Around the league discussion, Feb. 9

[Schad]

No particularly exciting games on the menu, save for the Bulls/Jazz match-up; Chicago has looked somewhat better, and it will be worth keeping an eye on them...they might be the only team that could challenge Boston/Detroit in the first round.

[Test of Wills]

The Pacers/Blazers game is not bad although Roy is not playing due to the death of a family member. Jeff Foster and Mike Dunleavy are impressive players (wink wink BC). Also don't mean to do this but Aldridge and Bosh in the same frontcourt would make me drool he is torching the Pacers. The Kings/Warrior game can also be fun to watch seeing C-Webb vs. his former former former team the Kings.

[mintsa]

Whats playing on tv here for us to watch ??

[Test of Wills]

just go to r(sorry)n(sorry again).sorry to watch any of the games tonight the links will be on the right
there are no games on TV tonight unless you have ESPN or RAPTORSTV

Just a reminder, it's illegal and against RealGM policy to post the addresses of sites which stream games.

-Schad.

[ak06ma]

Blazers game was on sportsnet.

[BigBob13]

Charlie Villanueva 35:38 10-22 0-1 1-2 16.3 18.6 3 10 13 2 2 0 1 2 21

Yi Jianlian 13:48 1-3 0-0 2-2 5.0 15.4 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 4

Good line for Charlie V tonight in the starting role, big minutes, great numbers, pretty good percentage too. Looks like they benched 29 yr old Yi for the younger better player Too bad the Bucks still lost to the Knicks! Oh and insult to injury...the Sixers handled the Clippers pretty easily. Back to back though for the Clippers...but still...

Edit: The Sixers manhandled the Clippers!!

[Duncanfan]

^^ Actually they HAD to bench Yi for 2 games earlier due to a shoulder injury. He came back tonight, but CV just made it too difficult for them to start a sub-par rookie. And CV played great on both ends too. Hustled, took charges and played strong D in the post on curry and randolph. 21/13/2/2 is pretty good line in 35 mins.

And that Al Thornton kid was again solid tonight with 18/10. He'll be something!

[BigBob13]

I hope that gets the braintrust in Milwaukee to see what kind of player they have in Charlie V, but he's probably busting his chops so he can get a trade out of the sad sack of team in Milwaukee. I hope he does get out, he deserves better treatment than the garbage they're pulling in Milwaukee. Yi's been exposed for the player he is, a side-show pony that draws in 200 million viewers (with Yao of course) with no game.

[AB_21]

Yi's good. And they want to develop him so I think giving him more minutes is the right idea. It's not like they are going anywhere this year. Charlie V being upset is their fault for drafting another player identical to him. Same thing with Bargnani except Colangelo traded him for Ford.