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REDardWIZskin wrote:I seen Chris Whitney playing pickup ball at a gym in MD a couple of times, played with him a few times. Made me realize how good NBA players are. This dude was chubby and about 10 yrs removed from the league (I think) and was still Killing out there.
Kwame Brown
Last season with the Pistons, he averaged less than three shots per game in his 17.2 minutes. But scoring is the least of Brown's priorities. He's a moderately successful rebounder, coming down with slightly less than the required (for a center) standard of one rebound for every three minutes of playing time. That's not bad considering that his hands are not particularly strong. For sure, he's prone to commit too many fouls, but as long as he can stay on the court, Brown's size, length, strength and light-footed movements make him an excellent low-post defender. And that's where his primary value lies.
Oleksiy Pecherov and Kyrylo Fesenko provided some consolation for the well-beaten visitors.
Pecherov collected 17 points and seven rebounds, while Fesenko had 13 points and five rebounds.
Pecherov Powers Ukraine Past Hungary
Oleksiy Pecherov turned in his best performance in a Ukraine shirt and in the process carried the national team to victory over Hungary on Friday.
With just one victory in their previous three EuroBasket Relegation Round games, Ukraine got 28 points from Pecherov in a 77-69 victory to leave both sides with 2-2 records.
The contest was a marked contrast to their first meeting in Szombathely on August 5, when Ukraine trailed 40-37 at half-time but were then blown out 91-67.
The 23-year-old Pecherov, who was traded from the Washington Wizards to the Minnesota Timberwolves in June, also grabbed an eye-popping 17 rebounds in Friday's game.
Ukraine dominated the boards, out-rebounding Hungary 59-33.
Hungary led 45-32 with 7:16 remaining in the third quarter but didn't press home the advantage.
Instead Ukraine battled back and took a 57-56 lead two minutes into the last quarter on a jump shot by Sergio Gladyr.
They didn't go in front for good until midway through the period, though, when Dmytro Gliebov split two free-throws and Pecherov followed with a thunderous dunk.
David Vojvoda's three-point play trimmed the deficit for Hungary to 65-64 with 3:32 remaining, but Pecherov responded with a three-pointer and then hit two free-throws as Ukraine took command for good.
closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621
LyricalRico wrote:closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621
Hey, Ernie was drafting 'em but we either weren't developing them at all or were trying to make them into something they're not.
LyricalRico wrote:closg00 wrote:I may have to eat my words in my criticism of Ernie drafting project bigs. Good-ole PJR is getting buzz in Houston, ATL, & Cleveland, scouts will be heading to the FIBA tournament to check him out. Supposedly PJR will be in the Cavs camp this summer.
http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?t=21621
Hey, Ernie was drafting 'em but we either weren't developing them at all or were trying to make them into something they're not.
The top 10 worst free agent signings of the decade
3. Jared Jeffries(notes)
It seems like a gimmick, but we swear this wasn't the intention - former Knicks boss Isiah Thomas had a hand in the three worst contracts of the decade. And while types like Wallace and Hughes make more than twice as much as someone like Jeffries, they at least contributed somewhat during the course of their contracts. That can't be said for Jeffries, or the gentlemen that follow.
Signing Jeffries to a five-year, $30 million deal was hailed by some as "the best signing the Knicks have made in years," but there was no reasonable explanation for thinking that an overrated defender (called that merely because he served no other purpose) would learn how to shoot, finish, pass, rebound or hit free throws after four years struggling to do any of that with the Wizards.
If EJ had his way, effries would have still been on the team. The Knicks extended his career in the NBA by 5 years.
The Grizzlies held a workout on Tuesday at the FedEx Forum with a host of free-agent point guards.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that Jason Hart, Bo McCaleb, Juan Dixon and Mike Taylor took part in the workout.
Memphis was hoping to have Brevin Knight in, but he was a no-show.
The Grizzlies are still looking to arrange workouts with Knight, Tyronn Lue, Jacque Vaughn and Luther Head.
lupin wrote:why? he's good in the locker room and he has playoff experience. anyone auditioning for a spot on a roster at this point is looking for the 12th spot or lower. i suppose it's a little surprising that a franchise looking to save every dollar like memphis would be willing to sign a vet for $1m instead of someone younger for half the price, but other than that i don't understand your disbelief.
if the response to this is, "he sucked last year," then my rebuttal would be to remind everyone that he was dragging his leg around for the last 2 months of the season (and yet he still went out there to play).
LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.
doclinkin wrote:LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.
Actually his last couple years were his best running the PG position. Aside from Gil's 13 ast per 40 Juan's ~6 were the best we had on the squad. JVMcG made mention of the fact that Juan was the guy who fed him for oops more than any player. Does that translate to success w/ the Memphizzlies? No. But they're hosed anyway, on track for John Wall. Juan won't hurt them much more than any other player they got, and he'll always exemplify hard work off court, so it's not a terrible pick-up for them.
closg00 wrote:doclinkin wrote:LyricalRico wrote:Yeah, Juan at PG shouldn't even be discussed anymore. But he's still probably got one more year left as a decent practice/emergency player. He might even want to think about going overseas. It would probably prolong his career and he might even make more money.
Actually his last couple years were his best running the PG position. Aside from Gil's 13 ast per 40 Juan's ~6 were the best we had on the squad. JVMcG made mention of the fact that Juan was the guy who fed him for oops more than any player. Does that translate to success w/ the Memphizzlies? No. But they're hosed anyway, on track for John Wall. Juan won't hurt them much more than any other player they got, and he'll always exemplify hard work off court, so it's not a terrible pick-up for them.
Just to clarify, Juan Dixon was not signed by Memphis, they just had him in for a work-out for a back-up PG spot. As far as assists go, the Wiz had/have one of the worst assists stats in NBA correct?