Thursday, October 30, 2008

Strong Season Openers

Some great performances to start out the year for the white athletes of the NBA! As you can see from the very efficient numbers below, the main thing holding many whites back from all-star status is their lack of shot volume. Team-first basketball is a beautiful thing, but it only takes one "black-hole" to ruin team execution. I would love to see a few all-white teams, so they could lift each others numbers up with selfless white team play, or for all the poor NBA guys who are usually stuck as the only white guy on the floor, more selfish play to lift their own numbers.

White of the Night --> David Lee: Fantastic! 16 p (9 shots) - 11 r - 5 a - in 35 min as starter.

Home Grown:
Murphy: 13 p - 15 reb - 3 blk, playing 35 minutes as starter,
Hawes: 12 p (8 shots) - 14 rebounds - 6 blocks! in 33 min as starter
K-Love: 12 p (8 shots) - 9 r (4 off) - 2 blk - in 18 min off bench in his first NBA game!
Hinrich: 15 p (10 shots) - 7 a - in 26 min off bench
M Miller: 11 p (7 shots) - 6 a - in 31 starting min.
Kapono: 15 points (8 shots) - 25 min.
Korver: 11 p (6 shots) in 24 min off bench
Pryzbilla: team high 11 reb in 25 min off bench
B. Lopez: team leading 8 boards off the bench in 25 minutes.

Imported:
Rudy: 16 p (10 shots) - 4 a - 2 stl - 29 min off bench in 1st NBA game!
M Gasol: 12 p - 12 reb - 2 blk in his first NBA start, 36 min
Nash: 13 p - 13 a - 2 r - 34 min
Scola: 12 p - 13 reb - 25 min
Ilgauskas: 15 p (on 5 shots!) - 8 reb - in 30 min.
Varejao: team-high 9 reb - in 26 min off bench
Calderon: 13 p (9 shots) - 7 a - 32 min.
Pachulia: 8 boards, 6 offensive, in less than 12 minutes.
Bogut: 9 points on 4 shots, and 14 points on 8 shots, in first two games
AK-47: 16 p (9 shots) - 2 blks - in 35 min off bench
Hermann: 10 points (6 shots) - in 15 min. Surprise surprise, I thought he was buried in Detroit.
Biedrins: 14 p (8 shots) - 12 reb (5 off) in 29 min as starter
Stojakovic: 16 p (11 shots) in 35 min as starter
P Gasol: 15 p (10 shots) - 7 reb - 33 min as starter
Okur: 13 p - 10 reb - 3 a - 39 min

The "Hoped for More" List:
Redick: 0-4 FGA for 2 p - 19 min
Ridnour: 0-6 for 2 p - 6 r - 5 a - 24 min
Bargnani 0-4 for 0 p - 20 min
Kaman: 3-9 for 8 p - 5 reb - 4 TO - 30 min
R Anderson: only 3 shots in 15 min
Foster: zero shots in 20 min
Barry: 2 shots in 20 min
CAndersen: 3 shots in 21 min
Milicic: 1-4 for 2 p - 2 reb - 17 min
Kleiza: 1-8 for 4 p - 21 min
Belinelli - DNP
Quinn - DNP

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