SB Nation User Blog: Bushka

We're Drafting the PTR Fantasy League in a few days with 7 slots left

Bushka — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:50:11 -0000

Last chance to join, if anyone is interested theres currently 13 teams in the yahoo league.

Link to Join

The league I.D is: 243222
the password: ptr

I know a lot of you have other leagues etc, I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware before we rolled it out.

We already have more teams than last year so that at least is a positive :)

Any questions will be happily answered as time permits.

We doing another PTR fantasy league this year on yahoo?

Bushka — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:34:03 -0000

Last season as other Pt'Rockers become less and less interested in their fantasy teams, the unthinkable occurred and the crown of BEST IN UNIVERSE fell to me an unlikely kangaroo lover from the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

It was all over the local papers though some of you may have missed it due to a percieved geographic insignificance. Anyway I would like to strive for irrelevance again this season with any and all who are interested.

The Duncan Ultimatum was the iron fisted commissioner last season, and cleared the way for my win by suspending half the league for leaving the bench. Comedy gold.

Is it on again then?

Weird Question re: spurs merchandise

Bushka — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:17:00 -0000

I have been searching high & Low for a spurs iphone 3GS case.

I know this isn't the normal kind of spurs post we generate here at PTR but hey I have made heaps of those kinds of relevant posts, and i figured if anyone could help out it would be one of you, especially you Texan's.

As a lot of you know I live in Sydney, near the beach in Queenscliff, so its more surfboards and rugby league, not exactly a lot of spurs merchandise floating around out here, i tried google, ebay et al but had no luck whatsoever, unless of course you wanted to buy something relating to KG, Kobe, Or Lebron in which case you can get anything from ball sack warmer to Life size pyramid (in royal purple and gold of course)....

But i digress...I am not a big team logo guy, I have a spurs hat...which doesn't fit, and i had a pair of spurs shorts when i was like 10, however i figure it's time to ring the merchandising cowbell, plus my youngest sons 10 months old now and I want to hook him up into a spurs outfit soon.

This was on basketbawful the other day very very funny. The most hilarious take on the Lamar Odom...

Bushka — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:45:07 -0000

This was on basketbawful the other day very very funny.

The most hilarious take on the Lamar Odom Vs Lakers contract negotiations. The movie the footage is ripped from is "Downfall" which by the way is a superb movie. A must watch in my view, really interesting.

I've heard very little regarding David Lee of late

Bushka — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:47:46 -0000

Is it possible that he might consider an MLE deal? He is a good rebounder and works hard, he obviously doesn't space the floor and is not an ideal fit, but i'd certainly prefer him than a platoon of Gooden and Pachulia/Rasho.

He seems committed to defence, and whilst he might not have the range we require he would be a very handy big to throw into a rotation. His young and would be a banger you could rely on for a lot of years to come. I honestly don't see him doing it but no one is jumping out of their skin to offer the guy the kind of money he seems to have been after (around 9 -10 million per).

Obviously now that I have written this Adrian Wojnarowski will have some free agent buzz inking him to the warriors at 11 million per.

Latest Ramblings on Draft day trading

Bushka — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:17:03 -0000

They are some kind of crazy over at Draft Express. Or rather not crazy but reporting rumours that seem CRAZY!

Draft Express Scroll Down to the Memphis Thabeet thing

To break it down they are talking about swapping picks with memphis with either of Shock & Hawes as "compensation" for the trade. Just nuts that we give one of those two up to move up two spots in this draft.

What say you the heaving huddled masses?

What are the chances

Bushka — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:36:26 -0000

Of trading up in the draft to the kind of area where we can get an interesting PG prospect.

Then sending that Pick to the Hawks for the rights to Josh Childress?

I know there is no way he plays for the hawks again after the way things went down, and they need to figure out what the hell they are going to do if they don't resign Mike Bibby now that Acie Law is a failed human, and flip murray is not a long term answer..?

I think this is something that would be a good thing for us long term.

So whats the team going to look like come this time next year

Bushka — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:19:10 -0000

Hopefully we will have Tim, who will be surrounding him, whats the rotation going to be like will Gooden stick around? Do we want him to? What will we do with George? Can he become a starter? Where do we put him? What about Roger? Can he be a 2 guard for the forseeable future? What are his issues with coming off the bench?

So much to figure out.

Heres a good start

Hoops Hypes Contracts

I think Goodens gone, I pray Findog gets nothing more, ditto Imme JV et al. It would be good to see Ian back as our athletic big etc.

What say you the people?

What price a team that plays Defence?

Bushka — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:55:03 -0000

So we are down 3-1, I am gutted. It is only now I realise just how spoilt I have been as a spurs fan this past decade. This is how it feels to be a fan of a mortal NBA franchise.

We have one more game this season should we continue to play this demented brand of basketball.

No one else is scoring consistently or with anything approaching confidence outside of the all star tandem of Tim & Tony. They pumped in 68 points between them, accounting for all but 22 of the final 90.

Can we win with just these two scoring and very limited contributions from various role players?

My thought here, and it is not a terribly original one, is that the spurs move back to what they know. For the past decade the calling card of the franchise has been outstanding. exemplary defence.

Does Pop have the minerals to change the starting five from one All NBA Defender & four average/below average defenders, to a beefed up traditional spurs five, with Bowen, Thomas & Hill filling out the numbers.

Live by the old axiom. Hold em under 80 and let God sort em out.

Can the spurs win with this? Findog is a reprehensible defender. Age has robbed him of his speed, and the league is jam packed with superb wings who have all the skills, length and zip to get where they want to regardless of how much he wants to stop them. Josh Howard is one such player. Bowen can handle Howard if allowed the time.

Hill can mark up on either Barea or Kidd, he has the length speed and desire to hound people into the dirt.

Thomas while not the perfect man to defend Dirk rebounds the ball makes smart decisions and is tough as nails.

So what price defence? Dirk can probably go get 30 regardless of what we do to him, he always has in the past. Can anyone else on the mavs score enough? Can we score enough?

I would adore the sight of a hard nosed angry spurs team. Making great rotations, staying in front of their man funnellilng penetration to the large human with the long arms in the middle. Getting stops.

So what of it?

Missed the Cavs game

Bushka — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:18:36 -0000

though i did check the box score this morning when i woke up.

Apparently George hill is good for 5.45 per night and the JV is rocketing along at around 11. Slightly perturbing.In fact diabolical.

I am pretty much horrified that Pops lost his marbles and is divvying up the rotations based on who has the shiniest head.

Someone put my mind at ease..please...did George get an elbow to the face or some such dastardly act that held him out of the fight?