Barking Carnival

God makes Guantanamo detainees watch Yentl.
Seriously, has any player in any athletic endeavor gotten worse advice?
We’re talking about a guard who makes Freddie Williams look like Curly Neal. A kid that picks up his dribble 40 feet from the bucket only to get swallowed up by trapping defenses like a glow-stick at a HenryJames […]

He won’t be hiring an agent, though. Again, this makes financial sense for the young man, but he has to be concerned with this year’s guard crop. The following lead guards are all likely to be taken in front of him: Rose, Mayo, Bayless, Eric Gordon, Collison, and Westbrook. If DJ performs […]

At least according to Fox Sports. Well, if there’s one thing we can gather from this stunning turn of events it’s that AJ doesn’t get TNT. My lord, he’s half a foot shorter than JJ Redick and not nearly the scorer. Every other sub-6′ guard in the NBA can handle and create. […]

It looks that way. As a college basketball fan I’m all for it. I’d rather have two semi-image conscious entities make shady backroom deals.

So Buzz Williams is the next in line to try his hand at rekindling Al McGuire’s magic. Well, what does that and Texas High School basketball have to do with the price of beer in Milwaukee. Evidently a bunch. Williams was an assistant to Billy Clyde at TAMU before his stints as […]

You asked and he answered, well at least as candidly as he could for fear of reprisal. Here’s the email he replied to me with. I’m in the process of clarifying a couple of answers below, and I’ll submit follow up questions for the next part so if there is anything else you […]

According to Andy Katz if DJ comes back.
Doubtful but possible. Rush came back, after all. If DJ does decide to make it back to the 40 and Balbay is back at full strength, here are three things I’d like to see next year:
Pressure. Balbay’s presence and the addition of another guard in […]

Evidently the Kansas Jayhawks remembered the Alamo. Okay, probably not, but they remembered Memphis’ poor foul shooting. In a championship gaffe that ranks up with Jean Van de Velde choking away the British Open, the Houston Oilers blowing a 4 TD lead in the second half of a playoff game, and the Houston […]

1) Look for Sherrod Collins to play a bunch alongside Chalmers and Rush on the perimeter. Robinson has been a great role playing guard, but against Memphis’ perimeter pressuring M2M, you have to be able to drive the basketball and Collins, Rush, and Chalmers give the Jayhawks the best opportunity to do so. […]

Memphis vs. UCLA
Josh Shipp and Russell Westbrook’s size. Kevin Love’s interior presence. These were supposed to be the antidotes for the size and length of Memphis’ backcourt offensively and smothering perimeter personnel defensively. Well, scrap that. The UCLA Bruins would have had a better chance winning Saturday night if they ran […]