http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/4764 Recent articles about Ben Wallace en-us Here are the 7 myths Nuggets fans shouldn't buy into in the post-Camby world. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:18:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291478 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291478 Im sure all of us have gone to Steve and Barry to cop some clothes and shoes what not... But anyways place is filing for Chapter 11: Bankruptcy Protection...Damn High Gas Prices, and who was to beleive we went to Iraq for oil.. RIP STARBURYS and Amanda Bynes Clothing...Amanda Bynes is hot as well, Marbury on the other hand is a nutcase.. I havent gone in eons but I do have a pair of the Second Marburys which i must say are pretty comfortable...O and those Sex themed shirts were funny as well, was just to young to wear them haha. Marbury is hilarious and Still one of best PG in game though what he says is hilarious and to many inane and insane.. --NOTE IT DOESNT MEAN ITS OUT OF BUISNESS YET---- Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:35:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288256 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288256 While watching Robin Lopez on draft night with his hat perched precariously on top of his voluminous hair, I started thinking about the other players who have wild hair. Here are the names, but you can go to the original article to see the photos of the NBA All Hair Team! First Team Joakim Noah Anderson Varejao Robin Lopez Josh Childress Ben Wallace Second Team Mike Miller Mikki Moore Robert Swift Chris Andersen Walter Hermann Honorable Mention Ron Artest Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur Dirk Nowitski Scot Pollard (one picture wasn't enough for this guy) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:53:28 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285718 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285718 A tour of Blog Land's offseason advice: LeBron - Fine Tuning and Further Trades - Brian Windhorst Ongoing Discussion of Post-Season To-Do list - Cavs News Supporting Cast is Sagging - Cavalier Attitude Don't Fire Mike Brown - True Hoop (Henry Abbott) Mixed Feelings (about Mike Brown) - Waiting For Next Year Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:02:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/275663 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/275663 Who do you think would be the top free agent of the 2008 off-season to help Lebron James??? Arenas? Maggette? Artest? ******See Link****** Wed, 21 May 2008 11:24:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269348 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269348 So I was checking things out for the future after our game 7 loss, and it looks to me like next year is gonna be more of the same, it's all weather or not.... Gilbert Arenas has a player option in Washington, but flat out said... Tue, 20 May 2008 11:41:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268971 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268971 Only 4 times in franchise history has a Celtics team faced 2 game 7's in the same postseason. But yet, here we are in the just the second round already facing the second game 7 of the postseason. The Celtics were favorite to sweep the Hawks and yet that series inexplicably went to 7 games as the Celtics closed out the series with a 34 point rout. Now, the Celtics are facing possible elimination again as they face the Cleveland Cavaliers in yet another game 7 at home. The Cavs are the reigning Eastern Conference champions and so the Celtics weren't expected to sweep them but they were expected to beat them. The Cavs aren't the same team that beat the Pistons last season. 3/5 of their starting lineup was acquired at the trade deadline so the Celtics have actually been together longer than they have. The Celtics have never lost a series after being up 3-2. Hopefully that trend will hold true in this series as well. The odds seem to be in the Celtics favor. The home teams have been dominant in this round of the playoffs with only the Lakers and Pistons winning on the road. One explanation for this is that the officiating has been very favorable to the home in just about every series. The Celtics might not know what to do if they drive to the hoop and actually get a call. Hopefully the officiating will at least be fair. Doc finally realized that the Sam Cassell experiment was failing miserably and played Eddie House in game 6. This was a good move as Eddie played well and hopefully Doc will stick with Eddie in game 7. One puzzling move is that Doc has benched Leon Powe who has played very well in the playoffs to this point. I don't know why Doc is playing Big Baby over Leon, but hopefully it will go the way of the Sam Cassell experiment and we will see Leon getting his regular minutes in game 7. This game will not be easy and the Celtics need to be ready for a battle from the Cavaliers. They can't afford to come out sluggish and then play catchup the rest of the game. They need to jump out to a quick start and play hard throughout the game. They need focus, intensity and effort. I don't know about you, but I am not ready for this run to end so hopefully the