Posts tagged basketball
“4-Point Play”
LJ’s game winner, as commemorated by Maciej Bernat. Watch the back story.
Click through for the wallpaper, and check out more of Bernat’s work here, or add him on twitter.
More from the BTL design project.
Amazing work. Amazing moment.
“”11. Why are the Lakers having trouble? Odom +10 and Gasol +12 are playing some of their best ball ever. The problem is Kobe’s defense: his +11 defensive rating is by far his worst ever. Amazingly the Lakers best lineup is Odom Gasol with the three subs: Brown, Blake and Barnes : +76 points in around 100 minutes.
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26. For the Mavs Dirk +19 should be in the MVP conversation. Terry’s Impact rating of +42 is 9th in the league. But the key to the Mavs has been Tyson Chandler with a +8 Points rating, a vast upgrade over last year’s starter, Eric Dampier.
Wayne Winston, an NBA statistician, breaks down the league’s best and worst based on adjusted plus/minus stats.
(h/t Ball Don’t Lie)
(via nbaoffseason)
some say +/- stats mean nothing, but i still feel they provide some incredible insight into how players are performing on the floor. a very interesting read.
NBA is Fantastic!
NBA fans, if this doesn’t give you goosebumps and put a smile on your face, i don’t know what will.
SHAOLIN DUNKS Monks played basketball near a monastery in Jiuzhi County, Qinghai province, China, Saturday. (Photo: EPA via the Wall St. Journal)
Great freakin’ photo.
there’s too much awesomeness happening in this picture.
LeBron “Rise” (via nikebasketball)“Hi Chuck.”
I thought this was firmly mediocre. I get how it’s a commentary on hype, but they didn’t really pull it off - it’s as if the writers couldn’t come up with anything substantial so they just surveyed their options and capped it off with a cliché hypothetical.
agreed. if you’ve lost faith in Lebron, this doesn’t inspire much.
3 days left until the 2010-11 NBA season tips off.
Brought to you by Allen Iverson, the pond-for-pound greatest scorer in NBA history.
A.I. was supposed to be the answer to the question, “Who’s next?”
As Jordan’s career came to a close everyone wondered who was next. It took no more than two crossovers against for us to realize the answer was The Answer. Standing at an overstated 6’ and 165 pounds, the #1 overall pick quickly became everyones favorite player.
Hip-hop was A.I. and A.I. was hip-hop. The tattoos, the cornrows, the wardrobe, and that swagger. No one had swag like Al. It would ooze off of him as he stepped on the court. You could see it and you could feel it. The man knew he was the best player on the court, even when he wasn’t. Always playing with a chip on his shoulder, no one could tell him what to do. That’s what made Allen who we loved and would later on make him who we hate.
In 2001, Iverson was selected to the All-NBA 1st team, he won the All-Star MVP, the NBA MVP, the NBA Scoring Title, and he took the 76ers, a band of defensive role players, to the NBA Finals. It seemed like this was it, A.I. had arrived, beat everyone in everything and was going to walk away a champion. Unfourtunatly, his team ran into the juggernaut that we call the Kobe & Shaq era Lakers. The 6ers had no chance against the Lakers. The Lakers lost one game to Philly (their only playoff loss that year) and took the series 4-1 to secure their second title in as many years. They would go on to win a third title the following year.
For Allen, that was the pinnacle of his career. He would go on to win a few more scoring titles (4 total for his career) countless All-NBA and All-Star teams but he would never return to the finals.
In 2002, a year removed from his MVP season, we were all “talkin’ ‘bout practice.” The rant came after the team lost in the opening round and coach Larry Brown criticized Allen for missing countless practices. Larry Brown would coach A.I. one more year before moving on to the Pistons and winning a title in 2004.
In 2007, the world was shocked. Allen Iverson was traded to the Denver Nuggets. This would team up two of the top scorers in the NBA in Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson. Although both maintained healthy scoring averages, things just didn’t work out. In two consecutive years the Nuggets lost in the first round. For Allen, this was merely a pit stop. 3 games into the 2008-09 season, Iverson was dealt again, this time to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Chauncey Billups.
Billups immediately changed the chemistry of the team, helping them lock up the #2 seed in the west and advance to the Western Conference Finals. Meanwhile, in motor city, the Pistons were struggling. They finished 4 games under .500 and were swept out of the first round.
Through all of this, A.I. went through his own issues with playing times, coming off the bench, injuries, and pseudo-injuries. By the end of the season Allen was seen as the problem with the Pistons and he was blamed for all of Denver’s previous struggles. The next season was nothing but a disaster in Memphis followed by a failed homecoming party in Philly. Questions about his healthy, finances, and personal issues arose. He did nothing to help the situation when he went out to Turkey, seeking a European contract.
We all wanted to see him win, but it never happened and by the end of his career we all wanted him to just retire and save us and himself the pain and agony. It was a disastrous ending to a storied career. Allen captured our hearts as he played through countless injuries. In the end A.I. had left us with more questions than answers and that’s something none of us ever asked for.
it’d be a crime against the basketball fan in me to not reblog this piece on one of the fixtures of my childhood. When i first had dreams of being an NBA player, i always imagined myself becoming a brown AI, then i eventually dreamed of becoming a brown Kobe (neither of which would ever come close to fruition lol). anyway, your conviction and relentlessness will always be an inspiration, AI. you’re a HOF-er to so many already.
LD2K - Kobe Championship Series part 2 (jams)
You saw this here first.
Kobe Dunk Montage = an automatic reblog.
(via thefuckisjuice)
LD2K - Kobe Championship Series part 2 (blocks)
there’s a reason he’s almost always ranked First-Team, NBA All-Defensive team so many years and running. just look at the intensity; two-guards around the league will never have a chance at him unless they start playing with this kind of pressure.
[also lmao @ how many times he blocked staudamire. lol poor guy.]
New video montage of Kobe’s greatness; “Kobe Bryant-One Away”
I feel like writing a piece on the beauty of the way the lakers season unfolded for them last season with emphasis on their playoff performance, and a Kobe-Jordan comparison to top it all off. so much comes to mind when i watch videos like this; i have goosebumps just thinking about it all. i literally can’t wait for this season to begin.
Laker Nation.
This is WRONG. You have to apply the order of operations.
Kobe Effect = FAIL.
LMFAO “you have to apply order of operations”
(via itscedricdayrits)
clearly whoever made this doesnt know math and never got past grade 4.. the answer to the equation is 19.. please lets get off the kobe bandwagon everyone..=) .. Go Celtics!!
nieciefuckyofeelings, you just killed me lol.
but for real though, it isn’t just about Kobe (well, this year); the Lakers as a team are looking even more deadly this year. been seeing LakersNation pre-season warm-up tweets and he’s convinced me that our second unit that’s full of new additions will silence any Miami fanboys/girls immediately. i can’t wait for this season to begin!
The two greatest basketball players of all time.
Agreed
i always wish Kobe kept his number as #8. even though he’s making his own legend with the #24 on, the more he tries to defend the switch the more it seems it’s a deliberate jab at the great one. oh well, in my mind he’s still rocking the 8; go get another ring and another dynasty this year, Kobe.
Work by Will Govus.
