Reasons why Lebron should go to New York

Hedo Turkoglu Is Not That Good

Turkoglu was both beastly and awful in today’s game against the Chicago Bulls. He had half of his team’s total defensive rebounds, and 19 overall. However, his shooting was… off.

What to take from all this: Hedo Turkey-glue is a balanced player, shooting from both the outside and the inside. However, he is also very bad at shooting, from both the outside and the inside. He kind of sucked today, and he did not even win the funny picture of the day award. That honor goes to Jarret Jack’s swan dance improv.

Richard Jefferson – Genius or Insane?

After reading that Richard Jefferson is considering opting out of his current contract (next year is the last year, worth $15 mil), I had several reactions.

Reaction 1: LOL

Reaction 2: Come on, Jefferson is useless, who would want to sign him to another large contract.

Reaction 3: He’s so dumb and useless and bald.

Reaction 4: This actually might make some sense for him. He knows that if he sucks again next year, his value will plummet to less than nothing, and he’ll have a hard time getting a new contract. Taking on a new contract that runs longer would provide him some financial security.

Reaction 5: Still, he’s so useless. I doubt he is worth more than $6 million a year unless he is placed in a perfect situation.

Reaction 6: I hope he opts out so the Spurs can get some real players next year.

Reaction 7: Lawl

After those reactions, I then stopped laughing long enough to actually read the article. Jefferson sees getting a new contract similar to signing an extension, which makes sense.

"So you figure it out. If you're able to get four years and 40 (million dollars by opting out) from someone, it's like, 'OK, I did lose out on 15 (million dollars). But I'm going to get basically a $25 million extension.' Those are things that you think of at the end of the season.''

I could see him getting 10 million a year from certain desperate teams *cough*Knicks*cough*, but even then I kind of doubt it. He makes it sound like his game is more suited to up tempo basketball and relies heavily on his athleticism, but he’s already getting old.

Self Promotion

I made a post about basketball on my other blog so I thought I should link to it here.

Your 2009-10 Lakers

Wise man Gasol and giddy, overexcited Kobe

Bynum: Are those glasses? You’re wearing glasses? I eat nerds like you for breakfast.

Artest: Whoah. Guys. Look. I’m not dribbling but the ball is still bouncing. Whoah.

Lamar Odom is too cool to do silly things like drive to the basket, so he has to have a bored face when doing so.

Derek Fisher, a player or a spectator? A little of both.

No one cares about Agent Zero anymore

Gilbert Arenas wants to change his number to 6. But wait you say, Lebron is doing that too. What a copycat! Or it could be something far more sinister.

At the beginning of this season, Arenas said that he was giving up the whole Agent Zero shtick and be more serious. Well, that phase ended faster than a speeding bullet(!) and it was back to Agent Zero status. Now the number 6 is interesting. If you recall the movie Goldeneye, James Bond (007) is betrayed by his partner Trevelyan (006). Gilbert obviously plans on playing with someone who wears number 7, and reenacting the movie. He’ll be a good teammate, score a bunch, get a couple of dimes, and get the team in position for a playoff run. Then at the last minute, he’ll try to have #7 shot by an army of Russians (with really bad aim). This is very scary!

Here’s a list of some notable players who are wearing the number 7 this season.

Ben Gordon, Al Harrington, Jermaine ‘The Drain’ O’neal, Lamar Odom, J.J. ‘Duke pretty boy’ Redick, Brandon Roy

Rasheed Wallace: Better or Worse?

Rasheed Wallace has taken 3 three-pointers combined in the last three games.

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According to his game logs on Basketball Reference, the last instance of Sheed attempting three or fewer triples combined over a three-game span happened during the last three games of the…2005 season.

from CelticsHub

Sure, Rasheed Wallace may have taken a low amount of 3’s the past three games but maybe it’s not the good news that people seem to think it is. Jacking up 3’s is never a good thing, especially when Wallace has so much potential in the low post. But is this drought of 3’s really a product of Rasheed finally learning how to best utilize his talents, or is it merely a problem that you wouldn’t see in the simple box score? I myself have not watched any of the recent Celtics games, and I am far too busy at the moment to actually look at numbers. But I can imagine a handful of scenarios where this dropoff in 3’s is only a precursor to something far worse.

• Rasheed Wallace is losing his vision, so he has had a foot on the line when he has been attempting a 3, nullifying it into the longest two possible.
• Rasheed Wallace has lost all confidence in shooting 3’s. Even when wide open he opts to pass it to the unopen man, or even worse, pretend to fumble it away.
• He has a gambling problem, and he is trying to win a bet that he won’t shoot more than 10 3’s the rest of the season.
• His arms are too weak now, so he doesn’t have the range anymore.
• That white spot on his head is a tumor and he is dying.