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Carlos Boozer seriously sucks. Single handedly losing this game for the Jazz. Absolutely pathetic defense on Odom, he is a turnover machine, and he can't finish around the hoop.

QUOTE (JuiceCruz16 @ May 14, 2008 -> 01:29 PM) Rivals updated 2009 rankings have come out. The two names that have been raved about this summer both have jumped up. John Wall has moved to #1 overall. John Henson has leaped to #5 overall. Both have wowed them this summer. I'm thrilled to see Henson dominate, but the Wear twins actually fell to 54/55 respectivley, while Dex. Strickland stayed solid at #16 for the Tarheel commits. Illinois is represented by Paul at #49, Richardson at #57, Bertrand at #77, and Griffey at #123. Before Illinois fans get worried about Griffey's ranking, he is not concentrating on AAU ball this summer and his AAU team is freaking terrible even when he does play. This isn't a Semrau situation.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ May 7, 2008 -> 10:44 AM) Well, that's strange. Setting picks you mean? Hope he wasn't out there shooting 3s... I saw him once. He's slow...not very mobile. Kinda soft. But he is 7 foot. He was supposed to be a 2009 recruit so maybe he'll be redshirted so he can develop some more. I had similar feelings. He is absolutely huge, but he seemed stiff and is not a good athlete. Despite his size he likely will never be much of a shot blocker. I've heard his post game is developing but that he is still very mechanical on the blocks. But NW badly needs size and Rowley is about 7 ft 290 and he does have potential so he is a good pickup for them.

And to think I thought our offense would be strong and that Danks, Floyd, and Contreras would likely be a weakness (knock on wood). Hopefully the latter three continue to prove me wrong and the bats can get something going. Floyd has been terrific thus far, hope he keeps it up.

Outstanding performance by Atlanta today

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2008 -> 09:14 PM) Would you say that Gavin Floyd is a fluke then? His career ERA is worse than Dempster's as a starter. And BTW, I mentioned the teams that Owings has faced because I knew you'd bring up who Dempster faced. Gavin Floyd isn't a 31 year old pitcher with a long history of sucking. And he very well could be a fluke. Dempster had one season out of 6 (including his rookie year where he made 11 starts) as a starter with an ERA under 4.7. He was good in 2000 posting a 3.66 ERA but that was 8 years ago and he has basically sucked since then. 3 of his 6 seasons as a starter his ERA was over 5. The evidence weighs heavily that Dempster's start is a fluke.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 3, 2008 -> 12:50 PM) Hmm, was that more on Pablo? That was completely on Pablo

Freeman is leaving Iowa. That doesn't make any sense to me because he is going to be a senior. There isn't a major program in the country that is going to want to tie up a scholarship for two years for him to play one for them. So he basically is leaving Iowa to sit out a year, and then play for just one year at another program that likely will not be in a major conference.

I think Caron Butler should have been allowed to take more steps on his game winner tonight. That dribbling thing is for losers.

Atlanta and Boston is getting heated...Stern does not look happy

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 25, 2008 -> 12:41 PM) I thought so too. I really enjoyed the episode.

Not happy with tonight's episode.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 12:28 PM) I don't want to jinx the Jazz, but this series is done. As far as T-Mac, no clue. I heard last year and this year are the only two years he's had home court advantage in the playoffs. The Jazz beat them last year playing against Yao Ming who was dominate in the series. This year the Jazz are better than last year and are playing the Rockets without Yao. Even though the Rockets had homecourt advantage I think most people predicted the Jazz to win the series anyways. I know there are a lot of ifs and stuff in the season, but the Jazz started off 16-16 and ended 53-29, they would've been the number 1 seed had they not gotten into a slump in December. They could've also been the number 1 seed had they not lost to Minnesota twice on the road, and New York on the road this year so it goes both ways. The only year where T-Mac has been a favorite to advance out of the 1st round was last year. He didn't shoot the ball well in that series but still averaged 25/6/7. The year Orlando blew the 3-1 lead against Detroit, Detroit clearly was the better team and T-Mac's supporting case freaking sucked and he was great in that series. . Really his supporting cast was terrible the whole time he was in Orlando. They lost in 7 against a superior Mavericks team a couple of years ago. So really I would say the only year you can really fault him at all would be last year against Utah and even then I think Utah is the better team. This year they just don't have a chance without Yao. The fact that they won as many games as they did shows what type of player he is.

