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10-30-05, 09:27 AM
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...t.6824c86.html Court shorts: Best and worst of the NBA Web Posted: 10/30/2005 12:00 AM CDT San Antonio Express-News Express-News NBA beat writer Mike Monroe puts his own spin on the league: BEST SHOOTER Ray Allen, SuperSonics By shooter, we mean among the real shooters — guards and forwards. Allen's stroke is flawless. The Kings' Peja Stojakovic a close second. WORST SHOOTER Jason Williams, Heat It's definitely a point guard named Jason, and you could almost flip a coin between Williams and the Nets' Kidd. OK, it came up heads, so it's Williams, 39 percent for his career. BEST DEFENDER Bruce Bowen, Spurs Why do you think he was on the Pistons' Chauncey Billups in crunch time in Game 7 of the NBA Finals? WORST DEFENDER Voshon Lenard, Nuggets Doesn't care much about guards and forwards, but watch out if you're a deer in his back yard. BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK Josh Howard, Mavericks For $863,640 last season, Dallas got 12.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Howard is still making less than $1 million ($923,880). WORST BANG FOR THE BUCK Tim Thomas, Bulls His 2004-05 salary was $12.9 million. His 2004-05 numbers: 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds. And this year, he gets a raise to $14 million. MOST UNDERRATED Chauncey Billups, Pistons How can it be that he has never been an All-Star? Had his Pistons beaten the Spurs in Game 7, he would have been back-to-back Finals MVP. MOST OVERRATED Antoine Walker, Heat Big numbers don't make you a big-time player, but he has been an All-Star three times. Why? BEST OFFSEASON MOVE Lakers rehire Phil Jackson When you're a mega-millionaire, it takes a lot to admit you were wrong. Dr. Jerry Buss did. Zenmeister will coax Lakers back to the playoffs. WORST OFFSEASON MOVE Joe Johnson leaves Suns We don't ever want to hear the phrase "It's not about the money" from Johnson's lips. Nobody volunteers to be an Atlanta Hawk, except out of greed. MOST FUNDAMENTAL Tim Duncan, Spurs Come on, there's a reason Shaq dubbed him "The Big Fundamental." MOST PLAYGROUND Rafer Alston, Rockets Once went to the locker room when a coach took him out of a game. MOST EXCITING Dwyane Wade, Heat He's the Kobe Bryant of five years ago, except a much better passer and he gets along with Shaq. MOST BORING Andre Miller, Nuggets Can't jump, doesn't dunk and his "jumper" is pretty much a set shot. FASTEST Gilbert Arenas, Wizards Fastest, not quickest. He'd beat anyone in an end-to-end sprint, with or without the basketball. SLOWEST Dikembe Mutombo, Rockets Mutombo has this distinction until the first game Dallas' Pavel Podkolzine actually gets on the court. BEST HANDS Chris Webber, 76ers Catches everything that comes into the post, regardless of how bad the pass is. WORST HANDS Nazr Mohammed, Spurs Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran had nothing on Nazr, whose value to Spurs is not based on running the offense through the pivot. MOST ATHLETIC Jason Richardson, Warriors He has got the full package of physical skills and sports the best hang time in the league. LEAST ATHLETIC Danny Fortson, SuperSonics Should be playing in the NFL and not at tight end, either. Nose tackle would suit him. TOUGHEST Allen Iverson, 76ers May be the all-time NBA leader in playing with injuries and he never, ever backs down. SOFTEST Keith Van Horn, Mavericks Mix it up inside? You must be joking. BEST FLOPPER (the Vlade Divac Award) Manu Ginobili, Spurs Admit it, Spurs fans. If Manu played for another team, you would hate his flopping, too. He wins this because he gets away with it so often. WORST FLOPPER (also the Vlade Divac Award) Mark Madsen, Timberwolves Flops often, flops big and usually gets called for the block. BEST HAIR Ben Wallace, Pistons (Afro style) If nothing else, it makes an undersized center seem 7-foot tall. WORST HAIR Chris Andersen, Hornets He calls himself "The Birdman" and his 'do usually looks like a bird's nest. BEST NAME Zaza Pachulia, Hawks When your name sounds like a cologne, you've got something going for you. WORST NAME Ervin Johnson, Bucks Who knew the absence of one little "a" could turn Magic into Tragic? BEST ARENA Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Great place to watch a game. Indiana basketball museum features shrine to high school team that inspired "Hoosiers." WORST ARENA Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J. It's old and cramped, with a tiny visitors locker room, and it's in that goofy Meadowlands sports "complex." BEST REFEREE Steve Javie Now that he has gotten over being a hothead, he's the guy you want to see in the biggest of games. WORST REFEREE Violet Palmer This is not a sexist pick. Why do you think she never has worked a playoff game?
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10-30-05, 10:26 AM
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WORST HANDS Nazr Mohammed, Spurs Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran had nothing on Nazr, whose value to Spurs is not based on running the offense through the pivot. worst hands....that is an understatement. Nazi can never catch the initial pass, I was a nervous wreck when they threw him the ball somtimes, then when he gets it down low he travels a lot......Nazi stick to playing D and getting boards. I thought Malik had bad hands...... |
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10-30-05, 07:07 PM
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Still wish Spurs drafted Howard. Oh well.....
__________________ UCLA!! "When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at this rock perhaps 100 times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow, it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it. But all that had gone before." - Jacob Riis |
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10-30-05, 07:16 PM
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Nazr doesn't displace Malik as the All Thumbs champ. Nazr had 1.4 turnovers in 25 minutes, Malik had 1.34 in 19 minutes so Malik had more turnovers per minute played. And this was despite the fact that Nazr was touching the ball more- 9.5 points and 7.6 rebounds to Malik's 7 points and only 4.5 rebounds. On the turnover per 48 minute ranking for last season Malik came in 40th and Nazr didn't make the list. Tony and Manu were 15th and 16th on the list but they see the ball a lot more often than Malik.
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10-30-05, 07:21 PM
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Nazr can still have the worst hands yet Malik be more turnover prone. Malik has a little more offensive game than Nazr, so I'd expect him to risk a little more. Sometimes he over did it, but even with Malik's overplaying sometimes, he still is a better offensive player than Nazr. Too bad Malik didn't have Nazr's size. Oh well. Lets hope Nazr can improve with more time in the system.
__________________ UCLA!! "When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at this rock perhaps 100 times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow, it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it. But all that had gone before." - Jacob Riis |
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10-30-05, 08:35 PM
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10-30-05, 08:41 PM
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__________________ UCLA!! "When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at this rock perhaps 100 times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow, it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it. But all that had gone before." - Jacob Riis Last edited by Grego; 10-30-05 at 08:54 PM. |
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10-30-05, 08:54 PM
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^^Maybe so. I just got watched game 7 again and Big Ben was everywhere in that game, especially with Rasheed and McDyess in foul trouble. Billups was very quiet in that game--only made 3 of his FGA. So maybe I let game 7 weigh too much.
__________________ Pop: “Happy? Happy? Happy’s not a word we think about in the game.” |
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10-30-05, 08:55 PM
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__________________ UCLA!! "When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at this rock perhaps 100 times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow, it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it. But all that had gone before." - Jacob Riis |
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10-31-05, 01:24 AM
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