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Shaq is back

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Shaq being held back by ? is that Jason Kidd as a blonde?

The Shaq is playing at a high level and when he does there are few that can hang with him. It may be hard at his age and weight to continue, but he is doing it now when few thought he could ever do it again.

O’Neal said he should be an All-Star on his home floor but said “I’m not going to be doing e-mail campaigns and putting on cowboys hats.”

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So how good is Shaq playing?

Now, O’Neal enters the start of a three-game Suns homestand Friday night with his first three-game streak of 20-point, 10-rebound outings since March 2005. In his past seven games, O’Neal is averaging 24.4 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.

Never count out the big fella!

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LeBron James has Cavaliers in 2nd

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LeBron James with two hands raised

What are you talking about? The Cavaliers and LeBron James are in 1st place, 5 and one half games up on the streaking Pistons.

Oh, not that. The Cavaliers are 2nd in the ESPN Power Rankings by Marc Stein. How does LeBron do it? Other than Mo Williams, there is no one on LeBron’s team of any merit.

This is a big deal, because they had to push out the Boston Celtics to do it and that just does not happen, but the Celtics are slumping or something.

Rajon Rondo says the Celtics are absolutely, positively “not in a slump.” And he’s right. After a 27-2 start, I’d say losing four out of six for the first time ever in the KG-Pierce-Allen era ranks as more than a slump.
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Speaking of my Pistons, they are on a roll with AI and Rodney Stuckey in the starting lineup.

Detroit’s return to the top 10 is the other rankings headline this week, after the Pistons — now 13-3 since moving Rodney Stuckey into the starting lineup — uncharacteristically spent five straight weeks in the teens, ranging from No. 13 to No. 17.

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Pau Gasol 8th fastest Internationally born

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Pau Gasol scoring again

So what, they lined up all the internationally born NBA players and raced and Pau Gasol was the eighth fastest?

No, more like he is the 8th fastest European to get to 10,000 points in the NBA.

Pau Gasol shows more of his offensive creativity, and against Utah he reached the 10,000-point plateau for his career. Dirk Nowitzki, Peja Stojakovic and Vlade Divac are the only other Europeans to get there after having come to the NBA directly from overseas.

Only 286 players overall in league history have scored 10,000 points, and Gasol is the eighth-fastest (in terms of games played) internationally born player to get there.

And obviously Gasol isn’t done.

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Laker coach Phil Jackson says Pau has a great chance of joining him and Kobe Bryant on the All Star team.

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Vince Carter not punished

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Vince Carter got into it with a Ref and supposedly bumped him. The Ref called him Boy and the league had a long talk with both of them.

Referee Derrick Stafford called two quick technicals on Carter after he argued an out-of-bounds call in the second quarter of the Pistons’ 83-75 victory.

A furious Carter went after the official following his ejection and seemed to bump Stafford. Carter had to be held back by teammates.

“We have spoken to both Vince and Derrick about their exchange during Wednesday’s game, and decided not to take any action with respect to the language that was used or any inadvertent contact that may have occurred,” the league said Friday in a statement provided in an e-mail by spokesman Tim Frank.

“However, we are going to make sure the two of them talk in the near future to clear up any misunderstandings that may remain about what was said during the argument,” the statement added.

The league said Stafford “expressed regret for his use of the word ‘boy,’ and we are persuaded that he did not use it with the intention of demeaning Vince.”

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Bobcat Cheerleader has reason to believe

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It is the holiday season and it is time to spread some cheer.

Bobcat Cheerleader

Bobcats Cheerleader

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Rodney Stuckey is candy and a Rose blooms - Part II

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As a follow up to the Part I of Rodney Stuckey is candy and a Rose blooms - Part I, your intrepid author would like to show you some interesting comments by Coach Michael Curry of the Detroit Pistons.

Keep in mind, Joe Dumars hired Curry in part because he is such a great student of the game and the players of the game.

This comment came after the Pistons beat the Bulls.

After the game, Pistons coach Michael Curry described Phoenix’s Steve Nash, San Antonio’s Tony Parker and Denver’s Chauncey Billups — who started the season with Detroit but was traded, in part, because of Stuckey’s development — as the gold standard of NBA point guards.

Next, Curry identified New Orleans’ Chris Paul, Utah’s Deron Williams and New Jersey’s Devin Harris as a trio who have “separated themselves … as a young group of guards pushing Nash and Parker and Billups.”

