This weekend in the NBA was an exciting one. Saturday night was highlighted by two rookies that went head to head, which were Sacramento’s Tyreke Evans and Milwaukie’s Brandon Jennings. These two rookies light up the night for me and they both deserve to be the front running candidates in the Rookie of the Year race. Both of these teams are at that .500 level which is a great improvement from last season. The Bucks have a chance to make the playoffs, and the Kings are in the West unfortunately, but the bright side is the improvement. These two teams are playing beautiful fundamental basketball that is led by their two rookie stars. It’s hard for a rookie to be the go to guy in clutch situations, but Jennings and Evans traded their shots in the final minute of the game Saturday, and Evans got the upper hand, but it was great to see new talent taking those big shots. The Bucks and Kings are two teams worth keeping an eye on, and they both are stepping up on this weekend’s ladder.
Sunday showcased a team that in my opinion should be in the elite set of teams. They are my favorite West team, and also wear blue and white. The Dallas Mavericks are a stacked team, with many players that can score. This ability was put on display last night when Dallas took home the victory over Cleveland, oh yeah Dallas did not have Dirk Nowitzki. That was not a problem because Tim Thomas started, and scored 22 points, while the current 6th Man of the Year, and my favorite Mavs player, Jason Terry added 19 points. This Dallas team also showcases Shawn Marion, Drew Gooden, Erik Dampier, JJ Barea, Jason Kidd, Josh Howard, and other contributors. If this team could stay healthy, they have the potential to be very scary. Dallas goes up on the ladder.
It may seem all positive on the ladder, but being a fan of Grumpy Stan Van Gundy, I also have a few teams that came down the ladder this weekend. The Denver Nuggets came down a step this weekend because they lost a game to Memphis, which I love the way Memphis is playing basketball, but Denver is considered an elite team, and they can’t just give it up to the Grizzlies. It seems that the Grizzlies are not getting the elite team’s best game, like Cleveland and now Denver. If a team wants to be champions, then any team matters, just look at the Lakers (I hate saying that!). It is no disrespect for Memphis, but come on Denver should have defeated the Grizzlies, and I will let this loss have the excuse that Billups has a strained groin. Still Carmelo scored 41 and the Nuggets can’t win, come on!
On the other hand, congrats to Zach Randolph, who posted a monster 32 points, and 24 boards against the Nuggets. This guy can play, it’s just he needs to stay consistent. If Memphis can get this type of play from Randolph every night, well they are really scary because against their team is not only stacked, but are very athletic and very young.
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Abdullah! Where have you been? I have been wondering what you think of the recent game play by the magic. I don't even know what to think. The only thing I can think is that there is some chemistry issues going on. What do you think? I'm so sad and disappointed in them.
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