ESPN's David Thorpe (Insider): "I've always believed J.J. Redick could become a starter for a playoff team, and he appears to be moving along that path now."
This is the explanation of the this MASSIVE chart showing tendencies of practically every player since 1979. You have four hours and big monitor? Let me know what you learn ...
PeacePlayers press release: "From July 13th -- 27th, 2007 PeacePlayers International and Friedman Billings Ramsey will host a delegation of 25 Arab-Israeli, Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian youth and their coaches, as they embark on a once in a lifetime visit to the United States. The trip will include educational programs in the Nations Capital as well as a basketball camp in North Carolina. The young ambassador/athletes, ages 12 to 16, were selected by their local coaches and PPI coordinators and hail from communities in Israel and the West Bank including Abu Gosh; Beit Hanina; Beit Safafa; Beit Shemesh; Esawiah; Givat Gonen; Jericho; Jerusalem; and Tel Aviv. The program will include two components: field trips and educational programs in and around Washington, DC and the Achievements Unlimited Basketball Camp in Greensboro, North Carolina. While attending the five-day camp, the delegates will have a chance to learn from their American basketball heroes including Michael Jordan."
Darko Milicic in Memphis: does that mean that the Grizzlies are no longer interested in Anderson Varejao? Does that mean Pau Gasol is staying put? Not sure how the musical chairs could move, but I could see Varejao and Milicic as the starting big men on an up-tempo team, although Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal says that Varejao's only real offer at the moment is to return to the Cavaliers for less than Memphis was said to be offering.
David Berri of "Wages of Wins" writes: "... just looking at the college numbers one could have suspected that Renaldo Balkman was going to be a productive pro (and that the New York fans should not have booed this selection)."
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