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Draft Evaluations

A few teams did good in the draft and a few others did bad. Lets start with the good. I think that Memphis did a great job, they got Rudy Gay. my second favorite college player, along with Swift and Kyle Lowry. The best thing is that they got a future star for Battier.

Another team that did good were the Cavs, I was hoping they wouldn’t get Shannon Brown so he would go to the Lakers but the Cavs got him and he should be a good fit. I don’t think he will start but he should play some quality minutes especially when Hughes hits the injured list like he does every year. They also draft Gibson in the second round.

The Nes got two good pick ups and should be a solid contender if they can pick up a swing man for the bench and another solid backup big man. The have great wing players and two pass first point guard so they are going to be a great team to watch.

I think LA got lucky to get Farmar because of some of the weird picks and decisions made by teams like Seattle, Phoenix, and NY. I was hoping Marcus Williams would fall to them, then Shannon Brown, but I Farmar should be a good fit.

Chicago did good with Thomas but I thought they would go bigger for their second pick but they got a bigger guard, makes me wonder about Ben Gordan in Chicago.

People that messed up were Portland, they made some stupid trades for players they could have waited on. I also felt the suns made some mistakes. They had to picks which could have give them solid players live Boone, Marcus Williams, Ager, etc. that could have fit in. They were just being cheap. Houston traded Rudy Gay, that was just stupid.

A lot of known underclassmen did not go undrafted, only one I know is Darius Washington. He should have stayed in school. Hopefully he can get a free agent deal somewhere.

I was also surprised Allan Ray and Mcnamara were not drafted. Ray is a solid player in my opinon I don’t know what would make him undraftable. Mcnamara is a clutch player that can shoot. Hopefully those guys will get free agent deals too.

Star Trades

The last few weeks I have read about a lot of trade rumors but this is one of the first times I have seen so many stars involved. Players like Iverson, Garnett, Marion, and other are involved in all types of rumors leading up to the draft. Even though many of these trades may never happen it is still fun to read about them.

I am most interested in what the Bucks are doing, because I live in Milwaukee, and what the lakers are doing because they are my favorite team. Milwaukee is shopping Magloire along with Mo Williams. I hope they trade TJ Ford rather than Mo Williams, who is the buck second best player.

As far as the Lakers go the seem to be trying to hold on to most of the key guys from last year. I read about them trading Odom for Chandler and the Bulls number 2 pick but that rumor is dead.

Some other interesting things are Iverson to Boston which would mean he and pierce would be teaming up. Shawn Marion is being rumored to go to the Bulls and I think he would be a great fit. I really don’t know what will happen but a few things will be more clear at the end of the night.

Pressure is on for Thomas

Dolan is giving Isaiah Thomas 1 season to improve the Knicks and Thomas will be fired, and not just as coach but for every role he has with the organization. I am very curious to see what happens with the team. I am sure they will be involved in some interesting trades this summer.

NBA Withdrawls

As with every NBA Draft a bunch of players that have no shot of getting drafted enter. Also every year some of them are smart enough to realize they better go back to school. Its fine when some players like, Akbar Abdul-Ahad want to get their name out their but to stay in is just stupid.

Some players that most people know that have decided to go back include, Mustafa Shakur, Arron Affalo, Aaron Gray, and Coby Karl. Some players that are going to wish they had went back to school will be Darius Washington, PJ Tucker, as well as a few unknowns like Matt Mitchell. Even though these guys have the option of returning to school if they don’t get drafted, when their eligibility is over they can’t get into the league unless they are signed as a free agent, which will be hard.

Larry Brown Out and Thomas In

After more than a month of speculation Larry Brown was finally fired by the New York Knicks. Now Isaiah Thomas is taking over as coach. He did a decent job as coach of the pacers a few years back but I don’t think he can duplicate his success with this team. They will have to make a lot of moves to make that team good or at least play a consistent lineup.

The Knicks have a lot of guards and they seem to have a lot more players then any other team. When I think about their roster off of the top of my head it seems like they have more than 15 players. If they cannot dump some players the Knicks have to a least play the right players. Don’t start Richardson over Jamal Crawford when you know Crawford is the better player. Don’t start Malik Rose when you know Frye is the better player. The best thing this team can over the next few years as they trade players and let contract sexpire is cut their rotation to 8 or 9 and stick with it.

