"I'm Mike James, B*tch" Waived

[MJG]

This marks the end of an era

I suppose that's technically true.

[PhillyFan]

LOL，when he was with the Raptors, he show glimpses of being a player that dominates, at the expense of his teammates. Good thing Raptors let him walk, best decision they ever made. He could've been a decent back up if he didn't let his ego get the best of him.

[verbal8]

Mike James was paid about $9 million by the Wizards.

His total production:

519 pts/198 assists/129 rebounds/45 steals. His PER was 9.9(last season) and 5.7(this season). His shooting percentage was 0.383(which would be great if he played for the Nationals).

[TheSecretWeapon]

How might Steve Nash feel about facing Mike James?

Well, they've played in the same game 21 times. Nash's team won 13 of those, and Nash outperformed James on a per minute basis 18 times. But, it doesn't feel fair to compare the totality of those games since James was in a reserve role most of the time. So, let's look just at the 9 games James started.

And, James did have a "monster" game against Nash. On 3/31/06, he went for 36 pts and 10 assists (on 11-25 shooting) in 44 minutes. Nash countered with 20 pts and 10 ast on 7-12 shooting in 34 minutes. James's per minute PER was .001 "better" than Nash's -- James's only individual matchup "win" of the 9 games. Oh yeah, Nash's Suns beat James's Raptors.

The per 40 minute stats:

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Stat    Nash    James
MPG     34.7    32.1
Pts40   20.6    16.6
Reb40   3.7     3.2
Ast40   13.1    5.3
Stl40   0.6     0.6
Blk40   0.1     0.1
Tov40   4.1     2.8
efg     .623    .476
TS%     .651    .523
Usg     24.3    20.4
PER     19.3    9.9
Tm Wins 7       2



I dunno, but I suspect Nash would feel pretty good about matching up with Mike James.

[hands11]

So did the Lakers call up Mike to start yet ?

[closg00]

"I want to get thrown in the fire, please," he said. "Give me only three plays and if I don't do anything from there, if that's my only chance, I'll take that. Let me run with that right there."

Seriously dude STFU, everybody knows you're available, stop fricken begging.

[Benjammin]

I'm sure several of Mike's former coaches wished they could have thrown him in the fire.

[verbal8]

Since there best option seems to be Mike James, I bet the Heat wish they had just kept Chris Quinn.