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Bro...it's over. Done. Finished.

I agree he's been better than Paul, but not Williams. Both are playing exceptional, but Williams has put up overall better numbers, is the better pure PG, and even though he probably has had more help than Rose, look at the schedule the Bulls have had the last 5 weeks (where they've piled up the wins): vs. Min vs. Ind @ Tor vs. LAC vs. Phi @ Was @ NY @ Det vs. Mil vs. NJ vs. Cle vs. Tor @ NJ @ Phi vs. Bos (no KG) vs. Det @ Cha @ Ind vs. Mia (without LeBron, and without Bosh for a quarter) @ Mem @Cha I mean, that's a ridiculously easy schedule. So, even though the Jazz and Bulls have basically the same record, and Rose has had less help, the Jazz's more difficult schedule closes that gap.

Happy to hear that. Hopefully the Nets can make a run at CP3 if he become available.

See, that's my problem with calling Derrick Rose the MVP; I was on the fence about putting him as MVP, but when I got to the First Team selection, I couldn't put him over Williams. So, how can Rose be MVP if he's not a First Teamer? That doesn't make sense, especially since the Jazz and Hornets both have comparable records to the Bulls.

I didn't get to see it live. I was out that night, and turned on Sportscenter just as they were about to repeat the episode. As the screen was going black I thought I saw 'Kobe: 81pts' underneath video of him walking off the court with his finger pointed to the sky, but I thought I was mistaken. Once the next SC came on directly after that, I saw what happened and was stunned. I NEVER thought a player would score over 80pts ever again. Definitely the greatest scoring achievement in NBA history IMO, and one of the top 5 performances of all-time.

MVP: LeBron James Coach of the Year: Gregg Popavich Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard Most Improved: Michael Beasley 6th man: Jamal Crawford Rookie of the Year: Blake Griffin Biggest Disappointment (player or team): Tryeke Evans Biggest Surprise (player or team): San Antonio Spurs First League All-Team: C: Dwight Howard PF: Amare Stoudemire SF: LeBron James SG: Dwyane Wade PG: Deron Williams (tossup between him, Paul and Rose, could go any way) Finals Guess: Celtics vs. Lakers (Celtics win in 6)

Perfectly stated, not much more to add regarding the Frye comparison. Fields may only have decent athleticism, and doesn't have superstar potential, but he's a perfect role player for the Knicks. He has a very high IQ, is an exceptional rebounder for his position, doesn't shoot the team in the foot by forcing the issue, and he does still have a lot of room for improvement (which I am fully confident that he will succeed in doing with time). Finding role players as good as Fields that are so young is extremely rare, and do have high value.

True, but Duncan, Dirk, KG, Randolph, Amare, Bosh, Gasol and Boozer have all been around for awhile now. Rose, Rondo, Felton, Paul, Wall, Williams, Westbrook, Jennings, Brooks, and Collison all have 5 years or less of experience, with a bunch of them coming in the last 2-3 years. I think the PF wave started to fade out a bit in the mid-'00's, while the PG wave is still going strong. That's not to say that the league isn't saturated with strong PF play, because it is, but I think the PG craze is bigger at the moment.

I haven't seen all of them, but TESB and the Watchmen are my favorites of the bunch.

VC was insanely good that season. I always really liked him in NJ, and VC and Kidd always tended to have monster games when I was in attendance. But, unfortunately besides them and Jefferson, those Nets teams were a joke.

I disagree, I think Westbrook is actually a decent passing PG. He's good off the pick-and-roll (he actually looks for the roller, which Rose doesn't always do, which was on display at the FIBA's) , and of course very good off dribble penetration. He can't run an offense like Williams, Paul, or Rondo do, but he's adequate. He's a more willing passer than a guy like Brooks, and Brooks can't play defense or rebound, which is why I didn't include him in that particular group of PG's (same with Rondo, who I didn't include because he can't score at volume).

