***Random NBA-related thoughts***

David Lee for all-star reserve Center, just saying..

i love bill simmons' podcast

bobcats are winning
people question capt jack, but i f***in love the dude. he's a thug, but his heart is devoted to basketball.

at Dwight's Chuck impression.

Does anyone else feel like the league, as a whole, is just a little bit crummier this season than last season? Maybe it is just the top teams that are slacking off. I haven't crunched the numbers, not sure if I am going to(there's a lot to crunch) but, off the top of my head, there is no team that looks all that deadly right now, and no team that is really coasting. Additionally, offensive and defensive rankings on the top teams are all considerably lower than they were last year. Remember last season the Lakers held the #1 spot for offensive rankings, almost the entire season while Cleveland and Boston traded off the #1 defense ranking. This season, all the top teams have hovered in the 3-8 range of defense and the 6-12 range of offense. Yet, they're still top teams.

We haven't been seeing many memorable games with big blow-out accomplishments from individual players or from team efforts(there have been some, don't get me wrong) when last year it seemed like, for us at least, they'd happen at least once a week.

All together, This season just *feels* like a wild-card to me, lately. As though, collectively, everyone in the league is just a little tired, and a little bit overworked.

Probably just imagining things....

Here's the video of Dwight's impression from Thursday night:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba,215251

Forward Three wrote:Does anyone else feel like the league, as a whole, is just a little bit crummier this season than last season? Maybe it is just the top teams that are slacking off. I haven't crunched the numbers, not sure if I am going to(there's a lot to crunch) but, off the top of my head, there is no team that looks all that deadly right now, and no team that is really coasting. Additionally, offensive and defensive rankings on the top teams are all considerably lower than they were last year. Remember last season the Lakers held the #1 spot for offensive rankings, almost the entire season while Cleveland and Boston traded off the #1 defense ranking. This season, all the top teams have hovered in the 3-8 range of defense and the 6-12 range of offense. Yet, they're still top teams.

We haven't been seeing many memorable games with big blow-out accomplishments from individual players or from team efforts(there have been some, don't get me wrong) when last year it seemed like, for us at least, they'd happen at least once a week.

All together, This season just *feels* like a wild-card to me, lately. As though, collectively, everyone in the league is just a little tired, and a little bit overworked.

Probably just imagining things....

everyone in the league is getting better and the older talent like kg, duncan, etc are showing the declines

DAMN! Tyreke shook the hell out of Timmy D

^Duncan is just a slow stiff these days

I had the most amazingly vivid, borderline lucid dream the other night that I was on the Lakers. I was a reserve shooting guard, coming in basically as much as Sasha has this year, but still occasionally getting a game where I could shine. I was averaging just under 10 PPG for the month of february, playing about 10 minutes per game. But, I overheard some of the other guys(Shannon, Drew, and Pau) complaining that my defense was terrible. So, I spent the remainder of the dream in the gym practicing. It was awesome, I didn't want to wake up.

Stumbled across this, thought it was pretty funny:

http://heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/

Durant just made a nasty shot.

Mo Evans pulls a Kobe ... but five times harder.

^ Damn, the Turtle has still got skills.

The Bucks are 12-1 since acquiring Salmons.

kwembinekwek wrote:The Bucks are 12-1 since acquiring Salmons.

I just realized they're just 5.5 games behind Boston.

I would laugh quite hard if by some miracle, Milwaukee finished ahead of the Celtics and got first round homecourt against them.

JSM wrote:DAMN! Tyreke shook the hell out of Timmy D

it looked like a double dribble he picked up the ball, it was ever so slight though

Have you guys been watching Inside the NBA during the playoffs? I know Chuck kind of hates on the Lakers, but damn that show is funny. They have amazing chemistry, they are funny, and talk about basketball. Very entertaining.

i dunno what it is but whatever team john salmons gets traded to tends to win.
sure his team didn't win last year, but he helped bring the celtics to 7 games
and this year on the bucks his team is damn near pulling an upset.

He is a very solid glue guy. I would of loved him on the Lakers.

more randomness

george hill is now one of my favorite players to watch

Billups' streak of 7 conference finals appearances is over.

While reading ESPN Daily Dime, I came across the phrase "All The Raj", what does that mean?

silver0187 wrote:While reading ESPN Daily Dime, I came across the phrase "All The Raj", what does that mean?

It sounds like a pun on "All The Rage," but I don't know what Raj is referring to. Raja Bell, maybe, or something to do with an Indian sport or player?