ADVERTISEMENT

Love him or hate him - LeBron has delivered

He was the most hyped basketball prospect in the history of basketball - right at the forefront of the social media revolution. Anything short of a top 5 player of all-time and he would be considered a bust. That's pressure. And dude is about to be the all-time leading scorer in NBA history.

Oh, and he's also top ten all-time in assists (6th), steals (9th), +/- (3rd), 3-point FGs (9th), Win Shares (2nd), PER (3rd). And he won a championship for the freaking Cleveland Cavaliers.

So many dudes have been hyped as the next great one - he surpassed all expectations. In one game, I probably still take Jordan. But there may never be another one that is this hyped before walking on a court/field and exceeds everything.

Lamont Paris

…..scored major points with me today. Managed his team by sitting his best player and not raising his voice one time. Showed that he will try to go win whether he has his best player or not. Sets expectations and culture without a bunch of yelling and cussing for show. Good win today and we at least have a chance of not being DFL in the league.

For the bettors among us

“An even bigger source of growth for sportsbooks has been parlays, in which bettors string together multiple bets for the chance at a larger payout, but lose if any of the components fails to transpire. Bettors can now place same-game parlays, bundling wagers on, say, the winning team, the total points scored and a quarterback’s passing yards. (Naturally, sportsbooks offer in-game same-game parlays, too.)

FanDuel, which controls about half of the national online betting market, according to Eilers & Krejcik, leads the industry due in part to its success capitalizing on parlays. Last October in Illinois, for example, seven out of every 10 bets placed at FanDuel was a parlay, according to data published by the state’s gaming board. FanDuel made about $29.60 for every $100 bet on parlays, compared with $4.80 for every $100 in non-parlay bets.” (Wall Street Journal)

Just saw a live interview of 3 friends who will be going to their 57th Super Bowl, together.

One of the men has all of his ticket stubs in a nice photo album.

Said the halftime shows, at first, were just two college marching bands, with either balloons or a "box of birds" being released.

They stated, they paid only $12 for tickets, to each of the first three Super Bowls. (I may have misunderstood. Might have said .... 'for the first Super Bowl' but believe he said first 3.)

Point Guard Story Notes

Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well. I dropped a big feature story today about how Dawn Staley develops point guards. I talked to her individually, several of her former point guards even going back to her time coaching before South Carolina and basically just tried to understand how she processes development at the position she used to play.

I had a lot of interview content with Dawn which did not make it into the final story, and I wanted to share it with the subscribers. We appreciate you guys a lot. Your subscriptions make things like traveling to Hartford last weekend possible, and definitely will help with our March Madness coverage.

Here is some exclusive content from my one-on-one with Dawn:

Dawn on Raven Johnson:
“I think Raven just plays. We’re up 20 or down 20, I think she’s going to make the same pass. I want to teach her a little bit more about situational basketball, but I just want her to play now. I don’t want to mess with her too much, I think I could get in her head a little bit.”

On Raven’s defense:
“Raven is all out pressure. In the beginning of the season she was all-out pressure. So we got her to slow down and just play with her feet, and then just be patient enough to wait until an [opposing] point guard is vulnerable to take chances like that. She’s gotten a lot better with it.”

“Raven’s got really long arms so she’s able to disrupt, knock the ball away, and get some steals. As the novelty wears off of the pressure that she applies, because you can get used to the pressure and you figure out other ways to combat that, then we’ll strategize for her once that point guard makes the adjustment.”

I also talked with Zia Cooke one-on-one for this, and she told me that she has been waiting four years to pull off a certain move in a game. I asked her about watching Dawn’s tapes from her playing days and if anything stood out, and she mentioned this:
Login to view embedded media
But when I asked Dawn about it she was joking that ZIa "couldn't pull that off" in a game and that if anyone on this team is likely to pull off some of her moves in the game, it's Johnson.

Here is the full story:
  • Like
Reactions: Caleb Alexander
ADVERTISEMENT

Filter

ADVERTISEMENT