Day 1 of NBA Summer League Recap

For many of the highly touted players who played in yesterday's NBA Summer League, it was a good one.
In the first game, there were two guys that many wanted to see g at it and got exactly what they wanted with Perry Jones the III for OKC and Sullinger for the Celtics. Despite both guys dropping in the draft lower than expected, PJIII had 16pts and 8 reb, and Sullinger ended up with a huge 20pt outing in which he showed a full array of skills. Among all the solid debut performances, the most impressive was Andrew Nicholson from Orlando, who scored 24 pts , grabbed 12 boards and block 2 shots. Very good news for Orlando, seeing that their probably going to need an inside presence immediately to replace  Dwight Howard! Keep your eyes on the Summer league action to get an early glimpse of the in coming talent....

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NBA Summer League Begins

This is where you get to see a glimpse of what your teams draft night really looks like,  NBA Summer League. Rookies and young unsigned invites get to get out and go at it and make a statement, good or bad.
Last year's summer league was cancelled but its back this summer with lots of young guns waiting to get to work. We've seen surprises and disappointments in summer league play that carries over to the regular season. This year will run two weeks, first week in Orlando and second week runs in Las Vegas. Today play begins at 11:00am on NBA TV between the Brooklyn Nets and Orlando followed by OKC vs. Boston @ 1pm. There are also 2 games following at 3pm & 5pm. We will keep an eye on who does what during these two weeks. Perry Jones III could end up being the piece to help get OKC over the top (which I think they're on their way either way) immediately. It'll be interesting to see how he plays today and throughout the summer!
Summer, summer, summer time!


2010  NBASummer League Flashback!!
http://youtu.be/1hpNBHLzges

USA Olympic Roster Revealed: Revamped But Ready

   

 Well its in, the 2012 USA Olympic Basketball Team roster is as follows. Kobe Bryant...Kevin Love....Tyson Chandler....Kevin Durant....Russell Westbrook.....Chris Paul...LeBron James...James Harden...Carmelo Anthony...Deron Williams...Andre Iquodala.... and Blake Griffin!!!!  At first glance at this roster of course there are huge names present but what about the huge names that are missing?  Due to injury the anticipated names of Dwayne Wade, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh are missing. Huge losses for the USA squad especially Dwight and Bosh, seeing that the team is left with not much size inside. With the post play of Chandler, Griffin, and Love combined with the post defensive abilities of LeBron and Iquodala, Coach K is sure to make it work. Other than post men, there are absolutely no points of lack what so ever on this team. This is going to be something to witness!!! Running, great shooters, high flyers and strong defenders line this roster and promise to provide a gold medal and crazy excitement for the world to enjoy!

Steve Nash to LA? Someone's Front Office Needs A Makeover

   


A few days ago, 38 yr old Steve Nash was offered and agreed to a deal from the Los Angeles Lakers. In Laker nation, many are over joyed, which seems to be more about "something" happening more so than it being Nash.
    Let me make this short and sweet..... the Lakers were in dyer need of young legs,speed and defense at the point guard position and the Lakers front office went out and got the exact opposite!!! We have tons of respect for Steve Nash and all that he has accomplished in his long career but if your team needs speed and defense at point, Steve's cell # probably shouldn't be the # you call.......I mean, really!!! For LA's sake, I hope they can make it work. He does deserve a ring.

http://youtu.be/2xcpIvviHwg

Heat's Ring on LeBron's Legacy: Help or Harm?

