SB Nation User Blog: StocktonNEP

Shav loves college

StocktonNEP — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:44:24 -0000

Shav loves college

in case you guys didn't know your new big man shavlick randolph is a legend. asher roth sucks but look for a shav appearance at about 2:30 through the vid.

Go Blazers

The NBA has it figured out

StocktonNEP — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:45:01 -0000

For all you baseball fans you probably saw the the phillies traded for cliff lee, a tremendous pitcher for the indians and last seasons cy young winner. The minute I saw this the first thing that came to mind was, "this would never happen in the NBA" and when you think about it, the NBA clearly has the best salary cap and system for trading and signing players, they make it easy enough to build a good team, but require good drafting and smart contracts, but still contracts that keep a player on a team for a few years (hello NFL) but contracts that don't get too ridiculous (hello any steriod user in 2002).

Hence why I love the NBA, I hate how the yankees can keep the competition level down by taking players like cc sabathia from smaller bad teams. In the NBA cc sabathia, or in other words, al jefferson, would stay on that team for a while, maybe getting them to the playoffs. In baseball teams can spend and spend, and coose to never spend and not loose any money. the cheap teams still profit because people go to baseball games, they just do. I also hate how baseball drafting is above most people's heads and still pretty random, the NBA draft is as entertaining as a NLCS.

For football, I don't like the instability, one season your team dominates, the next their in the gutter, your players get old fast and the teams trade or release them even faster. Brandon Roy would be our running back, he'd be good for 5 years, have 2 more deccent seasons and then be burnt out. And the NFL draft, while prett fun, makes bad teams pay huge money to get the top picks, while the NBA makes sure guys to don't get payed what they don't deserve, imagine Darko netting a 66 mil contract as a rookie.

Anyway, just wanted to vent on the various flaws of baseball which is boring, money driven, and lame, and football which changes too quickley, treates their players like trash, and gives alex smith enough money to bailout General Motors. NBA all the way

Pay This Man

StocktonNEP — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:41:02 -0000

Pay This Man

I think stealing him from the lakers would be great, fits the team perfectly. If he gets pissed about LA trying to short change him, and he's cool with just one ring (for now) then lets make that big move

Spolstra for COY??

StocktonNEP — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:17:03 -0000

Been reading a lot of news around the league about the coach of the year debate, marc stein noted that Nate is making a late season push but still probably won't win it. I try to put my bias behind me, but I think Nate should be coach of the year. The debate with Karl and Van Gundy have similair arguements to Nate, team getting better, big players getting better, role players knowing exactly what they need to do, all resulting in an improved team, but the debate for spolstra makes no sense. Everything that Spolstra has done Nate has done, without the advantage of injuries last year that made the team look really really bad. Just like spolstra Nate has counted on rookies, Oden, rudy, batum, beasly, chalmers. Both coaches have also benefited from amazing play from their stars, and as good as brandon has been, wade has been on another level. This all ends with nate having a better seed in a much better conference, Why the Love for spolstra??

SI Article about Roy

StocktonNEP — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:14:51 -0000

Did anybody the article on brandon roy on si.com? great stuff, good for roy, and the blazers to get national attention, The guy talks about how roy plays his game so slow, always analyzing and playing like a much older player, the usual stuff. They also talked about brandon's injuries such as the ones he sufferend in college and the constant treatment he goes through every day. I hate hearing about blazer injuries

Al Harrington

StocktonNEP — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:20:13 -0000

The Warriors have made it pretty clear that al harrington is on the trading block, I know he's not the huge midseason pickup some poeple might want from raefs contract, he is a guy who could give us stability at the small forward spot, we would probably have to give up outlaw, but i think harrington, with experince although not too much in the playoffs, and a good shooting touch, would be pretty good in our team. This of course is assuming that he's ok being the 4th option to a bunch of guys who can't even drink yet.