you can't help but feel some loss over the lockout.
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Lockout or not, Ray Allen thinks his Celtics will be A-OK
Now, there is the chance that Dwight Howard could decide that he wants to live up to the image of Bill Russell (and, to a lesser extent, Brett Szabo) and come to Boston next summer as a free agent, but a lost 2011-12 could mean the last chance for another championship run with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen leading the C's.
After all, both KG and Allen are in the last year of their contracts this "upcoming season," and their respective ages (Allen will be 36 on 2011-12's potential opening night, KG 35, and Pierce 34) don't seem to bode well for a knockout 2012-13.
Ray Allen, however, doesn't seem to agree with that line of thinking. From the Boston Herald:
"We're not going to say we're done and we're not going to play anymore. I still have a lot left in me and I'm sure that Kevin (Garnett) feels the same. At this stage of the game I'm sure he's rejuvenated and he'll be ready to go.
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"It's not as if you go into the next year and say I'm done. I'm not going to play anymore. We're competitors. When you lose a season like that, you come back and you're ready to get after it. It will fuel our fire, and enable us to go after it a little more next year."
There's more to his quote that you should check out, but he makes a sound point. Even if Howard passes on coming to Boston and the whole team comes back for 2012-13, why wouldn't the year off do their legs some good? It's not as if these guys are known for their lethargy, so it's a good bet they'll be in game shape when the whistle eventually blows.
Two issues get in the way, though.
For one, Boston owner Wyc Grousbeck has been rumored to be at the forefront of the "give up the 2011-12 season in order to invest in the NBA's future" lineup of owners. If he lets KG and Allen walk after a missed 2011-12 campaign, then he could be down to just under $30 million in potential 2012-13 salary, with Pierce taking up half of that ledger (and only for one more year, guaranteed). Not only could a chance at Howard be in the offing, but should Dwight pass on the Celtics, a chance at saving money and "rebuilding" during 2012-13 could suit Grousbeck after an expensive first decade (by 2013) as Celtics owner.
Secondly, and while I'm still expecting the 2011-12 season to be called off (the revenue-sharing issues between owners and the expenses details between owners and players are much steeper hills to climb than we saw in 1998), a truncated 2011-12 season would not serve a veteran team like the Celtics.
Sure, the time off between last May and (potentially) this February would help those weary legs, but those advantages would be shot to hell once a week, featuring a four-game-in-five-night spell�followed by yet another week featuring four games in five nights. Fifty games played from the first week of February to the first week of May (as was the case in the 1999 regular season) will destroy the Celtics as it did defending Finals and conference finalists like the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers that year, and that's not even getting into the issues the Celtics face with Kendrick Perkins in Oklahoma City, Nenad Krstic in Russia, and Shaquille O'Neal somewhere in Atlanta.
Of course the veterans on the Celtics will be ready, whenever the next NBA game is played. But what team will they be playing for? And if they're together, and a three month and 50-game season is in the offing, will it matter?
Only the knees know.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton sent thousands of bucks to laid-off Laker employees
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Since pro athletes began earning millions of dollars for a season's work, the idea of a "playoff bonus" seems almost quaint. The reward for making the playoffs, or even winning a series or two, numbers in the tens of thousands; but when you're potentially making eight figures a year those bonuses hardly seem like a big deal.
To regular schmos, though, that cash can go a long way. And the Los Angeles Lakers players, with Kobe Bryant and Luke Walton leading the charge, made sure the bonuses from last season's disappointing playoff run went into the hands of the Lakers that needed it most. Namely, two video coordinators who were laid off by the Lakers as soon as the lockout started.
The Los Angeles Times has the scoop:
Kobe Bryant insisted on giving some of the team's playoff bonus to two members of the Lakers' video department whose contracts were not renewed after the season. Chris Bodaken and Patrick O'Keefe split about $65,000 of the Lakers' playoff bonus.
Bodaken started with the Lakers as a ball boy in 1986 and spent the last 10 seasons as their director of video services. O'Keefe was the Lakers' video coordinator for six seasons. They both hope to be re-hired by the team when the NBA lockout ends. For now, they are thankful for Bryant's financial gesture.
"He always looks out for people who are lower on the totem pole," O'Keefe said.
The article goes on to point out that Walton gave an undisclosed amount to the teams' training staff, and that the Lakers have laid off 20 employees since the season ended. Most could be re-hired once the NBA lockout ends, but chalk up another 20 casualties of a lockout that shows no sign of ending.
The Lakers are under no obligation to pay for team employees to work over the offseason. They're also under no such obligation to pay employees during a spell where teams are precluded from even speaking or emailing or even tweeting with their players. Team employees are almost scared to make eye contact with players, much less help a backup small forward work on his knee rehab over the summer.
