Archive for the ‘Bulls’ Category

Feb3rd

Trade Scenario #1

AUTHOR: Ryan Kelling | IN: Bulls, Clippers, Marcus Camby, Wizards | COMMENTS: None Yet

Clippers’ trade scenarios, take one – Clippers trade Camby to Bulls, Bulls trade Deng to Wiz, Wiz trade Butler to LAC.

Feb3rd

Clippers Beat Bulls, Look Good in Doing So

AUTHOR: Ryan Kelling | IN: Bulls, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Rasual Butler | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

Clippers take advantage of Bulls’ malaise, get win.

Dec22nd

Top 10 Most Hopeful Clipper Moments Of The Decade… Though None Panned Out

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Brian Skinner, Bulls, Cavaliers, Chris Kaman, Clippers, DeAndre Jordan, Donald Sterling, Eric Gordon, Heat, Jazz, Kareem Rush, Knicks, Lakers, Marcus Camby, Mardy Collins, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Nuggets, Ricky Davis, Sixers, Suns, Timberwolves, Trailblazers | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

Being a Clipper fan is not about rooting for a winning team.  It’s about hope.  Praying things will get better.  Thus to look back at this past decade, I present The Top 10 Most Hopeful Clipper Moments.  Of course, as you’ll see below, every time of hope… has been followed by disaster.
1.  The decade started off with a bang for Clipper fans.  Yes, Lamar Odom was drafted in 1999, but it was in January 2000 that he had his most productive month: 19.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists on 47% shooting.  Other highlights from his rookie year?  He tied [...]

Dec2nd

Fantasy Basketball Draft Analysis 5: Is This Even Relevant?

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Bulls, General NBA, Grizzlies, Hawks, Heat, Kings, Knicks, Lakers, Nuggets, Pacers, Pistons, Rockets, Stats, Suns, Timberwolves, Trailblazers, Warriors, fantasy bball | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

For those who missed the first four installments, click here for one, two, three and four.  This is supposed to be the analysis of a fantasy bball draft, based on what I thought at the time of the draft.  However, it happened so long ago that it no longer is about who made the best choices, but rather whether I was right or wrong in thinking they made solid choices.  Anyway, as a reminder again, those players with a (K) next to their names are keepers, thus making them pretty much all good choices so they won’t be analyzed.
Round 7 [...]

Nov17th

Fantastical 4: The Continuing Analysis Of A Fantasy Basketball Draft

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Bucks, Bulls, Celtics, Chris Kaman, Clippers, General NBA, Grizzlies, Kings, Lakers, Mavericks, Spurs, Suns, fantasy bball | COMMENTS: None Yet

We now continue with my examination of my fantasy basketball draft.  In case you missed ‘em, here are the earlier bits: Part I, Part II & Part III.  I seem to babbling more and more, so this time we’re down to an analysis of only one round.  Anyway, same rules/caveats as usual:
-Players with a “(K)” next to their name were Keepers so they pretty much won’t be discussed ‘cuz they’re usually darn good.
-These comments are based on how I felt at the time of our draft.  Meaning no one knew Brandon Jennings would score 55 points & be a general [...]

Nov3rd

Monkey Departs From Back: Clippers Get 1st Win, or, How To Win Like Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant.

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Bulls, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Eric Gordon, Lakers, Marcus Camby, Rasual Butler, Timberwolves | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

It wasn’t pretty — okay, it was ugly — but the Clips finally got their first win.  After possibly making history by losing 4 games in October (since the season starts the end of October, I dunno if any team has ever even played 4 games in the month before), they broke on through to the other side.  This has been a tough stretch to start the season.  First, learning the day before the season starts that Blake Griffin is seriously injured, and then having to play 5 games in 7 days is insane.  Particularly considering the first four teams [...]

Oct30th

Linkin’ Center 10/30

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Comedy, General NBA, Hornets, Kings, Magic, Raptors, Sixers, Thunder | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

News From Around The League:
Pacman Jonesin’ pictures Brian Scalabrine as l’il orphan Annie.  Also, due to the “massive” controversy of their Top 25 TV Characters In History, it’s been expanded to the Top 100.  Here is part II and III.   It seems like every character from Arrested Development, The Wire & Seinfeld will be on the list.  Lastly, they’ve also got a nice report on the brouhaha that’s brewing about Jailboy ref Tim Donaghy’s proposed book.  Note: It turns out that it was a false report that Tim Donaghy is the illegitimate half-brother of Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock.
A Royal [...]

Oct26th

NBA Team-By-Team Final Thoughts As Season Starts, Part I

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Bobcats, Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Craig Smith, DeAndre Jordan, Hawks, Heat, Lakers, Marcus Camby, Mavericks, Nuggets, Pacers, Pistons, Rasual Butler, Rockets, Warriors | COMMENTS: 7 Comments

Atlanta – Their D wasn’t quite up to snuff in the pre-season.  Jamal Crawford needs to find his way.  And I’m not sure this team has the drive to take it to the next level.
Boston – ‘Sheed’s crazy to think they could win 72+ games.  No way Doc would be dumb enough to run his starters that hard.  He’s realized it’s a marathon & not a sprint, so I expect Doc to rest his old guys as much as possible.  Still not convinced that KG will be his old self rather than his elderly self.  With that and lingering tension [...]

Sep28th

My If-The-Playoffs-Were-Now Ranking

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Bobcats, Bucks, Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Clippers, DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, General NBA, Grizzlies, Hawks, Heat, Hornets, Jazz, Kings, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Pistons, Rankings, Raptors, Rockets, Sixers, Spurs, Suns, Thunder, Timberwolves, Trailblazers, Warriors, Wizards | COMMENTS: 5 Comments

Okay, some people just call ‘em Power Rankings or Team Rankings, but I ain’t some people.  I’m just one people.  Er, person.  Anyway, the reason I’ve phrased it as such is ‘cuz I definitely think some teams will take a bit to round in shape (like how the Spurs regularly gear up in the second half of the season), versus others will come out & steadily play the same throughout the season.  And of course there obviously will be injuries and trades throughout the season, so who knows how things will end up?  Thus this is just my view of [...]

Sep8th

Summertime Is No Vacation For Derrick Rose, Robin Lopez & Lou WIlliams

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Bulls, Cavaliers, Sixers, Suns, Trailblazers | COMMENTS: None Yet

Yahoo Sports has a nice article on how Summertime Is No Vacation For Players Taking On New Roles:
It has been an offseason of big-name transactions, so some key players have landed in new spots. Of course, every time a player goes to a new team, he leaves an old team behind-and that puts pressure on the guy who is called on to fill a new role.
It’s always inspiring to hear about the off-season work some players put in (because the pessimist in us tends to assume these multi-millionaires slack off as much as possible in the off-season, all but a [...]