basic links to injury reports around the NBA
basic links to injury reports around the NBA
[This is where an awesome photo of an enraged Andrew Bogut would go, if I had one.]
Hate to sound like a homer, but tonight we saw some incredibly horrible officiating at Oracle. Of course I hate the calls that went against us — but the reffing was incoherent, chopped up the flow of the game, and eventually inspired a boisterous chorus of “REF YOU SUCK!” from the infuriated crowd.
As a copy editor, I think my role is to help authors sound most like themselves; I enforce rules, sure, but with a light hand. I’d like to see more referees follow my philosophy: Enforce the rules of basketball, but let the flow of the game dictate which calls need to be whistled.
Tough loss, made worse by Greg’s noticing afterwards that we were -11 while Biedrins was on the floor. The earnest non-fan sitting next to us said she “felt sad” about players getting booed, but she’ll just have to get used to it — Biedrins isn’t going to be getting a warm reception from Warriors fans anytime soon.
The most interesting lineup we put on the floor was Bogut/Landry/Barnes/Curry/Jack — I’d love to see them play as a unit more. The plus/minus on the backcourt pair of Curry/Jack is going to be very interesting — Curry lit up the Grizzlies when he was playing shooting guard with Jack at point.
Brandon Rush going down the way he did made me sick to my stomach — and those were the very words Jerry West used in discussing the injury after the game. Hoping against hope that we’ll get good news after his MRI tomorrow; from our seats on the second level, it looked really, really bad.
Speaking of that post-game session: I went 1 for 2 at the free-throw line, putting me WAY ahead of Biedrins for the night.
Tonight the Warriors faced down a terrifying situation: Stephen Curry’s ankle seemed fine, but he suddenly COULDN’T SHOOT! Surely it’s just an off night and not the result of a witch’s curse. Despite that, and David Lee’s similarly awful shooting effort, at the end we’d succeeded in the only stat that counts: Warriors 87, Suns 85.
Initial rumbling on various Warriors’ forums is that this was an ugly win. Really? Are we, as Warriors fans, in a position to be so picky? This win is a thing of shining beauty: Despite losing a SEVENTEEN POINT LEAD, we gutted out a win in a game we would surely have lost last year (or any of the previous few). This could have been one of those games where afterward the early scoring advantage was praised, the boys patronized with the scathing/charitable epithet “fun to watch”, and the fans left dissatisfied but hopeful — “We only lost by X!”
Happily, we’ve crossed into a new reality. One where the first five minutes of the game are a better highlight reel than any collective five minutes from all of last year! (Andrew Bogut in particular came ready to put on a show.) One where our BENCH is so deep that the hero of the game is our backup backup center! (Carl Landry scored 12 in the fourth quarter.)
There’s lots to critique about tonight’s game, and clearly some stuff to concern us, but I don’t have the heart to fuss about it right now. We went to Phoenix, we beat a team we knew we could beat, and we proved the guys can play hard, together, to pull out a win.
I’m happy.
First 4 preseason games, roughly grouped by first and second units, descending by Points Per Shot.
| min | MPG | PPS | FG% | PTS/36 | FGA/36 | REB/36 | BLK/36 | STL/36 | TO/36 | |
| Festus Ezeli, C | 101 | 25.25 | 1.87 | .800 | 9.98 | 5.35 | 8.20 | 2.85 | 1.07 | 1.43 |
| Stephen Curry, PG | 59 | 19.67 | 1.54 | .577 | 24.41 | 15.86 | 4.27 | 0.00 | 1.83 | 4.27 |
| David Lee, PF | 92 | 30.67 | 1.43 | .595 | 20.74 | 14.48 | 9.78 | 0.00 | 1.57 | 2.35 |
| Harrison Barnes, SF | 105 | 26.25 | 1.27 | .514 | 16.11 | 12.69 | 4.11 | 0.34 | 1.03 | 2.06 |
| Klay Thompson, G | 112 | 28 | 1.14 | .431 | 18.64 | 16.39 | 4.82 | 1.61 | 1.29 | 2.25 |
| Carl Landry, PF | 97 | 24.25 | 1.47 | .611 | 19.67 | 13.36 | 7.42 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 2.23 |
| Brandon Rush, SG | 92 | 23 | 1.38 | .517 | 15.65 | 11.35 | 4.30 | 2.35 | 0.39 | 2.74 |
| Richard Jefferson, SF | 56 | 14 | 1.33 | .333 | 10.29 | 7.71 | 7.07 | 0.64 | 1.93 | 1.93 |
| Jeremy Tyler, F | 47 | 11.75 | 1.20 | .467 | 13.79 | 11.49 | 6.89 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 0.77 |
| Jarrett Jack, PG | 91 | 22.75 | 0.90 | .310 | 10.29 | 11.47 | 3.16 | 0.40 | 1.58 | 1.98 |
| Charles Jenkins, G | 42 | 10.5 | 1.18 | .455 | 11.14 | 9.43 | 4.29 | 0.00 | 2.57 | 1.71 |
ESPN and the TrueHoops Network finished their annual rankings today. I thought it might be cute to sort out the top 180 or so players by supposed position – supposed because positions are kinda arbitrary to begin with. Kobe fans can be happy he’s at the top of a column, and therefore Number One somewhere.
