The "Have Your Random NBA Question Answered" Thread

[NovU]

Do you guys think Yi still would have been a starter over Villanueva and a reguar starter for Nets as well if it wasn't for his nationality? This is a sensitive issue I assume, since nationality is involved, but do you guys think he does really deserve to be in NBA?

Well, for now, I don't think the Nets doesn't really have choice in starting PF, but I get to think the Nets didn't really get any PF holds any value since they wanted Yi to be happy.

[Al Ka Pwn]

if you diss yourself, you leave nothing for me diddy. but your way is funnier, I'll admit that.

[diddy]

i don't thing that nationality means something in the NBA! but i wish him to play back in China! and, by the way i with there will be no chineise players in miami heat uniform ever!

[benji]

Do you guys think Yi still would have been a starter over Villanueva and a reguar starter for Nets as well if it wasn't for his nationality? This is a sensitive issue I assume, since nationality is involved, but do you guys think he does really deserve to be in NBA?

Well, for now, I don't think the Nets doesn't really have choice in starting PF, but I get to think the Nets didn't really get any PF holds any value since they wanted Yi to be happy.

Well, there's also the aspect of trying to get a young player playing time so he improves. Yi they see as an investment, no reason to Darko/Kwame him. (Especially when it seemed it would be a lost season before Harris became a superstar.)

I think you should spin this off into a full thread Zan, I think it'd be a good debate to have. Here a lot of people won't see it, in a full thread they would.

[Andrew]

Alright, everyone's said their piece. Let's just leave it at that.

I take it players have numbers to make it easier to keep tracks on who has how many fouls.
so why do refs have numbers?

For similar identification purposes with the league office.

I don't like that you can make 6 fouls in basketball before you have to go either. or how certain things are considered fouls and others aren't.

I think having a foul limit of five or six works out pretty well with the length of a basketball game. It's high enough to let players commit a couple of careless fouls and not foul out, while being low enough that players can't foul indiscriminately. As for some things being fouls and others not being fouls, do you mean players not getting the same calls for doing the same things or just certain things being fouls and others not? If it's the former then I agree but as far as the latter is concerned, well, that's just the nature of sport. The challenge comes from the rules and restrictions you have to work within while trying to outscore the other team and each sport has their own concepts in that regard.

A sport like basketball can never truly be non-contact so some contact is allowed. However, some is excessive and would negate the challenge and diversity of the sport (eg if you could tackle or hold players with the ball, it would basically render all other defensive strategies useless) and some are actually dangerous given the nature of the game and the playing field and so it's not allowed, resulting in a penalty if it happens.

[Al Ka Pwn]

it's too easy to make fouls in the nba. 6 fouls? come on.

[Jackal]

http://www.nba.com/email_us/contact_us.html

[Andrew]

it's too easy to make fouls in the nba. 6 fouls? come on.

It's not as though multiple players foul out every game though. You can't fairly compare basketball to full contact sports like football (as in gridiron, rugby, etc) or hockey because that's not the nature of the game.

[Oznogrd]

i don't thing that nationality means something in the NBA! but i wish him to play back in China! and, by the way i with there will be no chineise players in miami heat uniform ever!

too late

[JaoSming]

i don't thing that nationality means something in the NBA! but i wish him to play back in China! and, by the way i with there will be no chineise players in miami heat uniform ever!

Waaaay too late

(your image wasn't working Gonzo)

http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/99989.htm

The Chinese center, who became China's first NBA player in 2001, has averaged 5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 103 NBA games with Dallas, Miami and the Clippers.
He opens the way for compatriot Yao Ming to be taken as the top selection in the 2002 NBA Draft.

[Oznogrd]

weird its working on my screen...

[JaoSming]

I got it working to, it was a matter of looking at the url itself first

Getty Images prevents hotlinking

[Prev]

where i can check how many points in the paint teams are scoring in the nba?

[Andrew]

Most likely 82games.com.

[benji]

You can do that by going through all the teams and looking at their "Inside" (which is points in the paint) scoring.

This site appears to be tracking them in a nice sortable table: http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stats/? ... 053&conf=0

[Prev]

Thanks guys
One more thing.What is the team record for scoring most points in 1qt.
It would be better if you would say 5best results,team and year when it was did.
Sorry for bad english

[Patr1ck]

58 points, in the fourth quarter, by Buffalo at Boston, October 20, 1972

[Calamaro]

How is going to be this year draft? Strong, average or weak?

[imefimef]

whats the most triple doubles in a season and career except Oscar Robertson

[Andrew]

Magic Johnson has the most after Oscar Robertson (188) with 138. Jason Kidd has 101 and counting, which places him in third. Wilt Chamberlain had 78 and Larry Bird had 59. Oscar Robertson holds the record for triple doubles in a single season (41) with Wilt Chamberlain in second place (31). Other records here.

[diddy]

i don't thing that nationality means something in the NBA! but i wish him to play back in China! and, by the way i with there will be no chineise players in miami heat uniform ever!

Waaaay too late

(your image wasn't working Gonzo)

http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/99989.htm

The Chinese center, who became China's first NBA player in 2001, has averaged 5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 103 NBA games with Dallas, Miami and the Clippers.
He opens the way for compatriot Yao Ming to be taken as the top selection in the 2002 NBA Draft.

i remember him and i was so happy when he was waived.

[NovU]

How did Vince Carter suddenly disappear as one of the league's elite players to just a good player, a player who used to often draw comparison against MJ the greatness? I always thought it was his work ethic. Anyone beg to differ?

[emi_b7]

How is going to be this year draft? Strong, average or weak?

The "experts" say it's going to be weak, but you can't know until they actually play in the nba. Besides we don't know who will declare for the draft and who won't.

[Andrew]

How did Vince Carter suddenly disappear as one of the league's elite players to just a good player, a player who used to often draw comparison against MJ the greatness? I always thought it was his work ethic. Anyone beg to differ?

I think it's fair to say something like that. Of course, as they've often said any athletic guard who could walk and chew gum at the same time has been compared to Michael Jordan and he's a difficult standard for a lot of those players to measure up to.

[Oznogrd]

I think VC lost respect the same way Manny had in Boston. He tanked on a team. He didnt like his situation so he basically said fuck this: im going to get traded faster if i play like crap. He got to NJ and we got to see some flashes of an older/wiser VC as a very formidable weapon. Then he wanted out again.

I've never liked Carter: had friends obsessed with him, but i never understood why.