Five-Man Plus/Minus Statistics: Game 2

Mike D’Antoni went with 10 different groups and here are the results with the minutes rounded up or down to the nearest whole minute. We will be keeping these stats all season long as D’Antoni tries to find the right matches.
* Denotes Starters
* Crawford, Duhon, Richardson, Lee, Randolph ( 17 minutes) -11
Robinson, Duhon, Crawford, Chandler, [...]

RECAP: 76ers 116 Knicks 87

So what happens when a jump shooting team, to a man, struggles to make a shot? Hopefully it tries to drive to the basket. What happens when the team they are playing can defend the basket?
They get blown out.
End of story, really.
This is what we talked about when we meant balance. For those of you [...]

REGULAR SEASON GAME 2: Knicks at 76ers

When: 7:05 P.M.
Where: Wachovia Center
Watch: MSG
Starting Lineups:
76ers (0-1)

PG: Andre Miller
SG- Andre Iguodala
SF- Thaddeus Young
PF- Elton Brand
C- Samuel Dalembert,
Rest of rotation: Willie Green, Reggie Evans, Lou Williams, Samuel Dalembert
Knicks (1-0)

PG: Chris Duhon
SG: Jamal Crawford
SF: Quentin Richardson
PF: Zach Randolph
C: David Lee
Rest of Rotation: Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Nate Robinson, Malik Rose
Injuries:
Miami: Royal Ivey (Suspension, NBA)
Knicks: Danilo Gallinari [...]

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Early Trade Winds…

In looking at past NBA seasons, there are often player moves made in the first 2-3 weeks of the season so teams get an opportunity to allow new players to get to know their teammates and learn the system as early as possible.
I’ve always played the role of TKB’s resident devil’s advocate in trade rumors by [...]

Define “Knowledgable”

So apparently Mike D’Antoni cursing out fans the other night has become big news.
Why?
Good for D’Antoni. New York fans are passionate and  knowledgable,right? But when a small group chants for Stephon Marbury up 19 points in the second half against the Heat it had plenty of people cursing, including the new coach. I was [...]

Video: Heat Recap

Finger point to Gian of 7secondsormess for the video.

Could Walsh Include Nate?

Update: Just finished reading Tim Kawakami’s blog out from the Bay Area, you’d remember Tim, he’s the guy that got attacked by a Raiders Exec after breaking the story of Lane Kiffin’s firing two weeks before it happened.

Anyway, TK doesn’t think the Warriors have any use for Curry unless the deal were to expand, then [...]

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Harrington for Curry: Consider This

ESPN’s Chris Sheridan is reporting there have been discussions of a possible deal that would bring Al Harrington to NY in exchange for Eddy Curry.
He notes, however, that the Warriors are asking for a package including David Lee.
“…The Knicks are one of several teams that have contacted the Golden State Warriors about disgruntled forward Al [...]