Shooting guard is pretty weak in the league if you go more than four deep. The same is true at SF. Young guns like Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes have an easier path to the top 10 right now than point guards or power forwards. The center ratings as a whole are probably the most confused – even moreso when we realize Bosh and Garnett are going to be playing a lot more “center” than “power forward”.
As far as the Warriors go, I don’t think Curry and Lee are too far off. They could both be a position or two higher, but that’s not too inaccurate. There are only 4 centers I’d trade straight-up for Bogut, given age and the reality that big men tend to injure their ankles or feet. Warriors are in red. Next up – what #nbarank can tell us about the perception of teams.
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
| Chris Paul | Kobe | LeBron | KLove | Dwight Howard |
| DRose | DWade | KD | Dirk | Bynum |
| Westbrook | Manu G | Melo | Blake G | T Chandler |
| DWIll | Harden | Iguodala | P Gasol | M Gasol |
| Rondo | Rudy Gay | Pierce | Bosh | Duncan |
| T Parker | Joe Johnson | Deng | LMA | Horford |
| Nash | Eric Gordon | Granger | KG | Hibbert |
| Kyrie | Monta | Gallinari | Josh Smith | Noah |
| Curry | Ray Allen | Batum | Zack Randolph | Ibaka |
| Rubio | Tony Allen | Gerald Wallace | Amare | Cousins |
| Ty Lawson | Tyreke Evans | Kirilenko | Ryan Anderson | Al Jefferson |
| Kyle Lowry | Paul George | Shawn Marion | Millsap | Bogut |
| John Wall | Kevin Martin | Wilson Chandler | David West | Greg Monroe |
| Brandon Jennings | Afflalo | Kawhi | DLee | Nene |
| Mike Conley | Jason Terry | Battier | Anthony Davis | Gortat |
| Jrue Holiday | George Hill | Grant Hill | Carlos Boozer | Bargnani |
| Jeremy Lin | OJ Mayo | Thabo Sefalosha | Luis Scola | B Lopez |
| Dragic | Stuckey | Caron Butler | Faried | Javale McGee |
| Lou Williams | Avery Bradley | MKG | Ilyasova | DeAndre Jordan |
| Andre Miller | Wes Matthews | Odom | Varejo | Thaddeus Young |
| Calderon | Billups | Budinger | Taj Gibson | Omer Asik |
| Darren Collison | Jamal Crawford | MWP | Kris Humphries | Okafer |
| Jameer Nelson | DeMar DeRozen | Jared Dudley | Elton Brand | Pekovic |
| Mario Chalmers | JJ Reddick | Trevor Ariza | Derrick Favors | Chris Kaman |
| Devin Harris | Courtney Lee | Tayshawn Prince | Brandon Bass | Spencer Hawes |
| Jeff Teague | Evan Turner | Marvin Williams | Nick Collison | Kendrick Perkins |
| Eric Bledsoe | Jason Richardson | Mike Dunleavy | Carl Landry | Marcus Camby |
| Mo Williams | Gordon Hayward | Carlos Delfino | Haslem | Dalembert |
| Barea | Marcus Thornton | Steve Novak | Derrick Williams | Splitter |
| Ramon Sessions | JR Smith | Harrison Barnes | Glen Davis | Robin Lopez |
| DJ Augustin | Klay Thompson | Richard Jefferson | Al Harrington | Chuck Hayes |
| Isaiah Thomas | Shumpert | DWright | Boris Diaw | |
| Jarrett Jack | Brandon Roy | Darrel Arthur | ||
| Gary Neal | Marshawn Brooks | Jeff Green | ||
| Raymond Felton | Landry Fields | Tyler Hansbrough | ||
| Brandon Knight | Nick Young | |||
| Ronnie Brewer | ||||
| Bradley Beal | ||||
| Brandon Rush |

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