'Kareem: Minority of One' HBO Documentary Preview, TV Schedule
By Alec Nathan,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is arguably the greatest player to ever step on the NBA hardwood, and the Los Angeles Lakers legend is primed to grace television screens Tuesday when HBO debuts Kareem: Minority of One to audiences across the country.
Before previewing the documentary, here's a rundown of when and where you can catch the program. For reference, a full list ofshowtimes beyond the debut is available at HBO's official website.
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 3
Time: 10 p.m. ET
TV: HBO
Preview
The documentary traces Abdul-Jabbar's upbringing and his decision to attend UCLA, where he connected with legendary head coach John Wooden before making his ascent to the NBA.
However, his professional journey remains one of the more fascinating stories the league has ever seen—particularly to younger fans who weren't able to watch the league's all-time leading scorer in his prime.
After getting drafted No. 1 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1969, Abdul-Jabbar captured Rookie of the Year honors behind staggering averages of 28.8 points, 14.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists. One year later, Kareem led the Bucks to a title as Milwaukee swept the Baltimore Bullets in the NBA Finals.
And while he lasted six seasons with the Bucks, Abdul-Jabbar ultimatelywiggled his way out of the Midwest and moved back to Los Angeles—where his profile exploded as a member of the Lakers.
Back in California, his sky hook became the stuff of legends as he helped lead the Lakers to five titles between 1980 and 1988.
But Kareem was a transcendent presence beyond the basketball court.
"I figured that there are a whole lot of questions about my life that really everybody is still in the dark about," Abdul-Jabbar said, according to Newsday's Mike Gavin. "I didn't want to go to my grave as a mystery man."
Specifically, the documentary is said to focus on Abdul-Jabbar's conversion to Islam and his emergence as a prominent public role as a social activist.
According to Gavin, one of Abdul-Jabbar's primary objectives was to use the platform as a way to convey his feelings regarding his role as an opinion leader:
Just the motivation for a lot of the stances that I took. Sometimes people would question me as to my motives, and not speaking about it publicly really just maintained the mystery. So I wanted to clear the air on so many of the instances that people bring up when they talk about my life.
Abdul-Jabbar's compelling story is difficult to sum up in 90 minutes, but by all accounts, Kareem: Minority of One does an excellent job of painting the six-time MVP as a man who had just as significant an impact off the court as he did on it.
Basketball enthusiast or not, there are plenty of reasons to tune in and admire the way Abdul-Jabbar evolved as a person while transforming into arguably the most dominant force the sport has ever seen.
Brad Stevens is the Celtics' biggest reason for hope
The Celtics are banking on heightened win totals and an expanded rotation. They have reason to expect big things because of their blossoming head coach.
BOSTON — There’s an interesting dynamic heading into this latest Celtics season. Most people think the C’s will be fairly decent, which is to say around the .500 mark and safely into the lower end of the postseason for the second straight season. Others who rely on more intricate models see something quite different, with win totals in the high 40s, maybe even in the low 50s.
While no one thinks the Celtics are ready to contend for a championship, that’s still a significant spread. In the East, it’s the difference between hosting a round or two in the playoffs and having a shot at reaching a conference final or getting overrun in the first round again by a more talented opponent. It’s the difference between making progress and marking time.
The cautious projection represents the general consensus. They see a team of perfectly average players that lacks that one true game changer around whom the franchise can build a roster. Indeed, there isn’t a single All-Star candidate among the regular rotation players, unless you count Isaiah Thomas who is likely to come off the bench.
The optimistic models take into account that while the Celtics do not have a franchise player, they do have a number of good ones. To put it another way, they have depth and lots of it. They’re likely to use up to 10 players in their regular rotation and maybe even more if the situation calls for it. That depth can be used in multiple ways, from killer reserve lineups to recovering quickly from injuries and managing game-to-game fatigue.
"We’ll see how our minutes end up, but I envision this team being a hand the baton off, let’s go. Next guy up," Brad Stevens said after practice last week. "Somebody gets tired? Great, let me know. It’s not a situation where you gut through it for the next three minutes. If we have to go 11-deep, which is not normal, or 12-deep in a game I’m very comfortable doing that right now."
