NDLH Magazine

[JohnnyP]

[quote="DRiccio21]if it wasn't for that 50 shot Nash game you might already be in [/quote]


FUCK YEA

[DRiccio21]

Coach Jeffdaddy tweeted this just moments ago

'FUCK YEAH! PHOENIX, I'M IN!'

[jeffdaddy]

"Happy to be in the city of Phoenix." Said Jeffdaddy.."Wasnt Shaq just here?"

[Kegr8er]

Congrat's JD! Welcome to the bigs balla!

[DRiccio21]

Eastern Conference All Stars will be released in 5 minutes, Western Conference in 10 minutes

[DRiccio21]

Eastern Conference All Stars

Starting Guard
Derrick Rose, NJ Nets -- 18.1 pts, 3.1 rpg, 6.8 apg, 1.8 stls, .440 fg%, .321 3pt%, 27.5 mpg



Starting Guard & Midseason MVP
Joe Johnson, Washington Wizards -- 23.4 pts, 3.2 rebs, .8 asts, 1.6 stls, 56.1% FG, 47.9% 3pt, 25.5 mpg


Reserve Guard
Kevin Martin, Cleveland Cavs -- 22.5 pts, 3.6 rebs, 2.9 asts, 2.0 stls, 49.3% FG, 36.6% 3pt, 28.8 mpg


Reserve Guard
Ray Allen, NY Knicks -- 17.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.8 spg, .502 fg%, .455 3p%, 25.1 mpg




Starting Forward
Blake Griffin, Chicago Bulls -- 20.4 pts, 7.2 rebs, .9 asts, 2.5 stls, .7 blcks, 45.2% FG, 31 mpg


Starting Forward
Rudy Gay, Boston Celtics -- 13.1 pts, 3.9 rebs, 1.6 asts, 2.5 stls, 49.5% FG, 37.8% 3pt, 27.1 mpg


Reserve Forward
Chris Bosh, Charlotte Bobcats -- 14.7 pts, 6.8 rebs, 1.6 asts, 2.0 stls, 1.1 blck, 56% FG, 28.1 mpg


Reserve Forward
LeBron James, Philadelphia 76ers -- 11.3 pts, 4.3 rebs, 2.9 asts, 1.8 stls, 59.5% FG, 44.4% 3pt, 27.6 mpg


Starting Center
Pau Gasol, Detroit Pistons -- 13.4 pts, 5.7 rebs, .7 asts, 2.4 stls, 1.3 blcks, 58.1% FG, 28.2 mpg


Reserve Center
Shaquille O'neal, Chicago Bulls -- 10.6 pts, 3.8 rebs, 1.0 stls, 1.6 blck, 49.8% FG, 22.7 mpg


Reserve Center
Marcin Gortat, NY Knicks -- 8.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.7 bpg, .594 fg%, .633 ft%, 22.7 mpg



Western Conference All Stars

Starting Guard
Deron Williams, Portland Blazers -- 22.4 pts, 2.0 rebs, 5.4 asts, 1.6 stls, 51.6% FG, 44.1% 3pt, 24.9 mpg


Starting Guard
Gilbert Arenas, Houston Rockets -- 15.4 pts, 1.5 rebs, 8.1 asts, 1.0 stls, 58.7% FG, 45.9% 3pt, 23.8 mpg


Reserve Guard
Kobe Bryant, Denver Nuggets -- 24.8 pts, 4.2 rebs, 1.8 ats, 2.3 stls, 45.5% FG, 30.2 % 3pt, 29.5 mpg


Reserve Guard
Dwayne Wade, OKC Thunder -- 21.4 pts, 2.7 rebs, 1.8 asts, 2.4 stls, 52.8% FG, 42.5% 3pt, 24.1 mpg


Starting Forward
Danny Granger, LA Clippers -- 24.0 pts, 3.8 rebs, 2.0 asts, 1.8 stls, 48.7% FG, 46.2% 3pt, 28.1 mpg


