SH Blog: Kobe Bryant sounds off on Pau Gasol, Nash status still uncertain

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Here’s something you may not have expected to hear after the first 17 games of the NBA season: the Lakers are 8-9, two games back from the Golden State Warriors in the standings.

Why do the Warriors keep winning games, despite missing their main defensive weapons in Andrew Bogut and Brandon Rush? David Lee spoke with us to explain his team’s success on Sheridan Hoops Radio on Monday.

What does it mean for the Lakers, who many expected would dominate and even challenge the Bulls best regular season record of all time?

Just one thing: stay patient.

There are several things working against the Lakers right now:

- Dwight Howard is still not himself yet, despite some statistical games that would indicate otherwise.

- Steve Nash remains out due to a broken leg.

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The Bernucca List – Edition 30

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Really? Thirty of these already?

We started these about a year ago for two reasons. One was both editor-in-chief Chris Sheridan and yours truly both were big fans of The Spy List, which ran in Spy, a wonderfully snarky monthly magazine in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (It also did its fair share of good investigative reporting, by the way.)

The other reason we began running these was NBA commissioner David Stern and union chief Billy Hunter were remarkably unsympathetic to our basic needs. When you commit to building a better basketball site, it has a better chance for success if basketball is actually being played.

So what sort of started out as filler content during the interminable lockout now has become one of the longest continuous features on Sheridan Hoops. We’re kind of proud of that, even though coming up with fresh material occasionally presents a challenge.

More on that later. First, let’s settle up last week’s business. Edition 29 of The Bernucca List had been posted for less than 10 minutes before reader Dualie provided the correct answer, which was “Active coaches who have played for the teams they are coaching.” Nice job.

This week’s list is after the jump.

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SH Blog: Looking at the Harden trade one week later

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The James Harden trade is a week old now, and while the book is obviously not yet written on what it’ll mean for everyone involved, we have a bit of a clearer picture than we did last Sunday.

Harden has looked like a true superstar in Houston, dropping 82 points over his first two games, including a career-high 45. The outlook for the Thunder is a little more murky, but they haven’t shown a disastrous dropoff so far. We’ve got several stories looking at the Harden trade today, along with all the latest NBA news.

We’ve also got a couple new columns up today: first is Jan Hubbard’s take on the future of the Steve Nash-less Suns, and also, after the Knicks topped the Sixers in today’s early game, Moke Hamilton wrote about how this is the Knicks’ best start in 14 years.

Now, today’s links:

  • Royce Young of CBSSports.com writes about how the Thunder are reacting, chemistry-wise, to the James Harden trade: “There was a certain tightness, an incredible closeness between the Thunder’s young core and losing a key piece like Harden should obviously disturb some of that togetherness and chemistry. The hole left by Harden’s departure might be unfilled — Kevin Martin’s locker is well away from Harden’s old digs — but Scott Brooks has no choice but to move his team forward and focus on the goal. ‘James [Harden] was a good player,’ Brooks said. ‘Don’t get me wrong. But he wasn’t Dr. James. He wasn’t helping the group stick together. All the guys do. Russell, Kevin, down the line, Perk, Nick. All the guys. That’s what makes good teams.’ “

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Tweet of the Night: Jamal Crawford

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Just saw Ben Gordon got traded to Charlotte..bet he does better there..sometimes situation is everything
June 26, 2012 9:59 pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite
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Jamal Crawford

Jamal Crawford believes better times are ahead for Ben Gordon, who will play for the Charlotte Bobcats come next season. Although Gordon failed to produce last season as a starter, it’s possible that he may not have been prepared for the truncated season – he expected the lockout to last for two seasons. Why Joe Dumars signed him to a $55 million contract in the first place remains a mystery, given the fact that Richard Hamilton was still on the team and played Gordon’s position. Needless to say, the situation never panned out, as Gordon never could find his niche as a backup. His average dipped to 13.8 points in his first season with the Pistons and bottomed out at 11.2 points in his second season, before bringing it back up to 12.5 points last season – still well below expectations. Gordon has a chance to renew his career as a prolific scorer with the rebuilding Bobcats, but will have to compete with Gerald Henderson – the current starting shooting guard – for playing time.

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Mike Miller’s Tweet of the Night


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The Bernucca List – Edition 26

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Reader Zach was the first with the correct answer to last week’s edition of The Bernucca List.

The list was “players called for 10 or more technical fouls this season.”

This week’s list is a pretty tough one, so we will provide a hint: It has to do with the playoffs.

Think you know the answer? Go ahead and post it in the Comments section or Tweet it to me. First correct answer gets a shout-out next week.

The Bernucca List

Carlos Boozer
Manu Ginobili
Richard Hamilton
Stephen Jackson
Reggie Miller
Dirk Nowitzki
Shaquille O’Neal
Chris Paul
Latrell Sprewell
Hedo Turkoglu

 

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