Ahhh, yes!
Christmas brought all tidings and good cheer. Hope everyone was spoiled! The NBA fan was delighted on Christmas day
with five games. It was hard to juggle the
games, family, and food. I caught a bit
of three games.
Boston
stomped on Brooklyn winning with ease.
Boston has looked legit for moments this year. Unfortunately, due to age Pierce and Garnett
can’t perform at a high level. Rondo has
not had the MVP type season I thought he would.
Green has had spurts of great ball but consistency is an issue. The wait for Avery Bradley might be over
soon. Hopefully, he can a la Eric
Bledsoe infuse some energy in this team.
Brooklyn has struggled of late.
Deron Williams is whining about something seemingly everyday. Humphries is in the doghouse for poor
defense. Things are falling apart with
the Nets. It is not a surprise given the
roster’s weakness in character and defense.
The
Lakers are back! At least for one day,
they beat the Knicks. With Nash’s return
the taste of what could be with Los Angeles is enthralling. The bigs rolling to the hoop with a driving
Nash is classic basketball. Kobe is
still gonna get his. Artest has been a
competent shooter this season. However,
given the age issues the Lakers can’t seem to sustain or string victories
together. Witness: last nights loss in
Denver. The Knicks continued their
impressive play. At this point Melo has
to be the MVP of the season. Amare
should be back soon. We all have been
waiting for Knickerbockers to crumble.
Amare should tilt the chemistry a bit but will the other vets (Kidd,
Thomas, Camby) allow it to get out of hand?
Mike Woodson seems to be a good coach.
Remember this turnaround started last season when he replaced D’antoni.
JR
Smith’s game winner versus Phoenix last night was money. Talk about living up to your potential and
turning around a career. If it were not
for Crawford on the Clippers Smith would be the runaway leader for the 6th
man.
Toronto
lost last night to San Antonio snapping a five game win streak. 5 games in a row! It was great to see the Raps turn it around
for a spell. Of course the run came with
the two most selfish Dinos out with injuries.(Bargnani and Lowry) The ball zipped around during the streak and the extra pass to an open
teammate became commonplace. Ed Davis
seems to have a place in the league.
Terrence Ross has shown flashes of brilliance in addition to being a
ridiculous in game dunker. Calderon has
improved his trade value. Alan Anderson
is a solid pro. Unfortunately the
Lithuanian rookie center is out for a bit with hand issues but this will only
give Ed Davis more minutes to show his wares.
Colangelo in all of this has probably been given a reprieve by the
owners, too bad, he and Bargnani need to be gone for the franchise to turn
around.
East Powers
1. Miami- Ugh begrudgingly! Title hangover.
2. New
York- Issues ahead?
3. Atlanta-
Sneaky good.
The rest of the mess- Bos, Chi, Ind, Phi, Brok, Mil
West Powers
1. OKC-
Undisputed in the West
2. LAC-
Is this deep team for real? 14 in a row.
3. San
Anonio- Hail to Popovich
The rest of the mess- Memph,
GS, Den, Utah, LAL, Min, Hou, Dal
The last ¾ of the season in
the East ans West is going to be extraordinary.
Who will make the runs? And who is gonna fall off. Solid hoops ahead!
Are the Celtics and Lakers capable of contending this year? Or are the recent flashes of brilliance from the squads just isolated events? Experience has to count for something. Look for these two teams to make runs for the rest of the season and have us all far too optimistic heading into the playoffs.
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