Time to Tip Off
And now we get to the real reason for optimism: The coach. What good is depth without someone to deploy it? If the Celtics lack a true star on their roster, they have an up-and-coming one on the sidelines. Entering his third season in the NBA after a fantastic run at Butler, Stevens has garnered praise from colleagues and opponents alike. From Gregg Popovich to LeBron James, the masters of the game have nothing but love for the unassuming Stevens. He’s the first name people talk about when they talk about the Celtics, and all of that makes him a tad uncomfortable.
"It does. These guys are the reasons we’re good," Stevens said. "There’s a lot of people who can coach, but it takes special players to play together. It takes special players to be willing to be one of 12 as opposed to one of eight. It takes special players to stick to their strengths. This is a lot more about them.
"Hey, I’m boring. I come here to the practice facility, I go home. I feel bad sometimes because I don’t have any good stories to tell. These guys are lot more interesting than I am."
He’s not lying. Stevens is not a natural storyteller like Doc Rivers. No one has ever suggested he might have been an international spy like Pop. His fondest memories from a summer with USA Basketball involve Skyping with his family and discovering a bunch of actions run by a team he was scouting that he thought were pretty great. What you see is pretty much what you get.
Still, we’re always enthralled by the possibility of genius in our midst. That a wunderkind may have cracked some kind of encrypted code that unlocks the secrets of a game with sheer intellect and intuitive gifts. Yet this line of thinking runs counter to the coach’s philosophy and fails to shed any illuminating light on the subject. We can see the ethos buried in plain sight within his standard lines of pregame coach speak.
"I’m not focused on being results oriented," Stevens said before a preseason game last week. "I’m more focused on that process and that progress. We’re going to stick to it. That’s been good to us as far as creating a good environment for growth. That’s where we’ll stay. I’m not worried about it."
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Isaiah Thomas and Brad Stevens, Photo credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images
Stevens loves to focus on the process; that systemic catch all for grinding through an 82-game season. That approach has its advantages when you’re playing three or four games a week for six months. Don’t get too high after a win, don’t get crushed after a loss, rarely pick up a technical foul. Stevens is a sphinx on the sidelines, which is a fairly accurate representation of his personality.
"When I first got the job at Butler somebody told me, ‘Just be yourself.’ Don’t try to be the guys before you because they were successful, just try to be who you are and be comfortable with that," he says. "What I’ve felt like if being myself isn’t good enough, cool. I’m going to do it as well as I can and that’s that. It allows you to sleep at night. It doesn’t get you flying over the clouds when you win. It doesn’t freak you out when you lose, it keeps you in that spot. I want to win. I want to win when I’m playing Scrabble. There’s nothing I want to see more than the 18th banner. But I know how far away that is because it’s a day to day process."
When he was younger, Stevens was not always so patient. He was an achiever, in search of the validation that came with getting good grades and other tangible measures of success. Ultimately, he found that approach limiting.
"When I was a young guy, I was a box checker," Stevens says. "I was a guy that tried to get good grades. I cared more about that than actually learning. I was scared to death of making mistakes, even as a young assistant and maybe my first year of coaching. Then you’re in coaching long enough that you realize there’s only so much you can control. I was fortunate enough to already have this unbelievable job. It was just like, 'You know what? I’m going to be me and hopefully that’s good enough.'"
Stevens references the work of Dr. Carol Dweck, a psychology professor from Stanford whose seminal work entitled "Mindset" explores two distinct ways of learning: What she calls fixed and growth. The idea is simple. Those who believe that achievement is tied directly to inherent intelligence or natural talent have a fixed mindset and will often struggle when presented with more challenging obstacles. Those who believe that intelligence can be developed through hard work and creative diligence will often thrive in more advanced, competitive settings with a growth mindset.
There are all kinds of practical applications to be gleaned from Dweck’s work from education to parenting to managing people, and it’s no surprise that her research would gain currency with coaches.
"We’re a society that’s been built generation by generation on the pursuit of trophies, not on the pursuit of growth," Stevens says. "Life is so much more enjoyable when you’re focused on your effort and your growth, rather than on something that can be lost or gained. I know that’s big picture, philosophical stuff, but it’s real. For me, that’s the best way to be a coach because I don’t get too high or too low."
Consider an NBA basketball team. It’s filled with driven, talented people who have already succeeded beyond most people’s wildest dreams. Yet even within this tiny universe, some players succeed beyond the perceived limits of their abilities. Some maximize their gifts while others stagnate. It’s the coach’s job to bring out their best attributes and put them in a position to succeed as part of a collective.
