Thursday Bolts – 9.3.15
Serge Ibaka checks in 25th in SI.com’s top 100: “NBA teams are often challenged in their pursuit of two traditionally competing interests: The space needed for an offense to flow smoothly and the size necessary to keep a defense consistent. Ibaka is an anomaly for the way his game merges both aims without compromise. Stretch bigs aren’t typically All-NBA defenders and first-rate shot blockers don’t generally have Ibaka’s shooting touch. In fact, Ibaka was the only player of his kind last season in terms of making three-pointers (1.2 per game) and blocking shots (5.8%). The closest three-point shooters blocked shots about half as often as Ibaka and no other high-level shot blocker made more than two three-pointers all season. Ibaka made 77.”
Michele Roberts in a Q&A with Sportando: “Sitting down at a table already now with the NBA to understand what worries the owners and what worries the players. In the past very few attempts to speak in advance of the problems that led to the lockouts have been made. Whether Both commissioner Silver and myself want to do everything possible to prevent the NBA to stop: the only way is to negotiate. We have already started, we will meet again in early September with the hope to announce within the end of the season that the union and the league have solved their problems. ”
Kevin Durant and John Wall played flag football together oh no lock it up it’s all over.
Zach Harper of CBSSports.com: “There will be issues to work out, such as the draft age, the distribution of revenue, and a few other items Roberts wants to make sure favor her union as possible, but hope of a new deal over a year before the current deal runs out would avoid the loss of jobs around the NBA that typically happens during an lockout. If we can see the next 8-10 years without interruption of the typical business each season, the NBA can meet the expectations both sides have for the global growth and overall health of the sport of basketball.”
Do you have a take on Tom Brady? Because the world probably needs to hear it.
KD is the second highest paid NBA endorser.
Jorge Sierra of HoopsHype: “WEAKNESSES: Staying healthy has been a problem for the team’s stars … Durant and Westbrook missed 107 regular season games combined the last two years … Durant comes off a serious injury … Can he get back to his 2013-14 level? … Let’s just say shooting guard position is not as strong as it was during the James Harden years … Can Dion Waiters be counted upon to contribute consistenly? … Conditioning, shot selection and defense have been issues with him … Inconsistency has plagued Kanter, who’s a very poor defensive player … They are not exactly the Spurs when it comes to ball movement … Not many good (or willing) passers … Durant’s looming free agency could be a distraction … Pressure is on knowing a rough year could tempt KD to bolt for another city … Billy Donovan is a question mark as a rookie head coach.”
Interesting thread on Tim Duncan.
Hey, college football!
