Real Deal

Too much uncertainty in this year's draft. There are going to be a few players who will stay in school because of the CBA issues, and fears of a lockout. A top five pick would be nice to have, still...but a top ten? Different story. Thing is, the Clippers do this to get rid of Baron's $42 million that they owe him over the next three seasons. Mo Williams will be getting around $26 million, which is $16 million shaved off of their payroll. LA could be planning to hunt down someone in free agency in a season or two. CP3, Howard, D-Will?

Doesn't really matter. Bledsoe is in the Clips' future plans, and Mo Williams can hit open shots...he's just never open without LeBron on his team. Plus, Moon is just another athletic player for the Clippers.

It symbolizes the journey I have to take, to Forrest Gump my ass down the road just to get back to where I was with the home page design.

Has absolutely no meaning to it. If a player doesn't get to the free throw line, he can shoot 30 shots to get 30 points...going 15/30 and shooting a very impressive 50% from the floor. There are a lot of bigs that put up 8-10 shots a game, and score just as many points...but nobody says anything about it because that big man is shooting 50% or better in the season, and he's also not in the spotlight and under the microscope.

Yeah...usually, they give you a warning if it's a major update, and even then, the templates and CSS try to update with the recent code intact. Ridiculous.

Wow...the WP update completely killed my design. Never did that before. Go figure.

...KOBE. Huge steal, huge jumper.

KOBE.

Like I said, he was about the money...and once salaries start taking a dive, he'll be even more about the money.

So you're wanting the mock that I run, and not a traditional sim league? As in...the old JBB mock?

Knicks and Nets acting like there's some kind of meaningful rivalry going on... Anyway...Deron will strongly consider staying in New Jersey. He can get the most money, and the longer contract, if he does...and with the new CBA being put into play before he becomes a free agent, I'm sure money will be the biggest factor at that point, like it will be with most every NBA player, especially the following season after the new deal is created.

Thinking of adding just widgets. The simple format feels nice...not really sure what else I can do with it. I do need links under the banner, but that will be tied in with the actual website portion of OTR, when I start on that soon.

The Nets are currently 17-40. The Pacers are 25-30. New Jersey has 25 games left, Indiana with 27. Can they catch the Pacers? :o

There isn't much more to trade, really...unless they've found a team that wants to drop a contract. Charlotte comes to mind. The Lakers would deal something to get Farmar back, for some reason.

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Not finished with the design, need to add widgets on the right side as well...have a lot of work to do, but here's where I'm headed with it: http://www.otrbasketball.com

Copy and paste the code below, filling in the blanks. All correct answers get you five points. No late entries accepted. If you don't turn yours in by the tip-off of the first game, you miss out, no exceptions. Wednesday, February 23rd Oklahoma City @ San Antonio (ESPN) Winner: Leading rebounder: LA Clippers @ New Orleans (ESPN) Winner: Leading scorer: Thursday, February 24th Miami @ Chicago (TNT) Winner: Leading passer: Boston @ Denver (TNT) Winner: Leading scorer: Friday, February 25th Oklahoma City @ Orlando (ESPN) Winner: Player with the most steals: Denver @ Portland (ESPN) Winner: Player with the most threes made: Saturday, February 26th New Jersey @ Houston Winner: Leading scorer:

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20110222_BOS@GS

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20110222_MIN@MIL

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20110222_LAC@OKC

That's actually a better post. I have no problem replying to that. However, the reply is going to be short, because Bryant simply shot more difficult shots (threes, and contested jumpers). Why? Partially because he didn't have anyone else to take those shots on the team (not even in the Kobe/Shaq dynasty), partially because the zone pushed him out of the paint, and partially because Shaq pushed him out of the paint. It's not necessarily bad shot selection. People can point out 2-3 bad shots in about half of his games, sure, but that's not enough to swing a career FG% from 46% to 50%. What happened after the 1991-1992 season? Jordan never shot 50% or better, ever again. This is a 29-year old Jordan. The most threes attempted, by Jordan, in one season? It was 3.6. Kobe exceeded that eight times, with a high of 6.5 3PTA/G. Jordan's career FG% is 4% better. Check this out... 4,064 3PT 20,841 FG 20% of Kobe's shots are threes 1,778 3PT 24,537 FG 7% of Jordan's shots were threes If you consider the fact that Kobe shoots a lot of threes, and is the primary scoring option (and has been since 2000-01 season, based on FGA), it's impressive that he's at 46% FG. If you want to compare him to one of the greatest shooters of all-time, check out Ray Allen's career FG% (45%). While Allen has taken 2,000 more three-pointers and shoots the three 38% of the time, he has also shot poorly in Seattle, and even in Milwaukee a few times (when he was the primary option), but has been on fire in Boston, where he's more of a catch-and-shoot player, and not a primary option. When you have an expanded range, and you're asked to shoot 20-25 times a game, your FG% is going to decrease. It's true that Kobe's range is greater than Jordan's, correct? I'll show you something really interesting, to close out my end of the debate. Season numbers of... FG% is >= 47% (very generous here) FGA/G is >= 20 (basically what Jordan and Kobe have shot most of their careers) 3PTA/G is >= 4 (near Kobe's career average of 3.8) Guess who has achieved this in NBA history (in a single season, not career)? Just three players...LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Dale Ellis. Kobe reached 46%, shot 4+ 3PTA/G and shot 20 FGA/G twice in his career. If only three players in NBA history achieved 47% while shooting those threes and that many shots per game, I don't think anyone should have a problem with Kobe's career 46% FG, especially considering the amount of defensive attention he gets.

Make one move for another...expect the Bulls to rake in the two-guard they need.

Haha, nah...the only thing you can actually make out in that picture is Sting, and the spot where he's standing. The rest is all blurry.

EDIT: Ah, didn't know it was already merged...lol. Good job, mods.