That sounds wonderful, but it’s a rather radical notion in a league where there’s an almost cynical acceptance that stars dominate and talent wins. It’s a maxim that’s been proven over and over again, but the cynical part of that equation is that everyone else is simply wasting time while waiting for that great player to come along and save them. Stevens’ job isn’t to do more with less, it’s to do more with more; to take up to a dozen players and win games where eight or nine would usually suffice.
"Every team loves those transcendent players, but there only are so many of them," Stevens says. "We probably deem that there are more than there actually are, which is another discussion. But everybody else has great strengths otherwise they wouldn’t be in this league. They do something at such an elite level that they’re in the league and on our team. So, find those. Bring them out together. Figure them out together. All play the right way on one end and cover for one another and then support one another and let the chips fall where they may. To me, it’s about soaring with your strengths as a group."
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Brad Stevens during media day, Photo credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
Despite his Midwestern roots, plainspoken manner and mid-major coaching background, it would be a mistake to cast Stevens in Hoosier-esque terms. Given a choice he would gladly take a transcendent superstar or two. Ask his rotation preference and he says eight or nine players, like most coaches. There is nothing mythic or magical about any of this. He has begun to succeed where so many former college coaches have failed by understanding that there is still far more for him to learn at this level.
"I have to work. I have to watch. I have to learn. I have to figure it out," Stevens says. "It was like starting a whole new sport. For me it was like I was starting over in a lot of ways. I had this foundation, or this shell of basketball. But we had to play a lot differently in the 82 games and the lack of practice was a huge difference. I’m so much more comfortable entering Year 3 then I was Year 2 then I was Year 1. The more hours you put into it the more comfortable you get. You’re not an expert with zero hours. You’re an expert as you put in time and I’m far from it but I’m putting in time to try and catch up."
Here’s another NBA maxim: You can’t fool NBA players. By the time they reach the league they’ve seen coaches at all levels and the more they get around, the easier it is to identify the ones they want to play for. All players want minutes, shots and opportunities, but they also want direct, honest communication and a confidence that the coach is prepared to put them in a position to succeed. That’s where Stevens truly connects with his players.
"His attention to detail and his knowledge of the game is as good as anybody’s I’ve seen," says veteran forward David Lee. "He has a great way of teaching and getting his message across to everybody. He’s a very positive coach, which makes it fun to come to practice and come to work every day."
After a preseason game against the Nets, Stevens and his staff identified gaps in their pick-and-roll coverage. That was the focus of the next practice. It’s a simple and direct approach that players appreciate, but what seems to separate Stevens at this early juncture of his career is the ability to call plays and make adjustments during the course of the game.
"He’s a great X’s and O’s coach, and what I mean by that is he can draw up a play and change the whole perspective of the game," Amir Johnson says. "Some coaches can’t do that during the game. He sees a play or he sees something defensively and puts guys right in the spot. He’s great for us."
The playoff loss to Cleveland has stayed with Stevens throughout the summer. What good was it for a team to overachieve their way out of the lottery and get swept in the first round? For the coach, it was about gathering more information and for the players it was a litmus test. There’s a push and pull between accentuating the positives and identifying the weaknesses in order to get better. Stevens often says that, in a perfect world, he’d take the emotion out of things, but emotion can also be a powerful motivator with driven people when channeled into development.
"We did some good things against Cleveland," he says. "If you look at the game on a possession by possession basis and you take out transition, which was up and down for us and rebounding, which killed everybody against them, we were pretty darn good. We need to shore those two points up. We need to get a little bit better in our techniques but we saw some things that we can build with. All of our guys had good moments in small snippets at least. Those are all positives. Then the other thing now is you should be confident, but you should have a chip on your shoulder. Human nature says those two things should happen based on how our season ended."
The process continues. There are expectations now, roles to be filled and games to be won or lost. Stevens isn’t worried about the big picture. For him, and the Celtics, it’s still evolving. Projections mean little in this environment and prognostications aren’t relevant when there is so much room for growth.
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BOSTON — For the last few years the Toronto Raptors have existed at the intersection of hope and reality. They have been an objectively good team, good enough to make the playoffs the last two seasons and claim a pair of division crowns. The reality is they have failed to advance past the first round and that division accomplishment is one of the most hollow in the sport, especially coming as it did in the weakest five-team grouping in the league.