Jordan’s back, who will he pick in the draft?

Jordan is back in the NBA working for the Bobcats. Jordan is the man that will be selecting the Bobcats draft pick. I am curious as to who he will pick and what effect he will have on the player. The reason is because he selected Kwame Brown and then went on to destroy his confidence to a point where he had to be traded to another city before he could play well.

It is not the same situation as before because Jordan may not be around the new pick as much as he was around Kwame but when his is around the new pick I wonder if he will be just as hard on him.

I hear he is most interested in Morrison and Gay. He like Morrison’s heart but doesn’t think he is athletic. He likes Gay’s game but doesn’t think he is aggresive enough. Sounds like for the type of person Jordan is, Morrison would be the pick, if he is available. Guess we will see on draft night.

NBA Finals Game 6

The Heat won the NBA championship in another close game as Dallas made another big mistake down the stretch. Dirk passed to Dampier on a pick and roll and he did not catch the pass. Dallas still got a chance at the end but Terry missed the shoot. Almost every Mav played poorly except Dirk and he wasn’t that agressive in the second half. The person that impressed me the most was Marques Daniels, splitting the double and going to the hole and avoiding getting his shot block. Throughout the series only a few players, like Harris and Stack, went to the hole agressively but they was never able to finsh. I recall 3 or 4 missed dunks by Stack in the series and around 3 or4 missed layups in one game for Harris.

If you look at the series the calls for Wade in the last two games have beed trash. In Game 6 Wade jumped in the air and came down and fell, Howard was by him but did not touch him and they called a foul. Even though the refs sucked the mavs made mistakes down the stretch in game 3, 5, and 6.

Regarding the refs and article I read recently mention something about having younger referees, which is something I never though about. Why do sports have 50 and 60 year old referees that probably can’t see?

Now on to the Heat, they were able to close out the last few games better than Dallas, although I was surprised that Wade missed both free throws. To get back next year the heat have to get younger. They got lucky with that roster this season if you ask me. The thing about Shaq and Wade is that people want to play with them so they should be able to make trades or sign some free agents. I am sure the Mavs will try to add some post offense. They rarely posted anyone up in the series, having a player that can do something down low and catch the ball will help.

Dallas Gives Another One Away

The Mavs gave the game away yesterday with a few mistakes and some help from the refs. Dampier went 1 for 2 late in the fourth quarter. Josh Howard who was 9 for 9, missed 2 straight free throws in OT the he called a timeout which put the Mavs in position to have to go full court in a little over 1 second.

I was disappointed by the mistakes but I was also mad about how the game was called. The refs watched Wade push a man down on the Heats final play of overtime without calling an offensive foul. Then they call a foul on his drive when no one touched him.

I was diappointed with the lineups Avery was playing, I don’t know if it is just me but it seems like everytime I look up Jason Terry hits about 3 or 4 shots in a row and then gets taken out for some rest. Terry should have had a 50 point game in the series by now. In the playoff key guys need to be playing 45 minutes if you ask me. I am glad Dirk stepped up and hit those two big shots but I was diappointed on a few plays in which they spent about 18 seconds trying to get him the ball. Terry and Howard were hitting all game, whats the point of spending 18 seconds trying to get person that isn’t doing much the ball? That is what forced them into that late fourth quarter 24 second violation.

Overall the series should be over Mavs 4 to 1 but they have given away 2 games. They will have home court, they will have stackhouse back but will that be enough.

Stackhouse Suspension

Stackhouse had been suspended for game 5 of the NBA Finals for his flagrant foul on Shaq. I think the suspension is a bit too much. Their have been several suspensions in the playoffs like Jason Terry punching Finley or Posey running down Hinrich but those were intentional. This was more of momentum carrying him into Shaq. Also when fouling someone that large of course you want to foul him hard enough to make sure he doesn’t make the shot.

Anyway the other Mavs will have to step up, they still have the firepower to win it but they can’t keep getting poor games from their best players.

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