Spurs v. Phoenix has been just a fantastic game. Duncan just hit a 3 pt shot to tie the game with 3 seconds left in OT

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 12:33 AM) Time in college won't help this problem though. Amateur basketball is all about height, wingspan, athletic ability, and AAU ball right now, none of which is condusive to fundementals. The days of fundemental basketball are gone and not coming back. Now, as for the question at hand, the system now blows. To have a one year age limit maks a mockery of the "student athlete" and education system, even more than football does (and football makes a joke of it despite you having to stay at least THREE years). The rule should be you have to stay at least 2 years, at least that is of some relevance in terms of time frame. As for the age limit, I'm not sure. You can say you are denying kids employment and all that, but the NFL gets away with it, and that's besides the point that lots of jobs require college education/experience before you can get them. If you put a gun to my head though, I'd say there should be no age limit because if somebody thinks the kid is good enough, he should be allowed to play. Not to mention the fact that this system isn't about protecting the kids like the NBA claims, it's about money and having a better product and f*** it if some kids get hurt. A major difference between the NBA and the NFL is that a high school football player simply cannot compete with NFL athletes. However we have seen plenty of examples of high school basketball players who are solid players right away and a couple instances of guys being stars right off the bat. ANd honestly I wouldn't care if the NFL did get rid of their rule because there isn't a chance in hell NFL teams would draft guys out of high school. Roster spots are too valuable and the draft is already unpredictable enough. If there is an age rule the NBA should adopt baseball's rule that you let guys go pro out of HS and then if they do go to college make it 2 years (3 is just too long for basketball players). This way the Dwight Howard's and LeBron's do not have to waste their time in college but at the same time you likely keep some more guys in school.

Edit: Damn, someone beat me to it

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 03:04 PM) That would be chaos, there is no way the could quantify the Lebrons and Kobes. Some kids totally dominate high school and it doesnt translate to the pro game because they havent had quality competition (cough eddy curry cough). Eddy Curry's problem is his work ethic, not his high school competition.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) I would go with Illini Basketball in snow storms. How about going to bars with Kansas basketball players?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 11:36 PM) My bracket was so bad that I didn't win anything even though I picked Kansas to win it all, lol. Anyways, what a fantastic game. Congrats to Kansas and even all grudges aside, I kinda feel good for Coach Self. I just can't believe a team with Derrick Rose on it lost a huge game. I picked Kansas in November and before the tournament, but it just still amazes me Rose missed that free throw (although that all was CDR's fault overall that it went to OT). Also, I know Coach Cal said they were trying to, but that was yet another example why you HAVE TO FOUL when your up 3 at the end. It's just a common sense play. I was shocked that Rose missed that FT as well. And while I still don't like Self at all, the fact that recruiting at Illinois has completely turned around and I actually have hope for great things again in the future makes me care a lot less about him. But while I give KU credit for making some big plays at the end, Memphis just flat out lost that game. Missed FTs by CDR were pathetic for a star player in that situation and I still don't understand why Memphis forced that inbounds pass to the corner that led to Collins' 3. You have multiple timeouts left, use them. That is about as big of a choke job in a championship game as you will ever see. Even Chris Webber would be proud.

And Memphis choked away a national title tonight. First question that the media should ask to Calipari is if he still thinks FTs aren't a bid deal.

Why did Memphis foul there? It is a one possession game and if you stop KU you still have over 20 seconds left.

Unbelievable shot by Chalmers to send it to OT. If Memphis loses this game they can point to the FT line.

Memphis trying to lose the game at the FT line but gets a huge offensive rebound. Rose going to the line with 10 seconds left with a chance to basically ice the game.

Are the announcers seriously discussing what is wrong with Cabrera? It is the freaking the 6th game of the season.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 6, 2008 -> 02:29 PM) That's not possible until the next CBA, which is in 2011 I believe. http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/index...p;tb=1&pb=1 Maybe, but the rumor right now is that is what is being announced. I think these rules are ridiculous to be honest. I understand it in football because HS kids just can't physically compete at all with NFL players. But HS players have had a ton of success in the NBA and frankly I would be really pissed if I was forced to wait 2 years to make my money because of some ridiculous arbitrary rule. Why the hell should guys like Rose, Beasley, Durant, Oden, etc. be forced to stay in college when they gain absolutely nothing from it. People like to complain about college athletes not being compensated enough for playing for schools and yet at the same time we are keeping them from making money they deserve based on arbitrary rules. Edit: I do think a fair compromise would be a rule similar to baseball where you give guys the choice of going pro out of high school and if they decide to go to college they are required to stay for 2 years. Edit Part 2: The article was wrong and there was no announcement on a 2 year rule.