NBA Season 2015-2016

[max215]

Chris Paul headed to the lockerroom with a hand/wrist injury. Impact players and superstars are dropping like flies.

[jpotter33]

Chris Paul headed to the lockerroom with a hand/wrist injury. Impact players and superstars are dropping like flies.

They just announced a broken hand. Ouch. Luckily, that tremendously helps Golden State, who will now most likely be playing the Trailblazers in the second round.

[max215]

Chris Paul headed to the lockerroom with a hand/wrist injury. Impact players and superstars are dropping like flies.

Fractured hand, wow.

[max215]

Chris Paul headed to the lockerroom with a hand/wrist injury. Impact players and superstars are dropping like flies.

They just announced a broken hand. Ouch. Luckily, that tremendously helps Golden State, who will now most likely be playing the Trailblazers in the second round.

It's virtually impossible to see LA making it out of the first round. There's no chance in hell they beat GS even if they make it there. Griffin hurt too; everyone knew his quad wouldn't be right.

[Sievers81]

Griffin's quad is irritating him as well (same one that kept him out) and is questionable to return for this game.

[Rondo9]

Will they get past Portland first?

[max215]

Blake Griffin officially shut down for the remainder of the season.

[mr. dee]

Atlanta choked

[PhoSita]

Schroder is not ready for prime time.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Wow and the Cavs just hit 15 3s in the first half, the record before this was 13 I think.  We struggled against the Hawks and the ATL is child's play for the Cavaliers.  We need some big pieces this off season

[Endless Paradise]

They actually hit 18 3s.

[hpantazo]

Whiteside's price this summer may have just dropped significantly with that knee injury.

[Eddie20]

Whiteside's price this summer may have just dropped significantly with that knee injury.

Maybe.


This was pretty interesting...

Whiteside’s injury Saturday came a night after a memorable dinner at a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino steakhouse with NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell. Mutual friends arranged the dinner, which marked the first time they met. Spoelstra was among others in attendance.

“It was great; [Russell] is a really nice guy, really down to earth,” Whiteside said before the game. “There were a lot of things we got to take away from this. We talked about life, talked about basketball, talked about his rookie year. We talked about championships. We talked about a lot.”

On the issue of blocks, they share a lot in common. Russell is arguably the best defensive center in history, though blocks weren’t kept as a stat in his era. Whiteside’s 3.7 blocks average this season was the NBA’s highest since Theo Ratliff averaged slightly more in 2000-01.

“We talked about blocks,” Whiteside said. “He said every block that goes out of bounds is a bad block. He said that’s the thing he really likes about what I do. I keep it in bounds.

“He was telling people blocking shots today is a lot harder than it is when he played. He was talking about the factor of it demoralizes teams. He said, ‘You’re not going to be able to block every shot. Just make them think you’re going to block every shot.’ ”

Another topic they touched on, Whiteside said, was “what it takes to be a leader. How he was always worried about his guys on the court. He never led his team in scoring. He just did all the extra stuff.”

Whiteside feels fortunate that he has cultivated relationships with several premier big men: Shaquille O’Neal, Heat executive Alonzo Mourning, Hakeem Olajuwon (who tutored Whiteside for several days a few summers ago) and now Russell.

“He’s got a really big personality,” Whiteside said of Russell. “Anytime I get to learn more and get a feel for somebody as great as he is, I’m going to do that. He said he’s going to keep watching me.”

[Rosco917]

Whiteside's price this summer may have just dropped significantly with that knee injury.

Maybe.


This was pretty interesting...

Whiteside’s injury Saturday came a night after a memorable dinner at a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino steakhouse with NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell. Mutual friends arranged the dinner, which marked the first time they met. Spoelstra was among others in attendance.

“It was great; [Russell] is a really nice guy, really down to earth,” Whiteside said before the game. “There were a lot of things we got to take away from this. We talked about life, talked about basketball, talked about his rookie year. We talked about championships. We talked about a lot.”

On the issue of blocks, they share a lot in common. Russell is arguably the best defensive center in history, though blocks weren’t kept as a stat in his era. Whiteside’s 3.7 blocks average this season was the NBA’s highest since Theo Ratliff averaged slightly more in 2000-01.

“We talked about blocks,” Whiteside said. “He said every block that goes out of bounds is a bad block. He said that’s the thing he really likes about what I do. I keep it in bounds.

“He was telling people blocking shots today is a lot harder than it is when he played. He was talking about the factor of it demoralizes teams. He said, ‘You’re not going to be able to block every shot. Just make them think you’re going to block every shot.’ ”

Another topic they touched on, Whiteside said, was “what it takes to be a leader. How he was always worried about his guys on the court. He never led his team in scoring. He just did all the extra stuff.”

Whiteside feels fortunate that he has cultivated relationships with several premier big men: Shaquille O’Neal, Heat executive Alonzo Mourning, Hakeem Olajuwon (who tutored Whiteside for several days a few summers ago) and now Russell.

“He’s got a really big personality,” Whiteside said of Russell. “Anytime I get to learn more and get a feel for somebody as great as he is, I’m going to do that. He said he’s going to keep watching me.”

I like the sound of this...
Someone has to talk with, and absorb the wisdom of a champion like Bill Russell.