For the past few years I've been stomping my feet hard on the floor protesting how much I hate Mike Dantoni's "Seven Seconds or Less" offensive system and finally someone else has come to notice what a farce it is. My boy Bill Simmons today posted a very insightful article pointing out how any player can have his numbers inflated while playing under Dantoni. Why am I so excited about this, because STEVE NASH SHOULD HAVE NEVER WON THOSE MVP'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
As Bill goes on to point out in his article, take a look at Nash's pre Dantoni numbers and his post Dantoni numbers and you'll cleary notice that they look eerily similar. I say we go to his house in Phoenix and take those MVP's away from him and give one to Shaq for 05' and one for Kobe in 06' and call it square. All you voters out there you should be ashamed of yourselfs for voting for him!!!! Shame on you all.
I won't elaborate too much on this, Bill does a great job of doing that, if you want to check out his article just head on down my blog and a link to his site will be there waiting for you.
later.
ps. YOU DO REALIZE THAT NASH WILL GO DOWN AS THE ONLY MVP TO NEVER BE IN THE NBA FINALS. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD POINT THAT OUT.
WHAT A JOKE!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I had to get this in, Dennis Rodman we need you!!!
After watching last nights horrible game, in which LA almost lost to the Knicks, I've decided that something needs to be done about my team. For the past few weeks, my early Laker juggernaugts have slowly become a horrible excuse for a championship caliber team. Sure they have a nice record and all, but that matters little when titles come calling in June. There's only 3 teams in my mind that LA should measure themselves to, Boston, Cleveland and San Antonio, the rest are easy killings. So when games like last night arrive or like the one last week in Sacramento, I'm quick to start in on "what the fuck?", that should not happen. Ever!!!
No disrespect to New York or Sacramento, they are both quality teams moving in the right directions, but for LA to move forward and become the leagues best, sloppy games and easy losses to teams on the balance of mediorcrity should never happen. However, I do realize that from time to time games like this will arise for any team, no matter how talented, but come on 3 games in 2 weeks (the Indiana loss), somethings gotta give. So then, here's my solution.
LA needs to make a trade for a veteran, rebounding, defending big man, they need another precense who can do some dirty work and be a force in the locker room. Outside of Fish and Kobe this team is young, and at times too young. Young teams never win in the NBA, and this team certainly hasn't shown me that this season will be any different. If the finals were to replay today, Boston would woop these boys in 4, quick and easy. There's no swagger, no hustle, no "we're going to kill you guys tonight" attitude. I see it from Kobe, he looked mighty pissed last night going into the locker room at halftime, but outside of him the rest of the team seemed okay with their poor start and the 15 point deficit, as if they knew they could turn it on in the second half. Luckily they won the game, but barely. I do commend them for that, they could have easily sat back and taken this game on the chin, but they didn't, so kudos to them for that, but to be honest it should never have been this close. I say trade Odom for a player or two who can come in and do some dirty work, they have enough scoring and such. To be honest the players I would rid the team of would be Odom, Radmanovic and to some extent Walton. All three are pansies when the games get close. They need a David Lee type player, a Udonis Haslem, a Linas Kleiza or Andres Nocioni or Jeff Foster. They need some frontline help, fuck go get Marcus Camby. Their best lineup I believe is:
Fish, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol and Bynum
with a bench of
Farmar, Vujacic, and two other guys to replace Odom and Radmanovic.
Bynum is too young and soft to be their savior on defense, he needs help. Mitch has done a great job with this team, I just hope he realizes that ridding Odom soon for a defensive minded player will greatly help this team, offense they have, defense is what they need.
later
No disrespect to New York or Sacramento, they are both quality teams moving in the right directions, but for LA to move forward and become the leagues best, sloppy games and easy losses to teams on the balance of mediorcrity should never happen. However, I do realize that from time to time games like this will arise for any team, no matter how talented, but come on 3 games in 2 weeks (the Indiana loss), somethings gotta give. So then, here's my solution.
