2017-18 Around The League Thread

[MHSL82]

Not impressed with his shooting percentage, but Westbrook has 6 triple doubles in a row on a winning team. Yes, he has the ball all the time, but still impressive. He's 5 assists and 5 rebounds total away from 14 straight triple doubles (4 assists short of 13 in a row).

 

[nuraman00]

Not impressed with his shooting percentage, but Westbrook has 6 triple doubles in a row on a winning team. Yes, he has the ball all the time, but still impressive. He's 5 assists and 5 rebounds total away from 14 straight triple doubles (4 assists short of 13 in a row).

Thanks for calculating the almost streak.

 

[nuraman00]

Chris Paul had 20 assists, 0 turnovers.

Last big assist, 0 turnover game I remember was Damon Jones with 17 assists, 0 turnovers for the 2003-2004 Bucks.

I don't think anyone has had a 17 assist, 0 turnover game since then.

New Orleans at LA Clippers | 2016-12-10 | National Basketball Association | Yahoo! Sports

 

[MHSL82]

Kawhi Leonard is so great at defense, he's actually hurting the Spurs

 

[nuraman00]

Kawhi Leonard is so great at defense, he's actually hurting the Spurs

I haven't read that article yet. But Matt Moore was on the radio on Sunday, saying that he'd have an article coming out soon about Leonard's defense, and how the Spurs play better defense without him.

 

[nuraman00]

New MLB hazing rules ban dressing as women

 

[nuraman00]

Kawhi Leonard is so great at defense, he's actually hurting the Spurs

I finished reading the article.

What are your thoughts on this, and the JAZZ?

 

[nuraman00]

They're not playing like the best team in sports right now in today's game.

 

[nuraman00]

Giannis Antetokounmpo was shocked to find out how good his coach Jason Kidd was as a player

The first time Kidd benched him, Antetokounmpo was irate. “I was like, ‘Let’s see what this guy did in his career, anyway,’ ”

Antetokounmpo recounts, and called up Kidd’s bio on his phone. “I saw Rookie of the Year, NBA championship, USA Olympic gold medal, second in assists, fifth in made threes, blah, blah, blah.

I was like, ‘Jesus freaking Christ, how can I compete with that? I better zip it.’”

 

[nuraman00]

Did ESPN pull a Sterling?
A few years ago, Sterling celebrated Black History Month during a March home game. February is Black History Month.



The Clippers celebrate Black History Month in the wrong month



ESPN/NBA TV/ABC/TNT has always had a MLK Jr. home game in Memphis (where MLK Jr. was shot). They always do a halftime or pre-game on-court ceremony.



I try to watch the Memphis game every year, for that.



This year, I noticed ESPN is doing the MLK Jr. game . . . on Sunday. There is only one MLK Jr. day, it's always the 3rd Monday of January.



Is it right to do it on the wrong day?



I know Memphis doesn't have the best ratings right now, but that hasn't stopped the networks from airing the Memphis home game any other year. Sure, sometimes it's been at a crappy time, like 10AM PST, or in 2014, it was on NBA TV, but it was on the right day at least.



Thoughts?

 

[nuraman00]

If I look back at what national TV games were on MLK Jr. day since 2002-2003 (when the ESPN and TNT started the new TV deal):



2015-2016:

Pelican-Grizzlies, ESPN, 11:30AM

Magic-Hawks, NBA TV, 2pm

Warriors-Cavs, TNT, 5PM

Rockets-Clippers, TNT, 7:30 PM



2014-2015:

Pistons-Hawks, ESPN, 11:30 AM

Mavericks-Grizzlies, NBA TV, 2PM

Bulls-Cavs, TNT, 5PM

Lakers-Suns, TNT, 7:30 PM



2013-2014:



2PM PST NBA TV Pelicans-Grizzlies
Jan. 20, 2:30 p.m. ET ESPN Brooklyn vs. New York
Jan. 20, 8 p.m. ET TNT LA Lakers vs. Chicago
Jan. 20, 10:30 p.m. ET TNT Indiana vs. Golden State


2012-2013:

Pacers-Grizzlies, ESPN, 10:00 AM

Knicks-Nets, NBA TV, 12:30 PM

Spurs-76ers, TNT, 4PM

Bulls-Lakers, TNT, 6:30 PM



2011-2012:

ESPN EST

1 p.m. Chicago at Memphis

TNT EST:

