HATS OFF
Last night i
n Adelaide, the Melbourne Tigers fought back from the dead to convincingly beat the 36ers. If you watched the first half you would have thought that Adelaide were going to romp home! Melbourne's body language was atrocious and their defense was woeful! I just wonder what was said at half time to get the guys to come out and play so well in the second stanza. Hats Off to Al Westover (Melbourne Coach). I do however believe Mark Worthington carried the team in the second half. His play in the second half was all star like! A few triples and some quality baskets down low showed off his versatility. If teams are going to want to stop Melbourne this year look no further than locking down 'WORTHO'. Mark's 29 points along with 9 rebounds went along way to getting Melbourne's season back on track!While we are on the same topic, kudos must be given to Foxtel for airing three live games of NBL this week. I can't remember the last time this occurred and lets hope it continues to happen. Tomorrow night the New Zealand Breakers play host to the Townsville Crocodiles which should be a beauty and then Melbourne travel to Perth to play on Sunday!
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HAVE YOUR SAY
The NBA is less than six days away! It feels like yesterday the Los Angeles Lakers were crowned champions! I can't wait! This season should be great. Lots of teams making trades and big name players playing for new clubs. Do we think the Lakers are going to win it all again? They certainly have put a great team together yet again. Most of the guys who played last year are back again, and the all star inclusion of Ron Artest. They are going to be extremely tough. The Cleveland Cavaliers buying Shaquille O'Neal to help King Lebron James out, is that going to work out? Personally I don't think so, but many people will disagree with me. 'Big Shaq Diesel is to slow, some of the elite big guys are too quick for him these days, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Amare Stoudamire, just to name a few! As much as I'd love to see a Kobe Bryant versus Lebron James final, I don't see it happening. I follow the Toronto Raptors. I'm hoping the acquisition of Hedo Turkoglu is going to help the team get a few more wins than last year and maybe squeeze into the playoff picture. My prediction:
- West Winners: Los Angeles Lakers
- East Winners: Orlando Magic
personally adrian i cant wait for the nba season to begin!
ReplyDeletebeing a lakers fan it was a long time between drinks from our last championship in the 01/02 season!
the disappointment in detroit 2004 and boston 2008 made it that much sweeter to win a championship last season and i believe to repeat again this season...i think your on the money with the lakers magic showdown again...altho losing turkoglu,lee and alston..they were able to get carter bass and barnes and able to re sign gortat (overpayed)...should make for a great season!
keep up the good work
Nice write up again Bauky!
ReplyDeleteDef agree with you about the Lakers. From what ive seen and read, it looks like they have just as good a team as last year.
But not sure if I agree with you about Shaq. Sure he is in late 30's but the Cavs need someone like him. Varejao and that big euro dude they have (no idea about his name) just dont cut it. Lebron needs a partner and Shaq along with Parker are good buys imo.
But dont count out New Orleans. They are great value in betting and im tipping them to cause a few upsets! Many people will count them out cause of their form slump late last year but dont forget all the injuries they had.
Keep up the good work mate!
al westover had nothing to do with that win. wortho just went nuts.
ReplyDeletealso, i think the cavs have a very good chance of coming out of the east now they have someone who can (in theory) play dwight straight up. but if the celtics stay healthy i dont think anyone in the east can beat that line up over 7 games.
nice blog - keep it up.
Yeah nice blog - keep it up mate.
ReplyDeleteI watched this game it was sik.
Wortho 4 LIFE!.