Z-man:

Blatche looks like he will be a really good player for the Nets

Maybe if he raises his TS% by 100 points, learns how to not be an awful rebounder, and overall learns how to be good at basketball. The dude has never posted a PPS higher than 1.15 (1.29 is average for C), and last season he had a 0.90. Yes. 0.90. That means that he scored at about 66% of the AVERAGE center’s efficiency. Do I need to explain how abysmal this is? Any kind of interaction effect would have to be HUGE to offset this kind of ineptness.

In person, every NBA player looks like a magnificent athlete. Blatche is absolutely terrible, and even a huge improvement would leave him at below-average. If he ever even becomes an average NBA basketball player, I will quit the board forever. Eyetest? Stop it.

PS some observations about the Celts-Nets game:

I really like the floor at the Barclays Center

Blatche looks like he will be a really good player for the Nets

The Celts look very tough

Z-man: I do, it was exactly as you put it. It will take time to build chemistry and trust. Bottom line is, when Melo is justified in liking the matchup, he should operate as any elite scorer does and go at the defender. It’s when he gets overconfident or settles for lower perctnage shots that he hurts the team, and where Kidd’s influence will be needed.

Who was the matchup again? I honestly can’t even remember who was defending him.

knicknyk: I believe there was a play agains the Celtics where Kidd was screaming at Melo to reverse the ball but Melo liked the matchup. Can’t remember who was defending Melo. Does anybody remember or saw what I was talking about?

I do, it was exactly as you put it. It will take time to build chemistry and trust. Bottom line is, when Melo is justified in liking the matchup, he should operate as any elite scorer does and go at the defender. It’s when he gets overconfident or settles for lower perctnage shots that he hurts the team, and where Kidd’s influence will be needed.

knicknyk: I take it you saw the precise play that I was talking about?

And @11 yes the audio is free.

I don’t recall. Wouldn’t be surprised if it happened.

BigBlueAL:
Guys a quick question.Ive been getting NBA League Pass since 2007 but unfortunately it looks like I will have to skip getting it this season.I read that NBA.com has Audio League Pass and it looks like its free.Is this true??Thats a decent alternative at least (besides looking for illegal streams of course).So just curious if anyone has used NBA League Pass Audio and if it is indeed free.

At least this season the Knicks are on national TV almost 30 times and I still have NBA TV so watching highlights and hopefully some late-game live coverage will be no problem.

I’ll have two through the first month. I’ll hit you up with password that will be good through November, maybe even mid December.

rururuland@yahoo.com

ruruland: Hasn’t the ball movement been 180 degrees different ( or whatever the angle the full 3pt line makes) with these pgs?

I take it you saw the precise play that I was talking about?

And @11 yes the audio is free.

At least this season the Knicks are on national TV almost 30 times and I still have NBA TV so watching highlights and hopefully some late-game live coverage will be no problem.

knicknyk:
I believe there was a play agains the Celtics where Kidd was screaming at Melo to reversethe ball but Melo liked the matchup. Can’t remember who was defending Melo. Does anybody remember or saw what I was talking about?

Hasn’t the ball movement been 180 degrees different ( or whatever the angle the full 3pt line makes) with these pgs?