The Raptors have been a team of contradictions. They started last season with a 15-4 record and entered the All-Star break comfortably in second place in the conference. But they faded late, going 13-16 down the stretch and were swept rather rudely by the Washington Wizards in the first round. They have All-Stars in the backcourt in Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, whose games have been picked apart by critics as much as they’ve been heralded by supporters. Until proven otherwise, Paul Pierce’s stinging critique — that they fail to inspire concern in opponents — hangs over them like one of the dagger 3-pointers he buried in their back during the playoffs.
Between Cleveland and Philadelphia, the East is one big jumble of cautious optimism. The Raptors are just one of many with playoff aspirations. The Bulls have a former MVP, a breakout star in Jimmy Butler and a host of up-and-coming players to mix with a roster full of veteran All-Stars. The Hawks won 60 games. The Heat loaded up for yet another run. The Wizards have a backcourt that’s bursting with potential. The Raptors, well, the Raptors are good. You can’t take that away from them, but can you build on it?
"First, we’ve got to get back to the playoffs," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said following the team’s shootaround. "Nothing is given there. Our goal is to move beyond, but again, I’m going to emphasize this: The playoffs are not a given. Nobody’s going to walk in and earn a playoff berth just because you did it last year. We’ve got to earn it. We’ve got to prove ourselves after how we finished last year that we’re for real. Everybody in the East has gotten better. There’s more balance in the East this year so there’s no nights off at all this year."
There is hope in the form of a 7-foot center Jonas Valanciunas, still just 23 years old, who has made incremental but steady progress on the offensive end. There is also the distant promise of Bruno Caboclo, the 20-year-old Brazilian prodigy who has played a grand total of 23 NBA minutes. Neither has shown nearly enough to warrant franchise building block status, and so the Raptors return with a familiar core of players augmented with a handful of free agent additions.
In the offseason, general manager Masai Ujiri added point guard Cory Joseph and big man Bismack Biyombo to bolster their depth, while also signing veterans Luis Scola and DeMarre Carroll, who are the new starting forwards. All of them are part of the rotation, but Carroll is the key.
"His versatility is one of his great strengths," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "He can shoot it. We all know that he’s got a great way about him and a demeanor and a passion that’s contagious. He’s a winner. He impacts winning."
With Carroll on board, Casey has a proven perimeter defender. He can also play big or small, which has a trickle-down effect on the rest of his roster.
"He’s as close to a 2-way player as you can get at the three position," Casey said. "With that, DeMar DeRozan doesn’t have to guard the bigger threes and Terrence Ross doesn’t have to guard those guys. So it frees them up to guard guys at their position."
Carroll’s addition will also have an impact on the offensive end. Long an ISO-team that relied heavily on Lowry, DeRozan and Lou Williams (now a Laker) to create shots for themselves, Casey has begun to implement a scheme more in line with the current trend toward spacing and shooting. The Raptors were surprisingly efficient on offense last season, but Carroll’s long-range shooting adds a much-needed element to the mix.
"We needed the toughness, the grit that he brings to the table," Casey said. "Not only on the defensive end. He plays with a grit and an edge on the offensive end: attacking the basket, cutting, shooting the three."
Friday’s game against the Celtics was instructive. The Raps launched 26 threes and their guards picked the Boston defense apart with drives and kickouts to open shooters on the perimeter. Carroll knocked down 4-of-7 shots from long range and with room to operate, Lowry and DeRozan lived at the free throw line. And with Carroll guarding opposing forwards, Terrence Ross was able to thrive at his natural off-guard position. On defense they were active and jumped passing lanes, which led to numerous fast break and transition opportunities.
Early season statement games mean little in the grand scheme of things, but this was still an effective reminder that they remain the team to beat in their little corner of the universe. Still, the Raptors have had early-season success before. They have to prove they can sustain it.
"Our biggest expectation that I always tell the team is we want to be better later in the season than we are at the beginning," Carroll said. "You don’t want to be the same team Game 81 that you are in Game 3. It’s just about getting better. You’ve got to understand it’s a marathon. Coming from Atlanta, Coach (Mike Budenholzer) really taught me that you’ve got to get better each game."
While Carroll was the one member of the Atlanta starting five who didn’t make the All-Star Game, in many ways he became the unlikely face of the Hawks’ stunning turnaround last season. His journeyman background was less a hindrance than a source of pride for a team that achieved beyond expectations by playing a tightly-connected team game that accentuated positives and trusted development.
Never was his importance more understood than in the conference finals when he gamely tried to play through a knee injury. With Carroll at less than full strength, the Hawks were limited and compromised against the Cavaliers.