At the moment, yes. Right now the league is saturated with strong PG play like never before. They aren't even prototypical PG's, but they are a new breed with crazy athleticism and all-around ability. Guys like Paul, Williams, Rose and Westbrook all are very well-rounded players that can run an offense, score at elite volume, rebound the ball and defend well. We are witnessing a revolution in that regard, just like the '90's with big men, and the early '00's with explosive, well-rounded wing players. Eventually we will see a new wave of players that revolutionize a certain area of the game, but I don't think it will be in an old-fashioned sense; meaning, we will continue to see players of all positions becoming more well-rounded, and being developed in ways that players of the past weren't. But, these waves happen, so let's enjoy this current crop of PG talent.

...and that's where you [expletive]ed up.

Did you actually watch the Heat-Hawks game? Because if you did, you'd notice LeBron and Wade really started attacking the rim, and by my own observations, the calls were legit fouls for Wade and LeBron. Usually every game they will get a few calls that are phantom fouls, but tonight they were getting hit pretty good. Meanwhile, the Hawks stuck to the perimeter, and rarely were attacking the rim at full force. Joe Johnson got into the paint a few times, but he was taking little floaters about 5ft out. It wasn't one of those games where the reffing is what caused the foul discrepancy. It was fair. And I have a feeling you didn't even watch the game, so please stop.

Funny, I don't think I heard you say a peep about the ref'ing in Game 7 of the Finals last year against the Celtics when Kobe, by himself, took two less free throws than the entire Celtics team, and the Lakers as a whole took over twice as many free throws for the game. Hmm...

It was a joke lol, but the reason is because the franchise is historically cursed with injuries.

Ok, it was getting crazy, but now it's completely ridiculous. The entire Blazers training staff should be fired and the franchise should move just outside Portland like how the Pistons are at Auburn Hills.

Well, I had a year and a half (3 semesters) to turn things around and couldn't get my [expletive] together. In 3 semesters I have like 12 credits to show for it. So, instead of wasting other people's time, effort and my own personal money, I decided it'd be best to get an internship working with my dad, and make some money in the process. I plan on going back at some point, probably next semester, but I gotta see if this is a field I wanna pursue, and I have to get my head on straight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiVS8smTcLQ

The Heat lost and Rex Ryan didn't say anything outlandish today, so what could ESPN possibly discuss???

They barely lost in LA to a Clippers team that's on fire, lost at Denver, barely lost at Chicago (who's been streaking at home the last few weeks), and barely lost to the Hawks (who have also been playing very well). Bottom line is the team has no depth, has been without at least 2 of its top 5 players the last 4 games, and barely lost 3 of those games against some tough competition. There's no reason to question this team on this losing streak as they've had 2 injured stars and a bunch of scrubs (vet minimum scrubs) playing against 2nd tier contenders. When they start losing 3, 4 games in a row while healthy, then the 'Fire Spo' people will come from all angles.

In none of the 4 games were the Big 3 healthy for the entire game, and in 3 of those game at least 1 of them didn't play. This team is not built to pick up the slack with 1 of the Big 3 injured, especially without Haslem and Miller still finding his groove (the rest of the team is basically on minimum contracts).

Very strange ending. The Heat's offense wasn't so surprising, but their defense was very, very lazy and disorganzied in that OT. That play where half the team turned their head, which led to the corner 3 was a killer for them. But Joel Anthony had 16 rebounds...WTF

That sucks. You got to FIU, right? I got applied to a few schools in Florida, and got accepted there. Back in the summer of 2008 I took a trip to those schools to check them out, and FIU was BRUTAL in the summer with the Heat, and there's not much shade. Still, it's a beautiful school, you're lucky.

Umm...what? He gets 3SPG, has the best Drtg on the Hornets of anyone who's played significant minutes, 2nd most DWS on the team, and has made All-Defensive teams. Those are just stats and accolades, but anyone who watches Paul play will tell you you're just stupid.