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Old 09-12-2010, 12:35 AM   #25
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Sports Blog- by hip hop socialist

Well guys the season is almost ready to start and im so excited. Before I say anything else... Inb4 Rasha Nesterovic injury. The first season of the ABF was awsome, I watched like all the games that ESPN had, and if you havn't watched it yet, I would suggest tuning in for the games.

My favorite team this year is Seattle, Kwame Knowles is just so clutch, and Steve Francis throws down some sick dunks. I think Seattle is gunna do really good this year.

Well I will get some more blog posts up once the season starts, untill then thanks for reading...
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Old 09-12-2010, 01:29 AM   #26
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3 Team Trade Goes Down Before Season Start


It was announced this morning that a big 3-team trade went down. It took untill now for official details to be released, heres how it went down...


New Jersey Trades Stephon Marbury and Joey Graham to Denver for Walter Herrmann and Sasha Pavlovic. New Jersey pays Philadelphia $100,000. New Jersey trades Bobby Jackson and 2009 draft pick to Denver for Charlie Bel.




New Jersey Trades-
Stephon Marbury
Joey Graham
Gets-
Walter Herrmann
Sasha Pavlovic

Denver Trades-
Sasha Pavlovic
Walter Herrman
Charlie Bell
Gets-
Stephon Marbury
Joey Graham
Bobby Jackson
2009 draft pick

Philadelphia trades-
Bobby Jackson
2009 draft pick
gets-
Charlie Bell



This is a pretty big trade, and obviously Denver and New Jersey got some good deals, but it looks like Philadelphia got jipped.

New Jersey filled a big hole by suring up their 3 spot with Walter Herrmann, who averaged 25 PPG last season. They also got rid of Stephon Marbury, who was starting to become a distraction.

Meanwhile Denver got an experienced PG, and unloaded some big contracts, while getting Joey Graham to spell for Dunleavy.

Philadelphia gets Charlie Bell, who looked good this pre season, but they gave up a valuable draft pick.
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Old 09-12-2010, 01:39 AM   #27
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Opening Day Games

June 28th, 2008


Chicago (0-0) at Atlanta (0-0)
2:30 PM ET
An Eastern Conference matchup, Chicago and Atlanta should be a high offense game, full of fast breaks and three pointers. Neither of these teams run a half-court offense. Big Players in this contest will be Quinton Richardson for Chicago, and Trey Gooden for Atlanta.




Cleveland (0-0) at Milwaukee (0-0)
5:30 PM CT
A Division game, this contest may set the tone for the rest of the season. If you like inside the paint, offensive, half court basketball, this game is for you. Look out for Mike Miller for Milwaukee and Sean Williams for Cleveland.

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Old 09-12-2010, 04:40 PM   #28
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Not even a team in Detroit? What is this, the MLS!?!
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Old 09-12-2010, 07:33 PM   #29
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Why? So every player that plays there can wake up suicidal? Its bad enough i have a team in minneapolis...
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Old 09-13-2010, 06:26 PM   #30
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Cleveland Wins Thriller in Season Opener


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This game came down to the end in Milwuakee. Milwuakee had a good lead heading into the second half and Cleveland was struggling to play offense, being lead by Donyell Marshall who had 24 first half points keeping them in the game. Thats when things started clicking for Cleveland. Daniel Gibson started hooking up with Sean Williams, one play especially memorable, a crushing alley oop, shifted the momentum in Clevelands favor. Pretty soon the Milwaukee defense started double teaming Williams allowing him to kick it out to a wide open Gibson over and over. "They just killed us with the pick and roll inside, and when we brought help inside, Gibson or Donyell (Marshall) or David (Wesley) were open outside" Said Milwaukee power forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who had a horrible 3 point, 4 rebound performance. Gibson and Williams both had high assist numbers with 9 and 10 respectively. Gibson added 22 points on 8/11 shooting, 5/6 from downtown. The game came down to the final minutes, when down by four Milwaukee got a three from Marko Jaric, with 9.4 seconds on the clock. David Wesley would then sink two free throws with 7.2 seconds left. With no timeouts left Jaric would run the length of the court and put up a desperation three, only to miss poorly off the backboard to seal the Cleveland win.

NBA Scoreboard - Milwaukee Marksmen () at Cleveland Lightning ()
June 28, 20081234F
Milwaukee Marksmen25342426109
Cleveland Lightning26273425112
Top Performers
Milwaukee Marksmen - Stats
Donyell Marshall- 28 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast, 5/11 3pts
Sean Williams- 20 pts, 6 reb, 10 ast, 5 blocks
Cleveland Lightning - Stats
Mike Miller- 34 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 6/7 3pts
Tim Thomas- 25 pts, 6 ast, 3 reb, 10/18 FGs
Team Stats Comparison
CLEMIL
FG Made-Attempted43/8340/88
3-PT Made-Attempted17/2913/26
FT Made-Attempted9/1316/20
Rebounds3439
Assists3427
Steals55
Blocks72
Turnovers910
Fastbreak Points1417
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Old 09-13-2010, 09:48 PM   #31
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Atlanta gets huge 4th quarter to beat Eastern Conference Champs