The lesson from the Hawks is that if you get enough good players committed to playing for and with each other, then you can excel beyond the perceived limits of your abilities. Carroll was a backup forward without a position when he joined Atlanta. When he left, he was a coveted free agent.
"Coming from Atlanta helped me understand this game, understand what it takes to win at a high level," Carroll said. "It don’t happen overnight. A lot of people forget, our first year we won 38 games. When you win, all that losing, people forget about that."
It will take a lot for the Raptors to get over the sting of back-to-back playoff disappointments. Winning cures all, however, and in Carroll, they have one of the game’s unheralded winners. It’s enough to give a team hope that this time, things will be different in the end.
The ListConsumable NBA thoughts
We’re done with predictions and prognostications. Now is the time for way too early observations about the Association.
The Pistons look like a Stan Van Gundy team: I came very close to slotting Detroit into one of the final playoff positions in the East and I’m already regretting not going with SVG’s squad. Andre Drummond is a beast in the middle and with Reggie Jackson running downhill in pick-and-rolls, they have a dangerous combination. There are caveats: The lack of shooting remains troubling (losing Jodie Meeks to a broken foot doesn’t help) and depth could be a major concern if injuries start to pile up, but no one should underestimate Van Gundy’s sideline acumen.
The Pelicans’ schedule may be their toughest opponent: Lost amid all the injuries that have decimated Anthony Davis’ support system is a brutal opening slate of games. After getting run by the Warriors on opening night, they were in Portland the next night and looked like a shorthanded team on the second night of a back-to-back. It didn’t get any easier with a home opener against those same Warriors. Things will lighten up a little this week, but then they hit the road for eight of their next dozen games. Unless they can cobble together a couple of wins in November it will be a tough uphill climb to make a run at one of those final playoff spots.
What if DeMarcus Cousins is really the next great big? Let’s do the old compare and contrast thing. Player 1 has averaged 22 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per 36 minutes during his career. Player 2 has posted 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per 36 minutes. Player 1 is DeMarcus Cousins. Player 2 is Anthony Davis. Now, AD is two years younger, has been to the postseason and is playing for a coach in a system designed for him. Cousins has yet to reach the playoffs and is on his fifth coach in seven years. AD’s support system, while far from perfect, is still way more coherent than the dysfunction Cousins has endured. Both are great players, but maybe Cousins is the one poised for a breakout into the elite. Ziller and I will debate this at greater length this week.
Let’s save time and get on that Magic bandwagon now: This is a team that has been steadily acquiring talent under GM Rob Hennigan since trading away Dwight Howard. What they lacked was a sense of direction, but with Scott Skiles running the show they’ll get that and then some. The Magic may be a year or even two away from playoff contention, but they’re no longer an easy win on people’s schedules.
Pour one out for Grantland: The NBA media landscape got a little worse on Friday and while I have no doubt that Zach Lowe, Kirk Goldsberry, Jason Concepcion, Andrew Sharp et. al. will find other avenues and venues for their work, reading them was, and is, a joy. You all pushed everyone to be better, smarter and to work harder.
גיא
24 אוק 2015 07:58:29אינינג שמיני לפנתאון!
הום ראן של טורונטו שמשווה את המשחק,
ואחרי הפסקת גשם, קנזס עולה ליתרון אחרי ראן מהבייס הראשון. על סינגל!
גיא
24 אוק 2015 08:01:04מקדרמוט ומירוטיץ' יכולים לשחק 3. גיבסון לא.
זיו
24 אוק 2015 08:33:39תודה על המבט פנימה.
בנוסף לגנקינס דאלאס גם בחרו נהדר את גסטין אנדרסון שהולך להיות שחקן משמעותי.
לגבי סטנלי גונסון הוא נהדר והוא יתחרה על רוקי השנה.
לדעתי אחרי משחקי ההכנה טאונס הכי בשל לרוקי השנה והוא ממש משחק בזרימה ובהבנת המשחק. יש פה שחקן שחקן.[הרבה יות טוב עכשיו מבליגת הקיץ]
יתחרו איתו גונסון, אוקפור ומודאי.
השנה יהיו המון שחקנים משמעותיים מקרב הרוקיז.[לא מעט שחקני הגנה מוכנים לליגה]
ראיתי הלילה מינסוטה מילווקי וון עלה בחמישיה והיה חלש. הגריק פריק זה משהו מעולם אחר וויגינס מפתיע אותי לטובה.