Starting Forward
Carlos Boozer, Golden St Warriors -- 15.7 pts, 5.5 rebs, 1.2 asts, 1.3 stls, 56.6% FG, 26 mpg


Reserve Forward
Dorell Wright, OKC Thunder -- 15.7 pts, 5.7 rebs, 2.3 asts, 1.7 stls, 48.1% FG, 43.7% 3pt, 24.1 mpg


Reserve Forward
John Salmons, NO Hornets -- 14.9 pts, 3.0 rebs, 1.8 asts, 1.4 stls, 49.4% FG, 38.9% 3pt, 26.5 mpg


Starting Center & Mid Season MVP
Yao Ming, Houston Rockets -- 14.7 pts, 5.2 rebs, .6 asts, 1.5 stls, 1.5 blcks, 59.8% FG, 23.5 mpg


Reserve Center
Andrew Bogut, NO Hornets -- 10.0 pts, 8.1 rebs, 1.4 asts, 1.6 stls, 1.7 blcks, 55.4% FG, 25.9 mpg


Reserve Center
Amare stoudemire, SA Spurs -- 11.9 pts, 6.6 rebs, .7 asts, 1.2 stls, 1.6 blcks, 52.7% FG, 27.2 mpg

[DRiccio21]

The All Star Game will be played tonight and results will be posted shortly after

[buckeye76]

good stuff Dave

[Bernie32]

very nice

[DRiccio21]

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF PREVIEW

Lets take a look at the matchups if the season were to end today (i think 1st round is best of 3) ...

Round 1
#1 Atlanta Hawks 20-3 (Coach Dawg1t) vs #8 Toronto Raptors 7-9(Coach Nick)
prediction: Hawks 2-0

#4 Washington Wizards 18-7 (Coach vtrunNgun) vs #5 Orlando Magic 23-16 (Coach AJalves)
prediction: Wizards 2-1

#2 NY Knicks 24-10 (Coach DRiccio21) vs #7 Philly 76ers 10-12 (Coach footballkelly)
prediction: Knicks 2-0

#3 Detroit Pistons 10-11 (Coach Jsence) vs #6 Boston Celtics 10-12 (Coach Krgkmg)
prediction: Pistons 2-1

Round 2 Predictions
#1 Atlanta Hawks over #4 Washington Wizards 3 games to 2
#2 NY Knicks over #3 Detroit Pistons 3 games to 1

Eastern Conference Finals Predictions
#1 Atlanta Hawks over #2 NY Knicks 3 games to 2

[DRiccio21]

Western Conference Playoff Preview

Round 1

#1 Houston Rockets (Hugme) 30-0 vs #8 LA Lakers (Seeitsaveit) 13-8
prediction: 2-0 Rockets

#4 New Orleans Hornets (Shel) 24-5 vs #5 Portland Trailblazers 22-6
prediction: 2-1 Hornets
*best matchup of any first round series... could go either way*

#2 OKC Thunder (Dealer) 28-7 vs #7 Denver Nuggets (Steam) 20-10
prediction: 2-1 Thunder

#3 Sacramento Kings (VVV) 17-8 vs #6 Utah Jazz (Teewade) 15-7
prediction: 2-0 Kings

round 2

#1 Rockets over #4 Hornets 3 games to 1
#3 Kings over #2 Thunder 3 games to 2

Western Conference Finals

#1 Rockets over #3 Kings 3 games to 0

[DRiccio21]

NBA Finals Prediction

Houston over Atlanta 3-1

[shel311]

Damn, I forgot about being in the same division as HOU pushing me back to the 4th seed. Argh.

[dealer4014]

Damn, I forgot about being in the same division as HOU pushing me back to the 4th seed. Argh.

I don't think that's right though...in the NBA the 3 division leaders can be anywhere from 1-4 seed, if a team in the same division has a better record they would be a higher seed.