This goes well beyond a famous general manager having a round of golf with his highest-paid player. Earlier this month we heard of a ridiculous but true story about a low-level Orlando Magic employee that had to silently dash out of a convenience store after co-worker Dwight Howard strolled in, with Howard essentially giving the team employee the "seriously?" shrugged-shoulders look in response. It wasn't her fault, and she wasn't being rude. It's just the letter of the law, these days. It's that ridiculous.
With those rules in place, though, let's not pretend like the Lakers are a typical case. They had a massive payroll last season, including former coach Phil Jackson, and yet only made it to the second round. Still, the then-defending champs were massively profitable, and they recently signed a local TV deal that could earn the team potential billions over the course of the run. Should the NBA cancel the 2011-12 season, the Lakers will still take in guaranteed national TV money, without having to pay a dime to the team's players.
That's a long way of saying that they could certainly afford to keep those 20 employees on, even if they're under no obligation to.
The Laker players, most notably Bryant and Walton, clearly felt some obligation. Good for them.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Kobe Remains Clutch
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Even LeBron James is aware of your jokes about his hair
It's worked a type of muffled cackle for a few years now, at least on the Internet. LeBron James, as it goes with most men, is slowly watching his hairline recede. Myriad factors go into this, and there isn't really a whole lot you can do to avoid it. And once it's gone, it's gone; and you're still left a little wanting despite all your riches and success. This was typified by Larry David, at the height of his "Seinfeld" powers, telling a crowd at the Emmys after taking in yet another award, "this is all very well and good, but I'm still bald."
LeBron isn't bald, far from it, but he's seen the zings. And as he continues his Image Recovery Tour '11, the Miami Heat All-Star is disarming us with yet another shot to his own bow.
Go back to bed, LeBron. That's where you're a viking.
Surely you cannot be serious, Paul Shirley
Paul Shirley launched into semi-stardom just before the blogosphere took off. Shirley was a self-effacing former NBA journeyman who turned his time spent playing through 10-day contracts into a respected online writing career, and eventually a solid-selling book about his time in the pros.
Unluckily for Shirley, the times sort of came up around him. Pro athletes (NBA players, especially) took to the Internet with aplomb, waxing goofily on anything and everything, often utilizing the hundreds of hours of downtime an NBA season provides between a morning's shootaround and an evening's game. Shirley utilized his time to cobble together a terribly insensitive post on his new site about Haitians and their apparent refusal to move to, I don't know, Wisconsin, and it's been a slow descent since then.
Up to and including today. Mike Prada from SB Nation and his own Bullets Forever blog found this little nugget from Shirley, posted on his Twitter account early Friday morning.
Hilarious. We know that Shirley was trying to, I guess, make a joke about McGee declining to read his book. I didn't read his book. Even before the Haitian divorce, of sorts, I found Shirley to be pretty insufferable. It hardly means I can't read.
There are jokes about being dumb and there are dumb jokes. This was a dumb joke about being dumb, and, honestly, what was the point here? Tear McGee's basketball acumen to bits, for all I care. We've done it quite a bit on this site. But at least make it funny, Paul Shirley.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Turkish coaches sacrifice goats, apparently
As NBA players look into the possibility of playing overseas, they're starting to learn more about foreign cultures. Playing in Turkey or Greece may seem nice when they field salary offers, but the reality could be less pleasant. For instance, did you know that satyrs and centaurs no longer roam around Greece? You learn new things about foreign lands every day!
Sometimes, though, the weirdness of an unknown country goes well beyond new food and confusing exchange rates. Because apparently coaches in Turkey sacrifice goats. From Rick Reilly on ESPN.com (via PBT):
It was about when one of his coaches chopped the head off a young goat for good luck that Jimmy Baron realized pro basketball in Turkey was unlike any hoops he'd ever played.
He was playing for Mercin of the Turkish Basketball League, the same league superstar NBA guard Deron Williams has agreed to play in during the lockout. They'd lost their first four games of the season and rumor was, if things didn't get better soon, heads were going to roll.
"The coach didn't speak any English," says Baron, a 3-point specialist from the University of Rhode Island. "But he motioned me to come out in front of the arena with the whole team. He put us in a circle and there's this goat standing there. All of a sudden one of the assistant coaches gets out this huge machete. And then -- whack! -- he cuts the goat's head off!"
The Turkish players immediately stuck their fingers in the blood of the neck and wiped it on their foreheads.
"Then they started motioning for me to do it," Baron remembers. "I'm like, 'You gotta be crazy!' And I got the heck out of there."
