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NBA freak

pre 19 godina

Gle sad ovo, Pedja odigra par utakmica na drugacijem nivou zbog povrede, a masa kaze da on nije dovoljno Srbin. Mislim glupost....A sto se tice reprezentacije, iako su doziveli katastrofu na EP, mislim da je i Pedja, ako je Srbin trebao da ucestvuje u tom, kakvom takvom timu. Jer tada bi se pokazalo kakav je on covek, da li bi i on pljuvao trenere, ili svoje saigrace kao sto su neki nasi igraci uradili, ili bi se jednostavno na dostojanstven nacin javno izvinio naciji. E to me zanima.
A pogledaste li vi ljudi sta "THE TRUTH" radi ove sezone? Pa Pol Pirs je neverovatan igrac. Ono sto stvarno cenim kod njega, jeste to sto pre nego sto primi loptu u ruke, razmislja sta ce da uradi sa njom. S toga nikad, poput recimo Megrejdija ili Ajversona ne davi puno sa loptom. Kod njega je to ili korak, dva pa sut, ili neki precizan pas, ili mozda neka brza finta pa ulaz. A tek sto taj igra odbranu. Na toj bek poziciji je jedan od najsnaznijih igraca lige, i odlicno se gradi pod kose, cak i pored mnogo visih i tezih igraca. I njegova razvnovrstnost u igri je takodje jedan od kljucnih faktora koji ga cine jednim od najboljih igraca. Jedina mana mu je sto je toliko strasno impulsivan na terenu, i kraktih zivaca. Prosle sezone je na primer, dugo vremena posle Rasida vodio ligu u tehnickim greskama.....

stomak

pre 19 godina

Vidi se da je Divac bio kljuc uspeha u Kings-ima. Od kada nema njega oni lose igraju a da ne pricam od kada nema Vebera i Kristija. Nisu trebali rasturati tu najbolju petorku u ligi. Divac, Veber, Stojak, Kristi, Bibi.

neokings

pre 19 godina

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Larry Brown says he never fixates on his team's record, a healthy attitude when your charges are 5-10. Instead, he focuses on how the team is playing and how it is developing.

Today, the Knicks get a chance to measure their progress under Brown when they play the Celtics, against whom they lost a rare overtime blowout on opening night Nov. 2.

"It's definitely an opportunity to show what we've learned," Stephon Marbury said. "We think we are a way better team than the way we played that night. We have to go out and play like we played in the fourth quarter last night."

The Knicks have played 14 games since opening night in Boston, and if anything is clear, it is still an inconsistent group in transition, showing the heights and depths of a young team learning from a demanding new coach.

There have been some awful performances along the way, such as the embarrassing loss in Miami last week and some stinkers on the West Coast. But there have also been some shining moments, especially the recent victory over the Bulls at Madison Square Garden, and even the fourth-quarter, near comeback against the Pistons Friday night in Detroit.

In some ways, the Knicks have already had a season's worth of transition since opening night, which marked Brown's first game as Knicks head coach. In that game the Knicks tied the score at the end of regulation, but were crushed, 20-6, in overtime.

Matt Barnes started the opener, and yesterday he was waived. Eddy Curry played a season-high 42 minutes, but hasn't dressed in the last five games because of a calf injury. And Channing Frye didn't play at all in Boston, but went on to become the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month.

Still, Brown doesn't consider today's rematch against the Celtics any kind of a litmus test for the Knicks' growth, though he is certain that the team has improved and coalesced since then.

"Regardless of that, I know we've gotten better," he said. "Channing didn't play that game. Eddy hadn't played much and I think I played him 40 minutes. I don't think Jerome (James) played very much in that game, if any. But I think we're making progress. That was a heartbreaker."

In some ways Brown saw Friday night's game as more of a learning experience for his team, because he wants to present the Pistons to them as a model for how he wants them to play. And Friday, the Knicks avoided the one thing Brown would have hated most -- a blowout in his first game back in Detroit -- when they cut the deficit to just six with two minutes to play, after trailing by 19 in the fourth quarter.

Playing well late in the game and showing a refusal to quit clearly meant a lot to Brown, who said he felt he got some measure of closure from the whole proceeding.

"Maybe, maybe," he said. "But the neat thing about it is, obviously my players know that's an elite team and I was part of that. I don't talk much about Detroit, or I hope I don't talk much about Detroit to these kids. But I think every one of these guys wants to get to that level, whether it's Miami, Detroit, Indiana, San Antonio. We want to get to that level. So, it's important that we play well against the good teams so we can see where we stack up and what we need to do to get better."

