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BasslineSpin.com February 11, 2007 ...I
dropped Brandon Rush a
bunch on my NBA Draft Board after a review of his numbers. ...Watched too
much hoop on Saturday. Ohio State won but was tested by Purdue. ...Kansas
smacked Missouri. Julian Wright was
very nice posting a career high 33 points to go with 12 rebounds. ...Florida
held on to beat Kentucky despite a lackluster game from Joakim Noah. ...The Kings won for the fifth time
in a row. They are playing well right now. Kevin Martin’s FGA’s are up. That is good. February 8, 2007 ...The
updated efficiency ratings for
the mid-season point of the NBA are now posted. ...If the NBA Draft were
today—and everyone came out—here is my top 14 (lottery). The number in
parenthesis is NBA Draft.net’s ranking of the player. 1. Kevin
Durant - Texas 6’10” 190 SF/SG/PF (2) 2. Joakim
Noah - Florida 6’11” 227 PF/C (4) 3. Greg
Oden - Ohio St. 7’0” 245 C (1) 4. Daequan
Cook - Ohio St. 6’5” 210 SG (25) 5. Brandan
Wright - North Carolina 6’10” 210 PF (3) 6. Thaddeus
Young - Georgia Tech 6’8” 215 SF (9) 7. Nick
Fazekas - Nevada 6’11” 240 C (30) 8. Tyler
Hansbrough - North Carolina 6’9” 235 PF (24) 9. Ryan
Anderson - California 6’9” 225 SF/PF (NA) 10. Glen
Davis - LSU 6’9” 295 PF (35 in 2008) 11. Danny
Green - North Carolina 6’5” 202 SG (NA) 12. Brandon
Rush - Kansas 6’6” 207 SG (34 in 2008) 13. Ty
Lawson - North Carolina 5’11” 193 PG (19 in 2008) 14. Jeff
Adrien - Connecticut 6’6” 225 PF (NA) February 5, 2007 ...Caught
the Kings at ARCO tonight vs. the Hornets. The Kings won. The Hornets offense
is pretty lame realitive to the NBA. Desmond Mason has
almost two turnovers for every assist this season. Mason should not be the
guy taking the most shots for your team. He does lead them in field goals
attempted. Some of that is due to injuries to Chris Paul and David West. I think Paul and West need to shoot
15-20 times a game for New Orleans / OKC to have any chance at all. ...Tyson Chandler could be so much better. I hope he
takes time in the Summer to work on his free throw shooting, passing out of
the post, and footwork with his back to the basket. I like the rest of his
game just fine. He dominates on the glass and alters and blocks shots with
regularity. ...If I were in charge of the Hornets, I would give up some size and use less of Rasual Butler and Mason and run more with Bobby Jackson, Devin Brown and
Paul. Their spacing would be improved due to Jackson and Brown’s ability to
stretch defenses. Jannero Pargo needs
to play more. I think Linton Johnson’s shot
looks better than I ever remember it being. He brings toughness too. ...I
still think the Kings need to find more shots for Kevin Martin. Even though some of Kevin’s shots
look crazy, he is too quick, and too good a free throw shooter to not attempt
15 shots per game. February
4, 2007 ...With Georgie the cat on my
lap I blog at 1:24 am. ...So the Super Bowl is later today and I am nervous
for
Prince - who
will provide halftime entertainment. Something like 300 million people will
be watching. I am not worried about Prince doing anything wrong musically. He
will be well rehearsed and full of energy. I hear he will use the Florida
A&M Marching Band in his set. I just hope there are no technical gaffes -
shit like that. Pay close attention to Prince’s guitar playing. Too many
people don’t fully appreciate this man’s genius in playing guitar. He plays
multiple styles with more precision than anyone I’ve ever seen or heard.
Prince
delivered the best press conference ever Thursday.
Smartly,
Prince released a new tune for Super
Bowl Sunday. ...The Kings beat the Iverson-less
Nuggs Saturday night at ARCO. Ron Artest was
outstanding in disrupting Carmelo Anthony. ...DerMarr Johnson has skills but doesn’t use them. He
is sooo passive on the floor. ...Linas Kleiza plays
hard. ...I appreciate Francisco Garcia’s energy.
...I sure didn’t like the Kings dancers dancing to country music. ...I have
dropped Juan Palacios of
Louisville out of my NBA draft top-60. I saw him again today vs. Villanova
and he just isn’t getting it done like he did as a promising freshman. ...How
North Carolina could lose to N.C. State is a mystery to me. The Tar-Heels
have four of the top 14 players on my draft board. …My ten best players in
college under 6’5”… Mike Conley Jr. - Ohio
State (6’1”), Mario Chalmers -
Kansas (6’2”), Dominic James -
Marquette (5’11”), Wayne Ellington -
North Carolina (6’4”), Chris Lofton -
Tennessee (6’2”), D.J. Augsutin -
Texas (5’11”), P.J. Couisnard -
Wichita State (6’4”), Jawann McClellan -
Arizona (6’4”), JamesOn Curry -
Oklahoma State (6’3”), Jerel McNeal -
Marquette (6’3”). |