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[QUOTE]they also topped the league with 19.3 turnovers per game as they adjusted to Kerr's ball-movement based offense.[/QUOTE]
Of course against the Jazz D they weren't close to that.
[QUOTE]The Warriors put on a dazzling display against the Jazz, showing off a space-and-pace scheme and a smothering defense while minimizing mistakes on both ends.
Golden State outshot the Jazz 50 percent to 42.7 percent. The Warriors also had just 13 turnovers
[QUOTE]The Jazz aren
[QUOTE]It's been refreshing to see the outpouring of support FOR AK from the Nets fans, the various comments sections and @ replies to Nets reporters see to be almost universally pro-AK. The refrain is that while things appear unsalvageable with Hollins at the helm, that General Manager Billy King should move him.[/QUOTE]
Hard not to like AK isn't it?
[QUOTE]You may remember Billy King as former GM of the Philadelphia 76ers back when he and Kevin O'Connor (then Utah Jazz GM) made a lot of trades. They remain very close, clasping hands and joking with full mirth when I last saw them together at the NBA Draft combine last spring.
N.B. King was the GM of Philly from 98 till 07. Here is a list of the UTA/PHI deals during that time period:
June 24th, 1998 -- Nazr Mohammad traded for future 1st rounder (Quincy Lewis, 1999) (on draft night)[/QUOTE]
bad trade though I though Quincy deserved more of a shot
[QUOTE]June 7th, 2005 -- Future 2nd rounder (Alex Acker, 2005) for future 2nd rounder (Ante Tomic, 2008)[/QUOTE]
That one looks good but when will the league see Ante?
[QUOTE]June 28th, 2007 -- Herbert Hill for Kyrylo Fesenko (on draft night)[/QUOTE]
:roll:
[QUOTE]December 29th, 2007 -- Gordan Giricek and future 1st rounder (Trevor Booker) for Kyle Korver[/QUOTE]
great one obviously other than the fact that Jerry had too much love for Kyle
[QUOTE]N.B. King was the GM of Brooklyn from 2010 onwards. Here is a list of the UTA/BKN deals during that time period:
February 23rd, 2011: Deron Williams for Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, Cash, a future 1st rounder (Enes Kanter, 2011), a future 1st rounder (Gorgui Dieng, 2013)[/QUOTE]
still got to wonder what they could have gotten if it wasn't the 2nd offer on the table though.
[QUOTE]December 22nd, 2011: Mehmet Okur for a trade exception and a future 2nd rounder (2015)[/QUOTE]
sweet!
[QUOTE]That's six Utah deals that Billy King has made in his GM career. I wouldn't mind having Andrei Kirilenko return to the Utah Jazz. Kirilenko is making $3.326 million this year, in the final year of his contract. I'd straight up trade the rights to Ante Tomic and a few 2nd rounders for him; or just try to claim him off of waivers if he gets cut.[/QUOTE]
I had forgotten about the King/O'conner connection too.
No way I give Tomic away in the deal. He's one of the top players not in the league and in his prime. An elite passing big man with various post moves with both hands and length. He has to have more value than that. The Sixers are supposed to be getting a pick for taking his and the other Russians contract. I don't think the Jazz are under the cap enough to get him without a player in the deal anyway.
Jeremy Evans makes perfect sense. He's not in the Jazz's plans this year or beyond obviously. Expiring contract. Great end of the bench energy guy who was a solid rotation player last year in a tougher conference. Even if Jeremy is at the end of the Nets bench he would be better in that role than AK and he saves the Nets money not that they care much. I would like to see Jeremy get a shot elsewhere.
[QUOTE]Obviously his use to the Jazz are partly for nostalgia purposes, but also as that veteran off the bench who has actually played in big games before (Olympic medal games, Western Conference Playoff games, etc). I think that if there was a guy who was going to make Gordon Hayward and Rodney Hood into solid wing defenders it could be Andrei coaching them in practice / film sessions. Last season he played 19.0 mpg, and I seriously doubt that there is 19.0 mpg to be found on this roster. But I am certain that Quin Snyder, who knows the Euro game under Ettore Messina, would be able to find a place for a high basketball IQ forward passer.[/QUOTE]
Great fit. Plays D and passes. A vet. Could help lead the 2nd unit. Could start pulling Burks early in games instead of G to join him on the 2nd unit since G and AK have more similar games. Can play 3 positions. Hood to the D-league until he's ready. Could move Burks to the 1 and send Burke to the D-league.