The Knicks waived Barnes yesterday, creating a space on the roster to bring in another small forward or a point guard, though they say nothing is imminent. Team president Isiah Thomas has been on the lookout for a starting small forward and a big backup point guard. (Small forward George Lynch is still unsigned.)

Curry went through full practice yesterday and Brown said he looked good, once again raising the possibility that he could return from his left calf injury today. But Brown cautioned that he has felt good before, only to have the soreness return before the game and send him back to the bench. Curry hasn't played since Nov. 20.

Despite going to two NBA Finals, Brown was questioned in Detroit for not playing Darko Milicic. Yesterday, Brown said Pistons GM Joe Dumars agreed with him. New Pistons coach Flip Saunders apparently agrees, too.

"I've been reading his comments. He's been saying the same thing he said with me," Brown said, before adding with a feigned Montenegrin accent, "'I just vant to play.'"

i corava koka

pre 19 godina

@Bagg
Eto ja, na primjer, nemam pojma koliko je to Pedja "donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju", pa me "prosvjetli".
Pa, ne vidis li ti, cova, da si ti otisao u jednu drugu krajnost. Neki ga mozda i "previse pljuju", ali ti ga, cova, zato "dizes u nebesa". Razmisli malo i o tome.

PS#16

pre 19 godina

Za sve Pedjine pljuvace: prvo se raspitajte zasto tako igra pa tek ga onda pljujte ako za to ima razloga! Da li ste znali da covek jos nije sanirao povredu i da igra sa nekakvom zastitnom rukavicom na ruci? Ako ste to znali pljujte. U suprotnom cutite. I zasto vam je on kriv za reprezentativni debakl umesto selektora tog tima?

Ivan

pre 19 godina

Evo, I mene zanima kako igra Pedja Stojakovic, najbolji Srbin u NBA i pravi covek (sto pokazuje dobrotvornim akcijama i pravom pomoci, a ne poziranjem na terenu i svadjanjem sa saigracima).
A uopste me ne zanimaju komentari nekih anonimusa koji Pedji nisu ni do skocnog zgloba.

urbanBG

pre 19 godina

Bio sam sinoc na utakmici Portland-Juta i mogu vam reci da se nije igrlo bolje nego kod nas. Nisu ovo dva vrhunska tima, ali ovoliko pocetnickih gresaka nisam video ni na terencetu u 30tom bloku. Sudije su gresile, trener je dobio tehnicku zbog (opravdanog) protesta i ulaska na teren, jedan inspirisani igrac napravi potez za prvo mesto najboljih poteza NBA Action (Ruben Paterson, prva tekma nakon sto ga je trener kaznio), Hrvat Giricek i Rus Monia odigraju odlicnu prvu cetvrtinu i onda ih treneri ne uvode u igru do 3. tj 4. cetvrtine... Ne dozvoljavaju da se unese pice da bi se kupovalo u hali (5$ za casu pica iz automata, ili kutiju kokica). Sve se vrti oko para, puno je ulozeno i mora da se vrati nekako. Organizacija savrsena - mislilo se na svaki detalj, svaki prekid igre je popunjen nekim desavanem, publiku inspirisu da se ukljuci, navijacice (debelguze) i klinci imaju svoje (pateticne) koreografije, akrobate zabavljaju navijace, bacaju se pokloni... Pijani ruski tinejdzer i CSKA dresu navija (urla) na ruskom, debelguzi ameri krkaju i locu, cuje se neko sa gornje tribine kako kresti (glas isti kao Mise Grobara!), neki Hrvat sa sahovnicom, skolarci dosli organizovano i glasniji su u hodnicima nego na tribinama, a Ameri izlaze na 3 razlike 2 minuta pre kraja da bi izbegli guzvu...
Ipak, NBA vredi gledati samo kada pocne play-off...
Nadam se da cemo uskoro cuti/procitati intervju sa Pedjom. Siguran sam da ima sta da nam kaze...
Malo me cudi da niko od nasih nije uspeo da ga intervjuise. Da li je moguce da NBA zvezda nikome ne daje intervju? Ili su nasi novinari u pitanju? Bice da je ovo drugo u pitanju...

@Miki - Zao mi je sto tako mislis. Trebalo bi da si patriota i da volis svoj narod i ljude, a pogotovo bi trebalo da razmilis o tome sta si ti uradio za svoju zemlju.