This story only sounds weird if you didn't know that Steve Smith once sacrificed a chicken in the Portland Trail Blazers locker room in 2000. Don't worry, he's not a pagan. He just wanted to fit in with his teammates.
In truth, Baron's tale is not especially representative of Turkey -- former UCLA star Josh Shipp later says that he was pelted with batteries after a game-winning shot, and that seems more accurate than daily blood sacrifices. But vaguely xenophobic stories can still be instructive, and Baron's encounter with a machete can be used for good. There really is a lot that players have to learn about foreign countries before they play for them. And while Deron Williams won't be treated the same as a role player like Baron, he's still going to run into some bizarre stuff every so often. He'll gladly take a paycheck, but it may not be the most comfortable experience of his life.
Or, who knows, maybe Deron's really into this sort of thing. We've never heard much about his personal life, have we?
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Five ways to make a potential Vegas league worth a fan?s while
Cynicism aside, the potential for up to 70 NBA players to create a series of teams that would take part in a mini-league in Las Vegas this September is intriguing. Hoopsworld's Alex Kennedy reported earlier this week that Impact Basketball is attempting to stage a tournament in Las Vegas that would feature solely NBA pros. That's enough to get the motor running.
Toss in the potential for a litany of NBA All-Stars to show up, many of whom have worked with Impact before, and the enthusiasm ramps up even further.
This is until you remember that, even with NBA rules and NBA players, it's still summer league action. And while the NBA-run rookie and free-agent summer leagues are a welcome respite in an otherwise dry summer -- and the all-out fun of the Drew, Goodman and Rucker leagues can serve as ice cream in hell for a starved basketball junkie -- something always seems to be missing.
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Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley, who has been the strongest voice thus far in attempting to round players up for this potential event, seems to think that NBA-styled rules are the answer. Here's what he told Hoopsworld:
"We'll play by NBA rules - have a 24-second shot clock and everything. You heard of the Drew League and Goodman League, but the difference with this league is that it's not a pro-am. There will just be NBA pros. It really gets guys ready for the NBA season. I'm excited every summer because at Impact, you only can get better. Now, the games are there to put what you learn into action on the court."
This is a step in the right direction, but even if actual (and recent -- Jermaine O'Neal doesn't count) NBA All-Stars take part, this could still turn into an affair that is hard to watch.
Literally and figuratively, because there are no takers at this point for these sorts of games on TV. ESPN, Turner and FOX Sports affiliates won't touch the event with a 10-share pole so as not to upset their NBA partners; and the ghost of Dick Ebersol's relationship with David Stern could prevent NBC from broadcasting the tournament on either NBC or its Versus Network. Remember, NBC still has to cull from ABC's and TNT's broadcast lineup to cover the Team USA outings at the Olympics. For now, the hope is to stream these games online for a small fee, which even in the era of Netflix and Hulu is still a tough go for pro basketball's most ardent admirers.
So how does the league make it worth a fan's while, even three months removed from the last NBA game, and potentially more than 13 months removed from the next NBA game?
1. Practice
After location, and a good breakfast, it's the most important thing out there.
Even the Team USA Olympic and world championship outings, though fun for spells, were mired by a lack of chemistry and unfamiliar teammates. Sure, the stars had their attitudes in the right place, but that doesn't mean a thing when you're expecting your weeks-old teammate to zig, and he decides instead to zag.
That's just on the propaganda tip. Though Team USA had a sound training camp to work with, those glorified All-Star teams are known for having too many generals, and not enough soldiers. Too many ball-handlers, and not enough people to set screens and move without the rock. It's not selfishness, but instinct. And a Vegas league featuring a series of role players (with role-player instincts) could go a long way. If the practices are well-attended, the minicamps would serve as the most important facet in developing the sort of chemistry necessary for good basketball.
2. Participation
I don't mean securing Kobe Bryant, or bringing LeBron James in on a chopper. There has to be consistent, mindful participation from beginning to end in order for this to succeed.
Remember, this shouldn't be a trifle. The point of this exercise is, well, exercise. NBA players are going to be working out during this time anyway during any other offseason, with the NBA's training camp just a few weeks away. Why not get in shape against significant NBA personnel, while winning the war of words with the NBA along the way? Inevitable comparisons would then be drawn to the fat camps, of sorts, that were the NBA's "charity" games in the winter of 1998, when the players that showed up appeared as if they hadn't touched a basketball in months.
