Philadelphia - Chicago
Andre Iguodala consistently beat Deng to the tune of 22 points in a Nov. 2 matchup, and Iguodala's quickness is a tough cover for Nocioni, even if the manic forward is at full health.
"He has length and athleticism and is a handful for us," Boylan (trener chicaga) said of Iguodala. "He always has given us a hard time."
Iguodala, the Sixers' best player since the Allen Iverson trade 13 months ago, was clearly frustrated after Wednesday night's 109-96 road loss to the Toronto Raptors, in which a terrible third quarter made the difference. “It'd be tough for me not to be upset,” he said then. “We're just not solid throughout the whole course of the game,” Iguodala said after Thursday's short practice. “We have stretches where teams make a run at us and we get in a funk and can't seem to get out of it, or the game gets out of hand and it's too late to get back. Once we get a win, that'll clear things up.”
“Everybody's frustrated,” Dalembert (philadelphia) said. “Coach is frustrated, and the guys are frustrated. It's a tough situation. It's a time right now to see who's going to step up and be a leader. Each one of us needs to sit down and say, "OK, what I can do better?' Maybe I have to block six, seven shots a game or challenge 15 shots a game.
“We had a meeting [Thursday], and we talked about it. It's going to be a turning point, I guarantee you that.”
Luol Deng Ques Fri - Achilles - 1/9/08 An MRI confirmed tendinitis in the achilles. His treatment involves rest and stretching. He hopes to return Friday against the 76ers.
Luol Deng, who has missed two games with left Achilles' tendinitis, participated in about half the workout and said he would test his injury at Friday's morning shootaround."
Ali ne bu igral
Cheeks (trener philadelphije) said changing the starting lineup — most likely replacing Willie Green with emerging rookie Thaddeus Young — for tonight's home game with the Bulls is something he could do “to shake it up a little bit,” Young is averaging 11.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and shooting 22-for-38 (57.9 percent) in the past four games.
Protiv toronta (U GOSTIMA):
Andre Iguodala
F 33:27 5-13 Trice:1-5 5-5 3 4 7 2 4 1 5 0 16
Samuel Dalembert
C 31:11 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 2 4 0 0 2 8
Andre Miller
G 37:55 5-14 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 7 1 0 2 0 14
Thaddeus Young
28:04 7-11 1-1 1-1 2 2 4 0 0 2 1 1 16
Ova trojca ne vjerujem da mogu doma protiv nikakvog chicaga odigrati tak loše, a thaddeus bu eksplodiral ak krene od startnih 5, a čini se da bude.
The Sixers open a three-game road trip Monday at San Antonio.
CHICAGO:
Where they (CHI) were Thursday was last place in the Central Division at 13-20 and 11th in the 15-team Eastern Conference, 3 games out of the eighth playoff spot. That's why trade rumors involving the Bulls are gathering steam again. Still, some reports have Paxson talking to the Houston Rockets about a deal for seven-time All-Star Tracy McGrady.
The 6-8 McGrady, who is averaging 22 points and has two NBA scoring titles, would fill the Bulls' voids of backcourt size and star power but would be costly in both players and money. McGrady, who has a history of back trouble, is making $19 million this season, and his contract has two more years worth $44 million.
Center Ben Wallace, who makes an average of $15 million per season and also has two years left on his contract, likely would have to be part of such a trade (teško da bu igral s mingom u houstonu).
The Bulls likely will revisit trade talks with the Memphis Grizzlies for 7-foot forward Pau Gasol.
``Ben Gordon takes a lot of tough shots and [Kirk] Hinrich is a short guy. I don’t think it was fair that Scott Skiles got fired,'' he said (charles barkley). ``The person (paxson) that didn’t trade for Kevin Garnett last year should get fired. You have a chance to get Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol, you [have] to make that trade. That’s the person who made a bad decision.''
Michael Heisley, the Chicagoan who owns the Grizzlies, didn't exactly shoot down Gasol talk when he told the Memphis media,``I live in Chicago, and all they talk about up there is getting Pau. So he must be pretty valuable. He's a great post guy. But by discussing him, I don't mean we're out there shopping them. If we trade one of our guys, we've got to get a lot back that's good.''
The patient strategy -- Standing Pax -- no longer works after 10 years. The GM has made too many errors and left the Bulls in a deep, jagged pothole. Either make the urgent shakeups or move aside for the Dynasty Reunion Tour.
Uglavnom, razjebana atmosfera skroz. Sigurno ide i gordon koji je trebal ići u LAL s parama za kobea.
New Jersey - Boston
“The first 20 minutes of practice sucked like the game,” Rivers said. “It really did. We were awful. Guys weren’t communicating. Guys were what we call buddy running - running with their own guy instead of getting back. You know, it’s a long season and you fall into habits, you have slippage. Then the second half of practice was terrific. We got back to what we’ve done.
Scot Pollard sat out practice to rest his left ankle, the same one he sprained late in the offseason. The big man is expected to play tonight. . . .
Post je objavljen 11.01.2008. u 14:35 sati.