Basketball from a
fans perspective
They are in the mix
This doesn’t apply across the board however a notable change has occurred in Mizzou recruiting. No longer sitting on the sidelines Mizzou is chasing the same athletes of Duke, Kansas and North Carolina to name a few. This is a definite change, Cuonzo Martin has affected the basketball culture at Mizzou.
No prediction of the
future
Coban Porter is a 6-foot 3-inch 170-pound point guard, he’ll be a junior at Father Tolton High School in Columbia Missouri in August. The last name should sound familiar if you were not already aware, he’s the younger brother of Michael Jr. and Jontay Porter. I refuse to become excited about AAU video for reasons too numerous to list. This I did note, his moves around the basket look remarkedly like Michael Jr. and Jontay. I guess he’s probably watched them enough to know all their moves. If he continues to develop his game, he should be able to secure a scholarship at Mizzou or some other school.
Coban Porter is a 6-foot 3-inch 170-pound point guard, he’ll be a junior at Father Tolton High School in Columbia Missouri in August. The last name should sound familiar if you were not already aware, he’s the younger brother of Michael Jr. and Jontay Porter. I refuse to become excited about AAU video for reasons too numerous to list. This I did note, his moves around the basket look remarkedly like Michael Jr. and Jontay. I guess he’s probably watched them enough to know all their moves. If he continues to develop his game, he should be able to secure a scholarship at Mizzou or some other school.
This is interesting
Friday July 6 NBA TV analyst and former player Caron Butler provided us his playoff view. Butler’s playoff projection for the 2019 Western Conference picture was interesting. This is his power projection.
Friday July 6 NBA TV analyst and former player Caron Butler provided us his playoff view. Butler’s playoff projection for the 2019 Western Conference picture was interesting. This is his power projection.
Warriors
Rockets
Wolves
Thunder
Lakers
Rockets
Wolves
Thunder
Lakers
Asked about the balance of
teams Butler indicated the Jazz, Nuggets and Spurs could flip-flop on positions
but they too should make the playoffs.
Did you notice the Clippers are missing from his list of playoff teams?
Whose job is it?
Clippers point guard Patrick Beverly missed the entire 2017-18 season. Beverly is healthy now, but he faces an additional challenge whose job is it? The Clippers have Milos Teodsic, Jawun Evans both point guards currently on the roster. With the 11th pick in the 2018 draft they chose Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Kentucky and at 13 picked Jerome Robinson from USC. A quick count indicates the Clippers now have 5-point guards on the team.
Clippers point guard Patrick Beverly missed the entire 2017-18 season. Beverly is healthy now, but he faces an additional challenge whose job is it? The Clippers have Milos Teodsic, Jawun Evans both point guards currently on the roster. With the 11th pick in the 2018 draft they chose Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Kentucky and at 13 picked Jerome Robinson from USC. A quick count indicates the Clippers now have 5-point guards on the team.
I certainly don’t have any
intention of being a decider here but somebody or several somebodies are likely
to become history. Perhaps the clearing
has begun, prior to the completion of this report Austin Rivers was traded to
the Wizards. Question, does Beverly
return to his role as a starter or do one of the rookies or someone else move into
the position? All I can say it’s quite
interesting in that the Clippers chose to draft two-point guards back to
back.
The Bahamas
For those unfamiliar with the geography the island nation of the Bahamas is located about 200 air miles from Miami Florida. Although an independent nation now the history was tied to Great Britain during colonial times, with this history as for sports cricket, rugby and soccer have likely been the dominate sports played in the Bahamas. In recent years basketball has begun making inroads with the populace of the island nation. Klay Thompson’s dad Mychal was the first Bahamian to play in the NBA. Mychal played his college ball at Minnesota and later in the NBA.
The Bahamas
For those unfamiliar with the geography the island nation of the Bahamas is located about 200 air miles from Miami Florida. Although an independent nation now the history was tied to Great Britain during colonial times, with this history as for sports cricket, rugby and soccer have likely been the dominate sports played in the Bahamas. In recent years basketball has begun making inroads with the populace of the island nation. Klay Thompson’s dad Mychal was the first Bahamian to play in the NBA. Mychal played his college ball at Minnesota and later in the NBA.
Rick Fox would arrive in the
NBA by way of Canada and the University of North Carolina. There have been others, Shaquille Cleare who
played at Texas and Tavario Miller, Texas A&M along with Lourawls Naim at
Michigan State and Magum Rolle Louisiana Tech.
In 2016 Buddy Hield was drafted by the Pelicans from the University of
Oklahoma, he now plays for the Kings. On
June 21, DeAndre Ayton was drafted number one by the Suns and becomes the
latest player from the Bahamas to begin play in the NBA. Although the number of Bahamians is small by
comparison to other nations we can surely expect several more in the next few
years.
