*yawn*
Wake me when the draft starts.
(I'm still getting my feet wet, so you might want to stay away from this blog for awhile if you want something more substantial.)
Showing posts with label NBA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NBA. Show all posts
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Maybe Shaq Read This Blog
I caught a large part of the All-Star game on Sunday, and a lot of that involved Shaquille O'Neal's playing time. What I saw was some great play from the big (and now older) man. Granted, he played just 11 minutes, but he won MVP for the game. Who knows, maybe I pissed him off. Anyhow, if he can give that much effort the rest of the year, Phoenix might just resurrect from their dismal first half, especially now that their head coach has been replaced.
They've gone back to an uptempo offense, and in two games so far, they've blown out the Los Angeles Clippers. Not too bad, but it's an untested sample size.
As for Shaq, he might not be able to keep up with all the running, but hey, if he gives the type of 11 minutes he gave for the All-Star Game consistently, then that's probably adequate.
They've gone back to an uptempo offense, and in two games so far, they've blown out the Los Angeles Clippers. Not too bad, but it's an untested sample size.
As for Shaq, he might not be able to keep up with all the running, but hey, if he gives the type of 11 minutes he gave for the All-Star Game consistently, then that's probably adequate.
Friday, January 30, 2009
The Big Cactus is a big mistake...
...for the coach's pick as an All-Star reserve that is.
Shaquille O'Neal was chosen as a reserve for the Western Conference All-Stars this year, and I don't think it was a proper choice.
Not over Al Jefferson. Not even over Andris Biedrins, who plays for my favorite team, the Golden State Warriors.
Just so I don't look too biased for mentioning Biedrins, let me say that Shaq isn't a better center than Denver's Nene either.
I'm mostly basing these conclusions on statistics. I don't know that that's the best way to back up an argument about something like this. But I believe it's a darn good way.
Shaq isn't even in the top 100 of Yahoo.com's Fantasy Basketball average player rankings (based on per game stats). A player like that does not deserve to be an All-Star, and it doesn't matter that we're not talking about fantasy hoops here.
The truth is that the players whom most people would consider to be All-Star caliber fall somewhere in the top 50 in the Yahoo.com rankings. You can't play fantasy basketball and win without an All-Star caliber player on your team. But like I said, Shaq isn't even top 100.
The funny thing is that he isn't even on a particularly good team this year, so saying that his team's record had something to do with it isn't really all that true. Nene's Nuggets have a better record than O'Neal's Suns, but Nene doesn't get to play in this year's game.
But O'Neal is a more popular player. He just isn't, however, the best player available for the All-Star game. And that diminishes what I think is the point of that game in the first place, which is to see the best players in the NBA play against each other.
But that's just me.
Shaquille O'Neal was chosen as a reserve for the Western Conference All-Stars this year, and I don't think it was a proper choice.
Not over Al Jefferson. Not even over Andris Biedrins, who plays for my favorite team, the Golden State Warriors.
Just so I don't look too biased for mentioning Biedrins, let me say that Shaq isn't a better center than Denver's Nene either.
I'm mostly basing these conclusions on statistics. I don't know that that's the best way to back up an argument about something like this. But I believe it's a darn good way.
Shaq isn't even in the top 100 of Yahoo.com's Fantasy Basketball average player rankings (based on per game stats). A player like that does not deserve to be an All-Star, and it doesn't matter that we're not talking about fantasy hoops here.
The truth is that the players whom most people would consider to be All-Star caliber fall somewhere in the top 50 in the Yahoo.com rankings. You can't play fantasy basketball and win without an All-Star caliber player on your team. But like I said, Shaq isn't even top 100.
The funny thing is that he isn't even on a particularly good team this year, so saying that his team's record had something to do with it isn't really all that true. Nene's Nuggets have a better record than O'Neal's Suns, but Nene doesn't get to play in this year's game.
But O'Neal is a more popular player. He just isn't, however, the best player available for the All-Star game. And that diminishes what I think is the point of that game in the first place, which is to see the best players in the NBA play against each other.
But that's just me.
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