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Nawww Suns are done for, Dallas will get the last spot in the West. Anyone see that Lakers game last night? Andre Igudalia just burned the Lakers, and tell me why they had a foul to give and they didn't want to foul him?
Just watched Rockets vs Jazz. The Jazz did good, although I thought for a minute they were gonna blow it with all the turnovers.
Yeah I am rooting for Charlotte to make it to the playoffs too. They won't win but it'd be good to see them there.
Edit: Next up for Phoenix is a back to back vs Utah then Portland. Tough couple of games for them. Let's see if they can pull it off.
Yeah I am rooting for Charlotte to make it to the playoffs too. They won't win but it'd be good to see them there.
Edit: Next up for Phoenix is a back to back vs Utah then Portland. Tough couple of games for them. Let's see if they can pull it off.
I don't know about Dallas not screwing up anymore. We've blown so many games recently. We seem to just not be able to finish against good teams. I am of course referring to the games versus LA and Cleveland.
Orlando center Dwight Howard became the youngest player in NBA history to get 5,000 career rebounds Monday night, when he grabbed his 11th of the game against the Miami Heat.
Howard reached the mark at the age of 23 years, 112 days -- smashing the previous record held by Wilt Chamberlain, who was 25 years, 128 days old when he got his 5,000th rebound.
Howard reached the mark at the age of 23 years, 112 days -- smashing the previous record held by Wilt Chamberlain, who was 25 years, 128 days old when he got his 5,000th rebound.
Wilt achieved 5000 in only like 136 games, where as Dwight took 399, which if u do the math wilt averaged about 26 or something rebounds over that stretch, whereas Dwight was just over 11. Not to take anything away from dwight but im more impressed with Wilts' stats. But dwight still has lots of years left in his career, to prove he should be mentioned along with Wilt Chamberlain.
Comparisons are...
In regards to comparison across eras, anyone had a look at Neil Paine's article?
http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=1423
He basically dissects the 1961-62 season in which Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 11.4 APG, and Wilt averaged 50.4 PPG and 26 RPG.
"In ‘62, the average team took 107.7 shots per game. By comparison, this year the average team takes 80.2 FGA/G.
If we use a regression to estimate turnovers & offensive rebounds, the league pace factor for 1962 was 125.5 possessions/48 minutes, whereas this year it’s 91.7. Oscar’s Royals averaged 124.7 poss/48, while Wilt’s Warriors put up a staggering 129.7 (the highest mark in the league).
On the other hand, the 2009 Cavs are averaging a mere 89.2 poss/48. It turns out that the simplest explanation for the crazy statistical feats of 1961-62 (and the early sixties in general) is just that the league was playing at a much faster tempo in those days, with more possessions affording players more opportunities to amass gaudy counting statistics."
Well trying not to repeat the entire article in this post, but basically if you swapped King Crab and Oscar, Oscar would average 22.0 PPG, 8.9 RPG, & 8.1 APG and Lebron 40.1 PPG, 10.3 RPG, & 10.0 APG.
Again I'm just sayin'.
Wilt was 23 years, 65 days old on the day of his very first NBA game...only 57 days younger than Dwight is right now. I'm just sayin'.
In regards to comparison across eras, anyone had a look at Neil Paine's article?
http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=1423
He basically dissects the 1961-62 season in which Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 11.4 APG, and Wilt averaged 50.4 PPG and 26 RPG.
"In ‘62, the average team took 107.7 shots per game. By comparison, this year the average team takes 80.2 FGA/G.
If we use a regression to estimate turnovers & offensive rebounds, the league pace factor for 1962 was 125.5 possessions/48 minutes, whereas this year it’s 91.7. Oscar’s Royals averaged 124.7 poss/48, while Wilt’s Warriors put up a staggering 129.7 (the highest mark in the league).
On the other hand, the 2009 Cavs are averaging a mere 89.2 poss/48. It turns out that the simplest explanation for the crazy statistical feats of 1961-62 (and the early sixties in general) is just that the league was playing at a much faster tempo in those days, with more possessions affording players more opportunities to amass gaudy counting statistics."
Well trying not to repeat the entire article in this post, but basically if you swapped King Crab and Oscar, Oscar would average 22.0 PPG, 8.9 RPG, & 8.1 APG and Lebron 40.1 PPG, 10.3 RPG, & 10.0 APG.
Again I'm just sayin'.
The Suns season is already essentially over. Hope is fine, but do not waste your emotion on it if you are actually a Suns fan, as you will only come out disappointed! (Go Mavericks yeah!!!)
That is, there are 7 games for Suns to play, and 7-8 left to play for the other teams within striking distance (though only the Mavs are really in distance, 5 in 7 is even worse to make up).
I'm sure they are going to be a threat next year. Hopefully Lakers will win against the Rockets tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the Bryant-Artest matchup.
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