The Jackson nomination is pretty weak. I’ve heard that before, but Jackson is playing 40 minutes a night now, and Pietrus is seeing 10 minutes less per game. I tend to there’s some correlation between these factors and his rising statistical averages. His 3.9 assists to 3.2 TOs is abysmal. Not quite in the near-5 TOs per game, Dwayne Wade stratosphere, but bad nonetheless. But I also don’t get to see him play regularly, so what do I know?

And this “what a team player, giving his all every night, behaving himself” stuff…He’s supposed to!

So Marc Stein awards the West MVP award to Stephen Jackson? That is such a sportswriter thing to do. Make a point of NOT picking the best player, just so you have something to write about. The idea that Jackson would deserve it over Chris Paul is ludicrous.

the price of NBA League Pass is a lot lower than my bar tab if I had to go watch the Pistons when I wanted to at a local watering hole!

Just sayin’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pPh-tbGJxk

(apologies if this has been posted)

I glanced over that HoopsWorld article on benches after I saw all the hellfire and brimstone raised by DBBers and I was extremely confused. I expected the article to list the 5 worst benches and for us to be on it with the way people were reacting. Is it a snub? Well, I’d say we’re being snubbed for a slightly better than average Lakers bench (calling Vlad & Sasha solid shooters is a mild stretch) and MAYBE (since they lose) the Sonics. But with Dice in the starting lineup now, I’m not so sure that our bench is unquestionably better than any of the other four listed.

Faithful DBBers have heard my sermons on Portland so I’ll spare you, and Toronto may not be nearly as talented of a complete team as we are but they can certainly count on any of their 12 men who suit up to produce, especially when Ford comes back and if Garbajosa were healthy. Spurs are a gimme, essentially for reasons listed by Kevin S. (Darko still rules! ).

The Sonics are interesting. I think they have a glut of talent which is easily overlooked because none of it is so outstanding or seasoned enough that it results in a favorable win total. Remember kiddies, Wally Sczerbiak was an all-star once upon a time and though he is no all-star in today’s NBA, he’s a very good player off the bench. Ridnour, Delonte West, Damien Wilkins, Collison (very good on the boards), these aren’t guys who if they started would blow you away, but put them on a bench and in terms of talent I think you have a PG4L “day-um” worthy set. If you saw them on TNT, don’t think that that the Sonics you saw post-1st quarter last night were how they really play. Kevin is right again when he talks about Seattle’s PGs, maybe the 2nd most talent laden set in the NBA behind Houston.

Long story short, I think if Lee Corso visited this board, he’d unleash a “Not so fast my friend” on the DBB community before he’d direct it at Preetom BhattavoteforObama.

I’m sure the Sonics will be surprised to learn that they have a cavalcade of starting-quality point guards.

I like this phrase “Ime Udoka is still establishing his role.” Translation: Ime Udoka has sucked this year, but I am saying positive things about the team he is on.

As for Mr. Sriracha or whatever his name is, you’re telling me that 25 teams have a better bench than Stuckey, Spellcheck, Mr. Baby Eater, and Jarvis?

I’d like to thank Mark Stein here for not passing out any trimester awards to any of the Pistons: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=FirstTrimesterReport-080104

Helps the boys keep that chip on the shoulder.

i hope doc rivers coaches the allstar game. i hope all of the big 3 start on the allstar team. i hope danny ainge wins executive of the year. i hope they get the 1 seed with 70 wins. and i hope the pistons come into the postseason with chips on their shoulders the size of plymouth rock and squash them like stinky green bugs.

and btw, i can see this toronto game as a letdown game. it better not be, but i won’t be surprised.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/SPORTS0102/801040391/1004/SPORTS

Bring on the Cs!!

I’ll be hosting a viewing here in PDX…I think Pinon Lopez will be in the house!

Q Dog

Politics makes for dirty bedfellows, they say, so back to the real story. Let’s hope for 12-0 by Sunday, my friends. Here’s to a sore Toronto and an even more sore Boston.