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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Jeremy Lin - Just the Quotes

"I think this team is going to surprise everyone, I know it is not easy. But in high school they called my son 'Mr. Improbable.'" Gie-Ming Lin e-mail to Amaker

"There are a lot of teams that come through here... I can't think of a team that he wouldn't play for." - Connecticut Head Coach Jim Calhoun

“Jeremy is a player who can play at any level of college basketball,” says Amaker, who has coached two All-American guards (Andre Barrett and Shaheen Holloway) at Seton Hall. “The youngsters that I’ve had a chance to coach, there is no one I would rank higher than Jeremy Lin.”

“That’s a tribute to him playing hard and making a name for himself. He’s going to be a good one. I told him I really think he can play in this league. I told him that before we even came down to Vegas. He has a chance. It looks and feels like he belongs in the NBA, even though he hasn’t been drafted. “He has heart. He has no fear with himself. He sees opportunity and you can see that and that’s how he’s been playing. People are starting to believe this Harvard guy . . . this Ivy League guy is starting to make something happen.’’ - Darrell Armstrong - former NBA player, current Mavs assistant coach

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

John Wall on ESPN's Sport Science

There are quite a few Wizards fans who have spent the past weeks thrilling themselves with videos and photos featuring the amazing basketball feats of John Wall. At least one blogger has started referring to this genre as "John Wall Porn."

Well, that's what these videos feel like. They come from ESPN's "Sport Science," which was trying to establish an empirical explanation of what makes Wall so good. Host John Brenkus and his research types analyzed Wall's speed and vision with some tests, and then presented the results in luscious, adoring and explicit slow-motion. Above is the speed segment, and below is the vision segment. Among the highlights:

* In two steps Wall can accelerate to almost 50 percent of his top speed.

* The speed test measured Wall cutting around a cone to the basket. Adding a basketball to the drill slowed him down by just 0.05 seconds.

* Wall runs faster while dribbling a basketball than Kevin Durant runs without a ball.

* In a straight sprint with no ball, Wall is faster than Chris Paul or Deron Williams.

* As it did at the combine, Wall's vertical tested at 39 inches.

* The vision thing? Well, it involved passing a ball through one of three targets located at an 85 degree angle, which Brenkus said afforded just 2.5 percent of one's vision. To see how Wall did, you really ought to just click on this clip. It will make Wizards fans sort of happy.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/06/the_science_of_john_wall.html

Lebron James watching Kobe Bryant on tv during the Finals at home GIF

Must feel nice to take vacation earlier than everyone else. Then again if you're the self-proclaimed King, you can do whatever you want - except things that are sometimes out of your control (or is it?) - such as making it to the Finals again.