As the NBA season draws to a close, particularly for the likes of the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers, I think we can confirm that Tyreke is a bit of a ‘Freke’. The Kings’ rookie do-it-all guard, Tyreke Evans, has shown that he is NBA-ready well beyond his years.
Last night against the Clips, ‘Reke took Drew Gooden to the basket and cleaned him right out on a spin cycle, going baseline.
Editor’s Note: Today jamjam365 brings you the Stacheketball NBA Playoff Predictions for 2010. Those at the top of the heap are easy to predict, rather, we’re looking at the contentious positions here: the final four seats at the table. We present to you the last four teams who will make the Western Conference playoffs and the four who will miss out — accompanied by a fine dose of themed ’80s music!
Best in the West : Last Four In
Utah Jazz –“All that Jazz” (not Bob Fosse Edition)
Did not improve at trade deadline. Loss of Maynor and Brewer affects the depth, they will fall behind the Suns. Best case scenario; veteran coaching plus Williams’ skill makes them a late bloomer.
Oklahoma City Thunder –“Movin on Up” (Retro Remake Mix)
Keep their hold on sixth spot and will be a tough matchup. Durant will probably finish third in the MVP race, and by all rights (and stats alone) he should really be a strong second instead of distant third. Worst case scenario: a case of youth jitters takes them down the board and they face a matchup with LALakers.
San Antonio Spurs –“So Tough to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” (Boyz2Men Still Picture Edit)
Parker, oft-injured; Ginobli, usually-injured; and Duncan, awesome, but still old, old. Bring back the old days, they wish…..
Portland Trailblazers –Portland, Orgeon and Slow Gin Fizz (Loretta Lynn – Jack White duet)
A couple of shots of something strong, and maybe the Blazers will think they belong….. (Before all the hate mail of Blazers fans having their tizzies, they could have fallen out of the playoffs just like the Grizzlies). OK, OK, so the video is not from the 80s… you try finding a video about Portland AND going into a slow tailspin. On the plus side, though, Portland’s rebounding has really looked up lately. Their depth and matchup problems could trouble Denver if they could move into the #7 seed. Continue Reading
Two years ago we had the deadline deal of Pau Gasol for a few peanuts and Marc Gasol, Pau’s younger brother who has turned out alright. But these deadline deals are all about the money; losing teams want to save as much of it as they can, dealing all-star caliber players for much less then their values would indicate to save a few bucks on a sorry season.
Yesterday was no exception, the always horrid Clippers dealt Marcus Camby for even less then peanuts. Steve Blake and Outlaw? These guys would have trouble cracking the rotation at the YMCA on Broadway. That basketball league is mighty competitive I have to add. Camby is as good a player you can add on a title seeking team; unselfish, world class defense, rebounding skills like Rodman, expiring contract!
Camby was not only an expiring deal, but a great addition to any contending team, players like him were hard to come by. I don’t blame the Clippers for trading him, they are what they are, but holy crap that’s the best deal they were offered? Mike Dunleavy is doing the impossible, he is doing worse as a GM then he did as a coach. I think Dunleavy is like a bad Deal or No Deal player, where the second he is offered the first 5K offer with all his top numbers still in play he screams “Deal!” Camby was an attractive piece for the Nuggets, Cavs, Celtics even. Any team could use a seven foot big man with defensive skills. I can’t believe there wasn’t at least one offer he could have gotten with an even okay player.
At least make a trade like the Camby one right at the deadline, why days before it when the offers would only have intensified? This stumps me more then a viewing of Lost or The Matrix. So it looks like we will have a few more sales happening this week with Amare being the top dog in the bunch. Players like Maggette, Kevin Martin, Ray Allen might be switching teams for a short while.
I did laugh when I read today that the Spurs were looking to deal Richard Jefferson! Jefferson, way way past his prime is making 14 million this year and get this: 15 Million NEXT year too! Trading Jefferson with his horrible contract and cap hit for next years golden free agent haul is probably something along the lines of a Mission Impossible 5 plot. Sure the Spurs want to trade him, the Knicks have wanted to trade Jerome James and Eddie Curry but no team has Isiah Thomas as GM so that will never happen again, unless……Mike Dunleavy gets the offer.
