There’s no case of homerism here, I assure you. I was furious at Hill when he left and it took me quite a while to get over it. Now I’m apathetic, as it’s not like he was clamoring for a return to the D (boo), but he’s still so damn good on an NBA court even with adapting to their tempo that suits him as well as it would Webber and I respect it. Lay off him PG4L

Happy New Year

Could someone please provide me with the link

I searched the archives to no avail

thanks

reminding everyone of 3:30 pm game time today

I managed to catch most of the Lakers/Celtics game tonight and umm… now I’m starting to actually worry about Boston a little bit. I mean LA was definately surging, and on paper should have given the Celts the same kind of test they faced vs us… but watching the game, it just wasn’t all that close. Boston pretty much handled L.A in every facet of the game, and they looked like they had an arm basically EVERYWHERE whenever Kobe had the ball. It wasn’t just that he couldn’t shoot, PASSING was tricky.

I keep waiting for the wheels to fall off at some point, I mean everything the last 10 years of watching GMs build basketball teams in the NBA has taught us that this should NOT actually work. It might work for a while, but eventually one offseason and a tonne of cash DOESN’T usually seal the deal…

Yet Boston keeps winning. I know it doesn’t mean anything come playoff time (see us 2 years ago, Dallas last year, etc) but really are these guys gonna win 65 games? I mean, wow.

I really did.

All I did was question whether someone can “hang” 18 points on a team. You’ll never hear anyone say “wow, how did Detroit let Keith Bogans hang 14 on them last night?” For all Dunleavy’s faults, he is clearly able to score 18 points on a give night. If he drops 30, call it out.

Somebody has to score for a .500 team. We weren’t going to beat them 108-46. Their the Pacers not the… Well, I interrupt this programming to note that I Googled Maryland-Eastern Shore to find out who their mascot was…

The Hawks, it turns out. You cannot make that stuff up.

So I went to a backup, Northern Florida. Their mascot is the Osprey. What the hell?

And did you know that the logo for Stetson’s team is just the Spartan logo with a cowboy hat on it? Taking a page out of Georgia’s playbook, I suppose.

PG4L? Luol Deng is having an off year for a team that just fired their coach who didn’t have any imagination on offense.

Most Duke guys do their jobs, they are solid in what they do. Corey Maggette is a great athlete and any team would want him on their team if he didn’t have such a bad contract. I’d take Maggette over any of the bench swingmen that the Pistons have had the last, oh I dunno, 10 years?

Just don’t ask them to make good personnel decisions (Danny Ferry).

http://www.amazon.ca/Grant-Hill-NBA-Sensation/dp/630405307X

“You’re my role model, Grant Hill!”

The 2nd seed might be the best place for the Pistons though. I expect the Cavs to right the ship and make it to either the 4th or 5th seed. Let them and Boston fight it out in the Second Round.

PG4L, going after Hill is ridiculous. I don’t like to flat-out deny someone’s claim on this place, I prefer to present my alternate viewpoint and let the community weigh in, but I just won’t accept that knock on Hill, especially from a Pistons fan. The only thing is he’s never gotten out of the first round, but neither has McGrady and he’s a good player. Hill’s career averages are: 19.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, and 5.2 apg. He’s a career 48.3% shooter as a 6′8″ (guard-)forward. Are you kidding me? That is a GREAT NBA player. The guy has played in at least 65 games in 7 seasons (hopefully 8 after this year). He got the Jarvis Hayes-Antonio McDyess bad rehab program shaft-o-matic. I know we can all be a little adversarial at times, but this is just not fair to diss Hill for his injury troubles. I’m happy to stay completely out of the Dunleavy Jr. debate, but a Grant Hill mea culpa is in order.