הליגה גדושה בכשרון השנה עם שני דראפטים חזקים והרבה כשרון ותיק.
זיו
24 אוק 2015 08:35:05עוד נקודה וווינסלו מתחיל למצוא את מקומו במיאמי ולהראות כמו השחקן מקנזס
זיו
24 אוק 2015 08:50:55דיוק כמובן התבלבתי
מנחם לס
24 אוק 2015 17:06:37דוויין ווייד לקח אותו תחת חסותו ואמר אתמול: "דוויין הבא!"
ziv
24 אוק 2015 20:15:09מזל גדול להגיע כרוקי לקבוצה כמו מיאמי.
יש לו ממי ללמוד וזמן להתבשל.
דובי
24 אוק 2015 08:52:31ראיתי קצת מדרק רוז הלילה. נראה מצוין למרות מה שכתבתי שיהיה.
אולי יש לו תקווה.
אם הוא חוזר לכושר ראוי והויברג מוכיח שהוא יכול בליגה של הגדולים, המקום השני במזרח נעול.
למר מנחם היקר
24 אוק 2015 09:43:21רוז הוא אחד השחקנים הלא יציבים בליגה לעיתים הוא נראה ממש שתי טיפות מים כמו השחקן שהיה בעונת ה-MVP שלו, ולעיתים צל דהוי שעושה יותר נזק מטוב.
דובי
24 אוק 2015 11:29:58צודק מאה אחוז.
אני מת לראות את שיקגו איתו כשהוא בריא עונה שלמה.
גור גולן
24 אוק 2015 09:36:18מנחם תודה על המסקנות.
לגבי בוסטון- זה שילוב קטלני וייצא להם לשחק ביחד גם תומאס יעלה כשחקן שישי.
שארלוט- אני מאמין שהם לא יצליחו לשמור על אחוזים כאלה משלוש וגם אם כן- 5 במזרח ?? 8 בכל הליגה ???? איפה המערב בסיפור?
קליבלנד – הם יכולים לתרץ עד מחר שזה פרה סיסון וזה לא אומר כלום אבל מי שזוכר ב2012-13 שנאש והווארד הגיעו וכולם חשבו שתהיה אליפות הם סיימו 0 מ8 בהכנה וכבר אז זה נתן רמז על מה שיהיה.
דטרויט – סטנלי ג׳ונסון נראה עד עכשיו כגניבת הדראפט הגדולה מכולן!
יוסטון – ההחלטה חייבת להיות מהירה והחלטית אחרת ענייני האגו והמריבות יהיו בשמיים.
לייקרס – מנחם דבר ראשון זה הלייקרס לא ידרדרו, בשאר הפרה סיסון הם נראו טוב ואף ניצחו את גולדן סטיט ב15 הפרש לדעתי כשהם שיחקו עם קרי! הצעירים ייראו יכולות בפרה סיסון וקובי הראה כמה דקות מצויינות- אי אפשר להגיד שהם נחלשו כי מה שהיה שנה שעברה הוא גיהינום שלא יחזור.
רועי ויינברג
24 אוק 2015 09:45:23אני מסכים איתך שהלייקרס לא ידררדרו, אי אפשר לרדת מ-21 ניצחונות.
וגם הייתה שנה שיוטה סיימו פרה סיסון עם 1-7 אם אני זוכר נכון, וסיימו במקום ה-14 בליגה. זה לא אומר כלום.
dror2
24 אוק 2015 09:48:29מעניין מה המתאם בין הפרה סיסון לעונה הרגילה. מתחושת בטן נראה לי שאין כל כך, אז אני אשאר אופטימי לגבי קליבלנד
איל
24 אוק 2015 10:47:52מי שראה את ג״ס בפרה-סיזן האחרון אמר שכבר אז היה ברור שהם משהו מיוחד. אז מה, ממפיס לאליפות?
עגל
25 אוק 2015 11:55:09ממפיס תמיד מתחילים את העונה חזק מדי
מומי שאוהב חציל בטחינה
24 אוק 2015 10:47:09ביום שלישי זה מתחיל , מומי מתרגש מהעניין
מומי יקח את הנבואות של הדוקטור על פארש
ככה לאחל לליקרס עוד עונה של 60 פלוס הפסדים ? ? ?