Jan. 16 Monday 8 p.m. Oklahoma City Thunder @ Boston Celtics
10:30 p.m. Dallas Mavericks @ L.A. Lakers



2010-2011:

Mon., 1/17/11, EST

1 PM Bulls (9) at Grizzlies (2) ESPN
8 PM Magic (12) at Celtics (12) TNT
10:30 PM Thunder (8) at Lakers (8) TNT


2009-2010:

Mon., 1/18/10, EST

5:30 PM Suns (8)/Grizzlies (1) TNT
8:00 PM Mavericks (5)/Celtics (10) TNT
10:30 PM Magic (10)/Lakers (9) TNT


2008-2009:

Nuggets-Rockets, NBA TV, 11 AM

Pistons-Grizzlies, TNT, 2:30 PM PST

Suns-Celtics, TNT, 5PM

Cavaliers-Lakers, TNT, 7:30PM



2007-2008:

Celtics-Knicks, NBA TV, 10AM

Bulls-Grizzlies, TNT, 1:30 PM PST

Cavs-Heat, TNT, 5PM PST



2006-2007:

Spurs-Bulls, NBA TV, 10am

Suns-Grizzlies, TNT, 4:30 PM PST

Heat-Lakers, TNT, 7pm



2005-2006:



Boston at Detroit 12:30 p.m. PST (NBATV)

San Antonio at Memphis 5:00 p.m. (TNT)

Miami at L.A. Lakers 7:30 p.m. (TNT)



2004-2005:

TNT

Mon, Jan 17 Houston @ Memphis 5:00 pm

Denver @ Golden State 7:30 pm



2003-2004:

Monday, Jan. 19

* Houston at Memphis, 4:30 p.m. (TNT)
* Utah at Golden State, 7 p.m. (TNT)



2002-2003:



Monday, January 20

There's a chance that Portland-Memphis was on NBA TV. I can't find out if they did games that day. But in terms of timing, their game would have been at 2PM PST, which sets up perfectly for the following TNT double header.



Boston at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. (TNT)

L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 7:00 p.m. (TNT)

 

[nuraman00]

So you have to go back to 2002-2003 for the last time the Memphis home game wasn't on national TV, and even then, I think there's a chance it was on NBA TV. But, it was still on the right day.

The benefit of having it on Sunday this year is that it's in prime time, so more exposure. But, it's also on a football playoffs Sunday.



When I was reading about schedules from past years, there were some years the NBA decided to have no games on NFL conference championship day.



Even though this isn't the week for the conference championships, the Grizzlies game will still suffer from viewership, since it's on a Sunday vs. Monday.



So I take it back, there isn't a benefit of going on Sunday.

 

[nuraman00]

Free Preview Begins: January 16, 2017 (Monday)
Free Preview Ends: January 22, 2017 (Sunday)

 

[nuraman00]

Free Preview Begins: January 16, 2017 (Monday)
Free Preview Ends: January 22, 2017 (Sunday)

@MHSL82 likes the post after the free preview ends?

He missed out on a week's worth of watching The Best Team In Sports!

 

[MHSL82]

@MHSL82 likes the post after the free preview ends?

He missed out on a week's worth of watching The Best Team In Sports!

I liked it? Must have been a slip of the finger when I was holding my little one. I like a lot of your posts, but not usually enough on just informational ones to press 'like'. But that was helpful for those others that are reading.

 

[nuraman00]

I liked it? Must have been a slip of the finger when I was holding my little one. I like a lot of your posts, but not usually enough on just informational ones to press 'like'. But that was helpful for those others that are reading.

Good post, thanks.

 

[nuraman00]

TNT adding Monday night series to 2016-17 NBA broadcast schedule

 

[nuraman00]

I liked it? Must have been a slip of the finger when I was holding my little one. I like a lot of your posts, but not usually enough on just informational ones to press 'like'. But that was helpful for those others that are reading.

That makes it a great "like".

And if she was the one that actually pressed the button, then it's a super "like"!

 

[nuraman00]

 

[nuraman00]

@MHSL82 might like this quote.


"A lot of the guys today, they get it mixed up, they say they're a 'good passer'. But there's a difference between a 'good passer' and a willing passer. I was a willing passer. I studied the game. I know what the score was. I knew who needed the ball, and when.

The guys today, they say they're going to get 30, and they end up getting 10, that's just the way it is."