Bagg

pre 19 godina

Eto mene, na primer, zanima Peđa Stojaković.
I šta sada?
Baš me zanima šta je to Peđa "pokazao".
Ako ćemo opet o reprezentaciji, nema smisla pominjati to uopšte. Jesu li Radman, Jarić i Rakoč veće "patriote" od Peđe zato što su nas onako izbrukali na zadnjih par takmičenja. Manite se gluposti, pa Peđa je pametan, nije hteo da se blamira. Posle zlata u Indijanapolisu kada je bio najbolji pojedinac baš bi mu trebala blamaža na predzadnjem mestu u Atini ili katastrofa na EP u Beogradu...
Peđa je car, koliko je donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju, nemate pojma, ali ga zato stalno prozivate zbog reprezentacije. Dok su lešinari i nesposobnjakovići na čelu saveza, a zvezde i manekeni u timu, Peđa i ne treba da igra, suviše je on veliki igrač za takve blamaže...
PS. Što se tiče Kingsa, pukli su totalo, nema plejofa za njih ove sezone.
Mislim da će uskoro otići i Peđa...

Miki - Tesla - Pančevo

pre 19 godina

E kad se sad nisam šlogirao!!! Koga još u Srbiji interesuje Pedja Stojaković !!!???
On je svoje pokazao !!! Baš mi je žao što se preziva na IĆ !!!

Miki - Tesla - Pančevo

pre 19 godina

E kad se sad nisam šlogirao!!! Koga još u Srbiji interesuje Pedja Stojaković !!!???
On je svoje pokazao !!! Baš mi je žao što se preziva na IĆ !!!

Bagg

pre 19 godina

Eto mene, na primer, zanima Peđa Stojaković.
I šta sada?
Baš me zanima šta je to Peđa "pokazao".
Ako ćemo opet o reprezentaciji, nema smisla pominjati to uopšte. Jesu li Radman, Jarić i Rakoč veće "patriote" od Peđe zato što su nas onako izbrukali na zadnjih par takmičenja. Manite se gluposti, pa Peđa je pametan, nije hteo da se blamira. Posle zlata u Indijanapolisu kada je bio najbolji pojedinac baš bi mu trebala blamaža na predzadnjem mestu u Atini ili katastrofa na EP u Beogradu...
Peđa je car, koliko je donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju, nemate pojma, ali ga zato stalno prozivate zbog reprezentacije. Dok su lešinari i nesposobnjakovići na čelu saveza, a zvezde i manekeni u timu, Peđa i ne treba da igra, suviše je on veliki igrač za takve blamaže...
PS. Što se tiče Kingsa, pukli su totalo, nema plejofa za njih ove sezone.
Mislim da će uskoro otići i Peđa...

urbanBG

pre 19 godina

Bio sam sinoc na utakmici Portland-Juta i mogu vam reci da se nije igrlo bolje nego kod nas. Nisu ovo dva vrhunska tima, ali ovoliko pocetnickih gresaka nisam video ni na terencetu u 30tom bloku. Sudije su gresile, trener je dobio tehnicku zbog (opravdanog) protesta i ulaska na teren, jedan inspirisani igrac napravi potez za prvo mesto najboljih poteza NBA Action (Ruben Paterson, prva tekma nakon sto ga je trener kaznio), Hrvat Giricek i Rus Monia odigraju odlicnu prvu cetvrtinu i onda ih treneri ne uvode u igru do 3. tj 4. cetvrtine... Ne dozvoljavaju da se unese pice da bi se kupovalo u hali (5$ za casu pica iz automata, ili kutiju kokica). Sve se vrti oko para, puno je ulozeno i mora da se vrati nekako. Organizacija savrsena - mislilo se na svaki detalj, svaki prekid igre je popunjen nekim desavanem, publiku inspirisu da se ukljuci, navijacice (debelguze) i klinci imaju svoje (pateticne) koreografije, akrobate zabavljaju navijace, bacaju se pokloni... Pijani ruski tinejdzer i CSKA dresu navija (urla) na ruskom, debelguzi ameri krkaju i locu, cuje se neko sa gornje tribine kako kresti (glas isti kao Mise Grobara!), neki Hrvat sa sahovnicom, skolarci dosli organizovano i glasniji su u hodnicima nego na tribinama, a Ameri izlaze na 3 razlike 2 minuta pre kraja da bi izbegli guzvu...
Ipak, NBA vredi gledati samo kada pocne play-off...
Nadam se da cemo uskoro cuti/procitati intervju sa Pedjom. Siguran sam da ima sta da nam kaze...
Malo me cudi da niko od nasih nije uspeo da ga intervjuise. Da li je moguce da NBA zvezda nikome ne daje intervju? Ili su nasi novinari u pitanju? Bice da je ovo drugo u pitanju...

