GT: Charlotte @ LA Clippers 10:30pm

Post #121 » by **BigSlam** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:53 am

Emeka's ears are WAY too small for his massive dome.

thruthefire · Post #122 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:53 am

I twisted my ankle pretty bad today in church league.

Rich4114 · Post #123 » by **Rich4114** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:55 am

BigSlam wrote:Emeka's ears are WAY too small for his massive dome.

LOL, way to rain on his parade tonight Slam.

Post #124 » by **BigSlam** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:56 am

thruthefire wrote:I twisted my ankle pretty bad today in church league.

Thanks for putting in the added effort and getting through the game thread tonight.

e4Nf6 · Post #125 » by **e4Nf6** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:57 am

3-2 on the road trip, not bad...

Post #126 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:59 am

Rich4114 wrote:Mek's ankle will be sore tomorrow, that's for sure. When is our next game?

Tuesday at home against the Bulls

thruthefire · Post #127 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:00 am

I will remember those blocks by Okafor on Rose forever!

Rich4114 · Post #128 » by **Rich4114** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:01 am

Walt Cronkite wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:Mek's ankle will be sore tomorrow, that's for sure. When is our next game?

Tuesday at home against the Bulls

Oh wow, we'll have a chance to move a game closer to them... March is a HUGE month for us.

ccbballin · Post #129 » by **ccbballin** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:01 am

Tues. game isn't televised, WTF?

Post #130 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:03 am

Chicago sports net. We get the awesome Bulls homer announcers.

Post #131 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:04 am

LB: "Both teams played hard." I think Sheed taught him that one.

Post #132 » by **BigSlam** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:06 am

LB post game:

They were real short handed. Mike did an unbeliveable job keeping them in the game. Their bench did well.

We played the 3rd as good as we could.

We had a good lead and let them back in.

Zach played great.

Good road trip for us. Proud of the team.

LB is EO50's 3rd coach. That's hard on young players. He has made progress and has had a consistent year. Once we added Boris and Raja guys are starting to look for him which hasn't happened in the past. He made some great FT's.

e4Nf6 · Post #133 » by **e4Nf6** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:08 am

The Chicago game Tuesday is our whole season. I don't care what the standings say, they are in the eight spot right now. We need to pass them to get it.

thruthefire · Post #134 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:10 am

Go to Okafor's page on ESPN.

Post #135 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:11 am

thruthefire wrote:Go to Okafor's page on ESPN.

??? The swelling note?

thruthefire · Post #136 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:13 am

Walt Cronkite wrote:
thruthefire wrote:Go to Okafor's page on ESPN.

??? The swelling note?

It say's he twisted his ankle badly. I thought it was funny, since it's not true. Or maybe it is. I played after I twisted my ankle, but now it's balloned and I can barely walk.

Horryble · Post #137 » by **Horryble** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 6:42 am

The good thing about the Bobcats is they make timely threes. When Raja got a good look on that 3 at the end, I knew it was over before he shot it.

Post #138 » by **BigSlam** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 2:00 pm

Horryble wrote:The good thing about the Bobcats is they make timely threes. When Raja got a good look on that 3 at the end, I knew it was over before he shot it.

Thankfully he didn't end how he started!! He got a whole lot of good looks in the 4th and couldn't hit a shot to save his life (like most of the Bobcats!)

Raja's poise is a huge positive to have.

thruthefire · Post #139 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 4:25 pm

Interesting stat:

"The Bobcats have four of the top 27 3-point shooters in the league this season, more than any other team. Raja Bell, Vladimir Radmanovic, Boris Diaw and D.J. Augustin all shoot 42 percent or better from the arc."

Post #140 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 7:06 pm

BigSlam wrote:
Walt Cronkite wrote:
BigSlam wrote:Radman seems to shoot MUCH better from the elbow than he does the corner.

Probably from being a weakside triangle wing option for the past couple of years.

Didn't even consider that. Good point.

Went ahead and looked up Radmanovic's 3 point hot spots.
Red= +39%
Bold= <49 shots
underline= >30 shots
^Pretty arbitrary limits, just wanted to have some way to quickly differentiate a zone where he shot poorly on few/many shots & vice versa

*Full season, no team exclusive data

*08-09<LAL/CHA>: L Corner=20-39 (51.3%), L Wing=22-52 (42.3%), Center=10-21 (47.6%), R Wing=16-36 (44.4%), R Corner=13-38 (34.2%)

07-08 <LAL>: L Corner=16-38 (42.1%), L Wing=19-56 (33.9%), Center=9-22 (40.9%), R Wing=22-51 (43.1%), R Corner=28-65 (43.1%)

06-07<LAL>: L Corner=9-18 (50%), L Wing=11-36 (30.6%), Center=1-7 (14.3%), R Wing=8-33 (24.2%), R Corner=11-24 (45.8%)

*05-06<SEA/LAC>: L Corner=15-30 (50%), L Wing=50-143 (35%), Center=21-56 (37.5%), R Wing=34-86 (39.5%), R Corner=17-36 (47.2%)

04-05<SEA>: L Corner=14-39 (35.9%), L Wing=40-109 (36.7%), Center=19-47 (40.4%), R Wing=42-94 (44.7%), R Corner=13-37 (35.1%)

So... Vlad LOVES to pop from the wings, I'd say it's not just an aspect of being involved in the triangle previously