מומי מקווה שזה יקרה רק בשביל להגן עם הבחירה דראפט טופ 3 אחרת המצב באמת קקי בלבן
אסף
24 אוק 2015 10:54:55רונדה הוליס ג'פרסון זה הדבר החיובי היחיד שייצא מהעונה הזו של ברוקלין,
מקווה בשבילם שייתנו לו כמה שיותר הזדמנויות לצבור דק' וניסיון העונה
רועי ויינברג
24 אוק 2015 14:06:19רונדה הוליס ג'פרסון הוא הברקה של ברוקלין, ואמרתי את זה כבר הרבה פעמים. הוא ובוגדנוביץ' ביחד הם קו אחורי חזק לעתיד, שצריך פוינט גארד עליון כדי להפוך למפלצת של ממש (רוביו?)
סטנלי ג'ונסון תפור על החמישייה של דטרויט, וברגע שהם יצליחו להביא מישהו יותר טוב מאליאסובה לפאוור פורוורד (האריסון בארנס בקיץ?) תהיה להם חמישייה חזקה מאוד מסביב לדרומונד.
לדעתי לאוסון יהיה השחקן השישי של יוסטון, הוא שחקן שהרבה יותר יעיל בתור האופצייה הראשונה בהתקפה. חמישייה שנייה שכוללת אותו יחד עם קורי ברואר, מאטיג'ונס וקאפלה יכולה אולי להיות הספסל היעיל במערב.
דובי
24 אוק 2015 16:51:53למה הכוונה במשפט "…פוינט גארד עליון… (רוביו?)"?
רועי ויינברג
24 אוק 2015 17:31:35הוא לא עליון, ואני די מתחרט על המילה הזאת, אבל הוא מתאים לברוקלין העתידית. בוגדנוביץ' והוליס ג'פרסון הם קאץ'-אנד-שוטרים מעולים, והשילוב של ראיית המשחק של רוביו איתם יכול להיות נפלא.
הבעיה היא בהגנה (בוגדנוביץ' ורוביו ביחד), ואולי הם יצטרכו להביא עוד מישהו שיתמחה בשמירה על גארדים ויהיה שחקן מוביל מהספסל.
דובי
24 אוק 2015 20:57:39אפשר לחבר את רוביו לעליון דרך ברוקלין, אבל בקושי.
נגיד… מאז דרון וויליאמס ברוקלין הפכה לבית קברות עבור פוינט גארדים מדדים, שהגיעו אליה צולעים וממנה…
עכשיו אמור להיכנס איזשהו משפט חיבור שיביא מדעיכה איטית לחיסול סופי ומוות דה פאקטו של הקריירה.
ריקי רוביו סאקס.
דדי
24 אוק 2015 21:00:32הוליס ג'פרסון הוא קאץ'-אנד-מיס מעולה.
הכי רחוק שאפשר מקלעי.
רועי ויינברג
24 אוק 2015 18:47:53אני מסכים לחלוטין בקשר למיאמי. ג'רלד גרין וטיילר ג'ונסון הם יופי של מחליפים בעמדת השוטינג, כשגם ווינסלו יכול לשחק שם (למרות שלדעתי הוא ישחק יותר כסמול לצד וויד, ויפתח רק כשוויד יקבל משחקי מנוחה בגלל הברכיים)
למר מנחם היקר
24 אוק 2015 22:39:56רועי כבר ציינת כמה פעמים שלוויסלו אין מה לחפש בעמדה מספר 3,הוא 196 עם נעליים ולא יכול להתמודד עם המפלצות בעמדה זאת (הוא בגודל של לאנס סטיבנסון אתה רואה אותו מתמודד נגד דוראט לברון,גורג,וויגנס…. אין מצב).בנוסף לגביו התקרה שלו לא גבוהה הוא לא הציג שום יכולת מיוחדת,אולי בעתיד אם יעבדו איתו נכון הוא יוכל להיותכמו גימי באטלר אבל לא יותר מזה.בעמדה 2 יהיה לו ייתרון של פיזיות. לגבי הלייקרס אין מה להתייחס הם יותר טובים מעונה שעברה אני רק מקווה שלא יאבדו אץ הבחירה (מוגנת top3).
ziv
25 אוק 2015 03:16:24לדעתי התקרה שלו גבוהה , אפילו מאד.
