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March
18, 2007 ...
The
BasslineSpin.com Sweet 16 is here. March
12, 2007 Considerable time was put in to give you 76 players
worth watching in the NCAA Tournament.
Read
it here. March
7, 2007 ...The Kings beat Indiana last night at ARCO Arena.
The game was good for Kevin Martin again.
He is really understanding how good he can be. ...Francisco Garcia was also a key on the defensive end.
He competes and encourages his teammates. He has to be a coaches dream. ...Troy Murphy looked
sharp for Indy. He was making plays from the high-post—beating Brad Miller off the dribble for scores or dishes.
Corliss Williamson came
into the game and did a better job keeping Murphy out of the paint. The
Pacers, in my opinion, do not use Jermaine O’Neal enough
offensively. ...How many players on various teams at all levels quit thinking
championships when the season changes to Spring? If you are a pro and the
money is coming in regardless - why not be done with your work and enjoy
vacation as soon as possible? How about a college kid who is the 10th or
eleventh man on a NCAA Tourney or even worse a NIT team? The sooner you are
eliminated the sooner you get to quit being around that jerk of a coach that
never lets you play but still runs your ass at practice. ...If the NBA season
ended today it would be Memphis with the worst record and the most ping pong
balls in the lottery hopper. Boston would be second followed by Charlotte,
Milwaukee, Philly, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Minnesota, and then Sacramento
(tenth). …NBADraft.net has seriously
overrated Hasheem Thabeet (U-Conn.),
Spencer Hawes (Washington),
and Nick Young (USC).
They have all of them as lottery picks. Thabeet is 88th on my ‘big board’ -
which now has 413 players. Young is 113th, and Hawes is a respectable
29th. March 6, 2007 ...Pat Riley—I like you and respect you but Dwyane Wade is NOT a “warrior” or a “soldier”.
Let’s leave those words for those serving in the military. Okay? ...Congrats
to Kevin Martin on
being named NBA Player of the Week. ...
Boomer Herndon from Belmont is a small school ‘big’
you should know. ...Baron Davis returned
for Golden State and they promptly spanked Detroit in Auburn Hills, MI. March
4, 2007 ...How quickly things can change. Two road wins have
the Kings looking like they could be
the eighth best team in the West. Kevin Martin is
playing with better energy. Mike Bibby’s shot
is falling. Eric Musselman is
giving the guys more freedom to run. Granted—the Lakers, and Blazers both
stunk it up but the Kings offense was much better. At heart I am a Kings
fan—and I want to see them do well. I am critical of Sacramento sometimes
because I want the best for them. ...College hoops day was on
overload-a-vision. Georgetown in the morning. UCLA at Washington after that.
Ohio State at Michigan, followed by USC at Washington State which was a
double OT game. I watched the Kings
beat the Blazers to cap off the night. ...Mike Conley Jr. -
the point guard for Ohio State - is the son of former USA Track & Field
athlete Mike Conley. The
kid plays under control and not surprisingly he has great speed. ...At this
point - both wifey and I agree we would take Kevin Durant over Greg Oden in the NBA draft. I’m still not sure if people appreciate how
good a shooter Durant is. We both like Oden - just not as much as Durant.
...Michigan’s Dion Harris can
get any shot he wants but he isn’t efficient. ...I am not nearly as high on
the Hoyas’ Roy Hibbert as the
rest of the world is. |