"Its about ---- time", were the words that LeBron James yelled out as the game clock ticked to zero in the decisive game 5 of this years NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the OKC Thunder. After 8 seasons, countless teammates, two different franchises, and lots of scrutiny, he finally got that championship ring after teaming up with two olympian and all-stars in Chris Bosh and DWayne Wade.
    Two years ago, many people, including former hall of famers, criticized LeBron after his highly publicized "The Decision" where in LeBron chose to announce Miami as his choice of what team he would join the following season. Many thought he chose the easy way out and said that "MJ'' would have never done that, teaming up with his league's equals (Bird, Magic, or Isaiah) in order to get over the hump. Yeah Jordan had Scottie but Scottie wasn't a proven champion prior to playing with Mike as was Wade when Lebron arrived and who was Bosh on that squad? Magic had Kareem and Worthy but Kareem was past his prime and Worthy thrived as a great finisher largely due to playing with the best full court, fast breaking PG ever in Magic himself. Kobe won with Shaq......and without him on the team that he's always played with and when the Lakers had down years, though he threatened to leave, he stayed and got back to the mountain top.
   The question is, what would LeBron's first ring had meant if he had stayed and won it in Cleveland?
What if he hadn't taken the "easy way out" as many call it? Besides he made it to the finals with a Cleveland team a few years back with San Antonio where in his lack of offensive versatility was exposed by Bruce Bowen. What would that have meant to his legacy, to bring life to Cleveland, a city that has been haunted by failing sports squads across the board for many years, to bring a ring to a franchise that was bottom of the barrel when he arrived, to bring a championship to the people in his home town? If he had stayed on his own mountain? Shouldered the load and brought the Cavs with him? Wouldn't he be well on his way to being considered by most, the G.O.A.T? Imagine...just imagine.
Truth is, we'll  never know if Lebron has what it takes to carry his team hands down to a ring without the obvious most talented starting 5 in basketball. We'll never know.

MJ's take on it all.....
http://youtu.be/jzcuUgFxn0k

Ricky Rubio's Impressive But Short Season

Many speculated two years ago, that when Ricky Rubio was drafted high but unable to play immediately for the Minnesota Timberwolves due to his unresolved contract in Europe, that he probably wouldn't pan out to live up to half of the hype anyway. Why? Well despite knowing that he had been playing professionally in Europe for a few years already even though he was 18-19 yrs. old at the time, performed incredibly and achieved champion status while doing so, people still thought that he wouldn't be athletic enough nor tough enough. Well at the start of this season it was time for Rubio to prove the haters wrong or show the Timberwolves genius and the latter he did. Ricky Rubio immediately made an impact the way that he had his whole life and thats by being a very clever and fluid floor general. He got the ball to players in the right place at the right time. He also provided enough of an offensive threat to keep offense honest as well. He quieted the doubters from the start. Proved a lot of people wrong. This kid can play and it was evident every time he stepped on the floor. Unfortunately, his rookie season was court short last week as Rubio suffered a season ending injury but with rookie #'s of 10.6 points per, 8.2 assist per and 4.2 rebounds per, its plain to see that the Timberwolves have something special and with the young athletic players around him, the sky is the limit!!!


Homie's Highlights:
http://youtu.be/kjFjOC_d1FI

Seminoles Reign Surpreme

Florida State would have been no ones pick to win it all Friday considering that they would have to beat #6 Duke and #3UNC consecutively to do so. Well on Saturday in the semi final game against Duke they fought to keep Duke at bay for the majority of the contest with their aggressiveness, length, and interior athleticism. They shot the ball very well and played the game with a certain measure of confidence helped them to sustain. After that upset, knowing how they had blown UNC out earlier in the regular season, being led by the strengthen wisdom of Coach Hamilton and knowing how the roll that the Tarheels are on, a lot of people counted the Seminoles out. What they didn't consider was, what if the confidence carried over? What if the Seminoles look at it like, "we beat both of them this season already and know what it takes." Just like Duke was missing an intricate piece Ryan Kelly, UNC was missing John Henson. Obviously FSU doesn't play the pity game because they came into Sunday as if they were the #1 seed, as if they were the regular season champions. Though Carolina made a push near late in the second half to bring it to within 1, FSU went on to win its first ever ACC Tournament Championship. Will, determination and consistency pays off. No be surprised by anything that FSU may do in the NCAA Tournament either. Congrats to the NOLES well deserved.