February 19, 200719 yr Looking forward to a good second half. Lakers need to get healthy and make a big run.
February 19, 200719 yr Bell, I'm making what's called a prediction about Green. I say he gets in legal trouble for something within a 2 year period.
February 19, 200719 yr Author I lost some respect for Tyrus Thomas this weekend. He did just what he said. Came in and got his check. His Dunks were a joke he didn't even try. He needs to grow up a bit and could have used another year of college.
February 19, 200719 yr I lost some respect for Tyrus Thomas this weekend. He did just what he said. Came in and got his check. His Dunks were a joke he didn't even try. He needs to grow up a bit and could have used another year of college. One word: headband. I really don't think he's a thug though. Just young and immature. I'm sure $ are just about everyone's motivation to do those events, but everyone else has the sense to keep quiet about it.
February 19, 200719 yr The Heat are coming around. Shaq is healthy, D-Wade is D-Wade, Riley is back on the bench, they just signed Eddie Jones, and Kapono's confidence will be through the roof after winning the 3-point shootout! They are 8th in the east RIGHT NOW. I'm predicting that by playoff time they will be a 3 or 4 seed and do some damage again!!!
February 19, 200719 yr Author The Heat are coming around. Shaq is healthy, D-Wade is D-Wade, Riley is back on the bench, they just signed Eddie Jones, and Kapono's confidence will be through the roof after winning the 3-point shootout! They are 8th in the east RIGHT NOW. I'm predicting that by playoff time they will be a 3 or 4 seed and do some damage again!!! I hope so because the EAST is terrible and Eddie Jones sucks.
February 19, 200719 yr Author One word: headband. I really don't think he's a thug though. Just young and immature. I'm sure $ are just about everyone's motivation to do those events, but everyone else has the sense to keep quiet about it. We will have to keep an eye on this issue. The number of players arrested or in trouble with headbands vs non headbands.
February 19, 200719 yr We will have to keep an eye on this issue. The number of players arrested or in trouble with headbands vs non headbands. We will. Perhaps I could write my doctoral thesis on it.
February 19, 200719 yr Author http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=2771021 LAS VEGAS -- It was a bigger draw for any one event that Vegas had ever seen, according to every cab driver who ferried me anywhere. It had to be the wildest All-Star Weekend ever, in spite of the snoozy finale on the Thomas & Mack floor. It left so many people so woozy that we must delay your favorite Monday tradition -- Power Rankings! -- until Tuesday while arenas are dark and immediately share our annual helping of 30 Games To Go, 13 Things To Know to help guide folks back to NBA normalcy. 1. The Dallas Mavericks, in case you'd forgotten, are 30-2 in their last 32 games. But that's not all. The Mavs also have the fourth-highest overall winning percentage, at .830, of any team at the All-Star break since 1980. Why is that significant? Besides establishing Dirk Nowitzki as the MVP favorite in a two-man race entering the stretch run -- ahead of two-time reigning MVP and good buddy Steve Nash -- it's worth noting that the only three teams in that span with a higher winning percentage at this juncture all went on to win the championship. As did the team in fifth right behind Dallas. The list: • 1995-96 Bulls (42-5, .894) • 1996-97 Bulls (42-6, .875) • 1982-83 76ers (43-7, .860) • 2006-07 Mavericks (44-9, .830) • 1985-86 Celtics (38-8, .826) 2. You're wasting your time, though, if you think that the Mavs are going to start talking about finishing 26-3 to crack the 70-win club. "Not at all," Nowitzki says, chuckling at the thought of even bringing it up to coach Avery Johnson. "You know how intense Avery is. … We all know we really haven't done anything yet. Obviously our goal is still winning a championship, so we're not going to get carried away."
February 19, 200719 yr Author NBA trade deadline is Thursday at 3pm.... There are a few rumors out there right now lets see if anyone can get something done. The Lakers adding Kidd would be a HUGE addition for them. I could also see Pippen going there since he already knows the offense. I don't want him to but that is just another team he might be thinking about.
February 19, 200719 yr I think you're making a huge assumption about Green without even knowing him. I've never heard a peep from the guy as long as he's been in the league. Yes, he did a little show boating after he won, but why not? I figured I'd read up on him to see what information I could gather up about his past and this article was the first one that I came across. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/draft/2005-06-26-gerald-green-cover_x.htm Certainly doesn't seem like a thug to me. I could also be wrong, but he appears to have a good head on his shoulders.
February 19, 200719 yr I think you're making a huge assumption about Green without even knowing him. I've never heard a peep from the guy as long as he's been in the league. Yes, he did a little show boating after he won, but why not? I figured I'd read up on him to see what information I could gather up about his past and this article was the first one that I came across. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/draft/2005-06-26-gerald-green-cover_x.htm Certainly doesn't seem like a thug to me. I could also be wrong, but he appears to have a good head on his shoulders. Oh, I realize I'm making generalizations and assumptions. I don't know the kid, don't claim to. You know how there are some pro athletes you just don't like, for no reason? He's one of mine.
February 19, 200719 yr Shaq Passes The Torch To Young Howard http://www.nba.com/news/372346.html In the SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL, Michael Cunningham writes “can't make too much of an exhibition game signifying much of anything. Yet there might have been some symbolism when Shaquille O'Neal gave way to Dwight Howard in an All-Star Game that even O'Neal acknowledged he probably didn't deserve to be in. It was O'Neal, the oldest All-Star playing in his 14th consecutive showcase game, deferring to Howard, the youngest All-Star with the potential to start a similar streak.”
February 19, 200719 yr Here ya go HT... Kobe Beefs Up Resume With Another All-Star MVP In THE NEW YORK TIMES, Liz Robbins writes "leave it to the Lakers’ showman, Kobe Bryant, to find meaning in an exhibition and inspiration from a weekend mingling with legends from other eras. Bryant will leave Las Vegas with the trophy as the All-Star Game’s most valuable player. His fierce reverse dunk with 30 seconds left finished off his line of 31 points, 6 assists and 6 steals. ‘The thing about Kobe, he’s got a competitive edge to him that you can just sense, you can just feel,’ said Phoenix Coach Mike D’Antoni, who led the West team.” Kobe And Las Vegas Enjoy Each Other In the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jason Reid writes “the Lakers guard joined the league's biggest stars in having a great Las Vegas experience, but Kobe Bryant was the best of the best again. ‘You take the greatest show in the world, you put it in the entertainment capital of the world and you multiply a normal All-Star game by 10,’ Bryant said. ‘It's really special here. A lot of energy and a lot of excitement … you could feel it. Hopefully, it will be here again, just because we had so much fun here.’ ”
February 19, 200719 yr Author Howard will be a great pro for years to game. He is a FREAK. To be that big and move and jump that well just isn't fair.
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