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  1. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    Viktor Khryapa Portland Trail Blazers Position: F Height: 6-9 Weight: 210 From : Russia Player file | Team stats 2005-06 Statistics PPG 5.8 RPG 4.4 APG 1.3 SPG .72 BPG .42 FG% .462 FT% .694 3P% .333 MPG 21.6 Melvin Ely Charlotte Bobcats Position...
  2. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    Malone late in his career was not very fast, but still put up some awsome numbers. Yes Malone was proably stronger than Amare was, but I'll bet Amare is stronger than he was before his injury. Upper body is something he could work on even when his knee was not very good. Perhaps you are...
  3. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    My read on it is that Elson looks like a nice backup type center, but he's expected to be a starter with the Spurs.
  4. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    Hoopshype has Elson at $3 million this year and Butler at $2 million. Elson looked pretty good in the games I've seen him in. However, I find it revealing that the Nuggets decided to re-sign Evens and let Elson go even though he was a restricted free agent.
  5. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    Malone's career stats were amazing and he was never close to being as explosive as Amare. In any case, the problem is not what Amare is saying but what the reporters are asking. For example, I was very interested when I heard he was working on going left. Just look at how effective Nash is by...
  6. George O'Brien

    Mike K's tenure as team USA questioned...

    I think Coach K fell into the trap of believing that pressure defense was the answer to everything. I think part of it is that the USA team could play a level of pressure defense that no one had experience against. However, he was totally unprepared for the Greeks. Part of the problem was...
  7. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    I loved the intimidation factor of having White. I remember one time he got the ball at the foul line and drove the basket, causing everyone to clear out. No one in his right mind was going to take a charge from Jahidi. None the less, White's hands of stone, unbelievably bad foul shooting...
  8. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    As long as Amare doesn't take up motorcycles, he should be fine. ;) I don't know how many times we have to go through the core differences between Amare's operation and that of most micorfracture surgeries. Pokerface and others who repeat his arguments keep insisting that Penny is relevant...
  9. George O'Brien

    Republic - Stoudemire must adjust to diminished role

    "That's the thing with Amaré," D'Antoni said. "It's not really about limiting his time, it's limiting that he has to do everything to create a shot. Now we have other guys that can create shots. I think is means there will be a big emphasis on Amare passing out of the double team. In a...
  10. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    If Amare he reinjured his left knee, then the attempt to bring him back would have been impossibly stupid. But that's not what happened. Perhaps it was inevitable that his right knee would get hurt too, but that is not all that clear. If all that mattered was the left knee, then working with...
  11. George O'Brien

    Running More

    Failing to outscore the opponent is generally a bad thing. ;) Throughout the team's history, the Suns have been a team that tries to score a lot of points. For example, their best team was the 1992-93 team that averaged 110.3 ppg and shot 49.3%. Their opponent's shot 47.9% but averaged...
  12. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    You mean the microfractured comspiracy theories? :p Somehow the negative reactions to statements has become weird. 1. Amare thinks he'll be 100% by the start of the season. Since Penny said similar stuff, this means Amare is going to be like Penny. 2. D'Antoni makes very cautious...
  13. George O'Brien

    Running More

    D'Antoni wants the Suns to run more, even though they already increased their shot attempts from 7018 to 7167 from 04-05 to 05-06. Just out of curiousity, I checked the number of shot attemps of the other playoff teams: Denver 6672 Lakers 6607 Sacramento 6500 Clippers 6443 Dallas 6375...
  14. George O'Brien

    Republic - Stoudemire must adjust to diminished role

    http://www.azcentral.com/sports/columns/articles/0930boivin0930.html I was curious about the perception that Amare has to have the ball all the time. In 2004-05, of the 7018 shot attempted, the key shooters were as follows: Stoudemire 1336 Marion 1289 Johnson 1179 Richardson 1045 Nash...
  15. George O'Brien

    Amaré expects to be ''100%''

    Until he plays in real games, we won't know how far along Amare is. This percentages stuff is just silly. During summer league, Amare was clearly not feeling that good and was not in shape, but he destroyed the opposition. In the USA camp, he was feeling better and was considered a threat to...
  16. George O'Brien

    SICK new stoudemire mix

    I think it was Al McCoy who said there as least two or three "how did he do that" events in every game Amare played. What's interesting about the video is that probably only a third were due to his explosiveness. The one thing that showed up over and over in that video is how unbelievably...
  17. George O'Brien

    question about League Pass

    In Phoenix, we get most of the home games on cable already; so the League Pass would be to see other teams play. If I had the time to watch a lot of non-Suns games, maybe I'd be interested. As it is, I probably see only about half the Suns games due to lime limitations.
  18. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    From what I can tell, Taylor is mostly an offensive player who doesn't bang the boards, so Marks may be a better fit than Taylor.
  19. George O'Brien

    Defense

    How good is the Sun's Defense going to be? http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0930suns0930.html Why do Suns rank so low on other measures of defense and not on points per possession? I think it has to do with D'Antoni's "no fouls" policy. There are a lot of coaches who have a...
  20. George O'Brien

    Republic: Suns' quest begins in Europe

    http://www.azcentral.com
  21. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    I don't think the Suns are going to pick up an aging veteran as insurance unless there is a real concern about a rotation player's health. Once training camp gets going, they'll knew if Amare and KT are healthy.
  22. George O'Brien

    would you have STAT come off the bench?

    I tend to view Amare's situation like that of a pitcher with a super fast ball who gets injured. Some great power pitchers never regain their effectiveness, but most simply stop trying to blow the ball by every batter. They learn about control, location, movement, and varying the speed. When the...
  23. George O'Brien

    Varem Out, White in

    I hope he can write. :D BTW, I think the reason for Italy is what D'Antoni referred to as "bonding". Ordinarily this is a fairly overrated aspect of sports, but it could be pretty important this year. For the last two years, the Suns rotation was pretty easy. The guys who played were so...
  24. George O'Brien

    would you have STAT come off the bench?

    If Amare plays, he starts. I'm still not sure D'Antoni is sure who will start with him: Diaw or KT. My guess is that that KT starts to keep Amare out of foul trouble, but it will depend on how well they play.
  25. George O'Brien

    Melvin Ely?

    I'm not a Van Gundy fan but the Rockets should make the playoffs.

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