The title of the post is one of my favorite nicknames in all of sports.....Annnnnnnddddd i just see him miss a free throw on national TV, ESPN national telecast Blazers vs. Cavs.
First off, happy birthday, dad. Again, we're not celebrating it this year. Unfortunately, my dad lives by himself currently in our old home in Darien, Illinois. My main residence is Camarillo, CA, where my mom lives with my sister and my grandpa, but my dad has stayed in the Chicagoland area for the last 3 years while i've attended UIUC. It's a good arrangement for me cuz i can just drive home from Champaign to Darien in about 2 hours, but my dad lives by himself. And this time of the year, nobody is around for him to celebrate his b-day. I think he has a company lunch to commemorate, but it's still a tough situation.
Anyway, to the night in the NBa. There's a lot of home-and-home series going on in the NBA, including the Wiz and the Rap finishing up with a tie, and minnesota beatin the baby bulls to split that home and home. Speakin of washington, caron butler had made something like 70 free throws in a row before he hurt himself for the last 2 games and sat out, but that's impressive. He raised his FT% from 86% to like 91%.......that's a key stat for fantasy owners, cuz not only does it give you free points without risking FG% but also raises ur % substantially. Another reason u should love caron this year.
Larry Hughes- how this guy's game has deteriorated. There was one breakout year w/ the wiz w/ gilbert that one year when he was a bona fide thief, averagin 2.9 stls a game ( which is an absurd number!) along with 22.1 points. That's a great year! But every year since then he's just been putrid.
He still averages 1.7 stl's this year, but he's down to 9.8 points, single digits. Granted, he's about bothered by injury for a while, but he's just not good anymore. A rookie mistake would have been to buy into larry hughes after that splendid year and drafted him high the next year....if there's anything true about NBA players, it's that they usually revert back to their career means. ( Kind of like rate of growth in stock returns, but that's another story).
Brandon Roy has been an absolute stud this year, both in real life and on fantasy. He's improved or stayed constant in every category, and his team is winning. He's increased his scoring average from a nothing-to-laugh-at 16.8 PPG last season to a solid 19.4 this season on a team that likes to share the ball, turns it over less than twice a game, increased to 5.6 assts, good %'s, and still exactly that 3 a game. Anybody can use that. The good thing is, he doesn't HURT u in any categories, so his production is without that kink in the armor.
Chris Webber coming back? For golden state? I'm tempted to say he has some value cuz he's on the warriors, but then i think how nellie rotates his players like jewel rotisseries chicken and i hesitate, especially with the small lineups he rolls out.
Just saw a great comeback from the cavs at portland against one of the better teams in west, lebron finishing them off with like three 3-pointers late and a great late drive with .3 seconds left. Sick. That team will be fine w/ him, even w/ varejao and pavlovic out for while.
Jose Calderon had 11 points and 11 asts in just 25 mins. A very typical spanish flea line, he's been so spectacular and efficient this year...... another typical 3rd-year breakout example as well as proof of good international talent.
Weeknight, got some stuff to do, so gonna check out early
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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