Archive for January, 2011

Singer Imogen Heap said it best in her hit song “Hide and Seek” “Where are we? What the hell is going on?” I think that sums up the Detroit Pistons the past 3 years in a nutshell.  One must wonder: What’s going on with the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons sit at 10-20 right now, struggling in the east without any hope. 7th overall pick, Greg Monroe? Played only 521 minutes all season. Remember the steal you got in the second round this year? Terrico White? Injured. Well, at least you stole Jonas Jerebko ( I wanted Jonas at 29 for [...]

Here’s some of the top links heading into next week. Check It Out. ESPN, Insidehoops and Yahoosports are the usual suspects. Andre Iguodala on Mavs Radar Cavs’ Varejao: Out for the season Lakers’ Barnes to get Knee Surgery Nets, Pistons, Nuggets eying blockbuster Magic Not Signing Big Man Bobcats’ Happy To Get Rid Of Jackson

Going into the season, we all had our expectations for the superfriends down in Miami. Some expect 73 wins, some expected it to fail within the year. Well, I predicted 66 wins and a #1 seed for them. Besides the number one seed, I probably wasn’t that much far off but I’ll say this, they do impress me in some other ways.

If you would have told me the Knicks would be 18-14 going into 2011, I would have been shocked.  The Knicks have been a plesant surprise to me so far. Going into the season, I expected Felton and Stoudemire to be solid for New York but not this good. Stoudemire has taken Gotham by storm. Why? Ego and mental makeup. In Phoenix, Stoudemire always thought he was better then he actually was. In New York, he was given the keys and ran with them.

NBA fans, bloggers and experts argue all the time about things. One of the main things is the benefit of the doubt on big name players. For example, when Orlando made the deal bringing Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson, Earl Clark and Hedo Turkoglu back to Orlando, there was simple chatter. The main chatter was surrounding Jason Richardson being the key piece coming back to Orlando, but what was a side note? Hedo Turkoglu. Everyone believed that, even though Turkoglu struggled in Toronto and Phoenix, Turkoglu could be a underrated piece coming back in this deal. Why was Hedo a solid [...]

If your not familiar with the Early Morning Free Throws, all I do is check some of the top basketball sites and post some of the biggest stories from them. Pretty much, what you need to know heading into the next week. First post every Monday. – Carmelo to Charlotte? – Brandon Roy sidelined – Mike Conley 40 million muscle relaxer – Evan Turner’s Struggle – Phil Jackson: This is my final season – Derrick Rose wants to win MVP – LeBron “Torn” on dunk contest