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This game saw one of Chicagos worst shooting performances in history, shooting .300 from the field. Chicago was in good position to strike in the fourth quarter, but continous Missed shots for the for the Blackout not only hindered their offense but helped the half court game of Atlanta get in a rhythem. Samuel Dalembert was great in his ABF debut, corralling 15 rebounds (5 offensive) and scoring a game high 24 points.
"We played great defense tonight, and our big boys played great on the inside" said Atlanta coach Jeff Poole. Rookie Trey Gooden from Buffalo scored 19 points and grabbed 14 boards (all defensive) and blocked 4 shots. On the other side Derek Wombi played well scoring 19 points and getting 7 rebounds in 17 minutes, while starting SF Vladimir Radmanovic played 29 minutes, scoring 10 points and shooting 3/15.

NOTE: The stat column marked "Fastbreak Points" will from now on refer to "Team Fouls Committed"


NBA Scoreboard - Atlanta Animals (0-0) at Chicago Blackout (0-0)
June 28, 20081234F
Atlanta Animals17242936106
Chicago Blackout1117361680
Top Performers
Atlanta Animals - Stats
Derek Wombi- 19 pts, 7 reb, 7/13 FGs, 4/9 3pts
Quinton Richardson- 21 pts, 5 TO, 9/26 FGs, 1/7 3pts
Chicago Blackout - Stats
Samuel Dalembert- 24 pts, 15 reb, 2 Blocks, 11/15 FGs
Trey Gooden- 19 pts, 14 reb, 3 ast, 4 Blocks
Team Stats Comparison
CHIATL
FG Made-Attempted28/9245/78
3-PT Made-Attempted8/268/24
FT Made-Attempted16/188/14
Rebounds4645
Assists1026
Steals53
Blocks16
Turnovers1313
Fastbreak Points1417

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Old 09-13-2010, 10:26 PM   #32
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Trey Gooden, The Future?
By Contributer Mark Saxson


After One Game
I have to say, Trey Gooden impresses me. Atlanta was a weak team inside the paint last season, and thats what kept them from winning pivotal games. No team can win without an inside presence. When the guards and wings have to carry the team, those players get tired, and when those players get tired, the speed of the team is crippled. Last season we saw an Atlanta team that lost a lot of close games, often because of fatigue late in those contests. Darius Miles was often drained from guarding the 4 spot, Speedy Claxton and whatever Shooting guard was playing (there were many) were often running themselves to death in hopes of using the fastbreak to keep from exposing their weak halfcourt game.

Tonight, the Animals were a whole new team, and instead of losing a close game in the fourth due to fatigue, they outscored Chicago by 20 points and outlasted and outpowered their opponent. All thanks to that inside game.

Trey Gooden held Joe Smith down like a dog, and rebounded anything that came his way on defense. On the other end, he scored on the inside, he scored on the fastbreak, hell he even hit a pair of treys. With the pressure taken off of Darius Miles, the once project player scored 17 points, 13 of which came in the fourth. With two players dominating the inside (Gooden and Dalembert) the animals successfully picked apart the Blackout defense and made a statement to begin the season.

Why the future?
I wouldn't go out and call any player the future after one game, but Gooden showed something I havn't seen from a whole lot of guys lately.
He likes to play defense just as much as he likes to score. Not many guys can go out there and haul down 14 defensive rebounds (the Blackouts poor shooting helped) but this kid went out there and did it in his debut. But thats not what really impressed me. I have never seen Dikembe Mutombo slammed. Sure I saw Dennis Rodman swat him back in the 90's in Mutombos glory days. But Gooden, at 6'10", took off from standing and blocked the 7'2" center. Now usually when someone gets infront of Mutombo they get 300 pounds crashing down on them. But instead of bodying up to mutombo, Gooden finnessed his way straight to the ball and came up with an embarressing defensive posterization.

Trey Gooden may have been trying to show is skills as a lowely rookie, but let me tell you, if he plays defense like that, day in and day out, he could be one of the best and most well balanced power forwards I've ever seen.

Balance on Offense
Trey Gooden got a pass, and without hesitation popped a wide open three. He airballed. Two possesions later, he took a contested shot from the same spot. He drained it. This guy is a defiant player. A sharp pivot step, then a jam over the head of Chicago PF Joe Smith (The old one, not the young one). A tough foul on the inside. Two foul shots swishing through. Lets face it Atlanta, you gotta be excited about this guy. Whats even more exciting is that Atlanta has him wrapped up for 6 years, at a mere $4.5 Million dollars. Now, given thats a lot of cash in the ABF, but if he develops into an MVP Caliber player over the next couple of years, Atlanta could be looking at a serious bargain, or a serious holdout. Either way, they have a very sharp looking prospect locked up for 6 years.
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