Out of the top 15 picks in this year’s draft, Jeremy Lamb is the only to play fewer minutes than Kendall Marshall. Why is that? It’s not like the Suns are trying to win games this year. Why not let the rookie go out there and show his stuff? I guess the Suns management have…
Read MoreMonth: March 2013
Gerald Green 20 Points Full Highlights (3/18/2013)
What happened to Gerald Green? One minute he was one of the feel good stories of last year, playing very well with the Nets and throwing down earth-shattering slammy whams with regularity. The next minute he can’t get off the bench in Indiana. The answer: his jumpshot has totally forsaken him. Maybe he spent all…
Read MoreGarrett Temple Career High 17 Points Full Highlights (3/18/2013)
You can play Garrett Temple as many minutes as you want, but he’s never going to really be a threat to do a whole lot. He’s not an insatiable chucker, but he also doesn’t shoot particularly well from the field, so even when he plays 40 minutes, he’ll be lucky to score ten points. His…
Read MoreNate Robinson 34 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/18/2013)
Nate Robinson is a nice reminder that us normal sized people can have a shot in the NBA. Until you remember that he is an elite physical specimen, probably capable of playing in any sport that he wanted to. He does demonstrate a bit of “little-man” syndrome on the court, as you would expect. He’s…
Read MoreAndrew Bogut 8 Points/5 Assists/4 Blocks Full Highlights (3/18/2013)
Watching Andrew Bogut operate in the post is not a very fun experience. He takes a long time to do it, and if he can’t back down easily he often settles for a shot from way out of his range. If he does get close he invariably throws up a flat jump hook thing, which…
Read MorePatrick Patterson 22 Points Full Highlights (3/17/2013)
Patrick “2-Pat” Patterson was dumped unceremoniously by the Rockets in exchange for someone with “potential”, Thomas Robinson. This is funny, because Robinson will have improve a great deal to even be on the same level as Patterson is now. Presumably, Patterson will also be improving at near the same rate, as they’re both young players….
Read MoreMetta World Peace 22 Points Full Highlights (3/17/2013)
Metta World Peace may have changed his name, but he’ll always be Ron Artest to me. It just seems incongruous to think of the guy who featured in “Malice in the Palace” as having a name like “World Peace”. I’m not alone in this. Even the Kings’ announcer calls him by his real name early…
Read MoreJosh Smith 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/17/2013)
Josh Smith is one of those players who shouldn’t be taking jumpers. His three-ball is okay this year, but his midrange game is embarrassing and somebody should put a stop to it. For every ten of those wonky rainbow jumpers he takes from 19 feet, he makes fewer than three. It’s fine to take that…
Read MoreKlay Thompson 26 Points Full Highlights (3/17/2013)
Klay Thompson is an amazing shooter. One of the best. The only problem is that the nature of being a jump shooter is that you get into slumps sometimes. And when that happens to Klay, he turns into a useless player who loses more and more confidence with each missed shot. But when he’s on,…
Read MoreDahntay Jones 13 Points Full Highlights (3/17/2013)
Dahntay “Mamba Killer” Jones has been talked about a lot lately. And not for his stellar scoring performances. In a few years he will be remembered only as “the dick who ended Kobe’s great career”. Better than not being remembered at all, I guess. But don’t forget that this dude can still actually play basketball….
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