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Not only should these players prep and then practice, but they need to stick around. Dudley is quoted as saying that this would be a two-week commitment, and that just goes for the games alone. If you have a wedding scheduled (and why would you that close to training camp?), don't bother. If you're going to take off on the weekends, don't come at all. A league is a league is a league, and though Impact will likely make every concession possible in order to secure name after name, they should at least attempt to get a commitment from each player (no matter how prominent) that lasts for the duration of the tournament.
And once the tournament starts?
3. Play the right way
God, what an insufferable line. It's not wrong, though.
Alley-oops are for 20-point blowouts. Twenty-point blowouts are for the dogs, and no fun to watch. Four out of 10 alley-oops in rookie-sophomore or All-Star games ever connect. That percentage, mind you, doesn't improve once you've thrown 20 or 30 alley-oops.
We don't want a slow-down, Larry Brown-affair. But there has to be balance.
Fans are going to tune in once their Twitter feed tells them� two Vegas teams are about to enter the fourth quarter tied at 88. Even if these fans spent the first three quarters washing dishes from that night's dinner, they're going to spend the money needed to tune in, and they're going to tell two friends the next day about how worth it was to see competitive basketball between middling-to-great NBA players in the middle of September.
These sorts of games aren't built on foundations made of alley-oops and 25-foot shots. Sorry for acting the crank, but there's a reason the greatest of all time get to the line, work from the post or run the screen-and-roll.
Of course, the best help these sometimes-distracted players can get in this realm could come from a lone source.
4. Coaches
Who is going to run these teams?
This is a dodgy situation. I have no doubt that the trainers and NBA minds at Impact are more than adept at running team practices, saying all the right things, and diagramming more plays in a night than Kurt Rambis managed in a fortnight.
But this is where the tricky employee/employer situation comes in. Are these potential coaches going to give a cross look to John Wall after he breaks a play and a crossover goes wrong? You can't blame them for wanting to keep the clientele (or, potential clientele) happy, and their critical thoughts to themselves. After all, this is a publicity move for Impact.
High school and college coaches will be busy. NBA types (even tape operators and the like) can't say a single word to players without fear of a $1 million fine. So who is left?
The very, very angry.
There has to be plenty of disgruntled ex-NBA types who have no possible shot at another NBA coaching (assistant or otherwise) gig in their future who would jump at a chance to get back in the spotlight and run some NBA sets. You think John Lucas wouldn't want to be a part of this? Bob Hill's season with the Tokyo Apache won't start for another month, so why not bring him over? Ronnie Lester?
Hell, what about Adrian Wojnarowski? He knows the game, works with youth teams and doesn't mind a cold shoulder or two from the NBA. The staff is already in place. Marc J. Spears played the game in college, Johnny Ludden is the type of serene influence every bench needs, and I can hold a clipboard. I won't wear a sweatsuit, but I can definitely tell you that it's time, perhaps, for Eric Bledsoe to stop trying to break that press himself.
Jokes aside, these teams need a strong leader, and not someone to cackle with them as they try another half-court alley-oop. The watchability of these games likely depends on it.
And if all else fails?
5. Free balloons for the kids
Works every time.
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Enes Kanter wants to play high-level basketball again, badly
Enes Kanter wants to play basketball again. Not hoops on an amateur level, but basketball on his terms. Poor, poor pitiful him. Right?
Right?
(Come on. Give the guy a break. He deserves better than us, even including your buddy that was the first guard off the bench at Pepperdine back in 2003.)
For a lot of us, the chains of a 9-to-5 gig or physical hindrances act as the biggest mitigating factor in stopping us from enjoying a night-long, full-court basketball run. It's the same reason why a lot of us will never be able to spin a 500-horsepower speed machine around a track worthy of an engine made for its turns. We don't have the motor, the access to the track, nor the time to make it work.
But what if you're the engine? What if you're a nearly 7-foot stud who can shoot out to 25 feet, nail all the corners, and your motor is good enough to be taken third overall in the NBA draft? Like Kanter. Who can't seem to catch a break.
If you know absolutely nothing about NCAA hoops -- and I can't blame you -- it's worth pointing out that Kanter missed the entire 2010-11 season (scheduled to be spent with Kentucky) after it turned out he'd been paid a sportswriter-level amount to play with a Turkish team years earlier. And if you know absolutely nothing about the NBA -- and I can't blame you -- you know that there is a lockout in place, and the entire 2011-12 season is in jeopardy.
For the 19-year-old Kanter, this is a bit of a concern. He's heading into his second straight season of doing nothing but playing against unranked amateurs.
And he's, um, concerned. From the Deseret News:
"It's easy for me to say that I am the unluckiest guy ever. I couldn't play in college, and right now there is the lockout. The only thing I can do is just wait."
