Hey at least they didnt give long term deals to John Salmons and Drew Gooden.....oh wait

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right, HOVA may recall that was my signature for quite awhile...him claiming the Gooden signing was good

HOVA should know by now, a Drew Gooden signing is never good.

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even regardless of the money, which was dumb, he's of little to no value anymore. I'd rather have Asik

I always thought Gooden could have been an easy 20-10 guy when he got drafted. He must smoke too much or something, because he just looks out of it half the time he's in uniform.

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I guess I wouldn't call what Jennings said bad, but it does kind of show that the team has quit on Skiles, and that needs to be addressed this offseason. People had this team slotted for a 4th or 5th seed, and had them possibly contending for the division title, is there a more disappointing team this season than the Bucks?

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After the first of the season, possibly the Jazz.

Knicks maybe?

everyone is right, they clearly have quit on Skiles. that team is a mess. what were you thinking KS

Yeah, Jazz just quit after the Sloan firing. They're wouldn't have been any higher than a 6th seed in the West, but they have been playing ugly basketball lately.

Here's a nice blurb about the Jazz's finish to this season:

I also read that no team that has started 27-14 has gone on to miss the playoffs.

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The Knicks are finishing where I thought they would be. I guess it's disappointing that they might finish behind Philly, but they can still catch them (only 1/2 game behind right now). I don't think they ever had a shot to crack the Top 4 in the conference.

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i feel icky for having Maggette on my fantasy team

How long of a leash do you think D'Antoni is on over there? Dolan is an idiot so its kind of a hard thing to predict but I dont know if the 7 seconds or less thing is gonna work out in NY

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well they weren't playing all that poorly at the time of the trade and while, yeah, it takes some time to adjust they still played awful against some really mediocre teams (losing to the Pacers twice in one week)

i don't think they're better than the top 4 teams but as comprised, they should be better than Philly and Atlanta

FYI this is the most I ever plan to write about Coach K, Mike D'Antoni, and the "System"....


D'Antoni is on the clock at the beginning of next season. The Knicks have to have an above average offseason for his job to be secure by winning percentage alone.

I've always been an outside believer in D'Antoni's system. He was an assistant coach on the '08 Olympic team. Coach K supposedly borrowed offensive sets and spacing techniques from D'Antoni. These offensive adjustments no doubt assisted Duke in winning the 09-10 national championship. In that sense, Duke's last championship team is a template for how a D'Antoni type system should win big. However, the lack of talent in the one and done era of college basketball makes the objective view of that Duke team sort of impossible.

Still the meaningful variables can be seen. A quality back court with a shooter (Scheyer) and a combo guard (N.Smith). A do it all scorer (Singler). And just raw size on the front line (Zoubek, Plumlee bros.) to basically play defense and grab as many rebounds as possible. Statiscally, the Blue Devils mastered the two most important things in the D'Antoni system, rebounding (39rpg) and shooting 3's (38.9%). IMO, the assists are crucial, but secondary to converting 3 pointers and controlling the boards in an up tempo offense.

The biggest difference between D'Antoni and Coach K is unmistakably in their defensive approaches. Duke forced a highly effective 14 turnovers a game and held opponents to 28% from 3 point range. They also outscored their opponents 77ppg to 61ppg, but that disparity is more skewed due to lack of competitive talent compared to other statistics. Creating turnovers and limiting open looks on 3 pointers seem to be as important or more important than efficient offense in this system.

D'Antoni now has the best player on the '08 Olympic team in Carmelo, and the best post player he's ever coached in Amar'e. 2 players more effective than anyone Coach K had on his 09-10 Title team. Instituting a defensive presence along with at least one reliable 3 Point shooter in the 2011 off season will be the only hope D'Antoni has to compete with the top 3 in the East next season and beyond.

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Update:

I contrasted the Duke 2009-2010 season Team stats with the best D'Antoni coached Phoenix Suns team (2004-2005).

Phoenix finished the year with an NBA best 62-20 record. Outscored their opponents by 7 points (110.4ppg//103.3ppg), but also gave up the most points in the NBA.

Looking further into the stats, the Suns had an amazing five players shooting 35% 3PTFG or better (7 players if you count W.McCarty and C.Jacobsen both at 38% with half the attempts) AND averaging 15ppg or better (Q.Richardson rounded up from 14.9ppg).

As a team they shot 39% from 3 point land (1st) and averaged 44.1rpg (1st). They also ranked 3rd in both assists with 23.5apg and defensive 3 point % allowing 33% a game.

Where this team fell short IMO, was their inability to rank in the top half of the league in Turnovers forced (13.7, 22nd) and Steals (6.9, 22nd). This is one of the many, many, many reasons the Suns lost to the Spurs in the 2005 conference finals.

What these stats tell me is the Knicks may be further behind than I thought, even with Carmelo.

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Gooden thugging it up against Miami

I still don't understand how Skiles still has this job. It's obvious that he burnt this team out down the stretch and it's time to make a change.

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How do the Bucks look this upcoming season. It will be nice to have Redd's money off the books. If they don't re-sign Luc Richard Mbah A Moute, I hope the Bulls make a move for him. I wouldn't mind seeing him coming off the bench.

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If by reasonable you mean terrible. Then I agree 100%

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How do you feel about that Drew Gooden deal?

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That was fun-bad money. I would hope they amnesty him.

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Now they just need to get his Dad to coach after Skiles gets fired this year

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Been there, done that. Don't think that will happen again.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

Alright basketball experts, what are the Bucks getting in Jackson besides a crazy bastard?

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

Someone that is going to raise Scott Skiles blood pressure by 50 pts

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The cocaine already does that

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

KS, You can donate the money you owe me to the board.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

How many games before he's in Skiles' doghouse?

I say 3 games, and then he's at the end of the bench.

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