[QUOTE]I'm not objective when it comes to AK-47. It is sad to see that one of the better relationships he's had with a coach was the troubled one with Jerry Sloan . . . his on court utility isn't as high as it used to be. But I would welcome him back if he found his way back home. Regardless, I wish him the best and hope that the 33 year old can find a place that will feel like he can contribute to their team. It's most likely not going to be Utah. If it's in the NBA I will still watch him, unless it's with the Lakers.[/QUOTE]
I don't see it happening. They are tanking and don't want vets. His number will hang from the rafters though eventually. I thought it was certainly time to move on from AK when they did but now would be a great time to bring him back. He could be a tradable asset later in the season as well. A more valuable one than Evans I'd think. They also have the roster space to take on the other guy if they must.
[QUOTE]Obvious propaganda video is obvious.
Update: Via Steve Aschburner, of NBA.com who points to this Tim Bontemps story today
Sources said no buyout negotiations have taken place yet, but that it's possible the team could try to trade Kirilenko and his $3.3 million expiring contract. If such a trade were to materialize, it would likely be after Dec. 15, when all rookies and players signed to contracts this summer are eligible to be moved.
If a trade doesn't materialize, it seems inevitable that a buyout would be reached at some point.
- Tim Bontemps, NY Post, 2014[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]in a team defensive structure like the Jazz’s that relies on help-and-recover from all five guys, you’re only as good as your weakest link. And the Jazz have had a lot of weak links lately.[/QUOTE]
Despite all the hate for Enes Burke has to be the weakest no?
[QUOTE]Part of it is that they haven’t been actively defending away from the ball. If they’re guarding someone weak side — or even guarding someone on a simple cross paint route, a lot of Jazz players just sort of hang out. They start defending after their man has caught the ball. Smart defenders are engaged all the times, but too many Utah players have been defending like they’re on-call: “Page me when I really need to start caring.” It happened throughout the Eastern trip, it happened on Tuesday and it happened a lot on Friday in Oakland.
Gordon Hayward — usually a more engaged defender all-around — did it on consecutive plays in the first quarter, waiting to lock in on the play until the ball came to his man. At one point Alec Burks was casually jogging behind his man who caught, turned and scored a layup before Burks even realized what had happened.
And then the screen defense… Yikes.
The Jazz actually had to play their bigs more aggressively on screens than they’ve been doing on the whole. That’s what you have to do against GSW, but they were probably working against muscle memory a bit, and they looked confused a lot of times. The Warriors have a set they like to run with a multiple-weave pattern out front, a series of side to side screens and constant motion. The Jazz would get completely disoriented on those, almost always allowing an open three or a lob for a short-range attempt.[/QUOTE]
And that's got to be on the coaching staff as well. They had plenty of time to prepare them for it.
[QUOTE]That’s to say nothing of the Jazz allowing early leakouts. Seven of GSW’s points in that 12-0 opening salvo were transition points, and four were completely uncontested cherry-picks1.
It was obvious early that the Jazz weren’t paying attention to those kinds of details. They were a step late or a missed read away from good defense for most of the night.
2. That said, the Warriors ARE, in fact, good.
Their new offensive principles are really bringing out the talents their guys possess. Andrew Bogut is learning how to score opportunistically, Marreese Speights and Draymond Green are hitting their shots and playing with energy, and of course Los Hermanos Splash are doing the kinds of things they’re known to do.
Golden State runs a one-post flow offense, too, only their guys trust the offense a lot more at this point. You can tell they’re confident and have the green light from the bench because they tend to strike when a moment presents itself. They trust each other to recognize a good shot, and the result is a much more free-flowing, purposeful game than the Jazz are playing most nights.
In contrast, you still see Utah pump fake their way away from open jumpers and otherwise overcomplicate their own lives. They would do well to take note of how free and loose the Warriors are, and how ready they are to take good shots that the flow produces. Watch this play and tell me that the Jazz are trusting themselves to take what the offense presents.[/QUOTE]
The Jazz aren't great shooters. There's a reason they pass up open shots.