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"I haven't played in almost two years and it's hard within that time to go from not playing to being ready for games," Kanter added.
It's not too hard to roll a ball out and tell the big guy to quit kvetchin'. But this isn't as simple as an itch that needs to be scratched. This is a guy who needs to play basketball at a level he deserves. We wouldn't yell at Raef LaFrentz for missing most of the 1998-99 season due to a lockout and then tearing his ACL 12 games into that season. And, let's face it, Enes Kanter is pretty much Raef LaFrentz. And we dig the games of both Enes Kanter and Raef LaFrentz. Stop yelling at both of them!
Start tossing up a jump ball between the two of them, NBA.
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Pistons draftee Kyle Singler signs in Spain
As the NBA lockout continues, bench-level players keep signing overseas deals.
Detroit Pistons draft pick Kyle Singler has agreed to a contract with Alicante of Spain?s top professional league, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
The report says that the deal includes an out clause allowing Singler to leaveand return to the NBA when the lockout ends.
Detroit Pistons draft pick Kyle Singler has agreed to a contract with Alicante of Spain?s top professional league, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
The report says that the deal includes an out clause allowing Singler to leaveand return to the NBA when the lockout ends.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Andris Biedrins not signing overseas just yet
Andris Biedrins’ agent said Saturday that conflicting reports of the Warriors’ center signing with different European teams were erroneous, but Biedrins will explore overseas options next month.
“I think (Biedrins) would be open to playing overseas on a temporary or a long-term basis if the (NBA) lockout continues, but we’ve got to get him some insurance [...]
“I think (Biedrins) would be open to playing overseas on a temporary or a long-term basis if the (NBA) lockout continues, but we’ve got to get him some insurance [...]
Days of NBA Lives: Wherein UCLA sounds really fun this summer
At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.
Tyrus Thomas: Turning this corner is so hard!!!!
Baron Davis: @russwest44 u ready bruh. You be freestyling on Bruin Walk all the time for me @kevinlove and @TrevorAriza
JaVale McGee: Remember when krumping came out and they made a movie. They were reallycrying like there were getting ready to get drafted to the nka
Larry Sanders: First will and jada now a earthquake...you tell me..smh
Shelden Williams: I'm at a park watching my daughter chase birds but she doesn't understand y they keep flying off when she runs towards them screaming haha!
You can also follow Eric Freeman on Twitter at @freemaneric.
L.A. big man lists UW, WSU among top four schools
Skylar Spencer, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward/center in the class of 2012, will choose between Washington, Washington State, San Diego State and Nevada, he told Greg Hicks of Scout.com (subscription). Spencer, of Price High in Los Angeles, is an athletic, defensive-minded big man who runs the floor well. His mobility could make him a good fit [...]
The First NBA Hispanic Owner
The NBA has just increased its Hispanic Ownership by 1. Congrats to Alex Meruelo as the new owner of the Atlanta Hawks. This is his direct quote on ownership: I wasn’t quite fast enough, tall enough or quick enough, so those dreams didn’t quite get me that far,” he said. “But those dreams brought me [...]
How to Box Out in Basketball
Basketball is one of the most well-liked, and widely sighted, sports in the world and there are many techniques and practices such a shooting, dribbling, passing and rebounding. In this article I’d like to share some of my thoughts to tackle rebounding and its component: ?Boxing Out?. Box outing an opponent usually happens when a [...]
Caple?s Corner: Family keeps Keith Price smiling
Long before being tasked with the responsibility of playing quarterback for the Washington Huskies, Keith Price wore an NFL uniform. Several of them, actually. His grandmother purchased all that were available ? those kid-sized get-ups from JC Penney, the ones with the jersey, pants and helmet with a plastic facemask. Keith had them all, playing [...]
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Warriors free agent forward Reggie Williams agrees to play in Spain
Golden State Warriors free agent forward Reggie Williams has signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with Caja Laboral Vitoria of the Spanish ACB League, according to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
The report says that there is a $1 million buyout should Williams look to get out of his contract early.
In the opinion [...]
The report says that there is a $1 million buyout should Williams look to get out of his contract early.
In the opinion [...]
Video: Betty White spurns Shaquille O?Neal?s marriage proposal
You remember Betty White, right? For several decades, she served as a hilarious player in classic series like "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls." Then a bunch of youngsters saw her in the Sandra Bullock vehicle "The Proposal" and decided she was the perfect subject for semi-ironic Internet love. A Facebook group popped up to get her to host "Saturday Night Live," and Lorne Michaels assented. Two years later, she still exists on the periphery of popular culture, co-starring on TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" and popping up in other bits of ephemera. It's a career resurgence, I guess, except that few willing to acknowledge that her age is being exploited at the expense of legitimate approval of a comedic legend.