LA needs to make a trade for a veteran, rebounding, defending big man, they need another precense who can do some dirty work and be a force in the locker room. Outside of Fish and Kobe this team is young, and at times too young. Young teams never win in the NBA, and this team certainly hasn't shown me that this season will be any different. If the finals were to replay today, Boston would woop these boys in 4, quick and easy. There's no swagger, no hustle, no "we're going to kill you guys tonight" attitude. I see it from Kobe, he looked mighty pissed last night going into the locker room at halftime, but outside of him the rest of the team seemed okay with their poor start and the 15 point deficit, as if they knew they could turn it on in the second half. Luckily they won the game, but barely. I do commend them for that, they could have easily sat back and taken this game on the chin, but they didn't, so kudos to them for that, but to be honest it should never have been this close. I say trade Odom for a player or two who can come in and do some dirty work, they have enough scoring and such. To be honest the players I would rid the team of would be Odom, Radmanovic and to some extent Walton. All three are pansies when the games get close. They need a David Lee type player, a Udonis Haslem, a Linas Kleiza or Andres Nocioni or Jeff Foster. They need some frontline help, fuck go get Marcus Camby. Their best lineup I believe is:
Fish, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol and Bynum
with a bench of
Farmar, Vujacic, and two other guys to replace Odom and Radmanovic.
Bynum is too young and soft to be their savior on defense, he needs help. Mitch has done a great job with this team, I just hope he realizes that ridding Odom soon for a defensive minded player will greatly help this team, offense they have, defense is what they need.
later
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Just a few thoughts today...
Twenty games into the season and here we have it, Boston, Cleveland and LA all vying for the best record in the league. In my mind things couldn't have turned out any better. Kobe and LeBron are clearly the two best players in the league, so naturally having them on top shouldn't be any surprise to no one. As for Boston, well they are the defending champs and the leagues best defensive team, so winning shouldn't be too difficult for them, Garnett's too nuts to let them lose. However, as for the rest of the league, well shame on you, outside of a few key injuries (Utah, San Antonio) this season has seen way too many underachieving teams, a trend I hope changes soon or the league will be in some awful trouble.
For starters I remember clearly so many columnists and media folk blabbering away at how Philly would be such a force this season with the acquisition of Elton Brand. Well as you can see by their record, I knew they would be average at best. Elton isn't a game changing player, he's good but not a leader, at best he should only be your second option, never your franchise cornerstone. Plus the guy was coming off a serious injury that limited him most of last season, expecting him to bring glory was a bit far fetched in my mind. With this point, I'm always reminded of how numbers happy people are when it comes to this NBA game. Amare Stoudemire goes out and has a 20/20 game and people are quick to anoint him the games next best player, but if you look closely he's not the leader of that team, Nash is and Nash will always be while he's there. Amare's a great player no doubt but he'll never win you a championship, he's not smart enough and clever enough to inspire his teammates. Yet the crippling thing with this point is that Amare will be given Franchise player money, something he should never receive and that is where the NBA has gone wrong. So to tie in this point with Elton and so many other underachieving teams is that by giving him this money and key to the franchise, you unfairly hamper a team and its fans. He gets it in his head that he's this player he's not, while the fans also begin to believe as well and that's where the underachieving comes in, they've been given expectations. But you see if Philly had just signed Elton and made little fuss about it, the expectations would have stayed far away and the team may have flourished without this added weight and expectation. Did anyone expect much from Philly and Atlanta last season? No, and that's why they exceeded, they just played ball. However, this season they both are struggling and the people are wondering why. Well I'll tell you, they were never that good to begin with. Anywho, enough with that.
Here's a few other thoughts.
- LA is playing well, but I hesitate to put them atop of Boston right now, their defense has become somewhat suspect. Christmas day should be a good test, however, I predict it here they will lose that day, Boston is better now, but LA has a higher ceiling, I don't for see a rematch in June, Cleveland vs LA looks to be headed for a collision course.
- Devin Harris is getting way too many props of late, he's good and improved but until he's done something when it matters (ie the playoffs) then anointing him the East's best Point is getting somewhat silly don't you think.
-Donnie Walsh please buyout Steph soon! you gotta bite the bullet on this one now, having this over your head much longer will cripple your team.
- Is it me or has AI become poison to any locker room he enters of late. First Philly, then Denver and now Detroit. I think it's time to drop the scoring total a bit Allen and involve your teammates a little more, there's more to shooting 20 shots per and scoring 30 to the game. I know you're tough, but are you smart?
-Does anyone feel stupid now for giving Nash those two MVP's when he clearly did not deserve them? I say give them to Dantoni for his majestry of inflating players numbers with his 7 seconds or less offense. I say throw Kobe or LeBron on his team and we'll really see what numbers look like. Fucking bullshit!!! Nash got two before Kobe even got one!!! What the fuck? You tell me any GM who would have taken Nash over Kobe in any of those two seasons and I'll show you an idiot. Who's going to go down as one of the top 5 best ever and who's going to go down as a good player? I shouldn't have to answer this. You all realize that Nash has more MVP's than Shaq and the same as Duncan!!! Seriously?