[QUOTE]That’s a lot of wasted movement and passing. The offensive movement is creating moments of opportunity, but sometimes they’re not taking what’s there and instead just bounce the ball around the perimeter. This clip right here is exactly why the Jazz’s pace numbers aren’t what we expected: if the early offense isn’t there, the Jazz spend the whole clock looking and waiting for something better to come along. “No, really, YOU shoot.”
3. Ru-dy!
Context matters, so it’s hard to take too much positive from a game that was never competitive after the first four minutes. Even the nice things that happened (like Steve Novak’s three triples, including the he-must-give-to-charity high rim bounce) has a huge asterisk that says, “Yeah, but…”
That said, Rudy Gobert had a career-high 12 points on 6/7 shooting just by being active and showing good hands around the rim. All of his shots were in the restricted area, and the one he missed, he quickly collected and put back in. He was disruptive with two blocks and two steals.
Other bright spots: You wouldn’t be overwhelmed by Dante Exum’s line (2 points, 5 assits in 22 minutes), but he had a nice floor game for the most part. [/QUOTE]
That's what I'm impressed with. His stats aren't going to jump out at ya but he knows how to play.
[QUOTE]Ian Clark had some nice minutes, too, though by that point a playground game had broken out.[/QUOTE]
Clark looks like he deserves a shot anyway. When no one else is getting it done I see no reason not to give him and Jeremy a shot.
[QUOTE]Enes Kanter played a nice fluid game on offense. All 12 active Jazz players scored.
And, of course, there was this:
Dan Clayton[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]the Jazz had 22 fewer shots than the Pelicans, so despite holding the Pelicans to a lower shooting percentage than their own, they got beaten pretty easily in the end. The Jazz allowed the Pelicans to get 18 offensive rebounds, 8 more than the average NBA team. Then, Utah turned the ball over 18 times. The Pelicans were able to take advantage with 21 points off of those turnovers, including 17 fast-break points.
It
[QUOTE]the Idaho Stampede won their first game, and are now 1-2 with 47 games to go before the playoffs. They defeated the Los Angeles Lakers affiliate team, the Los Angeles Defenders. It was a sell-out crowd of 148 people (obviously not a sell out),[/QUOTE]
148 people is a sell out? :eek:
[QUOTE]and a one point finish . . . and there's just so much to talk about. LA was up by 24 in the second half, but Idaho did not quit. They had a good reason to quit as starting point guard Nick Covington went down with an ankle injury, but true rookie, 22 year old Tre Bussey, stepped up. But let's be real, this game isn't an Idaho win without the efforts of Toure' Murry and Kevin Murphy.[/QUOTE]
Murray is the only one we should really care about though I guess if they'll have a good idea of how other guys could fit into their system by watching them down there.
[QUOTE]I get that for some, that's all you want to read. So here are the stats of the players you care about:
Toure' Murry played 27 minutes and finished with 15 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, didn't make a three, but was instrumental down the stretch with his defense and offensive ability. He shot 7/15, but did have four turn overs.[/QUOTE]
Nice game! If he can keep that up they'll probably keep him around and who knows he might be able to help the big club at sometime. Hood needs to go there and prove his worth too. The fact that he'l be coming off an injury makes even more sense to do so.
[QUOTE]Kevin Murphy can't be contained for three straight games. The NBA-DL scoring leader erupted for 32 points (10/18 FG, 2/4 from deep, and 10/11 from the line), and added 7 assists, 6 rebounds, and 1 steal[/QUOTE]
He'll get another shot somewhere if he can do that consistently. I think he's got a chance as a bench scorer in the league eventually.
[QUOTE]Jack Cooley is still hurt
Nick Covington, who played with the Jazz in Vegas, got injured early, and only played 8 minutes -- he still managed 3 points, 4 assists, and 1 steal in that time
Tre Bussey had 18 points off the bench, and 4 steals, he shot 6/11, 3/3, 3/3 in the energizer role
Joel Wright had another solid game with 23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 assist.
Jerrelle Benimon also came off the bench and had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal[/QUOTE]
some big games!
[QUOTE]Anyway, Idaho didn't quit and were down by double digits still in the fourth quarter. The Stamps made a run right when they had to and went from being down 14 with 8 minutes to play to being up by one off of two made free throws by Kevin Murphy with 6 and change to play.
