Bits n
Pieces
Silvio De Sousa will not play in tonight's Kansas exhibition game; Coach Self indicates they have decided to have him remain seated until they review additional information. My question, what information did they not know? The local news in Kansas City has done a real good job of ignoring the embarrassing news regarding Kansas basketball.
Silvio De Sousa will not play in tonight's Kansas exhibition game; Coach Self indicates they have decided to have him remain seated until they review additional information. My question, what information did they not know? The local news in Kansas City has done a real good job of ignoring the embarrassing news regarding Kansas basketball.
Speaking of exhibition games, I checked highlights of Duke’s
game on Tuesday. The unique occurrence,
I noted was a block shot by freshman phenom Zion Williamson. Fans don’t get this twisted I’ve not denied Williamson’s
talent the issue I raised over and over did he have a complete game. All we witnessed on YouTube were thunderous
dunks while in high school.
Piston forward Blake Griffin had a game for the ages on
Tuesday evening against the Sixers. He
erupted for 50 points on 20-35 from the floor along with 14 rebounds and 6
assists. He closed out the victory by
scoring the winning basket in overtime.
During timeouts he served as a vendor at Little Caesars Arena, folks
that was a joke.
“Are we
there yet?”
The Sixers have two shooters in the lineup that can’t……shoot. We knew at the time Ben Simmons was drafted his jump shot was suspect, once he began play we discovered the truth, on the other hand his passing skill and court awareness made up for his below average shot. As for Markelle Fultz that’s a completely different story, he came into the NBA as a combo guard with the ability to shoot at least that was the belief. The numbers Fultz displayed his one season at Washington provided us an indication he could shoot. On Tuesday with Simmons sidelined Fultz played 21 minutes in a loss to the Pistons, Fultz scored 13 points on a 6 for 9 night from the floor (.667).
The Sixers have two shooters in the lineup that can’t……shoot. We knew at the time Ben Simmons was drafted his jump shot was suspect, once he began play we discovered the truth, on the other hand his passing skill and court awareness made up for his below average shot. As for Markelle Fultz that’s a completely different story, he came into the NBA as a combo guard with the ability to shoot at least that was the belief. The numbers Fultz displayed his one season at Washington provided us an indication he could shoot. On Tuesday with Simmons sidelined Fultz played 21 minutes in a loss to the Pistons, Fultz scored 13 points on a 6 for 9 night from the floor (.667).
It’s early however his season numbers don’t appear to have
risen significantly, despite shoulder surgery he continues to struggle with his
shot. .333 thus far. I’m no “shot doctor” so I have no idea what is
going on with Fultz, at the same time I’m no psychologist either, I’m beginning
to wonder if this has become a head issue rather than a physical one? Our children might ask us on a long road trip
“Are we there yet?” We could be asking the same question of
Markelle Fultz, are you there yet with your shot? As for teammate Joel Embiid he continues to
lead the NBA in talking trash. After
outplaying Andre Drummond and forcing a second technical on Drummond Embiid said
this. “I think I own a lot of real estate in his head.”
Defunct
franchises
I’m unsure if this franchise history has been covered, if you’ve read this previously then skip it. Across the State of Missouri, the City of St. Louis had an NBA franchise prior to the Milwaukee Hawks. The Hawks franchise moved to the city in 1958 and remained until 1968 moving to Atlanta. Did you realize St. Louis had an NBA franchise prior to 1958? I’d bet money if I were a gambler you didn’t know that bit of news. The Bombers made their debut in 1946 as members of the Basketball Association of America.
I’m unsure if this franchise history has been covered, if you’ve read this previously then skip it. Across the State of Missouri, the City of St. Louis had an NBA franchise prior to the Milwaukee Hawks. The Hawks franchise moved to the city in 1958 and remained until 1968 moving to Atlanta. Did you realize St. Louis had an NBA franchise prior to 1958? I’d bet money if I were a gambler you didn’t know that bit of news. The Bombers made their debut in 1946 as members of the Basketball Association of America.
If you remember your history
the BAA would later merge with the National Basketball League to become the NBA,
we recognize today. The Bombers played
for four seasons compiling 122-115 overall record. They made the playoffs every year apart from
1949-50 the team’s last year of existence.
The basketball history is unclear, I couldn’t locate any additional
information why the Bombers and four other teams dropped out of the NBA in 1950. As I indicated the NBA of the period experienced growing pains. The records I could locate indicate several franchises were born while other expired between the period 1960 through about 1962.