Celtics will come out and take care of business at home so they can move on to the finals. Probable Starting Matchups PG Rajon Rondo vs Delonte West SG Ray Allen vs Wally Szczerbiak SF Paul Pierce vs LeBron James PF Kevin Garnett vs Ben Wallace C Kendick Perkins vs Zydrunas Ilgauskas Injuries: Scott Pollard, Ankle, out Eric Snow, ankle, out Daniel Gibson, shoulder, out Key Matchups Rajon Rondo vs Delonte West Rondo was the star of game 5 but virtually disappeared in game 6. The Celtics will need Rondo to be aggressive on both ends of the court. His defense on Delonte was one of the reasons the Cavs struggled in game 5 and they will need that from him again in this game. He also has to be aggressive on the offensive end to keep the defenses from slacking off him to double on others. Ray Allen vs Wally Szczerbiak The Celtics need Ray Allen to find his shot. They need him to get going to jump start their faltering offense. Ray also has to stay at home on Wally on defense to prevent him from hitting the big 3's capable of changing the momentum in the game. Honorable Mention Paul Pierce vs LeBron James Pierce will need to continue to play tough one on one defense on LeBron but he also has to be more aggressive on the offensive end in taking the ball to the basket and make LeBron work more on defense as well. Keys to the Game Rebound This is a big key as when the Celtics get more rebounds they win and when they don't, they lose. The Celtics must do a better job to keep the Cavs off the offensive boards as second chance points were killing the Celtics in game 5. Rebounding is effort and desire and the Celtics will need both if they want to win this game and advance. Ball Movement The Celtics must move the ball and find the open man to get open shots. But then , they must make those shots. The Celtics haven't been able to score and this could be a result of being tired and not having the legs under them for jumpers. They have to be more aggressive in going to the hoop and trying to get the ball inside. Defense They couldn't ask for better defense than to hold the Cavs to 33% as they did in game 5 and they will need to continue to play tough team defense to keep the rest of the team from beating them even if LeBron is playing well. Hopefully a good defense will key a better offense. Play 48 Minutes The Celtics have played well in spurts in some games but to win this game, they must play well for all 48 minutes. They have to come out aggressive from the start and not let up. The bench needs to play well to give the starters some rest and the starters can't let up when they get a lead. The Cavs are too dangerous to spot a lead or to allow them to come back when they are down. Coaching Doc needs to make adjustments to overcome the problems scoring that the Celtics have had in this series. He made a good decision to play Eddie House instead of Sam in game 6 and needs to play House again in this game. The ball movement stops when Sam is running the point and the offense keeps moving when Eddie is in. It is very puzzling that Doc hasn't played Leon in the past 2 games. He has played very well in the playoffs and has earned the minutes. Doc's decision to play Big Baby down the stretch in game 6 is questionable at best. X-Factors Home Court Advantage and Officiating Sat, 17 May 2008 22:41:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268171 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268171 When it comes down to the discussion of who will be the NBA champions there are many arguments. Some say the Celtics. Others say the Lakers. Spurs, Hornets, Cavs, maybe even the Pistons or Utah? To tell you the truth i dont think the Jazz are ready. Its not that i dont like the Jazz there just not ready. I dont think the Hornets are ready either. There just to young. Thats just my opinion. For me I say the Celtics win it all. It will be the Celtics and Lakers in the Final. Thats just what I say. The Celtics are more older so they have played longer. They jsut know what there doing. What do you say?? Thu, 15 May 2008 19:17:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/267464 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/267464 Anderson Varejao looked like a different player out there and was huge in the Cavs game four win. WFNY breaks it down. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:18:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266445 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266445 Good perimeter shooting? Check. Solid defensive gameplan? Check. Limited turnovers? Check. The Cavs did all the right things in Game 3 that they didn't do in the first two games at Boston. The result was a 108-84 blowout win that made it a series again. But it's going to have to continue if the Cavs hope to win the series altogether... Mon, 12 May 2008 15:20:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266139 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/266139 Cut to AC and Fred holding up red and blue Rise-Up T-shirts. Some poor soul suffered through draping 20,000+ T's, alternating colors in each section, over every seat in the Q. Totally worth it. The effect is stunning. Sun, 11 May 2008 22:37:15 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265875 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265875 