למר מנחם היקר
25 אוק 2015 06:28:31מה שקרה באתר הוא שמנחם הציג אותו כלברון גיימס,אמר שהוא יהיה כוכב על,ופתאום כל האתק מדבר על וויסלו,אבל מה שהרוב לא מבינים הוא שמנחם טעה,מנחם למרות הידע שלו אין לו מושג בכל הקשור לרוקייס ולתקרה של שחקנים (אנדרו וויגנס,זאק לאבין שאמר שהתקרה שלהם נמוכה מאוד ושיש עשרות כמו וויגנס בליגה…). היחיד שבדראפט הזה הציג איכויות של כוכב הוא דאנגלו ראסל.אוקופר היה לו סתם הייפ גדול מאוד (מגיל 16 הטמינו שהוא מגה כוכב שיגדל להיות בגובה 0'7, בעל משחק הגנתי בעייתי מאוד והתקפה שכו דיברו עליה לא מספיק טובה).
גור גולן
24 אוק 2015 19:40:30מיאמי – לא רואה את וינסלו מחליף את וויד בקרוב… אבל הוא שחקן רציני
מילווקי- אטנטקומפו הוא כוכב! עוד שנתיים והוא מ15 השחקנים הטובים בליגה לפחות.
מיניסוטה מעניינית מאוד השאלה החשובה היא איך כולם יקבלו את הזמן שלהם.
ניקס אני לא בטוח שהם יעשו את הפלייאוף אבל נחיה ונראה
תאנדר – שנה הבאה בלייקרס, נכון מומי ???
פורטלנד וסקרמנטו ביחד כי הן אולי שתי הקבוצות שאני הכי לא יודע מה יהיה איתם בעונה הקרובה!
טורונטו – מי שאולי יותר חשוב שם הוא לאורי שעושה את דרכו מעלה!
Dalazred
24 אוק 2015 19:58:35רק מזכיר שאמרתי שדנבר ממש טובים בלפתח סנטרים לבנים ארופאים…
ziv
24 אוק 2015 20:26:13גור פורטלנד וסקרמנטו לא על אותה משבצת.
פורטלנד קבוצה צעירה עם הרבה כשרון.
סקרמנטו קבוצה בשלה מתוך עשרת השחקנים המובילים שמונה שחקנים ותיקים ושני הצעירים גם מנוסים.[קאולי סטיין ומקלמור]
סקרמנטו של השנה היא קבוצה מאד מוכשרת ואם הכל יעבוד היא תהיה בפלייאוף ואפילו תצליח שמה.
דרן קוליסון שהוא כנראה השחקן השישי ורודי גיי בכושר שיא וקאזנס מאד מרוצה מהצרוף של רונדו.
גור גולן
24 אוק 2015 21:50:02הן לא באותה רמה ועדיין הן שתי הקבוצות עם הכי הרבה חוסר ידיעה על מה יהיה איתם…
ziv
24 אוק 2015 22:30:30סבבה, לא מסכים איתך.
ziv
25 אוק 2015 03:19:38זה לא רק הזריקות מבחוץ. זה גם המגיק קאזינס- קאזינס מתחפש למגיק ומוביל את הכדור מקוסט לקוסט.
השנה בפרה סיזן הוא עשה את שניהם הרבה.[הייתה לו נטיה מתחילת הקריירה]. אנ מקווה שקארל ורונדו יגמלו אותו מזה.
דובי
25 אוק 2015 04:39:07לפני שקארל מנסה לגמול את קאזינס שיזמין תור לפלסטיקאי.
קאזינס רק מחכה לתירוץ להזיז לו את האף לכיוון האוזן.
אני מחכה לפעם הראשונה שבוגי מתחיל להוביל כדור, רונדו בא לקחת לו וקארל צורח מהספסל תן לו תן לו…!
שווה את כל הליג פאס
אופיר
25 אוק 2015 09:08:47טוב, נשגבים דרכי הפופוביץ'.
סן אנטוניו החתימו את ג'וליאן וושבורן שהוא שחקן אנדראפט ביום חמישי ושיחררה אותו ביום שבת.
מה קרה בזמן הזה?
חשבו שהחתימו אותו לליגת ההתפתחות בשביל שיתחשל ויכיר את השיטה ויחזור במהלך השנה (הדיבורים על ינואר) ויחליף את רסואל באטלר או אפילו את בונר (שהחוזה שלו לא מובטח במלואו).
למה החתמתם אותו? ואם החתמתם אותו -אז למה לשחרר אותו אחרי יומיים? מה הסיפור?