NBA Off Topic

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: NBA Off Topic

I hate stuff like this because the truth is always somewhere in the middle and eventually never comes out.

I hope he can get his situation resolved and if it means taking time away from the NBA and worrying about his personal health, then do that. The NBA is a second chance league and will still be there when he comes back, if he decides to leave.

Good luck to the kid, though.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: NBA Off Topic

Come on Reggie, please don't make me start defending this mess SMH

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SLkm0jKPwGQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Macar91]

Re: NBA Off Topic

How the hell did Bynum hurt himself bowling?! Dude is made of glass.

The Philadelphia 76ers fear All-Star center Andrew Bynum might have done additional damage to his knees while bowling, according to sources close to the situation.

Multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday that Bynum suffered an unspecified injury this month while bowling. On Friday, Bynum revealed that -- on top of the issues with his right knee that could keep him sidelined until January -- he also had suffered a "setback" with his left knee.

...

There are several activities that are prohibited in standard NBA player contracts, but bowling is not one of them. Bynum is known to enjoy bowling.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8647489/sources-andrew-bynum-philadelphia-76ers-suffered-setback-bowling

[King_B_Mack]

Re: NBA Off Topic

How the hell did Bynum hurt himself bowling?! Dude is made of glass.



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/86...etback-bowling

I'mma just go ahead and say the goof stepped over the line onto the oiled part of the lane and the rest is comedic history for those present to witness it.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: NBA Off Topic

On second thought, maybe it's good the Cavs didn't make that trade...

[J_Posse]

Re: NBA Off Topic

Come on Reggie, please don't make me start defending this mess SMH

<iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SLkm0jKPwGQ?rel=0" frameBorder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Hmm, looks like Mr. Evans will be sent a warning shortly. And through 8 to 9 games, I've gotta say that this policy could actually be working. All the usual suspects (Scola, Varejao, Harden, Ginobili, etc.) have definitely toned it down, but I don't think the league is looking harshly enough at guys that flop on the offensive side (Wade, Anthony, Paul, Bryant, etc.). The league has to be consistent and fair amongst all players for that policy to really work.

[LionsFanNJ]

How the hell did Bynum hurt himself bowling?! Dude is made of glass.

YOLOBynum. He doesn't give a ****.

[Kashanova]

Re: NBA Off Topic

and of course all this bynum stuff happens after he's traded....

[Jukeman]

Re: NBA Off Topic

Showtime???

http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/sidebar/indefensible-rondo-gaining-mvp-traction

There is nothing that can stop Rajon Rondo at this point of his career. Not any defense. Not any opposing player. Not even a sprained ankle.

Rondo fought through all of those obstacles Saturday afternoon against the Raptors and all he did was accumulate 20 assists for the second time in nine games. His performance was mind-blowing at times, causing many to conjure up thoughts of a future Most Valuable Player.

To be mentioned alongside those three sacred letters – MVP – is a compliment of the highest regard. If Rondo continues to play at the pace he’s playing at, he’ll garner much more than just a mention.


Like nearly all of the league’s past MVPs, Rondo can currently be placed in the category of ‘indefensible.’ He has always been an assist machine, but now he has added a consistent jump shot to his arsenal that is causing nightmares for opponents.

Rondo is shooting 52.6 percent on mid-range jumpers this season, according to the NBA’s advanced statistics tool. That’s not just average; that’s great. Here’s how great that percentage is: it’s higher than the average mid-range percentage of Dirk Nowitzki, one of the greatest mid-range shooters of all time, over the past five seasons. Nowittzki’s average percentage over that time period is 49.7 percent.

The league must now defend Rondo in a way opponents had always feared. They used to go “under” screens and dare Rondo to shoot. Now they’re being forced to respect his shot and go “over” screens, which opens up even more alleys for Rondo to pick the opposition apart. Doc Rivers explained this new phenomenon after Saturday’s win.

“It’s hard because he’s so smart,” Rivers said as he began his explanation. “Now he’s making the shot (so) it’s a lot harder. That’s why the elbow action in the second half kept working, because they had to go over the top and with him. I mean, that gives him room.”

Room to carve up opponents to the tune of 14.3 PPG and a league-leading 12.6 APG. Both of those numbers would set new career highs, and the assist average is nearly a full assist more than his 2011-12 number of 11.7 APG that won the assist crown by a landslide.

One of Rondo’s newest teammates, Courtney Lee, is witnessing No. 9’s abilities on a nightly basis for the first time this season. Lee has already fallen in love with Rondo’s play and chose to compare his teammate to a player who has won multiple MVPs in another sport.

“He’s Peyton Manning out there,” Lee said. “He’s picking the defense apart and he’s getting the ball to guys in the right position to score. He was actually mad about the 20 assists; he thought he could have gotten 30.”

