Ep. 206: Vote Early, Vote Often

The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 206 (.mp3)

On today’s show, Tas and I pick our ridiculously premature All-Star starting lineups; discuss a few teams that are underachieving and overachieving just two weeks into the season; hear from our jolly good chap, Sir Stephon Marbury, and much, much more…

We also Whoa Boy it up, jump on the Wizard’s cover train, and get set straight on the numbers thanks to ESPN’s David Thorpe. Enjoy.

Today’s overall rating: 4 Sneeds!

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By J.E. Skeets at 10:27 am on 11.15.2007 — Tags: Podcasts

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9 Responses to “Ep. 206: Vote Early, Vote Often”

  1. Matt, your friendly Bulls Blogger at 10:44 am on 11.15.2007

    I think by the end of that podcast the Bulls were 0-12.

  2. Rob I. at 10:57 am on 11.15.2007

    Why is there a wall of urinals set up inside a gymnasium? Oh, nevermind.

  3. Tony Ritz at 11:11 am on 11.15.2007

    Did you guys mention the Pacers as over-achieving? Cause I think they got those early season wins out of their system…

  4. J.E. Skeets at 11:16 am on 11.15.2007

    Yeah, I think the Pacers were overachieving. But now . . . they’re exactly where they should be. Remember, the Pacers are the most mediocre team of all-time.

  5. Chad at 1:27 pm on 11.15.2007

    I wouldn’t say they were overachieving…they had an easy schedule for the first three games and a difficult one for the next few. They beat who they should have beat and lost to the teams they should have lost to.

  6. Loren at 1:44 pm on 11.15.2007

    Andrei Kirilenko doesn’t get any love from you guys?

    In his last 4 games, he’s averaging 9.25 rebounds, 9.75 assists, 3.25 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game. I’d say that he, not Boozer, is carrying the Jazz (who look great actually) so far.

  7. goathair at 5:19 pm on 11.15.2007

    I lost it at J-J-J-J-JAMZ! CLYDE DREXLER! Thanks for making me look like an idiot at work, Skeets.

  8. sloan at 10:17 am on 11.16.2007

    Steve Nash might warrant mention in All-Star discussion.

  9. Who at 10:23 am on 11.17.2007

    Guys you were right the first time when you slammed Denver’s defenese.

    They are a poor defensive team. With the exception of Martin and maybe Camby (Nene too when healthy) none of the Nuggets are good man to man defenders. They use traps to bail out their poor defenders and force numerous turnovers and get into the passing lanes. But they cannot stop anybody.

    Even Camby as DpoY isn’t a top defender. He’s a great weak side help defender but man-on-man D he’s decidingly mediocre. He’s a stat guy.

    The Nuggets are an inconsistent defensive team more than anything else. On numerous occasions they don’t bother to D up - led by Iverson who can play defense but is lazy and rather play zonal D and cheat in the passing lanes leaving his man in heaps of room and an open lane to the offensive glass (why do PG’s not look for this more?).

    When they want to play D they can. But that doesn’t happen often enough. Not a good defensive club because they don’t have the focus and they are by and large a poor man-to-man defensive club that relies on traps to force turnovers to make up for their poor individual defenders. They also do a good job on their own glass which limits their defensive weaknesses.

    As for their offense … DAvid Thorpe is spot on. No point guard. Lack of direction. Lack of passing. Don’t complement each other. Everyone is forced into more creating individual plays. Keep them out of the open court and they are a really poor offensive ball club. If you used their defense against them it would kill their offense because they are poor passers and poor set shooters. They need one-on-one plays to get their rhythm and be effective.

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