It was a dogfight from then on (which means lots of misses, it's the NBA-DL), and Idaho had to take a time out with 1:01 left, and LA being up 126-124. Out of the time out Shane Gibson got fouled on a three with 58.3 seconds to go. So yeah, the play was "inbound to a guy, and have that guy take a pump fake with 3 seconds of total clock time." They're not really running an offense here. Dude made all of his throws, LA then bricked a quick shot -- and then Kevin Murphy got called for an offensive foul. Yikes. A flagrant foul. A flagrant offensive foul . . . from a guard? Gotta love NBA-DL refs. After the review it was downgraded to a regular foul though.
LA ball, down by one with 30 seconds left. They missed a layup, got the rebound, missed another layup, and then Idaho got the ball, and threw it down court to a cherrypicking Joel Wright for an open dunk. Idaho up by 3. LA ball with 8 seconds left. Coach Cooper said in the time out for "no one to help." Guess what happened?
Jamario Moon got all backboard on a three point shot from way too deep, Idaho got the ball back. Got fouled. And Wright bricked the first FT, made the second. And that was the game. The four point lead was the largest lead for the Stamps in the ENTIRE GAME. With 1.5 seconds left LA drew up a play that got Manny Harris an open three, and he drained it at the buzzer for the final margin of 130-129.
These two teams play again tonight in LA, and it will be fun to see if Kevin and Toure' can break out again. Also, A.C.Green is a worse commentator than Matt Harpring.
I did not see a lot of the Utah Jazz offense in this game, but I wasn't paying attention to every minute of the 2 hour long D-League game in front of less than 150 fans.[/QUOTE]
Another nice game last night or Murray.
MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A +/- OREB DREB REB AST PF STL TO BS BA PTS
T. Murry
38 10-21 0-2 2-3 13 2 8 10 5 4 2 3 1 3 22
Turnovers are bit high but looks pretty nice otherwise.
[QUOTE]“I’ve always been active in the community, maybe not as much as I am now, because obviously I’m more financially stable,” said Booker, a valuable backup for the Jazz who’s making $5 million this season. “I feel like I can do more with me being stable. I’m comfortable doing a lot more than I used to.”[/QUOTE]
You weren't stable on your multi million dollar rookie deal? :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE]This past summer, the hard-working fifth-year player participated in a “Booker’s Breakfast Assist” to help round up cereal and milk donations for the Crossroads Urban Center.
“It’s definitely a great community,” Booker said of Utah. “I’m just glad to be able to give back.”
DRIVING MR. DANTE: Jazz forward Joe Ingles has come a long way over the years. Way back when, the Australian standout forward was Dante Exum’s favorite player and hoops hero.
Now the 27-year-old Ingles is apparently his younger Jazz teammate’s chauffeur.
Surrounded by multiple members of the Australian media for Friday’s game against the Warriors — also featuring Aussie Andrew Bogut — Ingles was asked about his relationship with Exum, the Jazz rookie from Melbourne.
“I saved him from his mom driving him to practice,” Ingles said. “I think he feels better coming with me than his mom. He’s 15 or whatever he is, so I’ll take care of him until he grows old enough.”
Here’s guessing Exum will return the favor if Ingles needs a driver down the road someday.[/QUOTE]
He hasn't learned to drive? What is the age to drive there Kabong?
[QUOTE]HELPFUL ADVICE: Ingles was a Beijing Olympics teammate of Bogut’s, but Exum doesn’t personally know the former Ute all that well. The Golden State center, however, took time to speak with Cecil Exum, Dante’s father, to give him advice on the NBA during the draft process this past year. Bogut also met with the younger Exum while the teen phenom worked out in Los Angeles leading up to the June draft.
That was much appreciated by Exum, who believes Bogut’s success on the U.S. basketball scene has been “good for Australian basketball” over the past decade.
“It was big at the time when he went No. 1 back in Australia,” Exum said of Bogut, who was taken first by Milwaukee in the 2005 draft. “He was kind of talking about the differences (of) what he’s done and what he could have done differently to help me.”
EMAIL: [email]jody@desnews.com[/email]
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He meet Lucy Longley yet? I watched his college career since they were in the same league as Utah and BYU.
