Yao's out. :(

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AgqYIyT_4mMgSOAJpCSYOZS8vLYF?slug=ap-rockets-yao&prov=ap&type=lgns

"Clanton said there was no specific event that led to the injury, but rather an “accumulation of stresses on the bone. Yao first experienced soreness and pain in his ankle before the All-Star game and tests were done Monday when the situation didn’t seem to be improving."

So, basically he's been playing with a broken foot for a little while. crazy.

I'm thinking we can only expect 3 or 4 more years of watching Yao play. This foot problem isn't going away.

Brent Barry, who whats some?

According to what i heard on tv during the Pistons game today, all of the following people have called Barry to talk about him playing with them:

Shaq, Nash, Mcgrady, Ming, Dirk, and Kidd. They also named other teams that are interested in him, like Boston.

Dang, what a pimp. Thats gotta be cool to have all the contenders' stars calling you. I would make them do things. You know, imply that you'll join their team if they if they fulfill rediculous requests. You don't actually have to join them, cause you only 'implied.'

Devil Tracy?

Maybe Tracy's recent play can be because he sold his soul.

Projected Playoff rankings

The Hollinger Power Rankings are a measure of each team's performance in the season so far.
Based on those rankings, each day the computer plays out the remainder of the season 5,000 times to see the potential range of projected outcomes. The results reveal the most likely win-loss record for each team -- and how likely it is for each team to make the playoffs, win the NBA title, win the lottery, and so on.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

Shmevland

I think it is funny Clevland was part of an 11 man trade, and they still didn't get a point guard.
Asfar as guards go, they sent away Hughes and added Delonte West. So is West gonna start point? They confuse me so much. What exactly was their thought on this. Not that hughes is really a PG, I'm just saying, neither is West.

As it is, Lebron sets up all his baskets, and all of everyone's elses.
They need someone else to do the setting up.

Rambling, Gambling, Shambling along

Hello you fine folks. My first post of this season. Kind of pathetic, but suffice to say, I've got a lot of crap on my plate.

Anyways, I'm very stoked about the rest of the season and tonight’s LAL PHX game is huge!! For me, this game has got more drama than any NBA game in a long time. sure there were the Heat Laker games a few years ago that they hyped so much, but everybody knew that the Lakers couldn't compete. But now Shaq vs Kobe really means something.

I'm just amazed that Phx, LAL, and Dallas all went from having a lot of talent, to having a scary amount of talent.

I'm loving the way the playoff picture is shaping up. Every matchup in the west is marvelous. Although the East is still sucking, at least it's got some heft at the top. I think the C's or the Pistons would be formidable opponents for anybody and make a legitimately compelling Finals. Sorry bron bron and DHow.

My money is still on KG and crew to win it all, but man it all just got a lot more interesting this past month.

Revised Upcoming Schedules

Tom didn't like my % crunch, so I'm going to display the upcoming schedules a different way.

I'll group the opponents by winning %, road games and east teams.

If you have a better way of determining difficulty of schedule, let me know (Tom).

Look inside to see how it faired.

(Good thing I kept those Excel sheets)

New Rankings

Easiest to Hardest


Lakers
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Pheonix
Utah
New Orleans

Keep that order in mind. It could be the playoff rankings =)

Except that Utah would go third cause the seeding formula is still messed up (plug in Jimi rant here)