Today's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis 4/6/16
- Olshey Rebuilt Blazers "On The Fly" (from Steve Aschburner, NBA.com):
- Why The Wizards Plans Went Awry (from Jorge Castillo, Washington Post):
- All Isaiah Thomas Needed Was To Be Wanted (from Paul Flannery, SBNation):
Read it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/4/5/11362354/isaiah-thomas-feature-profile-biography-boston-celtics-wanted
- Recapping Tuesday's Games (from SBNation):
Read and view it here: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/6/11374948/2016-nba-scores-timberwolves-warriors-upset-karl-anthony-towns-wiggins-curry-no-70 and http://www.sbnation.com/nba-scores
- Wolves 124, Warriors 117 (from Adam Lauridsen, mercurynews.com):
Read it here: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2016/04/06/myopia-warriors-117-wolves-124/
- Gregg Popovich/Quin Snyder: Mutual Admiration (from Randy Hollis, deseretnews.com):
Read it here: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865651629/Utah-Jazz-notebook-Snyder-Popovich-hold-mutual-admiration-for-each-other.html
- LBJ: Perfect Time For Cavs To Be Clicking (from Dave McMenamin, ESPN):
- Q & A With Rockets' Health Guru Javair Gillett (from Calvin Watkins, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/blog/houston-rockets/post/_/id/2319/a-q-a-with-rockets-health-guru-javair-gillett
- Reno Bighorns Coach David Arseneault, Jr (from Keith Schlosser, Ridiculous Upside):
Additional Player Notes, Updates, Profiles:
- Hassan Whiteside (from Michael Wallace, ESPN): http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/21576/another-chapter-in-the-nba-education-of-hassan-whiteside
- Jonas Valanciunas/Bismack Biyombo (from Arden Zwelling, sportsnet.ca): http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/valanciunas-growth-defence-evident-hornets/
- Myles Turner (from Alex Kennedy, Basketball Insiders): http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-pm-one-on-one-with-myles-turner/
- Blake Griffin (from Helene Elliott, LA Times): http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-clippers-griffin-elliott-20160406-column.html
- Draymond Green (from Rusty Simmons, SFGate.com): http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Bogut-in-Iguodala-possible-Tuesday-vs-Minnesota-7230515.php
- Kawhi Leonard (from Aaron Falk, Sal Lake Tribune): http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3744001-155/jazz-notes-kawhi-island-has-been
- Norman Powell (from Holly MacKenzie, raptors.com): http://www.nba.com/raptors/holly-blog/powell-040616
- Matthew Dellavedova (from Jeff Zilgitt, USA Today): http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/04/05/matthew-dellavedova-pick-and-roll-floater-lob-tristan-thompson-lebron-james/82668114/
- Terry Rozier (from A. Sherrod Blakely, csnne.com): http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/rozier-making-most-chance-play-more
- Langston Galloway/Jerian Grant (from Fred Kerber, NY Post): http://nypost.com/2016/04/02/knicks-backcourt-dice-roll-shows-enticing-young-potential/
QOTD (from Tom Izzo, on Draymond Green): “I’ll call him up and say: ‘You can’t guard him. You’re not quick enough. You can’t guard him. You’re not big enough.’ But what he is is smart enough. He understands angles and positioning. I swear to you that guy knows where the ball is going, two passes before it gets there.”