I have a wonderful wife with a passion for sports. I'm a lucky guy, but more on that later. She got the The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons for Christmas. It comes highly touted, I'll review the book as I read it myself and share any good tidbits. Here's a snippet from the Wall Street Journal Review of the book:
In what passes for structure, Mr. Simmons offers a brief (for him) history of the league. Then he "corrects" every mistaken MVP award the NBA ever handed out. (When Boston's Dave Cowens won it in 1973, he says, Milwaukee's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was robbed.) Then he imagines every detail of a new and improved Basketball Hall of Fame, naming the 96 players who belong there and offering an analysis of each selection. Then he ranks the top 20 teams of all time (No. 1: the 1986 Celtics; No. 2: the 1996 Chicago Bulls). Finally, he conjures up the perfect 12-man roster to face a team of Martians with the fate of Earth on the line—with the 1985 version of Magic Johnson passing to a 1992 vintage of Mr. Jordan and the 2003 Tim Duncan rebounding.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574475602013608632.html
Looks like a fun and yet educational read. Merry Christmas all!
Friday, December 25, 2009
The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
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Yo thief, merry christmas!! I drafted a new team the other day, but it was quite a disaster i think. Take a look: the league is 18 team h2h with some funky cats: pts, DREB, OREB, assists, steals, blocks, 3pm, FTM, FGM (no percentages). there are 5 starters and 5 bench. My team is
ReplyDeletepg- gilbert arenas
sg-john salmons
sf-caron butler
pf-antwan jamison
c- dwight howard
bench-jeff green
bench-anthony morrow
bench-channing frye
bench-mario chalmers
bench-chris douglas-roberts
the sauce:
Points: 15.55
Boards: 5.84
Assists: 2.5 !!!
Treys: 1.27
Steals: 1.21
Blocks: .67
FTM: 3.01
FGM: 5.64
for the boards sauce number, i just combined each players offensive and defensive number and added them all together and averaged them (i used all 10 guys in the sauce) any ideas for improvement??
Stodds, start by movin butler for Brandon Roy. Also package arenas n frye for a better pg like Deron or nashty.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean Caron for Roy 1 for 1?
ReplyDeleteYup! Or essentially dealing some steals for dimes.
ReplyDeleteWhat up Thief, Do you like giving up Marion and Iverson for Pierce and Kidd? Is that enough or should I use Rashard Lewis instead of Marion?
ReplyDeleteyo merry christmas thief,
ReplyDeleteI have two trades coming in and want to know what you think is better.
1)My danny granger and jameer nelson for brandon roy and derrick rose
2)My danny granger and wilson chandler for pierce and Joe Johnson
SAUCE
PTS:17.92
REBS:7.52
AST:3.55
3PT:1.45
STL:1.28
BLK:1.12
sorry for my post^^ both trades are my danny granger and my jameer nelson.#2 take out wilson chandler
ReplyDeleteY4, try just Marion and Iverson for Pierce, and consider yourself golden if it's accepted.
ReplyDeleteCarlo, love em both. However you can rid yourself of Danny G at solid value, go with it.
hey thief, Merry Christmas balla!
ReplyDeletewatchu think of giving D.west and Mayo for Kobe?
Hey thief, merry x-mas partner. I could not land Roy or Pierce, but Santa did stop by. I traded Billups & Bogut for Mr. Amare. Pretty sweet huh, Happy holidays
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