- Looking for recent Celtic wins against top teams at full strength, and not finding much.
- John Krolik of Cavs the Blog: "Full disclosure: Rajon Rondo gives me the Howling Fantods. When he’s not on his game, the Celtics seem quite beatable, and even old. When he is on his game, the Celtics are terrifying. When the Cavs and Celtics met in the 2008 playoffs, it seemed Rondo was running the show when the Celtics won and invisible when they lost. The Celtics certainly went as Rondo went in this one. In the first quarter, Rondo accounted for 12 of the Celtics’ 14 field goals. The Cavs had no answer for him at all. Rondo pick-and-rolls seemed to be exploiting every one of the holes in the Cavs’ defensive system."
- Fish and vegetables are changing the shape of Ron Artest. (Via Forum Blue and Gold)
- With Carmelo Anthony looming as a threat the defense can't ignore, J.R. Smith and Chauncey Billups combine for a game-changing lob.
- If you're really into Survivor (the TV show, not the band led by the guy in the beret), and the NBA, then this post will be heaven for you.
- Bulls fans see that nice Thunder play for Kevin Durant, and wonder if their team, under Vinny Del Negro, has ever come out of a timeout with a play like that.
- A statistical ranking of players, by position, that is based on a statistical soup. I'm sure stats experts would freak out at the idea of simply adding together various important metrics, but it's interesting enough and takes a lot into account.
- The longer 3-point line makes zone defenses a bit tougher in the NBA than they are in college -- there's simply more ground for the defense to cover.
- Lance Stephenson will probably be in the NBA dunk contest one day.
- Zach Lowe of CelticsHub: "The average power forward hits about 62 percent of his shots at the rim, according to Hoopdata. Big Baby, as you can see, is under 49 percent. And that, my friends, is godawful. According to Hoopdata, there are 66 power forwards averaging more than 10 minutes per game. Big Baby’s percentage on shots at the rim ranks him 63rd in that group. The three players behind him? One was recently called up from the D-League (Chris Richard). The other two (Darrell Arthur and Shavlik Randolph) have appeared in 9 games combined."
- Stephon Marbury was three assists shy of a quadruple double in a win for his Chinese team.
- Comparing notes on two of the NBA's best front offices, in San Antonio and Houston.
- David Robinson's private school is embracing social media in fundraising.
- Tom Kester, on 8 points 9 seconds: "My life is pretty good. Really. Not kidding. I have a job. The wife loves me. My kids are in college or already graduated. Roof doesn’t leak. Car starts. (I have a roof!) I like the folks I work with … everything’s pretty good. Yep. Pretty good. Almost perfect. In fact, all I’d have to do to be as close to perfect happiness as my neuroses allow ... is to quit being a fan of Indiana basketball. That’s all. One simple tweak."
- Stat geeks in need of hugs.
- Dwayne Schintzius is battling serious leukemia. Chris Harry writes on FanHouse: "He underwent a bone marrow transplant four weeks ago with marrow donated from his younger brother, Travis, who also played for the Gators. 'He cannot be more than 10 minutes from [the cancer center],' Schintzius' father, Ken, wrote on a his church Web site earlier this month. 'The next 60 days are crucial. Please keep him in your prayers.' Schintzius' aunt, Myrna Stall, gave a more recent update to The St. Petersburg Times last week. 'Things have changed,' she said. 'The situation is not good. I can tell you that.'"
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