SH Blog: Chandler calls out Knicks style of play, Metta says D’Antoni wasn’t respected enough

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Tyson ChandlerAre the New York Knicks suffering from a selfish brand of basketball?

When you think of this team, you primarily think of Carmelo Anthony as the team’s offense. That has always been the case (save for a brief period of Linsanity) for any team that ‘Melo has been a part of. And then, of course, you have J.R. Smith, who is known as volume-shooter number two on the team. So you have to figure that when Tyson Chandler is calling out the team’s lack of ball movement, there can only be so many that he may be referring to. Frank Isola of Daily News has details:

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SH Blog: Jackson’s motives for calling out Denver, Kobe says Lakers can win with current core

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Stephen CurryAs we head into an all-important Game 6 between the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets on Thursday, lets first get whatever happened in Game 5 out of the way and hope that nothing dumb – like players getting ejected or face suspensions over unnecessary physical play – happens.

The word, at least according to Mark Jackson and his “source”, is that Denver’s game plan was to go after Stephen Curry, who had completely lit them up in the previous three games leading up to Game 5.  Here are his exact words, from Tim Kawakami of Mercury News:

Jackson took it farther, saying that the Nuggets were targeting Curry’s injured left ankle and suggesting that a member of Denver’s organization basically apologized to him for it.

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Perkins: Benching of Wade and Bosh shows savvy by Spoelstra

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What Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra did Monday night is called coaching.

Or was it overcoaching?

That’s where the debate lies with his risky and somewhat questionable maneuver.

Spoelstra benched All-Star guard Dwyane Wade for the entire fourth quarter of the Heat’s 104-97 loss at Utah. He kept All-Star forward Chris Bosh on the bench for all but the final 40 seconds, when the game was pretty much decided. And he kept starting power forward Udonis Haslem on the bench.

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Rosen: Defending champs from Miami look vulnerable

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Despite their glittering 16-6 record, the defending-champion Miami Heat seem to be anything but invincible.

Indeed, even though they had only a modicum of trouble in beating Minnesota last night, their 103-92 victory did expose several meaningful flaws in Miami’s game plan.

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SH Blog: Joakim Noah calls Thibodeau style “dictatorship”, Rubio return on the horizon

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Last season, several key players were lost due to the dreadful tear of an ACL, clouding the future of each player that suffered the injury.

The first major player that went down due to the devastating knee injury was Ricky Rubio of the Timberwolves during a game against the Lakers. Minnesota was well on pace to fight for a playoff spot, but everything unraveled once Rubio was lost – the team went 5-20 without the sensational point guard.

This season, the Timberwolves got off to a hot start, winning five of their first seven games despite playing without Rubio and Kevin Love. Unfortunately, injuries continued to pile on for the young team and the losses started to mount as a result, just as it did last season. The team has lost six of its last seven games – three straight since the return of Love.

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