The Los Angeles Lakers Look to Repeat
Written by Lance Baker on December 10, 2009 – 7:52 am -The NBA season has just about arrived, and the Los Angeles Lakers are the definite favorite entering the season. Why, you might ask?
Kobe Bryant proved that the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t need Shaquille O’Neal to win an NBA title. He did have the help of Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom (two big men), but they’re not Shaquille O’Neal in his prime.
He also proved that he would win the next championship before LeBron James would, quieting critics who point out LeBron’s superiority with respect to that rivalry. And what a great rivalry this is!
Much of the Lakers’ success last year should be attributed to a lot more than just Kobe himself. This was a team effort through and through.
Andrew Bynum needs to have a break out year this season because he has contributed little in his career thus far. Bynum has improved his scoring average every year he has been in the league but can’t stay healthy. Bynum is a good talent; he has size and has shown signs of having the potential to be a great big man.
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Will The Indiana Pacers Improve in ‘09-’10
Written by Abe Hibbert on December 5, 2009 – 10:29 am -The Indiana Pacers had a very mediocre season in 08′-09′ season finishing 36-46. The bright spot for the Pacers was their home record, 25 -26. The Pacers were terrible on the road, 11-30.
The Indiana Pacers’ Danny Granger had a breakout season, and put himself on the map as one of the best players in the NBA. Few people realize this, as the Indiana Pacers are a below average team that gets little coverage.
The Pacers defense was one of the worst in the NBA giving up more then 106 points per game for 26th in the NBA.
The Pacers have a young team with a good upside. The defense was their death blow last season giving up more points then they could score. More emphasis needs to be put on defense; we know the team can score.
The Central division should be an improvement overall – the Chicago Bulls are potentially a high 40 win team, the Cleveland Cavs acquired Shaquille O’Neal and will be the front runners.
Granger’s 87.8 free throw percentage was also among the best in the NBA. Had the Pacers been a winning team last season, Granger would have received far more credit. Still, his game should continue to improve, and it’s only a matter of time before Danny Granger becomes a household name.
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Is Blake Griffin the Answer for the Los Angeles Clippers?
Written by Luke Feldbaum on November 30, 2009 – 5:19 pm -The Los Angeles Clippers lucked out this year. While the team didn’t have the worst record in the NBA last season, they were pretty downright bad. This was pretty surprising considering the fact that the team had signed both Baron Davis and Marcus Camby – two very big names.
Not being able to win 20 games as a professional basketball team is very embarrassing. The Clippers were 27th in scoring and 25th in defense – at least they weren’t dead last in both categories.
Often times, who to select at number one may depend on a team’s needs or preferences. The choice was clear this time around. Blake Griffin had established himself as a dominant player in college basketball, and the overwhelmingly obvious choice at number one.
An extremely versatile player, Griffin’s power and forcefulness are the type that can positively impact any team. He’s a franchise player in the mold of a Tim Duncan.
You may remember that Duncan, alongside David Robinson, led the Spurs to an NBA championship during the very beginning of his career. Can Blake Griffin have a similar type of impact for the Los Angeles Clippers?
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Golden State Warriors in ‘09-’10 Season
Written by Greg Polansky on November 23, 2009 – 6:12 pm -The Golden State Warriors peaked when they defeated the 67 win Dallas Mavericks in the 07′ playoffs – since then they haven’t done much.
The 2007 playoffs for the Warriors was something they wish they can recreate, making the playoffs and winning the first round. The Warriors had the 2nd highest scoring average at 109 points per game but were the worst defensive team giving up 112 points per game, last in the NBA. If they ever hope to make the playoffs they can not give up that many points this coming season.
Things changed for the Warriors last season. Most notably, the loss of Baron Davis to the Los Angeles Clippers had a profound impact on the team, as any team would struggle to find its way after losing its best player.
Stephen Jackson was the leading scorer on the Warriors in 08-’09′ with 20 points per game followed by Jamal Crawford – who is not on the Warriors anymore.
Monte Ellis will need to have a huge year for the Warriors to go anywhere. Ellis only played 25 games last season and his absence was well missed -Ellis is a career 16 point per game scorer.
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Predictions for the Houston Rockets Season
Written by Harold Dworkin on November 20, 2009 – 6:24 pm -The Houston Rockets were one of those teams last NBA season that quietly flew under the radar. Having finished the regular season with a 53-29 overall record, the Rockets just missed the number two seed in the playoffs by a mere game.
The Rockets defeated the young Portland Trailblazers team in the first round of the playoffs 4-2. The Rockets season ended with a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in 7 games in round 2.
The Houston Rockets have a lot of unanswered questions they will have to address. Is it time to cut Tracey McGrady? McGrady never seems to be healthy anymore. The year the Rockets finally made it to the second round McGrady wasn’t even in the line up.
Under the effective leadership of head coach Rick Adelman, the Rockets team from last year will return for another season of basketball; only one thing has changed. Ron Artest, an integral part of this team, will no longer be a Houston Rocket. In fact, he’s now with the very team that put an end to Houston’s season last year.
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Is Lottery Software Worth The Trouble?
Written by George Clifftop on November 12, 2009 – 4:27 am -The likelihood of winning a top lotto payout is somewhat distant, especially when you are playing your chosen lotto game with just one ticket. A large percentage of people are happy just to buy their weekly ticket and then simply relax and dream of all the fantastic things they would be able to do if they just managed to match all the drawn lotto numbers. Others are more active, preferring to participate in as many games as possible while considering how they could possibly reduce their odds.
A quick check online will unearth a vast list of web sites promoting lottery software that professes to significantly boost your prospect of securing a lotto jackpot through the application of certain ideas, solutions or algorithms.
Even more websites hand you the chance to manage your involvement through their lotto software programs and this can be especially helpful if you manage you own lotto syndicate.
At all times you must remember that lotteries have, and always will be, a completely random affair. Although people try and predict what numbers are going to be drawn, it is a total impossibility since lotteries are a completely random affair. After all, the very attraction of the lottery itself is that everyone has a chance and if there ever was any hint that it could be “gamed” in any way, participation would drop along with the associated revenues.
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