After losing 3 games on the road to the Atlanta Hawks and having their character questioned as that series went to 7 games, most expected the Celtics to learn from their mistakes and come out strong in this game to finally get a road win. But, it was more of the same as the Celtics' defense once again did not show up and they didn't move the ball or take the ball inside near enough. The Cavs came out with much more energy than the Celtics and after a 4-0 lead by the Celtics, the Cavs poured it on and ran off 14 straight points to make it 14-4 when Doc called his first time out with just under 6 minutes to play in the first. By the end of the first quarter, the Cavs had pushed the lead to 32-13 on 65% shooting. The Cavs led 52-35 at the half with the Cavs still shooting the lights out at 66%. There was a huge free throw discrepancy at the half as the Cavs shot 10 more free throws than the Celtics. The Cavs finished the game with 9 more free throws than the Celtics. A call that was typical of the way things went all night came in the first quarter when West tripped over his own feet and KG was called for a foul on the play. It was a terrible call and Doc was irate over it and was given a technical. Even the ABC announcers were commenting throughout the game about the bad calls by the officials. The Celtics showed some life in the second quarter and cut the lead to 12 at one point, but the Cavs always had an answer. They got to the hoop at will and seemed to be open for jumpers every time down. To show how bad the Celtics defense was, on one play, Ilgauskas got the ball just past the free throw line and he drove all the way to the hoop without one Celtic challenging him. As slow as Ilgauskas is, that should never happen. Ray Allen still struggled with his shot going 4-12 from the field for 10 points, Pierce hit only 3-8 shots for 14 points. Rondo was only 3-10 for 7 points and struggled somewhat, but in the second half he came out more aggressive and took the ball to the basket and that is when the Celtics cut into the lead. KG had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Perk finished with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Posey was big off the bench once again with 11 points and 2 rebounds. Cassell went 0-6 and finished with just 1 point. Powe had 6 points and 2 rebounds. On the other side, Wallace wasn't expected to play but started and set the tone for the game with 9 points and 9 rebounds and a lot of energy to start the game. James again struggled with his shot going 5-16 for 21 points, but he got his teammates involved. Delonte had a great game with 21 points (7-11), 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Wally had 16 points and Joe Smith had 17. The Cavs shot 54% from the field while the Celtics shot only 41%. I am just at a loss as to how the Celtics can hold the Cavs to 32% at home and then allow them to shoot 54% on the road. The Celtics also allowed the Cavs to out-rebound them 37-33 and the Cavs turned those rebounds into second chance points. The Cavs wanted this game more and it was obvious from the beginning. The Celtics were never really in this game as they came out with poor energy and simply didn't play defense. They also weren't aggressive going after rebounds, loose balls, or taking the ball to the hoop. The constants in these road losses have been poor rebounding, failure to play defense, and poor officiating. The next game is Monday night and the Celtics will once again try to get their first road win in the playoffs. Great teams win on the road and there is no logical reason why the Celtics haven't been able to play on the road as they do in the Garden. Hopefully they can remedy that on Monday, but they will need to come out with a better effort than they showed in this one. Sat, 10 May 2008 23:43:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265606 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265606 WaitingForNextYear appears to have had enough with Mike Brown's attempt at that crazy thing called "offense." Fri, 09 May 2008 08:43:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265149 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265149 The game began like a nightmare. Boston's offense mimicked the complete lack of flow from game 1. The Cavs were triple-teaming KG on the block, not allowing him any good looks. Not only was Ray Allen missing his field goals, he was missing free-throws as well. Worst of all, the Cavs head coach Mike Brown, decided (intelligently) that he was going to let Big Z anchor the Cleveland offense. Zydrunas scored the Cavs first 8 points (not missing a shot), Cleveland jumped out to a 12 point lead and it had all the makings for a looooong night in Beantown. That's when Doc went to his bench, and the tide turned for good... Thu, 08 May 2008 22:07:15 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265047 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265047 My brother shot 10 for 10 before and after dinner every summer; they were LeBron's armor chink and nothing brings out the pagan side of a player faster than a foul resulting in two free throws. Tue, 06 May 2008 11:03:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/263915 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/263915