Then he mentioned his own guy.

“I think Stuckey is in a group with Derrick Rose and (Boston’s Rajon) Rondo as the up-and-coming next group of guards,” Curry said. “It’s going to be interesting to see how they all continue to mature and grow as players. All three have different skill sets, but all three have the kind of demeanor that it takes to be very successful in this league.”
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Rodney Stuckey is candy and a Rose blooms - Part I

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Rodney Stuckey

If you read this column at all, then you realize that your intrepid author is a huge Detroit Pistons fan. There is no reason to hide it and let’s hope it does not turn off any readers. All of you have your favorite teams out there.

That being said, it was a special night when the Pistons played the Chicago Bulls. Derrick Rose would be playing. Rose is excellent. It would be fun to see him play against the powerful Pistons. The Bulls would be outmanned and the defense on Rose and his teammates would be ferocious.

Well, that was what your intrepid author was looking forward to, but that is not what happened. Rodney Stuckey stole the show. Rodney is going to be a great player some day, but it seemed like he was there already.

The second-year guard caught fire early and stayed hot throughout the game as he torched the Bulls for a career-high 40 points in the Pistons’ 104-98 victory.

Stuckey, whose previous career high was 27 points in April at Minnesota, was 15 of 24 from the field, and he made nine of 11 free throws. Stuckey has averaged 18.4 points and 7.4 assists in the seven games since he became a starter.

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Stuckey seemed to be everywhere doing everything. He would drive to the hole and score. He would fake a shot and drop the ball off to Rasheed for a 3. He would fake a drive and fire a pass to Prince for a long range bomb. He would patiently dribble up top until Rip Hamilton became open on the curl play for a mid range patented jumper from Hamilton. If all else failed and the shot clock wore down, then Rodney would go to the hole with a slashing drive and score over Nocioni or some other outmanned Bull.

It was supposed to be about Rose and instead was about Stuckey.

Still my intent was to watch Rose and what he could do. It would be easy to say that Rodney fouled out Rose (and Ben Gordon), but that would miss the point.

Derrick Rose is tall, strong, and oh so quick. He can run the floor and can short jumpers and he can hold up the ball and spot the open man. There is little to work with on the Bulls, but you could tell that Rose is, in Vitale language, a dandy. His quickness is most evident, because he is so big. If you face him as a small guard, then you would expect to at least be quicker, but that would not be the case. Rose is quick, period.

There will be other Rose vs. Stuckey battles and Stuckey will not win them all, but on this night it was all Rodney.
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Merry Christmas to all my readers

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First off, Merry Christmas to everyone. If you don’t celebrate Christmas then just know that some good cheer is coming your way from me. Can you feel it?

Sometimes it is so much fun writing this stuff and other times life is really busy and it becomes hard. It is you readers that make it fun.

This past year, your intrepid author fought off cancer and survived. The cancer was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the cure involved chemo and radiation therapy. Missed a whole year of my day job and yet kept on blogging with a lot of help from a lot of people including B5media. Special mention to Kori Ellis, my blogging boss and Dave Kindervater the other football blogger at EMQB.

Kori writes a cool Fantasy Football blog called Fantasy Kickoff.

They are just two of the many B5 media bloggers and employees that helped out this past year.

Can’t let this blog end without mentioning my two sport talk friends Art and RonB. They are constantly bringing stories to my attention that just have to come out. Thanks Art and RonB.

The year is ending with my broken ring finger on the mend. Oh, yes, fell off a ladder at 3 feet in the air and somehow managed to break my finger. Do you know how hard it is to type with a broken finger? It takes twice as long.

There is a lot to be thankful for in my life and wanted everyone to know it.

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18 in a row for Celtics

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The current crop of Celtics are keeping some rarefied company.

The Celtics, who have a number of scoring options with the new Big Three, can break the club record for consecutive wins set by Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish’s Celtics.
Boston’s 1981-82 team also won 18 consecutive games.
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The Celtics are the easy favorite for the East.

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Iverson’s Goon Squad where are you?

IversonsGoonSquad was the closest in our contest to win the NBA ‘09 XBOX game.

Unfortunately, his e-mail address is wrong.

We need Iversonsgoonsquad to leave a comment soon or another winner will be picked.

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