The Boourns

Of course we all have to realize that any healthy pour coming off a freshly tapped keg of Keith Langlois Lager should be taken with a sidecar shot of Pistons Blue Kool-Aid, but direct quotes from Arnie Kander may be a different story. In one of his latest articles, Langlois catches Kander lauding Andre's work ethic thus far and most importantly his willingness to learn. Most interesting to me though, is Kander's (not to be confused with Khandor) comments indicate that with Andre being so young, a lot of the mechanical inefficiencies that are often self-taught by more mature bigs as a way to compensate for their size/lack of lateral quickness simply aren't there with Drummond. This begs the question: If you gave Arnie Kander, Mike Abdenour, and Ben Wallace a perfect piece of solid marble to sculpt as they will, should there be any doubt that we're looking at the creation of the basketball equivalent of Michelangelo's David?

Interesting article about the failings of shooting coaches who focus on the "follow-through" rather than the stroke that takes you to follow-through. He talks about how this is a huge reason for Drummond's shooting woes from the stripe.

MOTHER_________, _____SUCKING, ____HUMPING, BULL____, SON OF A _______, I don't see how Charlotte will be any better for Ramon...their backcourt now consists of 3 6'3" guards only one of which is a pass-first while the other two need the ball in their hands to be effective. Seriously Ramon, say it ain't so...or please only sign like a 1 year deal!

Seriously...they just paid a 36 year old PF with recent history of injuries more than $11M a year to play until he's almost 40. Am I the only one who sees this as hysterically over-priced?

Apparently folks over at Mlive.com are speculating that Arnett may have a promise from Detroit after declining combine workouts but worked out by himself on Friday... So let me get this straight, we're potentially drafting a guy that did not work out against his peers in the lottery? Is it too soon to play the Darko card?

Similar to when JoD traded DJ White for Walter Sharpe back in the day (and then promptly signed him anyways), looks like OKC wants some financial relief. We might be able to swing a future 2nd rounder or 2 for their 1st rounder. DO IT JOD (knowing full well he won't do it)

In NBADraft.net's previous mock, they had us taking a mostly unknown big man out of Turkey with the 39th and following it up with an inefficient, under-sized combo guard in Maalik Wayns. As if they wanted to further infuriate alll Pistons fans, they've updated their mock draft with the pistons selecting the following players: #9: Jeremy Lamb (Leonard, Henson, and Sullinger all passed on) #39 - Jared Cunningham - shoot-first, shooting guard out of Oregon State best known for his good shot at the combine and leading his conference in steals #44 - Quincy Acy Finally JoD gets that size we've needed all this time...with our last pick of the draft.

A former co-worker of mine, Jeremy Repanich, is now writing for Sports Illustrated for Kids and just had an article published on Deadspin. Definitely a worthwhile read offering insight into the final days of the Sonics.

With the Knicks improving again, it seems the Eastern Conference playoff caliber teams may actually be slightly better than those fighting for the Western Conference. Total Wins among Eastern conference through today is 251 vs. 244 in the Western Conference. Of course the non-playoff teams are far worse in the East than the West but nice to see a balancing of sorts....

On 6-12 shooting, Vernon Macklin posted his 2nd double-double in a row with 13 points, 16 boards (6 offensive), 4 assists, and a block in 39 minutes of play. Despite Macklin destroying souls, the Mad Ants have now lost 16 of their last 17 games and both games that Macklin has played a part.

D'Antoni, apparently tired of dealing with players and the front office alike has resigned as head coach of the New York Knicks. Mike Woodson steps in as interim head coach

"We're open. We're talking to everybody, man. What are the chances? That's like asking me what the other 29 teams are going to do. I know what we'd like to do. But making a deal, it takes one or two more teams, and I can't tell you where they are. What are their imperatives? We have some things that are imperative for us to get done. But I don't know what other teams' imperatives are. That's why that question's always so hard to answer, because whatever percentage you give, you're speaking for some other organization. You know that you would like to continue to build your team, and you're open to doing that." According to ESPN, Dumars is expected to stand pat and look to build via the draft. HULK SMASH!!!!

San Fran man, Chris Hansen, has put up a huge chunk of his own money ($290M) to finance a $490M arena project in Seattle. The City and State would put up the rest contingent on Hansen being able to bring not one, but TWO professional sports teams from the NBA and NHL. Just because OKC did it, doesn't make it right Seattle...and your goal of proving that you're better at stealing teams than OKC by stealing two of them is a little depressing, but if the controversial one ends up in Seattle, I won't complain when the Best in the World comes to play.