@Miki - Zao mi je sto tako mislis. Trebalo bi da si patriota i da volis svoj narod i ljude, a pogotovo bi trebalo da razmilis o tome sta si ti uradio za svoju zemlju.

Ivan

pre 19 godina

Evo, I mene zanima kako igra Pedja Stojakovic, najbolji Srbin u NBA i pravi covek (sto pokazuje dobrotvornim akcijama i pravom pomoci, a ne poziranjem na terenu i svadjanjem sa saigracima).
A uopste me ne zanimaju komentari nekih anonimusa koji Pedji nisu ni do skocnog zgloba.

PS#16

pre 19 godina

Za sve Pedjine pljuvace: prvo se raspitajte zasto tako igra pa tek ga onda pljujte ako za to ima razloga! Da li ste znali da covek jos nije sanirao povredu i da igra sa nekakvom zastitnom rukavicom na ruci? Ako ste to znali pljujte. U suprotnom cutite. I zasto vam je on kriv za reprezentativni debakl umesto selektora tog tima?

i corava koka

pre 19 godina

@Bagg
Eto ja, na primjer, nemam pojma koliko je to Pedja "donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju", pa me "prosvjetli".
Pa, ne vidis li ti, cova, da si ti otisao u jednu drugu krajnost. Neki ga mozda i "previse pljuju", ali ti ga, cova, zato "dizes u nebesa". Razmisli malo i o tome.

neokings

pre 19 godina

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Larry Brown says he never fixates on his team's record, a healthy attitude when your charges are 5-10. Instead, he focuses on how the team is playing and how it is developing.

Today, the Knicks get a chance to measure their progress under Brown when they play the Celtics, against whom they lost a rare overtime blowout on opening night Nov. 2.

"It's definitely an opportunity to show what we've learned," Stephon Marbury said. "We think we are a way better team than the way we played that night. We have to go out and play like we played in the fourth quarter last night."

The Knicks have played 14 games since opening night in Boston, and if anything is clear, it is still an inconsistent group in transition, showing the heights and depths of a young team learning from a demanding new coach.

There have been some awful performances along the way, such as the embarrassing loss in Miami last week and some stinkers on the West Coast. But there have also been some shining moments, especially the recent victory over the Bulls at Madison Square Garden, and even the fourth-quarter, near comeback against the Pistons Friday night in Detroit.

In some ways, the Knicks have already had a season's worth of transition since opening night, which marked Brown's first game as Knicks head coach. In that game the Knicks tied the score at the end of regulation, but were crushed, 20-6, in overtime.

Matt Barnes started the opener, and yesterday he was waived. Eddy Curry played a season-high 42 minutes, but hasn't dressed in the last five games because of a calf injury. And Channing Frye didn't play at all in Boston, but went on to become the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month.

Still, Brown doesn't consider today's rematch against the Celtics any kind of a litmus test for the Knicks' growth, though he is certain that the team has improved and coalesced since then.

"Regardless of that, I know we've gotten better," he said. "Channing didn't play that game. Eddy hadn't played much and I think I played him 40 minutes. I don't think Jerome (James) played very much in that game, if any. But I think we're making progress. That was a heartbreaker."

In some ways Brown saw Friday night's game as more of a learning experience for his team, because he wants to present the Pistons to them as a model for how he wants them to play. And Friday, the Knicks avoided the one thing Brown would have hated most -- a blowout in his first game back in Detroit -- when they cut the deficit to just six with two minutes to play, after trailing by 19 in the fourth quarter.

Playing well late in the game and showing a refusal to quit clearly meant a lot to Brown, who said he felt he got some measure of closure from the whole proceeding.

"Maybe, maybe," he said. "But the neat thing about it is, obviously my players know that's an elite team and I was part of that. I don't talk much about Detroit, or I hope I don't talk much about Detroit to these kids. But I think every one of these guys wants to get to that level, whether it's Miami, Detroit, Indiana, San Antonio. We want to get to that level. So, it's important that we play well against the good teams so we can see where we stack up and what we need to do to get better."