[QUOTE]Anthony Davis, the 6-foot-10, former No. 1 draft pick from Kentucky, has become one of the NBA’s best in his third season in the NBA. [/QUOTE]
He was one of the best last year. He might be the best at the moment though.
[QUOTE]He showed the Jazz an eyeful Saturday, scoring a career-high 43 points on 16-of-23 shooting with a team-high 14 rebounds. For good measure, he added a pair of steals and a blocked shot and played good defense against Utah’s big men, who collectively didn’t have one of their better nights.
“Obviously Davis is a great player and he had a great game tonight,’’ said Utah coach Quin Snyder. “It’s a real challenge. You can’t give him easy baskets and he got some of those tonight.’’
The Jazz couldn’t find an answer for the talented 6-foot-10 Davis all night. Several Jazz players took a turn guarding the big man with Enes Kanter, Derrick Favors, Gordon Hayward and Trevor Booker all having no luck stopping Davis.
“There was really never a chance to double him, he goes so quickly when he gets the ball,’’ said Snyder.
“It’s tough — he’s long, he’s athletic, he can shoot over you, he can drive it — he has a lot of assets to his game,’’ said Booker. “I should have tried to guard him a little more. I’m not sure I could have made a difference … he’s a good player.’’[/QUOTE]
Harping did mention Booker defending him better.
[QUOTE]With their second straight loss, the Jazz dropped to 5-9 on the season with a home game against Chicago coming up on Monday night, while the Pelicans improved to 7-5.[/QUOTE]
The losses keep coming. Tank! :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]For the third straight game the Jazz got off to a slow start and found themselves down by 17 points at halftime. They clawed back within five points after three quarters, but couldn’t get closer as the Pelicans increased their lead down the stretch.
After getting 21 of his points in the first half on 8-of-10 shooting, Davis added 11 points in the third quarter and 11 more in the in the final period.
“It was a special night for him,’’ said New Orleans coach Monty Williams. “He didn’t want to come out of the game, but we had to get him a break (Davis played 40 minutes). He never lost his rhythm. We know he’s a special player and he’s just starting to scratch the surface, but tonight was a big-time night for him.’’[/QUOTE]
You could see he was tired late in the fourth when he got a quick breather.
[QUOTE]Davis gave credit to his teammates, saying, “My team helped me a lot. All of our guards were finding me and making sure I got the ball in my sweet spots. So then it was my job to knock them down.’’[/QUOTE]
Every spot looks pretty sweet for him.
[QUOTE]Jrue Holiday was the only other Pelican player in double figures with 19, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range. He also had nine of the team’s 19 assists.
Both teams had played the night before, although the Jazz starters had played less, barely half the game since Golden State had a 22-point halftime lead and coasted home from there.
The Pelicans had lost by 20 in Denver, but had been in the game until the final quarter, and four of their starters played at least 29 minutes, including 31 from Davis.
That’s what amazed Williams about Davis.
“I told him I don’t take that for granted, a guy who can go for 43 and 14 off a back-to-back with that kind of energy,’’ Williams said.
The two bright spots for the Jazz were Hayward and Trey Burke, who scored 31 and 20 points, respectively. Hayward scored 21 in the second half when he almost singlehandedly kept the Jazz within shouting distance.[/QUOTE]
Except for the fact that Holiday was killing Trey at the other end. Why not try Clark, Exum or Burks instead? Eric Gordon got hurt so they didn't have as many options.
[QUOTE]But the pair didn’t get much help outside of 10 points and five rebounds off the bench from Booker. Derrick Favors scored just 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting, while Enes Kanter finished with eight. Alec Burks had a particularly rough night with two points on 1-of-12 shooting with four turnovers.[/QUOTE]
Kanter played well again in limited time. Hope Burks gets it together before he starts getting paid next year. Favors should have been benched late in the game after Davis scored at the other end because Derek was walking up the court pouting because the refs didn't call a foul. That is leadership? I'd love to see Snyder reward guys for their play. Too much entitlement with tanking.
[QUOTE]As for Fredette, he entered the game with 2:50 left in the third quarter to his usual EnergySolutions reception, a loud mix of cheers and boos. He stayed in for the first half of the fourth quarter, but rarely touched the ball, getting off a 12-foot shot in the lane that rolled around and fell out and a 3-pointer from out front that also missed.
