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      Report: Astros not ready to trade Oswalt

      May 26, 2010 /

      A source tells Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com that the Astros aren’t looking to trade Roy Oswalt despite his request to be dealt to a contender.

      A source with knowledge of the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday that despite Oswalt’s request, the Astros aren’t looking to trade the right-hander and three-time All-Star at this point. But that could change as the summer moves along and the July trade deadline nears, especially if the Astros continue to languish in the National League Central cellar.

      While the Astros are not shopping their ace, Fox Houston reported on Tuesday that Rangers president Nolan Ryan reached out to Houston to express interest in Oswalt.

      It’s interesting that the article mentioned that the Rangers have interest, because I detailed over the weekend why Texas would be a great landing spot for Oswalt if the Astros decided to trade him. You can read it here.

      It would be rather ridiculous if the Stros didn’t trade Oswalt at some point this year. Their farm system is dried up and Oswalt isn’t going to be around when the club eventually starts competing again. To not get something for him now would be unwise, especially when he still has plenty of value to a contender.


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      Phil Jackson not interested in coaching the Bulls

      May 26, 2010 /

      Before last night’s Game 4, Phil Jackson shot down the rumors about a possible return to Chicago.

      “I have no, at all, desire to go back to Chicago and coach the Bulls,” Jackson said, responding to an ESPN.com report from Monday night that the Bulls had reached out to Jackson through back channels to gauge his interest in a return.

      Jackson went on to say that the “probabilities are great” that he’d be coaching the Lakers next season, though the franchise has made it clear that they expect him to take a pay cut.

      The timing of this is curious. The Lakers are still in the playoffs, and Jackson is fielding questions about his 2010-11 salary and a possible job change. Sometimes he gets caught up in using the media to tweak his players or tweaking the media just for fun, but there’s a possibility that this is becoming a distraction to a Laker team that came to Phoenix looking invincible and is leaving the Valley of the Sun knotted in a 2-2 series and licking its proverbial wounds.

      With the media in a tizzy trying to predict the landing spot for LeBron James and several other big-name free agents, these questions are going to come up over and over again. Sometimes the best way to answer is just to say “no comment.”

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      Boldin skips Ravens’ passing camp

      May 26, 2010 /

      According to the Baltimore Sun, new Ravens’ receiver Anquan Boldin was a no-show at the team’s voluntary passing camp on Tuesday. Also missing in action were linebackers Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs, defensive ends Cory Redding and Trevor Pryce, and running back Willis McGahee.

      Seeing as how the camp was voluntary, it’s not a huge deal that Boldin wasn’t in attendance. Maybe he had a prior engagement and even so, I’m sure the coaches weren’t concerned. He also showed up earlier this month at the team’s mini-camp, so it’s not like he’s been a ghost since arriving in Baltimore.

      That said, he’s a new player in a new offense and this was a passing camp. Wouldn’t he want to work with Joe Flacco as much as possible before the season starts? The Ravens gave him a four-year, $28 million deal when they traded for him in March and made him their No. 1 guy. That’s exactly what he wanted, so one would think that he would honor their commitment by showing up to a camp that would be beneficial to him heading into the season.

      But I digress. I don’t want to make a big deal out of this because it’s not. It’s not a concern and maybe he’ll show up later in the week. I don’t want to put a negative spin on the situation and I realize that when training camp roles around, this won’t matter.


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      WCF Game 4: What a second quarter!

      May 25, 2010 /

      The Suns lead 64-55 at halftime, but both teams were hot in the second quarter, combining for 73 points.

      Check out this series of jumpers:

      8:19 Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper
      8:07 Leandro Barbosa makes 21-foot jumper
      7:52 Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
      7:30 Jared Dudley makes 15-foot two point shot
      7:01 Channing Frye makes 26-foot three point jumper
      6:09 Jared Dudley makes 24-foot three point jumper
      5:50 Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper
      5:41 Leandro Barbosa makes 26-foot three point jumper
      5:24 Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot three point jumper
      4:41 Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper
      4:11 Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper
      3:59 Channing Frye makes 25-foot three point jumper
      3:10 Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper
      2:58 Channing Frye makes 23-foot three point jumper
      2:36 Derek Fisher makes jumper
      2:03 Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
      1:53 Steve Nash makes 17-foot jumper

      That’s 17 made jumpers in 6:26 of gameplay. In other words, during this stretch, there was one made jumper every 21.5 seconds. Wow.

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      The curse of the Coach of the Year award

      May 25, 2010 /

      DIME MAGAZINE noticed something very odd with the last few NBA COY winners…

      2005–06: Avery Johnson, Dallas Mavericks, 60–22 (Fired April 30, 2008)
      2006–07: Sam Mitchell, Toronto Raptors, 47–35 (Fired December 3, 2008)
      2007–08: Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets, 56–26 (Fired November 12, 2009)
      2008–09: Mike Brown, Cleveland Cavaliers, 66–16 (Fired May 24, 2010)
      2009–10: Scott Brooks, Oklahoma City Thunder, 50–32 (???)

      They were all fired within two years. The post goes on to speculate that the reason behind this trend is heightened expectations and I tend to agree. I’d go a step further, however. The award often goes to a coach who “got the most out of his team” (i.e. the team played “over their heads”). When this kind of outlier occurs, it’s far more likely that the team will return to the mean instead of continuing to develop into an NBA champion.

      In other words, all it takes is one bad/mediocre season and the guy is a bum again. And with 30 teams vying for a championship, a bad/mediocre season is far more likely than a great one.


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