Basketball from a fans perspective
Summer League
The NBA announced Summer
League play will no longer operate in Orlando.
The NBA indicated all 30 teams will continue to participate in Summer
League however it will be either in Las Vegas or Utah.
Figure this one out if
you dare
Pacer guard Victor
Oladipo stands 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 210 pounds, Hornets center Dwight Howard is 6 feet 11 inches and 265 pounds. If Howard has the ball preparing to dunk and
Oladipo is the last line of defense who wins?
I know you believe it would be Howard but not this one time. Either Oladipo has amazing lift or Howard
doesn’t jump as high as he once did, Oladipo met Howard at the basket from the
left side and blocked his shot. You’ve
seen numerous instances an opposing player leaves his man and slides over to
block a shot from the side, that was not the case in this instance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKwup7wwe1g
“Coming to America”
Was the title of a
1981 pop tune by Neil Diamond sometimes titled “They’re Coming to America,” it
was also the title of a 1988 movie with Eddie Murphy in the starring role. In this instance we could be referring to the
increasing numbers of Euro players arriving here. Not only are they being drafted into the NBA
many are arriving here to play at American colleges, an example might be Lauri
Markkanen.
He arrived from
Finland and played one year at Arizona prior to the NBA draft, he’s now a
member of the NBA Bulls. Luka Doncic
from Serbia is the top pick on several 2018 NBA mock draft sites, Doncic is
playing for Real Madrid (Spain).
Kristaps Porzingis from Latvia arrived on our shores three years ago and
has become a solid fixture on the Knicks roster. Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece is included in the count. These are but a few of the foreign born Euro players with NBA teams.
They made the list
twice
New Arena.com compiled a list of the Top 15 worst
sports teams in history. Despite the
fact they ventured as far back as the later portion of the 19th
Century three NBA teams managed to make the list. Fact is the Sixers made the list twice, the
2015-16 Sixers finished the regular season with 10 wins and 72 losses, in
1972-73 they won 9 games and lost 73. The
2009-10 New Jersey Nets won 12 games and lost 70, the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats
won 7 games and lost 59.
Sunflower Showdown,
true…..really?
Off and on the two sports talk show radio stations discussed the Kansas State-Kansas game all day long. They focused on the close win by Kansas (73-72) in Lawrence, the locals viewed the game in Manhattan as a possible Kansas State victory. Guess who wasn't buying the hype, yours truly. I cannot provide you details of the game because I didn't bother watching what I perceived to be a Kansas victory. Final score Kansas 70 Kansas State 56....see I told you. Somebody said it best after the game and I concur. "The Big 12 has several good teams but none with enough talent to beat Kansas."
