8 points and 9
rebounds
“I own a great deal of real estate in his head” said Sixer center Joel Embiid. Saturday evening, he proved to all that statement to be true. Embiid’s 39 points 17 rebounds and 2 blocked shots led the way to a 109 to 99 victory over the Pistons. As for Piston center Andre Drummond his line read 8 points and 9 rebounds. Drummond talented as I believe he is does not match up well against Embiid on the court.
Bits n Pieces
Guess what, I don’t care do you? I speak of the comment made by Kawhi Leonard and his view of the Lakers. He stated, growing up in Los Angeles he wasn’t a fan of the Lakers. He said, “I was a fan of A.I.” (Allen Iverson). Is this really an important consideration for joining a team?
“I own a great deal of real estate in his head” said Sixer center Joel Embiid. Saturday evening, he proved to all that statement to be true. Embiid’s 39 points 17 rebounds and 2 blocked shots led the way to a 109 to 99 victory over the Pistons. As for Piston center Andre Drummond his line read 8 points and 9 rebounds. Drummond talented as I believe he is does not match up well against Embiid on the court.
Bits n Pieces
Guess what, I don’t care do you? I speak of the comment made by Kawhi Leonard and his view of the Lakers. He stated, growing up in Los Angeles he wasn’t a fan of the Lakers. He said, “I was a fan of A.I.” (Allen Iverson). Is this really an important consideration for joining a team?
Tomorrow night Duke and Kentucky face off against one
another. Two legendary programs and two
of the game’s all-time great coaches.
Did I forget Duke and Kentucky appear to annually monopolize a abundant
amount of the basketball talent out there?
“Coaches
decision”
If we check out NBA box scores often players uninjured but seeing no action behind their name, we read: DNP-Coaches Decision. That might not quite be the case here because the player in question is in action although the events surrounding his continued presence in Knick games is a little confusing. Okay let me see if I understand this, the guy scoring 14.1 ppg and 10.3 rpg’s Enes Kanter was replaced in the team’s starting lineup.
If we check out NBA box scores often players uninjured but seeing no action behind their name, we read: DNP-Coaches Decision. That might not quite be the case here because the player in question is in action although the events surrounding his continued presence in Knick games is a little confusing. Okay let me see if I understand this, the guy scoring 14.1 ppg and 10.3 rpg’s Enes Kanter was replaced in the team’s starting lineup.
Kanter’s replacement is averaging 5.4 ppg and 4.0 rpg, the
numbers you are reading is not a misprint.
Knicks coach Fizdale moved rookie Mitchell Robinson into the starting
lineup replacing Enes Kanter. Kanter’s
numbers are identical to last season so it must be an age issue. Kanter is 26-years old and Robinson turned 20
last April, well certainly that can’t be the reason for the change they are
close in age. Kanter is now the back-up
center we must simply state Coaches
Decision.
It’s a mistake
Some of us tend to believe Bill Russell was a cut above Wilt Chamberlain on the basketball court…. that statement is far from the truth. The 6-foot 10-inch 220-pound Russell led Celtics were simply better than the teammates surrounding the 7-foot 1 inch 275-pound Chamberlain. Don’t believe me, listen to Russell’s statement in Basketball: A Love Story the ESPN series. The argument has been “The NBA contained fewer number of teams at the time these two faced one another.” That statement is certainly fact but consider this tidbit wouldn’t expansion make for less talented players being added to the league many at the center position.
Some of us tend to believe Bill Russell was a cut above Wilt Chamberlain on the basketball court…. that statement is far from the truth. The 6-foot 10-inch 220-pound Russell led Celtics were simply better than the teammates surrounding the 7-foot 1 inch 275-pound Chamberlain. Don’t believe me, listen to Russell’s statement in Basketball: A Love Story the ESPN series. The argument has been “The NBA contained fewer number of teams at the time these two faced one another.” That statement is certainly fact but consider this tidbit wouldn’t expansion make for less talented players being added to the league many at the center position.
12-14 teams guaranteed Chamberlain faced a quality center
more frequently than he would late in his career. For the record Chamberlain averaged 30.1
points and 22.9 rebounds a game for his 14-year NBA career, he now is in 5th
place among the leagues all-time scorers.
His 31,419 points scored led career scorers for several years. The one negative it was said Chamberlain was
concerned with records while Russell was more concerned with winning. Imagine this bit of information, he played
1,045 games without ever fouling out playing 40+ minutes. Was he that good to have never fouled out of
a game, better yet were officials more lenient in calling fouls on him during
this streak. One area certainly
overlooked was his skill at passing the basketball. Chamberlain averaged 4.4 assists for the
course of his his career and in 1967-68 season he led the NBA in assists at 8.6
assists per game.