Anyway, enough with the cultural commentary. Betty White is hanging out with Shaquille O'Neal, for some reason, and the Big Geriatric decided to propose marriage to her. She declined, sadly, because he's too old for her. Oh Betty, you so crazy!
It makes perfect sense that Shaq would be attracted to White, though. As we know, he is very attracted to women that are 1/16th his size.
(Video via TBJ)
Omri Casspi out of EuroBasket 2011
Israel have suffered a major blow ahead of the EuroBasket with confirmation that Omri Casspi will be unable to play in Lithuania with a knee injury.
The Cleveland Cavaliers forward, the only Israeli ever to play in the NBA, was hurt in practice two weeks ago but had hoped to recover in time with the initial [...]
The Cleveland Cavaliers forward, the only Israeli ever to play in the NBA, was hurt in practice two weeks ago but had hoped to recover in time with the initial [...]
The Chinese Basketball Association bans an opt-out clause, stifling NBA expats
And while that might come off as hubris to some, how can you not applaud that line of thinking?
If anything, the CBA is thinking basketball first, and profits second. Teams from around the world, including NBA squads, have long hired players because of their ability to lure in profits from gate receipts even if their work might fly in the face of winning basketball. And while Chinese teams would no doubt rake in the cash from leasing even middle-road NBA stars to their teams for a truncated term; the coaches, team and league executives have made their voice heard.
Even if it costs China Kobe Bryant.
HoopsHype relayed the story earlier on Thursday, from Sports163.com (a piece you'll be unable to read if you're not fluent in Mandarin), and it falls in line with what we've heard for a few weeks now. The CBA has decided that opt-out clauses are a detriment to team chemistry, even if the team isn't all that good (and NBA players, relative or otherwise, are really, really good), and this could put a chokehold on the last real pipeline NBA players would have between their locked-out league and international employment.
Why? Well, the international basketball scene isn't exactly rolling in the dough these days. A Turkish team struck first in signing Deron Williams away from the New Jersey Nets last month, but Turkey is in a rare stratum due to their insistence on not being part of the European Union. With the EU dropping even in relation to the flailing U.S. dollar, international teams don't have much cash to throw around, so it falls to fringe types like Daequan Cook to fill out their rosters.
Even those roster spots are in short supply, though. And even if NBA stars want to take a significant pay cut from what they'd usually be making had the NBA not locked them out, there just isn't enough cash overseas to help these players live up to the "I'll take my guy to Greece! Or Russia!" bluster that most of their agents are trying.
And if the CBA, which famously took a chance on the mercurial (to say the least) Stephon Marbury, is passing on signing potential flight risks (no matter how many MVP awards they own), then you can be darn sure that less lucrative leagues will be doing the same. It just isn't worth it, even if you get to showcase an NBA First-Teamer for 25 games in your home arena.
There is always the chance that a player like Bryant, flush with inside knowledge regarding a lockout that might not end until the fall of 2012, will sign with a team in the CBA without an opt-out clause in place. But while the shoe companies would applaud such a move (and likely throw their heightened fiscal endorsement into the ring, considering the lucrative Chinese market), it's hard to understand why an NBA star would want to make that jump. Even for someone like Bryant, who is obsessed with playing as much basketball as he possibly can.
This all spirals back to the CBA, though, and the decision it's made. The Chinese Basketball Association has clearly chosen sound basketball chemistry over potential profits, and you've got to give it up to an organization like that.
Good basketball over cost certainty. What a novel concept. Pity the NBA and its players can't attempt to locate the same mindset.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Even LeBron James is aware of your jokes about his hair
It's worked a type of muffled cackle for a few years now, at least on the Internet. LeBron James, as it goes with most men, is slowly watching his hairline recede. Myriad factors go into this, and there isn't really a whole lot you can do to avoid it. And once it's gone, it's gone; and you're still left a little wanting despite all your riches and success. This was typified by Larry David, at the height of his "Seinfeld" powers, telling a crowd at the Emmys after taking in yet another award, "this is all very well and good, but I'm still bald."
LeBron isn't bald, far from it, but he's seen the zings. And as he continues his Image Recovery Tour '11, the Miami Heat All-Star is disarming us with yet another shot to his own bow.
Go back to bed, LeBron. That's where you're a viking.
1st Spalding Pro Camp in Germany
In Co-operation with SPOPS, the 1st Spalding Pro Camp in Germany will take place from April 29th to May 1st, 2011. This is an invitational tournament for professional players which have a comparable game level like the Beko Basketball Bundesliga (Germany’s 1st Division league), Pro A or Pro B (2nd Division). The camp will take [...]
Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt diagnosed with early onset dementia
For such a strong figure, Pat Summitt was feeling almost helpless.
Months of erratic behavior had left Tennessee women?s basketball coach bewildered, scared and asking herself ?What?s wrong with me??
Summitt went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in May. She underwent a series of tests and received a stunning answer. The diagnosis was early onset [...]
Months of erratic behavior had left Tennessee women?s basketball coach bewildered, scared and asking herself ?What?s wrong with me??
Summitt went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in May. She underwent a series of tests and received a stunning answer. The diagnosis was early onset [...]
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Redrafting the NBA: Round One by Basketball Prospectus
Basketball Prospectus` NBA analysts kick off a draft of the league`s best players.
Video: New ?NBA 2K12? trailer enters the nooks and crannies of nostalgia
We've discussed the upcoming video game "NBA 2K12" recently, mostly in terms of its serious lineup of 15 NBA legends. Now, there's another trailer showing these players in action, and you can watch it above (via PBT).
The clip is heavily dependent on that list of 15 stars, showcasing recreations of iconic moments like Julius Erving's cradle lay-up and Hakeem Olajuwon obliterating David Robinson in the post. But there's also a number of shots that focus on more minor players of the era like Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cartwright, and Charles Oakley.
It's a very smart move by the creators of the game to advertise these players. Because while everyone remembers stars like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, some of the most pointed memories of bygone eras involve colorful characters like the tough Oakley, or even just weird quirks like Cartwright's ugly free-throw form. If 2K Sports is going to market this game based on nostalgia, than they need to exploit every nook and cranny of fans' memories of the NBA of the past. This is how you do that.
Don't let me down, game developers. Next week, I want to see a clip of Vernon Maxwell running into the stands to fight a fan.
Lockout could lose NBA 2K12 video game a lot of money
As far as video game franchises go, the NBA 2K rates third only to EA Sports' two-headed football monster of Madden and NCAA Football. In the world of basketball games, 2K has always stood out for its reasonable approximation of real basketball and a boatload of special features that add to the overall experience. Last year's Michael Jordan Challenge was a huge hit, and they're set to do even more this year with involvement from a game mode built around legendary performances by 15 NBA legends.
Unfortunately for 2K Sports, this year's lockout could derail their sales goals for this fall's NBA 2K12. In fact, one analyst predicts a steep drop from last year's 5.5 million units sold. From Eddie Makuch for GameSpot (via PBT and I am a GM):
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia issued an investor note this morning that stated if the NBA lockout does not end, sales of NBA 2K12 will be softer than predicted.
Just yesterday, Take-Two reported its latest quarterly earnings, saying NBA 2K11 has sold�5.5 million copies. However, Bhatia's firm is currently projecting that sales of NBA 2K12 could fall off by 1 million units over last year. Sales at this level would diminish Take-Two's earnings by $40 million, he projected.
However, Bhatia also stated that the "uniqueness" of NBA 2K12 might be enough to make the game a top-performer, regardless of a lockout scenario.
It makes sense that a basketball game would see a dip in sales while its league isn't playing games. Excitement around a basketball season can help move product, and it stands to reason that if people aren't thinking about the NBA, they won't feel a huge need to purchase a video game that's all about the league.
However, it's important to note that NBA 2K12 is uniquely well-positioned to sell well during a lockout. With no league, basketball fans are likely to think back to the NBA's glory days, no matter which era they consider that to be. Plus, whereas last year's game focused on Jordan, NBA 2K12 will include players ranging from Magic Johnson to Latrell Sprewell. There's something for everyone, to the point where virtually any fan can find a part of beloved NBA past within this game mode. Oh, and if they want to watch current players whose games have been canceled, then they can fire up the regular game modes and enjoy them, too.
In other words, NBA 2K12's fortunes aren't tied to the existence of the 2011-12 NBA, because the game can act as a sort of substitute for many of the league's fans. It's not a perfect replacement, but it stands to be an entertaining facsimile.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Transition Drill
Click on "Transition Drill" to see a video of a drill run by BYU's Dave Rose that builds up from 2 on 1 to 5 on 5. You do not have to purchase anything to see the short video. Click on the Sample Videos tab to see the drill. You do not have to purchase anything to see the drill.
Video: Nicolas Batum dunks, Ronny Turiaf reacts in ecstasy
One of the nice aspects of the lockout is that basketball fans have been forced to focus on areas of the game they usually overlook. Summer pro-am leagues are an obvious example, but even tournaments as big as the European Championships usually get short shrift in the face of important NBA news like Mickael Pietrus' latest destination and Tim Donaghy's latest allegations about mascots betting on games.
