Comments on: NBA MVP http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/ People don't think it be like it is, but it do. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:36:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1155 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:55:56 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1155 Like you, and so many others, I found the NBA game to be alternately boring and disgusting - but that's the beauty of these Celtics: They play the game the way it used to be played, and the way its supposed to be played. They play team defense to force ball movement by the offense (or else get blown out like the Bucks did) - and on offense they move the ball to the open shot (which they actually hit on a frequent-enough basis) or to an open layup. Garnett is terrific at getting the ball in the post and then moving it back out for an open jumper, passing it down low to a wide-open Kendrick Perkins who has done a great job moving into open passing lanes to receive such gifts, or Garnett just takes advantage of the slower and/or smaller schlep trying to guard him... but that's a last resort, not an *only* resort. The Celtics offense, especially at the end of games, had become "Give the Ball to Paul Pierce, and Clear Out, and Let Him go One-on-One". Sickening. Its amazing what talented, team-oriented players can still do in the NBA. Btw, I heard the Spurs have been playing such old school basketball for the last decade... but, really... who's going to follow the Spurs? I mean... they're not from the East Coast, so why am I going to care? Like you, and so many others, I found the NBA game to be alternately boring and disgusting - but that’s the beauty of these Celtics: They play the game the way it used to be played, and the way its supposed to be played. They play team defense to force ball movement by the offense (or else get blown out like the Bucks did) - and on offense they move the ball to the open shot (which they actually hit on a frequent-enough basis) or to an open layup. Garnett is terrific at getting the ball in the post and then moving it back out for an open jumper, passing it down low to a wide-open Kendrick Perkins who has done a great job moving into open passing lanes to receive such gifts, or Garnett just takes advantage of the slower and/or smaller schlep trying to guard him… but that’s a last resort, not an *only* resort. The Celtics offense, especially at the end of games, had become “Give the Ball to Paul Pierce, and Clear Out, and Let Him go One-on-One”. Sickening. Its amazing what talented, team-oriented players can still do in the NBA.

Btw, I heard the Spurs have been playing such old school basketball for the last decade… but, really… who’s going to follow the Spurs? I mean… they’re not from the East Coast, so why am I going to care?

]]> by: shtiny http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1147 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:11:42 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1147 Andrew Bogut is clearly in the top 3.... I vowed not to watch the NBA anymore after Vince Carter's performance in the playoffs 2 years ago, when he went 1 on 4 for 18 consecutive possessions without passing the ball once against the Raptors.....but I was in a bar and the Bucks game was on against the Celtics some time last week. I watched part of the third quarter when the Celtics were building a 25 point lead. I probably saw 15 possessions, and on every one of them the Celtics either had a WIDE open jump shot or an uncontested layup. It was embarassing to watch.... but I digress. Without having seen any of the above players play [outside of Garnett's 10 minutes against the Bucks last week] I would say that Kobe is probably going to win for the mere fact that it is his turn. Andrew Bogut is clearly in the top 3….

I vowed not to watch the NBA anymore after Vince Carter’s performance in the playoffs 2 years ago, when he went 1 on 4 for 18 consecutive possessions without passing the ball once against the Raptors…..but I was in a bar and the Bucks game was on against the Celtics some time last week. I watched part of the third quarter when the Celtics were building a 25 point lead. I probably saw 15 possessions, and on every one of them the Celtics either had a WIDE open jump shot or an uncontested layup. It was embarassing to watch…. but I digress.

Without having seen any of the above players play [outside of Garnett’s 10 minutes against the Bucks last week] I would say that Kobe is probably going to win for the mere fact that it is his turn.

]]> by: boorad http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1146 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:09:30 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1146 issues. issues.

]]> by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1143 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:39:54 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1143 This is the one with more American players than European players, more body tattoos than speaking accents, more 7-footers than 5-footers, more "ice" on the players than on the playing surface. It may not be your father's NBA - but it is David Stern's 2008 National Basketball Association. And the way that the Kevin Garnett, et al, are playing for Doc Rivers Boston Celtics... it's actually very entertaining. I love Kevin Garnett. I haven't had this big a man-crush on an athlete since Mosi Tatupu retired from the Patriots almost twenty years ago. (In case I didn't mention it previously, I did meet Mosi in person at an autograph-signing a few years ago, got the autograph on my Pats mini-helmet and one of his trading cards, got the picture with me and him - and fortunately the picture-taker was close enough that the wood I was sporting did not make the cut - and also got him to write some words of inspiration on a piece of paper for my FF team "Mosi's Mooses": Okole Maluna... Samoan for "bottom's up!". Solid. I have the picture, the autographed card, and the words of inspiration framed on the wall in my office. And I bring the autographed mini-helmet to my FF draft for good luck every year. But I digress....) I did read the bloggers-dying article on that post and commented accordingly - perhaps I'll read the other... while I sit and await the six-figure book deal that will undoubtedly find me without much effort on my part. That *is* how it works, right? This is the one with more American players than European players, more body tattoos than speaking accents, more 7-footers than 5-footers, more “ice” on the players than on the playing surface. It may not be your father’s NBA - but it is David Stern’s 2008 National Basketball Association. And the way that the Kevin Garnett, et al, are playing for Doc Rivers Boston Celtics… it’s actually very entertaining. I love Kevin Garnett. I haven’t had this big a man-crush on an athlete since Mosi Tatupu retired from the Patriots almost twenty years ago. (In case I didn’t mention it previously, I did meet Mosi in person at an autograph-signing a few years ago, got the autograph on my Pats mini-helmet and one of his trading cards, got the picture with me and him - and fortunately the picture-taker was close enough that the wood I was sporting did not make the cut - and also got him to write some words of inspiration on a piece of paper for my FF team “Mosi’s Mooses”: Okole Maluna… Samoan for “bottom’s up!”. Solid. I have the picture, the autographed card, and the words of inspiration framed on the wall in my office. And I bring the autographed mini-helmet to my FF draft for good luck every year. But I digress….)

I did read the bloggers-dying article on that post and commented accordingly - perhaps I’ll read the other… while I sit and await the six-figure book deal that will undoubtedly find me without much effort on my part. That *is* how it works, right?

]]> by: boorad http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1141 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:27:24 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/nba-mvp/#comment-1141 @Cliffy, As usual, a great post. Love the use of statistics. I have just one question: Is this the one where they run and have the big orange ball or is it the one where they skate and chase the little hunk of rubber? BA P.S. You should read one of the two articles that I posted in Sean's "Should the NYTimes be paying us" post, because it talks about blogging and the book deals that might result. I think you'd have to go for more timeless articles overall, but some of yours definitely qualify on that front. @Cliffy,

As usual, a great post. Love the use of statistics. I have just one question: Is this the one where they run and have the big orange ball or is it the one where they skate and chase the little hunk of rubber?

BA

P.S. You should read one of the two articles that I posted in Sean’s “Should the NYTimes be paying us” post, because it talks about blogging and the book deals that might result. I think you’d have to go for more timeless articles overall, but some of yours definitely qualify on that front.

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