- Oh and Dirk got one!!! I say throw the MVP away, it's tainted.
- Firing Sam Mitchell was retarded, his team sucked because his players suck, not because he did a crap job. When you have Jamario Moon in your starting lineup, you suck plain and simple. Sorry Sam.
- Franchise Players are : Kobe, LeBron, Duncan, KG, Wade, CP3 and to some degree Shaq
- Overrated Players who either think or want to be a Franchise Player are: Amare, Carmelo, CB4, Howard, Brand, Nash, Nowitzki, Pierce, Iverson, McGrady
- The NBA's most underrated players are: Ginobilli, Calderon, DFish, B Roy, D Lee, V Carter, L Alderidge.
later.
For starters I remember clearly so many columnists and media folk blabbering away at how Philly would be such a force this season with the acquisition of Elton Brand. Well as you can see by their record, I knew they would be average at best. Elton isn't a game changing player, he's good but not a leader, at best he should only be your second option, never your franchise cornerstone. Plus the guy was coming off a serious injury that limited him most of last season, expecting him to bring glory was a bit far fetched in my mind. With this point, I'm always reminded of how numbers happy people are when it comes to this NBA game. Amare Stoudemire goes out and has a 20/20 game and people are quick to anoint him the games next best player, but if you look closely he's not the leader of that team, Nash is and Nash will always be while he's there. Amare's a great player no doubt but he'll never win you a championship, he's not smart enough and clever enough to inspire his teammates. Yet the crippling thing with this point is that Amare will be given Franchise player money, something he should never receive and that is where the NBA has gone wrong. So to tie in this point with Elton and so many other underachieving teams is that by giving him this money and key to the franchise, you unfairly hamper a team and its fans. He gets it in his head that he's this player he's not, while the fans also begin to believe as well and that's where the underachieving comes in, they've been given expectations. But you see if Philly had just signed Elton and made little fuss about it, the expectations would have stayed far away and the team may have flourished without this added weight and expectation. Did anyone expect much from Philly and Atlanta last season? No, and that's why they exceeded, they just played ball. However, this season they both are struggling and the people are wondering why. Well I'll tell you, they were never that good to begin with. Anywho, enough with that.
Here's a few other thoughts.
- LA is playing well, but I hesitate to put them atop of Boston right now, their defense has become somewhat suspect. Christmas day should be a good test, however, I predict it here they will lose that day, Boston is better now, but LA has a higher ceiling, I don't for see a rematch in June, Cleveland vs LA looks to be headed for a collision course.
- Devin Harris is getting way too many props of late, he's good and improved but until he's done something when it matters (ie the playoffs) then anointing him the East's best Point is getting somewhat silly don't you think.
-Donnie Walsh please buyout Steph soon! you gotta bite the bullet on this one now, having this over your head much longer will cripple your team.
- Is it me or has AI become poison to any locker room he enters of late. First Philly, then Denver and now Detroit. I think it's time to drop the scoring total a bit Allen and involve your teammates a little more, there's more to shooting 20 shots per and scoring 30 to the game. I know you're tough, but are you smart?
-Does anyone feel stupid now for giving Nash those two MVP's when he clearly did not deserve them? I say give them to Dantoni for his majestry of inflating players numbers with his 7 seconds or less offense. I say throw Kobe or LeBron on his team and we'll really see what numbers look like. Fucking bullshit!!! Nash got two before Kobe even got one!!! What the fuck? You tell me any GM who would have taken Nash over Kobe in any of those two seasons and I'll show you an idiot. Who's going to go down as one of the top 5 best ever and who's going to go down as a good player? I shouldn't have to answer this. You all realize that Nash has more MVP's than Shaq and the same as Duncan!!! Seriously?
- Oh and Dirk got one!!! I say throw the MVP away, it's tainted.
- Firing Sam Mitchell was retarded, his team sucked because his players suck, not because he did a crap job. When you have Jamario Moon in your starting lineup, you suck plain and simple. Sorry Sam.
- Franchise Players are : Kobe, LeBron, Duncan, KG, Wade, CP3 and to some degree Shaq
- Overrated Players who either think or want to be a Franchise Player are: Amare, Carmelo, CB4, Howard, Brand, Nash, Nowitzki, Pierce, Iverson, McGrady
- The NBA's most underrated players are: Ginobilli, Calderon, DFish, B Roy, D Lee, V Carter, L Alderidge.
later.
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