2010-2011 NBA Season Thread

[Heavencloud]

I guess when you play for the Wizards there's not much else to try and do.

[Kyo]

Ridiculous dunk by Wade.

[Kaslo]

Ridiculous dunk by Wade.

No joke, that shit was mean.

[Kyo]

And Lebron with a ridiculous dunk, game has been fun so far.

[Kaslo]

Damn this game is godly.

[Dimmauk]

This game is epic!

[Rhinox]

like a bosh

[Kaslo]

Let the tears begin!

[Dimmauk]

Durant fucking OWNED Lebron and Wade.

[Dimmauk]

This made me LOL.

Grant Hill fires back at Jalen Rose, Michigan's Fab Five for calling Duke players 'Uncle Toms'
BY Andy Clayton
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 3:50 PM


Duke and Michigan have had some epic battles on the hardwood.

But the rivalry may have reached its boiling point Wednesday when former Duke star Grant Hill called comments made by Jalen Rose and other members of Michigan's Fab Five freshmen in a recent ESPN film "sad" and "pathetic" in an exclusive letter published by the New York Times.

ESPN's "The Fab Five" debuted on Sunday night and chronicled the Michigan careers of Rose, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. The five high school stars joined forces in 1991 and led the Wolverines to back-to-back Final Four appearances, losing in the national title game both times.

The outspoken Rose - who was an executive producer on the film and is currently an NBA analyst for the network - talked about his hatred of Duke in the two-hour documentary and his comments included the fact that he felt Duke only recruited black players he considered to be "Uncle Toms."

Hill, who was one of the stars of the Duke team that beat the Fab Five 71-51 in the '92 NCAA title game, didn't hold back in his stinging response:

I am a fan, friend and longtime competitor of the Fab Five. I have competed against Jalen Rose and Chris Webber since the age of 13. At Michigan, the Fab Five represented a cultural phenomenon that impacted the country in a permanent and positive way. The very idea of the Fab Five elicited pride and promise in much the same way the Georgetown teams did in the mid-1980s when I was in high school and idolized them. Their journey from youthful icons to successful men today is a road map for so many young, black men (and women) who saw their journey through the powerful documentary, "The Fab Five."

It was a sad and somewhat pathetic turn of events, therefore, to see friends narrating this interesting documentary about their moment in time and calling me a bitch and worse, calling all black players at Duke "Uncle Toms" and, to some degree, disparaging my parents for their education, work ethic and commitment to each other and to me.

Hill isn't the only member of that Duke team to fire back at the Fab Five. Point guard Bobby Hurley told Dan Patrick on his radio show Monday that Rose wouldn't have been a star - much less a starter - at Duke.

"He might have had a hard time hitting the floor," Hurley, now an assistant coach at Wagner College, said, "because he wouldn't have taken my spot."

Hill, a seven-time NBA All-Star who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns, ended his letter with one last tweak.

"I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five."

[Moss]

When I read that last line, I was like "BOOM!"

[Kyo]

Grant Hill doin work.

[Rhinox]

D-ROSE making dwill look silly tonight

[Rhinox]

The Roses reclaim the top spot in the east while also increasing their lead over the heat to 4.5

D-ROSE

[toqabowl]

The Roses reclaim the top spot in the east while also increasing their lead over the heat to 4.5

D-ROSE

w00t w00t

(we 3.5 over heat, not 4.5)

[kisada]

omg portland up 21 to 2 on cleveland

[Heavencloud]

43-14 now, good god cavs

[Kaslo]

Pretty good comparison of D-Rose and Westbrook:

http://www.myexpiringcontract.com/20...y-of-espn.html

And even though their shot charts overlap almost concurrently, their arrival to those points are much different. Rose probes, calculated, before he unleashes as quick as anybody to the basket. There's nobody better at circus reverse layups than Rose; he'll fit through even the smallest cracks. His floater is also a weapon, but even with the "wow" shots, Rose is a good-not great-finisher. He seems to prefer slithering through to attempt a spinning layup than going strong to get to the line. With his quick-strike, slick approach, Rose really is like a cobra.

Then Westbrook is a bull. He just goes. Everything else be damned. There's a couple of pet pull-up shots that he might try, but Westbrook just attacks and sees what happens. There's not as many crazy lay-up attempts. He wants to dunk on people or get fouled trying. He lacks Rose's in between game, but Rose lacks his assertiveness. Westbrook gets labeled reckless at times. Sometimes it does feel that way, but the production gets there. It's more exciting, but when something goes wrong with Westbrook, it tends to look awful, while Rose rides a more stable balance.

[Dimmauk]

Parker is a better finisher than both of them.

[Valisk]

Parker is a better finisher than both of them.

Does he like to finish inside?