Now, though, we can luxuriate in all the wonder that these tournaments have to offer. Check out the video above of this Nicolas Batum dunk from a recent game involving France and Great Britain. It's a nice play, certainly. The real attraction, though, is Ronny Turiaf's reaction in the angle near the end of the clip. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but "Ray Lewis stepping into a puddle while dancing" feels close.
It's the kind of ecstatic post-play reaction that Turiaf has become famous for during his NBA career. It's so great, in fact, that now I'm getting all sad about missing out on moments like this one next season. Even when you try to enjoy another part of the basketball world, you can't help but feel some loss over the lockout.
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Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian get married
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:
Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets player and former Minnesota Gopher Kris Humphries were married Saturday in a twilight wedding ceremony at a private estate in Montecito, Calif., People magazine reported on its website.
About 440 guests were present, including Demi Lovato, Babyface, Vera Wang, Mario Lopez, Mark Ballas, Ciaro and Carmelo [...]
Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets player and former Minnesota Gopher Kris Humphries were married Saturday in a twilight wedding ceremony at a private estate in Montecito, Calif., People magazine reported on its website.
About 440 guests were present, including Demi Lovato, Babyface, Vera Wang, Mario Lopez, Mark Ballas, Ciaro and Carmelo [...]
Monday, August 22, 2011
Derek Fisher: NBA Lockout ?Quiet?
NBA labor talks resumed Monday in New York, a month after the lockout started. “It’s been long, but it’s been weirdly quiet,” said NBA Players Association president Derek Fisher on Friday, speaking at his youth basketball academy in downtown Los Angeles. “To push as hard as we did in the month of June to see [...]
Video: Brandon Jennings pops the ball off his defenders head, and lays it in
Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings popped the ball off a defender's head at the Dyckman League on Sunday, and his defender didn't really get all up in arms because ... well, the defender wasn't up in arms to begin with. You kind of had it coming, buddy.
Watch (via TBJ and many, many Twitter feeds):
The most famous, if not the best example of this came in the 2003 Rookie/Sophomore game, when Jason Richardson (who can't drive) bounced the ball off of Carlos Boozer (who can't defend).
Boozer took great offense, but it was sort of his fault for not realizing that Richardson can't dribble the ball and move forward at the same time.
The same goes for the poor soul who took a Jennings bounce off his noggin. Brandon, despite his skills, barely drives, and he always goes left. So back off the guy, let him shoot his 30 percent from long range, and shade to his left.
Or, crowd him, and become part of viral hoop infamy.
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San Diego police want to talk to Kobe Bryant after he allegedly grabbed a guy?s camera
(Allegedly.)
And, apparently, that person is now considering suing Bryant for hurting his wrist. Not only that, but San Diego police have gone on record as hoping to talk to Bryant about the incident.
And, allegedly, what an unmitigated jerk this guy is! Not Kobe, but the (alleged) jerk that decided to bug the heck out of Bryant by attempting to or succeeding in taking pictures of him, and then either running to police officers or a civil suit lawyer once Kobe did what he should have done. Namely, force that (alleged) jerk to stop acting like an absolute prat. In a church, no less.
Here's Kevin Ding from the Orange County Register and his report on the (alleged) incident:
San Diego police are investigating a man's statement that he injured his wrist when Kobe Bryant took the man's cellphone from him at a church service because he thought the man was taking pictures of him, according to KGTV/10 in San Diego.
The report cites sources as saying Bryant was attending a church service at St. Therese of Carmel in Carmel Valley on Sunday and thought the man was taking photos of him ? but then did not see any photos on it. The man said he had to go to the hospital for treatment on his wrist.
"Treatment on his wrist"? Draw your own conclusions, friends.
If this is in any way true, and Kobe Bryant did anything less than rake a guy across his face and knee him in a groin for taking pictures of him while in church, then we're still on Kobe's side. To have the "victim" then try to draw this out and make a cash and/or publicity grab from his (alleged) time spent acting as a massive annoying jerk in Kobe's presence? That adds to our decision to jump on Team Kobe. To then bring police into this seems like a massive overreaction.
Slap and pull away, Kobe Bean. You have BDL on your side.
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A Basketball Coach?s Guide To Being More Efficient
The author of this article is Ryan Smith of Hoopskills. Hoopskills is a website that is dedicated to basketball training. Using Technology to Enhance your Basketball Program ?A basketball coach?s guide to being more efficient? Technology has rapidly become a big part of our society and as a result has changed the way we communicate [...]
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