“It was great to be back here to see family and friends that I was so close with the four years I was at BYU,’’ Fredette said. “It’s fun to come back and reminisce and see everyone.’’
After Monday’s game against the Bulls, the Jazz head back on the road for a game at Oklahoma City Wednesday night and a home game against the L.A. Clippers Saturday night.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't get easier.
[QUOTE]And a rumble from the trade front: Word is Brooklyn's market for Andrei Kirilenko is expanding beyond merely dispatching AK-47 to Philly. One intriguing option, if Nets wait 'til Dec. 15 when trade market expands, is said to be AK-47 back to Utah for Jeremy Evans/Toure Murry Twitter @ESPNSteinLine [/QUOTE]
I figured they want to keep Murry the way he has played the past couple games. Makes to much sense to trade Evans for AK though. Bring him home! :cheers:
Would be nice to see him back on the team.
[QUOTE]Utah's losing streak hit six games
[QUOTE]the Utah Jazz have gone 109 / 332 from outside, which is .32.8%. When you average it out it's 6.8 threes made a game, and 20.8 hoists from deep. The NBA ranks are 18th in makes, 14th in takes, and 23rd in percentage. That's not an awesome look.
A bad shot is the self made pull-up three. That's what we saw a lot last season. The Jazz shot 262 pull up threes last season (More than three a game). And as you can imagine, they didn't make a lot. Thankfully the Jazz aren't going nuts with this shot this year. The problem is that the spot up jump shooting (the shot we are purposefully manufacturing) isn't jump shot making.
Last season the team shot fewer spot up threes, but made more of them. This year, well, yeah. They're only making 35.7% of them, compared to 36.5% the year before.[/QUOTE]
That's a surprise without Jefferson and Marvin.
[QUOTE]It's not just the spot ups that are the problem, it's how the players do when they are open. Last season the players on the Jazz were making contested threes (47.4%) better than the ones where they are open by 6+ feet (37.9%). But they were still making nearly 38%. This year? Only 37.1% of the super-duper wide open ones are made. Not much of a difference. But you know what is? The 4-6' open shots, where the Jazz are only making 29.7% of them this year. Last season they made 33.8% of those quite open shots.
But the team's gotta keep taking them. That's the shot that we want. Eventually they'll start falling.[/QUOTE]
Why will they start falling? They have one proven shooter and he sucks at everything else.
[QUOTE]Kevin Murphy had 21 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, and while he went 7/7 from the FT line, I'm more impressed that he has finally started to make three pointers (going 2/6). He also had 7 turn overs, so that's not so hot.[/QUOTE]
2-6 is not making 3's
[QUOTE]Toure' Murry had another all-around game with 14 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block -- but he shot only 5/12 from the field.
Nick Covington came back, but the starter in his first game from injury game off the bench, and he had 9 points, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds in 22 minutes of action
Jerrelle Benimon had a great game inside with 20 and 17, with 12 assists to boot. Yes, Triple double. And yes, I buried the lede here. He had no answer, but no, he's not Arvydas Sabonis . . . yet . . .
Jack Cooley is still injured
Tre Bussey is coming along well as an actually legit prospect, but played only 15 minutes and had 6 points and 2 assists. His defense is getting better.
There was a lot of scoring in this game for both teams (obviously), with John Stockton 's son Dave putting up 16 and 14 assists, with 3 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 threes for his efforts.[/QUOTE]
Might be someone to take another look at. He's putting up John type numbers.
[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz affiliates up in Idaho are now 3-2 on the season and are leading the West division by 0.5 games. There are now 45 more games left in the season, and our boys have won three straight. Out of the prospects we have only two are on the bubble to be called legit NBA players so far: Kevin Murphy and Toure' Murry. Murphy is slowly getting it, and as the focal point of the offense he doesn't have to shoot it each time down the court. Too often he does regress to his NCAA days where he was the best player on the floor, and didn't have help. Recognizing that you have to help the other guys score is an NBA player trait. Toure' looks good to go, and is eating up the competition right now. But more on them in a future post.
These two teams play again tonight at 3:00 PM MT.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't say Toure' is eating up the competetion but he's looking liking a decent prospect at least