I thought Lee had just up and left. Learning his departure was a S-n-T for Randolph, Turiaf, and Kaleena took a little wind out of my sails. Knicks might just claw their way out of the lottery.
The end of the season has arrived and it appears that I was wrong about Kevin Martin. At first I was quite shocked because my predictions never fail to come true. Once I came to grips with this though, I engaged in self reflection and realized that even the best statisticians are wrong sometimes due to outliers, or that perhaps I made a rounding or clerical error along the way. So in an attempt to better myself, I went back to review my calculations so that this never, ever happens again. I was quite shocked to discover that, in fact, I had not performed any calculations at all on this topic. This was highly irregular so I struggled to recall what had happened, and then I remembered that shortly before I made my prediction, the Rockets had traded my two favorite players and I was extremely upset about it. My prediction that Kevin Martin would shoot less than 40% turned out to be more of an emotional guess than the results of detailed analysis. Yet as a statistical genius I know that emotion should never be involved. Statistics should be all detail, no emotion. This was a critical error that I will never make again. However, I am a man of my word and I stand utterly defeated by HtownBBall. For a time it seemed as if Kevin Martin would not be able to finish the season, granting me victory. But then he came riding in on a stallion like Aragorn and the warrior kings of old, battling through injuries to shoot 42.9%. How cruel fate can be. So it would seem that I must retire. However, if HtownBBall and everyone else would accept my humble apologies, I would pledge to dedicate myself to my craft in the offseason, studying extensively so that something like this never, ever happens again. There is still so much ground to cover, delightful wonders such as pie charts and bar graphs, that it would be a shame to waste my talents. But ultimately if the wounds are too deep and I can't be forgiven, I would at least ask that I be allowed to retire gracefully of my own free will rather than being banned, so that at least I could still read the forum from time to time. __________________
Yes,I posted that Chandler could be used to get one. I didn't realize Curry's expiring contract could help them out as well.
First off, You want to give your team the best possible chance to win a ring, and even If you build a perfect team, there is some luck involved. To call the Payton/Malone Lakers, or the Barkley Rockets failures, is just false. Both teams had a great shot to win a title, and that is all you can ask for. Wade and Lebron do NOT need the ball in their hands, as was proven when they dominated on the floor TOGETHER when they won that gold medal. In fact, I think Lebron is FAR superior off the ball. He isn't Tracy McGrady...He can run and play D and finish better than anyone since Julius Erving.
The Heat stars are all in their primes...the Rockets were pretty far past their primes (although we had a good shot), and LA would've probably won if aging Malone hadn't injured his knee and was hurt during the finals missing the last game. Can you imagine the Rockets with Dream, Clyde, and Charles in their prime? Are you going to say, "Well, we have Dream, Clyde, and Charles...but we need to worry about chemistry" cmon, they're going to be good, damn good.
They are young,but they will to be patient which is always hard when you don't have a surrounding cast. Wade is the leader and a champion. Lebron and Bosh will have to step up to help Wade out. They will need some good role players, and that will take time.
Didn't know if to make a new thread in the NBA dish section or post here, but felt since New York's future currently affects ours here it is. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5365731
IF you want to feel REALLLLYYYY good, read this... http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5365731
The scariest thing about that team is they are all efficient scorers and get to the free throw line well. If they develop a decent/good defense they'll be almost impossible to beat.
what a great read, thanks for posting that. ahh the knicks are royally screwed, feels good to that...im sure amare will find ways to keep them in the media with his ridiculous claims that parker or carmelo are gonna come walking through the door.