The Knicks waived Barnes yesterday, creating a space on the roster to bring in another small forward or a point guard, though they say nothing is imminent. Team president Isiah Thomas has been on the lookout for a starting small forward and a big backup point guard. (Small forward George Lynch is still unsigned.)

Curry went through full practice yesterday and Brown said he looked good, once again raising the possibility that he could return from his left calf injury today. But Brown cautioned that he has felt good before, only to have the soreness return before the game and send him back to the bench. Curry hasn't played since Nov. 20.

Despite going to two NBA Finals, Brown was questioned in Detroit for not playing Darko Milicic. Yesterday, Brown said Pistons GM Joe Dumars agreed with him. New Pistons coach Flip Saunders apparently agrees, too.

"I've been reading his comments. He's been saying the same thing he said with me," Brown said, before adding with a feigned Montenegrin accent, "'I just vant to play.'"

stomak

pre 19 godina

Vidi se da je Divac bio kljuc uspeha u Kings-ima. Od kada nema njega oni lose igraju a da ne pricam od kada nema Vebera i Kristija. Nisu trebali rasturati tu najbolju petorku u ligi. Divac, Veber, Stojak, Kristi, Bibi.

NBA freak

pre 19 godina

Gle sad ovo, Pedja odigra par utakmica na drugacijem nivou zbog povrede, a masa kaze da on nije dovoljno Srbin. Mislim glupost....A sto se tice reprezentacije, iako su doziveli katastrofu na EP, mislim da je i Pedja, ako je Srbin trebao da ucestvuje u tom, kakvom takvom timu. Jer tada bi se pokazalo kakav je on covek, da li bi i on pljuvao trenere, ili svoje saigrace kao sto su neki nasi igraci uradili, ili bi se jednostavno na dostojanstven nacin javno izvinio naciji. E to me zanima.
A pogledaste li vi ljudi sta "THE TRUTH" radi ove sezone? Pa Pol Pirs je neverovatan igrac. Ono sto stvarno cenim kod njega, jeste to sto pre nego sto primi loptu u ruke, razmislja sta ce da uradi sa njom. S toga nikad, poput recimo Megrejdija ili Ajversona ne davi puno sa loptom. Kod njega je to ili korak, dva pa sut, ili neki precizan pas, ili mozda neka brza finta pa ulaz. A tek sto taj igra odbranu. Na toj bek poziciji je jedan od najsnaznijih igraca lige, i odlicno se gradi pod kose, cak i pored mnogo visih i tezih igraca. I njegova razvnovrstnost u igri je takodje jedan od kljucnih faktora koji ga cine jednim od najboljih igraca. Jedina mana mu je sto je toliko strasno impulsivan na terenu, i kraktih zivaca. Prosle sezone je na primer, dugo vremena posle Rasida vodio ligu u tehnickim greskama.....

Miki - Tesla - Pančevo

pre 19 godina

E kad se sad nisam šlogirao!!! Koga još u Srbiji interesuje Pedja Stojaković !!!???
On je svoje pokazao !!! Baš mi je žao što se preziva na IĆ !!!

Bagg

pre 19 godina

Eto mene, na primer, zanima Peđa Stojaković.
I šta sada?
Baš me zanima šta je to Peđa "pokazao".
Ako ćemo opet o reprezentaciji, nema smisla pominjati to uopšte. Jesu li Radman, Jarić i Rakoč veće "patriote" od Peđe zato što su nas onako izbrukali na zadnjih par takmičenja. Manite se gluposti, pa Peđa je pametan, nije hteo da se blamira. Posle zlata u Indijanapolisu kada je bio najbolji pojedinac baš bi mu trebala blamaža na predzadnjem mestu u Atini ili katastrofa na EP u Beogradu...
Peđa je car, koliko je donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju, nemate pojma, ali ga zato stalno prozivate zbog reprezentacije. Dok su lešinari i nesposobnjakovići na čelu saveza, a zvezde i manekeni u timu, Peđa i ne treba da igra, suviše je on veliki igrač za takve blamaže...
PS. Što se tiče Kingsa, pukli su totalo, nema plejofa za njih ove sezone.
Mislim da će uskoro otići i Peđa...

