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A look around the league regarding Week 10:
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| Week 10 Observations |
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We've beaten to death Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 in Sunday night's game (the best take on it I've seen is here), but the real takeaway is how much Cris Collinsworth, Al Michaels, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison felt it was their duty to spout the conventional wisdom without even attempting to analyze Belichick's basis for the decision. Throw in Bob Costas, and it's appalling that five guys collectively making more than $10 million a year to interpret the sport for us didn't even consider the issue from a probability standpoint. Sadly, the NBC crew is probably the best one on TV. (Update: Jon Gruden just defended Belichick's call on MNF - good for him).
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| Dominant Offense but Shaky Defense...Barkley and Dirk |
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This topic is a spin-off from the Michael Jordan thread of last week. In the excellent discussion on that thread a mini-debate broke out as to how Charles Barkley compares to Kevin Garnett. The gist of the brief debate was to question whether Barkley was enough better than Garnett offensively to make them comparable in value as overall players despite Garnett’s huge defensive advantages. The thing is, though, to me there is a much better comp for Barkley in this generation than Garnett: Dirk Nowitzki.
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| What is Iverson's Legacy? |
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What are we talking 'bout? We're talking 'bout *IVERSON*.
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| Jennings vs Rose |
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Last year Derrick Rose was the NBA Rookie of the Year. One year later, would you take him over current rookie point guard phenom Brandon Jennings?
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