(If you look at the real NBA standings for the West Dallas is currently the 3 seed even though the Spurs are 1)

[VeniVediV1ci]

scary cuz teewade beat me in our only meeting this year, but i'll take it

[DRiccio21]

Quick Hitters for Monday May 23rd

-- Toronto out of the gates real fast at 6-0. While Kobe has been good, the real story is the play out of Terrance Williams who has been 2nd in the team in scoring at 10.8 in just 14 minutes per game.

-- Orlando and OKC are both 5-1. Impressive starts for 2 good owners. Orlando's only loss is to Toronto while OKC got rocked by the Hawks.

-- Most surprising start might be the 3-1 record of the Cavs. TheNiddler has the boys playing.

-- Thru 3 games, Kevin Durant (Suns) is averaging 29.3 points on 69.6% shooting. With 16 points per game coming in the paint, it'd make sense to start putting a double team on this guy.

-- Roy Hibbert (Mavs) is cleaning up the glass, averaging 7.7 rebounds per game thru 9 games.

-- Ray Felton (Thunder) is averaging 10 assists per game thru 6. Very impressive.

Power Rankings
1. Houston
2. Toronto
3. Orlando
4. Atlanta
5. OKC

Owners Yet to Play a Game
Philly
Chicago
Miami
San Antonio
Denver
Utah
LA Clippers
LA Lakers
Sacramento

[ajalves]

thanks dave. o-town will hit the skids soon enough

this game is still great

[packsyD22]

Clips gettin rdy to tip off their first game against the Talented Blazers.

[dealer4014]

nice work dave!

i really hope i don't have another game like that Hawks game...6 points in the 1st quarter killed me!

Felton's been a huge addition to the Thunder, just hope he keeps it up

[DRiccio21]

5/31

State of Season 2

Season 2 took a while to get off the ground with a disastorous end to season 1 and with the PSN crisis. After a long hiatus, the league began. Without knowing what to expect in terms of gameplay, I'm more than impressed with the action in the league. With half the league already playing 10 or more games we're well on our way to another successful season.

One thing I'm beginning to notice is improved competitiveness througout the league. Guys who sucked in season 1, don't suck as bad in season 2. Guys who were average in season 1 are starting to become contenders in season 2. This is helping the competitive balance of the league and we're starting to see some new faces near the tops of the standings/power rankings.

With any success comes concerns. The style of some players has certainly caught my eyes. Not enough teams are working in their bench's enough. Too many points are being scored in the paint and guys are starting to play with what seems to be a much more 'win at all costs' menality. Please understand this isn't a cry for everyone to play the same style, its not i promise. I want guys to be individuals and play their styles. I'm also not making rules that say 'you have to score under 50% of your points outiside the paint' or anything like that. I'm hoping (and praying) that some of you can be honest and reflective enough to look at yourself and say, 'hmmmm maybe score 70% of my points in the paint is a little excessive' or 'maybe having the same guy lead my team in scoring and shots attempted 20/20 games is a little silly' or 'maybe the fact i play my starters 3 straight quarters to build up a lead then bench them the 4th so it looks like i'm playing my bench is a little shady'.

Overall, besides TBall and VVV, we've had good success with owners being active. At this point you should be over 7 or 8 games so you can take a look at know where you stand. We got a nice boost with Corey helping out taking over the doormant Heat team and Baker is going to take over for either TBall or VVV today. If you are active and want to figure out a way to help out, look for the guys with less games played when you are looking for your daily game. It's always easy to hop on and get MGR or myself or AJ for a game... take the extra 5 minutes and look for peay or keggy or footballkelly (just random examples) or send them an email/text/pm.

Finally, i think the league is going to go strong and help lead us into the release of NCAA and we've learned from our mistakes in season 1 so the playoffs will be a success this season. I'll start to update you on timelines as we progress, probably in the next week or so. In the meantime, keep up the good work.