urbanBG

pre 19 godina

Bio sam sinoc na utakmici Portland-Juta i mogu vam reci da se nije igrlo bolje nego kod nas. Nisu ovo dva vrhunska tima, ali ovoliko pocetnickih gresaka nisam video ni na terencetu u 30tom bloku. Sudije su gresile, trener je dobio tehnicku zbog (opravdanog) protesta i ulaska na teren, jedan inspirisani igrac napravi potez za prvo mesto najboljih poteza NBA Action (Ruben Paterson, prva tekma nakon sto ga je trener kaznio), Hrvat Giricek i Rus Monia odigraju odlicnu prvu cetvrtinu i onda ih treneri ne uvode u igru do 3. tj 4. cetvrtine... Ne dozvoljavaju da se unese pice da bi se kupovalo u hali (5$ za casu pica iz automata, ili kutiju kokica). Sve se vrti oko para, puno je ulozeno i mora da se vrati nekako. Organizacija savrsena - mislilo se na svaki detalj, svaki prekid igre je popunjen nekim desavanem, publiku inspirisu da se ukljuci, navijacice (debelguze) i klinci imaju svoje (pateticne) koreografije, akrobate zabavljaju navijace, bacaju se pokloni... Pijani ruski tinejdzer i CSKA dresu navija (urla) na ruskom, debelguzi ameri krkaju i locu, cuje se neko sa gornje tribine kako kresti (glas isti kao Mise Grobara!), neki Hrvat sa sahovnicom, skolarci dosli organizovano i glasniji su u hodnicima nego na tribinama, a Ameri izlaze na 3 razlike 2 minuta pre kraja da bi izbegli guzvu...
Ipak, NBA vredi gledati samo kada pocne play-off...
Nadam se da cemo uskoro cuti/procitati intervju sa Pedjom. Siguran sam da ima sta da nam kaze...
Malo me cudi da niko od nasih nije uspeo da ga intervjuise. Da li je moguce da NBA zvezda nikome ne daje intervju? Ili su nasi novinari u pitanju? Bice da je ovo drugo u pitanju...

@Miki - Zao mi je sto tako mislis. Trebalo bi da si patriota i da volis svoj narod i ljude, a pogotovo bi trebalo da razmilis o tome sta si ti uradio za svoju zemlju.

Ivan

pre 19 godina

Evo, I mene zanima kako igra Pedja Stojakovic, najbolji Srbin u NBA i pravi covek (sto pokazuje dobrotvornim akcijama i pravom pomoci, a ne poziranjem na terenu i svadjanjem sa saigracima).
A uopste me ne zanimaju komentari nekih anonimusa koji Pedji nisu ni do skocnog zgloba.

PS#16

pre 19 godina

Za sve Pedjine pljuvace: prvo se raspitajte zasto tako igra pa tek ga onda pljujte ako za to ima razloga! Da li ste znali da covek jos nije sanirao povredu i da igra sa nekakvom zastitnom rukavicom na ruci? Ako ste to znali pljujte. U suprotnom cutite. I zasto vam je on kriv za reprezentativni debakl umesto selektora tog tima?

i corava koka

pre 19 godina

@Bagg
Eto ja, na primjer, nemam pojma koliko je to Pedja "donacija i humanitarnih akcija pokrenuo i poslao u Srbiju", pa me "prosvjetli".
Pa, ne vidis li ti, cova, da si ti otisao u jednu drugu krajnost. Neki ga mozda i "previse pljuju", ali ti ga, cova, zato "dizes u nebesa". Razmisli malo i o tome.

neokings

pre 19 godina

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Larry Brown says he never fixates on his team's record, a healthy attitude when your charges are 5-10. Instead, he focuses on how the team is playing and how it is developing.

Today, the Knicks get a chance to measure their progress under Brown when they play the Celtics, against whom they lost a rare overtime blowout on opening night Nov. 2.

"It's definitely an opportunity to show what we've learned," Stephon Marbury said. "We think we are a way better team than the way we played that night. We have to go out and play like we played in the fourth quarter last night."

The Knicks have played 14 games since opening night in Boston, and if anything is clear, it is still an inconsistent group in transition, showing the heights and depths of a young team learning from a demanding new coach.

There have been some awful performances along the way, such as the embarrassing loss in Miami last week and some stinkers on the West Coast. But there have also been some shining moments, especially the recent victory over the Bulls at Madison Square Garden, and even the fourth-quarter, near comeback against the Pistons Friday night in Detroit.

