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Aside from being two of possibly the greatest dunkers ever, I see no correlation between the two. Dominique Wilkins led the league in scoring (Carter's never done that). He was All NBA first team once (Carter's never done that), 2nd team four times (Carter's only been named 2nd team once), and 3rd team twice (Carter's only been named 3rd team once as well). Wilkins has also been the best player on four 50 win teams (Carter's never been on a single 50 win team till his Orlando days). Wilkins has also finished in the top 10 of the MVP voting five times (Carter's never been ahead of 10th). Now I realize Nique was a pretty selfish player in his own right, but at least he scored efficiently, and was consistently a great offensive threat for the majority of his career.

Great games from Blatche and Wall...loves the effort from the two. Dray is finally playing like he's expected to, go after rebounds, play with heart, and look to post up and use his ball handling skills in the paint. Wall continues to show signs of maturity, when his jumper wasn't falling, he decided to attack the basket more. Ended up with 27-12-6. First three game win streak since April 2008.

The problem is though, VC has nothing on his resume except a few good scoring seasons.

I don't think it's possible to play defense the way Yi plays it....it's unbearable to see.

Good decision, especially with the lockout looming, we deserve to see another great season of NCAA ball with a terrific recruiting class and some of the top prospects staying. Let's just hope Derrick Williams stays in the draft though... :glasses:

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YES!

Personally I don't think Carter should get inducted into the Hall of Fame mainly because he hasn't done anything Hall worthy in his career. He's only made All NBA twice (2nd and 3rd team respectively), he's never been higher than 10th in the MVP voting (and that's only happened once and it was awhile ago), he's never led the league in scoring or any other statistical category, never been on a 50 win team until he got to Orlando, and he's never been a factor on a very good team (none of those things are really likely to change). On top of that for about two and a half years he quit on his team quite publically. Something to think about here, induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame is determined by NBA writers and commentators, the same group of guys who haven't voted him on an All NBA team since 2001. I'd say unless he does something drastic in the next couple of years, his chances of getting into the Basketball Hall of Fame are a lot dimmer than people think. He had a number of highlight dunks but in the grand scheme of things that did nothing to change basketball.

This might be the least exciting championship game I've seen in any sport.

Kemba struggled in the SDSU game as well, but started to get in rhythm when he got in the lane and got easy transition buckets. That's what they need to do.

Ugly start..

Bucks need to ship him out, he's overrated and definitely not worth building your team around. He's the second coming of Gilbert Arenas...except not as talented.

I'd be happy with any of the following as a Skins fan: 1. Robert Quinn- The thought of having Orakpo, Landry, and Quinn on defense would be great and would bring our defense back to respectability. 2. Julio Jones- We need playmakers on offense, our receiving corps is terrible, Moss might be on his way out. 3. Prince Amukamara- We always need help in the secondary, and although it isn't a huge need for us, he's a player I see being a star in this league for a long time. Those are the three I'm really targeting now. I've been reading a lot about the QB's, and I'm becoming less and less excited about drafting one of them. If AJ Green, Patrick Peterson, Von Miller fall to us, then by all means, draft them.

In March he averaged nearly 17PPG on 50/30/85% shooting in only 30 mins off the bench. With Jeff Green out of the picture, he has elevated his play, and has made OKC legitimate contenders in the west. What's his potential? Do you see him playing at an All Star level if he ends up being the starter down the road?

Yeah you can't argue against experience, and it's pretty evident that it plays a role in college basketball (to an extent). We'll see what happens, should be a great game.

Because UConn plays excellent defense. Brandon Knight shot 6-23 from the field, including 3-11 from the field, Kentucky did everything to get him involved....took him off screens, we saw him pull up for some shots, but couldn't find any consistency. Not to mention, Kemba played some good defense on Saturday.

Butler has the guards to prevent Kemba from having a dominant impact on the game, but I don't expect them to keep pace with the Huskies offense. Lamb has played terrific so far, and will be tough to stop. If Matt Howard keeps jacking up three's like he did against VCU, it's going to lead to more fastbreak opportunities for Kemba, which will eventually open up his game. And I don't expect Mack from shooting as well as he did against VCU, I just don't see it happening.

Another great performance by JaVale, Blatche and Jordan Crawford...it took Dray about 76 games to finally show up. Wall turned the ball over far too many times, but he was great defensively.

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Does it effect their development at all? The majority of the top draft picks end up on losing teams for the first year or two of their career, but there's always that "lucky" player that ends up in a good position ala Derrick Rose, Michael Jordan, Rajon Rondo, etc. Do these aforementioned players have a leg up on the competition by playing on these playoff bound teams, or does it not matter at all when it comes to their development and potential? I remember Gilbert Arenas talking about John Wall's situation in DC after he was traded.. Is there any legitimacy regarding Gilbert's point? Will rookies develop bad habits if he's playing with inferior talent, or is it something the average fan shouldn't worry about?

Shelvin Mack was hot from three, VCU didn't get to the line much, two most important reasons why Butler won.

This game has been amazing to watch. Both teams are so evenly matched.

Solid first half for both teams. Butler is killing VCU on the glass, VCU also needs to watch out for fouls. Can't get over the limit early in the half.

3 three's to start off the game for VCU, nice.