Thirty assists in an NBA game? That’s unheard of. Yet Rondo is realistically capable of reaching such video game numbers. Heck, he racked up 20 on Saturday and only played 96 seconds of the fourth quarter.


Rajon Rondo recorded his second 20-assist game of the season on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors.

If the NBA is an oyster, it may be sitting inside Rondo’s freakishly long hands. He has a floor game that is indefensible, and as Rivers noted Saturday afternoon, it’s indescribable, too.

“I can’t (describe it),” Rivers said. “It’s an offense in itself.”

That offense isn’t going anywhere soon. Most NBA players puff out their chests after 20-point games, but Rondo prefers to do so after double-digit assist performances. He has now reached that feat in 33 consecutive games, which is the third-longest streak in NBA history, and he doesn’t plan on stopping.

“It’s something I look forward to every game,” Rondo said. “Just trying to make my teammates happy and somehow I keep getting to 10 (assists).”

This streak, coupled with two 20-assist performances in his first nine games, is fueling the MVP fire right now. Rondo doesn’t seem to hate the chatter, as he admitted that he’d love to win the award someday.

“Who wouldn’t?” he said. “That’s a dream.”

That’s where Rondo is wrong. A dream is created by lucid thoughts. This, on the other hand, is much more of a reality.

Rondo is an indefensible basketball player whom Rivers called “a rare bird.” Rare birds tend to win MVP awards in this league.

You can do the math and figure out where this is might be heading.

No obstacle has been able to stop Rondo yet this season. If the league’s other 29 teams don’t figure out how to stop him soon, this bird might be flying away with an MVP trophy at the end of the season.

Rondo's MVP campaign gains legs- http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/...oronto-raptors

[Vni]

Re: NBA Off Topic

I've read that there is rumours that Bynum injuried himself playing bowling.

[Vni]

Re: NBA Off Topic

I've read that there is rumours that Bynum injuried himself playing bowling.

(Damn that was interesting.)

[The 24th Letter]

#PCK at it again

PHILADELPHIA -- 76ers center Andrew Bynum never thought going bowling, one of his favorite pastimes, could do damage to his knees. But he believes that's exactly what happened and it's added frustration in his struggle to get healthy.

Bynum said Sunday that his left knee swelled after he went bowling last Saturday night. He told his doctors and last Tuesday had an MRI that revealed he'd done some new damage. It was a setback because Bynum had missed the entire training camp and preseason with a bone bruise in his right knee.

"I didn't twist it or fall or nothing," Bynum said before his team took on the Cleveland Cavaliers. "It kind of broke off cartilage and it made the bone bruise bigger. Obviously (how) is the question, it's relatively nothing, it's three steps (and roll). That's the most important thing and why everyone is being so cautious. I can't answer and (doctors) can't now either, we're trying to figure out what's going on."

Bynum had recently begun some low-impact rehab work as he worked toward returning in late December or January. The Sixers, when announcing that he was able to start the early stages of rehab last Monday, felt that was the first positive news in weeks. Bynum said he didn't think bowling was any more strenuous than his rehab work.

"I don't think anybody could've told (me) I couldn't do that," Bynum said. "I was doing squatting and low-impact training. It is what it is. The cartilage is in a weakened state."

The Sixers aren't changing the timetable set for Bynum's return than before learning of the new injury. The plan remains to have him re-evaluated in three weeks and hope that he'll be cleared to return to the court. But clearly there is concern that Bynum seems to be getting worse and not better.

"It sucks; I just don't know what to expect," Bynum said. "I have an issue with my knees and we're trying to resolve it. There's no surgical procedures that will really help or are safe to do at the moment. I've just got to bide my time."

Sixers coach Doug Collins declined to add anything to Bynum's comments about the injury. Sixers general manager Tony DiLeo said last Friday that the team will continue to be patient with Bynum, looking at the long term. Bynum is in the final year of a contract that pays him $16.5 million this season.

"They're being supportive," Bynum said of his team. "Obviously in hindsight you shouldn't go bowling, but it's not more than anything I've done in my rehab."

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: NBA Off Topic

Didn't he go to Germany to have his Knee procedure too?

Anyway, I said this last year in that if you're having knee issues at 23-24, they were only going to get worse as your career moves on and so far that's looking to be the case with Bynum.

[Jukeman]

Didn't he go to Germany to have his Knee procedure too?

Anyway, I said this last year in that if you're having knee issues at 23-24, they were only going to get worse as your career moves on and so far that's looking to be the case with Bynum.

Yup he went to Germany. At this point tho, I am just glad we dont have a long term contract with him right now.




-Juke

[23]

Amazing they couldn't see this earlier...mmmmm

Sent from my LG-LS840 using Tapatalk 2