In some ways, the Knicks have already had a season's worth of transition since opening night, which marked Brown's first game as Knicks head coach. In that game the Knicks tied the score at the end of regulation, but were crushed, 20-6, in overtime.

Matt Barnes started the opener, and yesterday he was waived. Eddy Curry played a season-high 42 minutes, but hasn't dressed in the last five games because of a calf injury. And Channing Frye didn't play at all in Boston, but went on to become the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month.

Still, Brown doesn't consider today's rematch against the Celtics any kind of a litmus test for the Knicks' growth, though he is certain that the team has improved and coalesced since then.

"Regardless of that, I know we've gotten better," he said. "Channing didn't play that game. Eddy hadn't played much and I think I played him 40 minutes. I don't think Jerome (James) played very much in that game, if any. But I think we're making progress. That was a heartbreaker."

In some ways Brown saw Friday night's game as more of a learning experience for his team, because he wants to present the Pistons to them as a model for how he wants them to play. And Friday, the Knicks avoided the one thing Brown would have hated most -- a blowout in his first game back in Detroit -- when they cut the deficit to just six with two minutes to play, after trailing by 19 in the fourth quarter.

Playing well late in the game and showing a refusal to quit clearly meant a lot to Brown, who said he felt he got some measure of closure from the whole proceeding.

"Maybe, maybe," he said. "But the neat thing about it is, obviously my players know that's an elite team and I was part of that. I don't talk much about Detroit, or I hope I don't talk much about Detroit to these kids. But I think every one of these guys wants to get to that level, whether it's Miami, Detroit, Indiana, San Antonio. We want to get to that level. So, it's important that we play well against the good teams so we can see where we stack up and what we need to do to get better."

The Knicks waived Barnes yesterday, creating a space on the roster to bring in another small forward or a point guard, though they say nothing is imminent. Team president Isiah Thomas has been on the lookout for a starting small forward and a big backup point guard. (Small forward George Lynch is still unsigned.)

Curry went through full practice yesterday and Brown said he looked good, once again raising the possibility that he could return from his left calf injury today. But Brown cautioned that he has felt good before, only to have the soreness return before the game and send him back to the bench. Curry hasn't played since Nov. 20.

Despite going to two NBA Finals, Brown was questioned in Detroit for not playing Darko Milicic. Yesterday, Brown said Pistons GM Joe Dumars agreed with him. New Pistons coach Flip Saunders apparently agrees, too.

"I've been reading his comments. He's been saying the same thing he said with me," Brown said, before adding with a feigned Montenegrin accent, "'I just vant to play.'"

stomak

pre 19 godina

Vidi se da je Divac bio kljuc uspeha u Kings-ima. Od kada nema njega oni lose igraju a da ne pricam od kada nema Vebera i Kristija. Nisu trebali rasturati tu najbolju petorku u ligi. Divac, Veber, Stojak, Kristi, Bibi.

NBA freak

pre 19 godina

Gle sad ovo, Pedja odigra par utakmica na drugacijem nivou zbog povrede, a masa kaze da on nije dovoljno Srbin. Mislim glupost....A sto se tice reprezentacije, iako su doziveli katastrofu na EP, mislim da je i Pedja, ako je Srbin trebao da ucestvuje u tom, kakvom takvom timu. Jer tada bi se pokazalo kakav je on covek, da li bi i on pljuvao trenere, ili svoje saigrace kao sto su neki nasi igraci uradili, ili bi se jednostavno na dostojanstven nacin javno izvinio naciji. E to me zanima.
A pogledaste li vi ljudi sta "THE TRUTH" radi ove sezone? Pa Pol Pirs je neverovatan igrac. Ono sto stvarno cenim kod njega, jeste to sto pre nego sto primi loptu u ruke, razmislja sta ce da uradi sa njom. S toga nikad, poput recimo Megrejdija ili Ajversona ne davi puno sa loptom. Kod njega je to ili korak, dva pa sut, ili neki precizan pas, ili mozda neka brza finta pa ulaz. A tek sto taj igra odbranu. Na toj bek poziciji je jedan od najsnaznijih igraca lige, i odlicno se gradi pod kose, cak i pored mnogo visih i tezih igraca. I njegova razvnovrstnost u igri je takodje jedan od kljucnih faktora koji ga cine jednim od najboljih igraca. Jedina mana mu je sto je toliko strasno impulsivan na terenu, i kraktih zivaca. Prosle sezone je na primer, dugo vremena posle Rasida vodio ligu u tehnickim greskama.....