LeBron James’ Top 10 Plays

Kobe Bryant’s Top 10 Plays

Derrick Rose’s Top 10 Plays

Dwight Howard’s Top 10 Plays

Player – LeBron James, Miami
Defender – Dwight Howard, Orlando
Scorer – Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Passer – Steve Nash, Phoenix
Rebounder – Kevin Love, Minnesota
Dunker – Blake Griffin, LA Clippers
Pick & Roll - Chris Paul & Blake Griffin, LA Clippers
Alley Oops - Chris Paul to Blake Griffin & DeAndre Jordan, LA Clippers
Team – Oklahoma City
Duo – Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Threesome - LeBron James, Dwayne Wade & Chris Bosh, Miami
Frontcourt – Carmello Anthony, Amare Stoudemire & Tyson Chandler, New York
Backcourt – Dwayne Wade & LeBron James, Cleveland (when they are played in the backcourt together)

Chris Paul wants to be a Knick. If Paul joined Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire in New York, that gives the Eastern Conference two “Big 3″s. We’ve seen that a “Big 3″ isn’t a guaranteed championship… but the Miami Heat did reach the NBA finals with their Big 3.

So what Big 3 would be better?

Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony & Amar’e Stoudemire – New York

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh – Miami

My pick would be Miami, but I’d love to see another Big 3 in New York, and it would be worth lots of money for the NBA… which they’ve shown us lately that MONEY is what they are all about!

All-time regular season NBA rankings:
• 5th in points.
• 12th in rebounds.
• 2nd in field goal percentage.
• 7th in blocked shots.
• 17th in minutes played.
• 5th in field goals made.
• 2nd in double-doubles.

All of Shaq’s career numbers.
• 4-time NBA champion.
• Led the NBA in field goal percentage 10 times in 19 NBA seasons.
• Led NBA twice in scoring.
• 15-time NBA all star.
• Made over $292 million in NBA salary alone.
• Played for 6 different NBA teams.
• 1 of 22 career 3-point shooter (0.45%).
• 11,329 of 19,435 career 2-point shooter (58.2%).
• 5,935 of 11,252 career free-throw shooter (52.7%).

The two players who are locks to start for Portland this year are newly acquired point guard Raymond Felton and “should be an All Star” LaMarcus Aldridge. The rest is up in the air like a jump ball. Option 1 is the best case scenario… option 2 isn’t too bad either!

Option 1
G – Raymond Felton 6-1
G – Brandon Roy 6-6
C – Greg Oden 7-0
F – Gerald Wallace 6-7
F – LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11

Option 2
G – Raymond Felton 6-1
G – Wesley Matthews 6-5
C – Marcus Camby 6-11
F – Nicolas Batum 6-8
F – LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11

Let’s pray the Brandon Roy of the playoffs is the B-Roy of reality! If so, he along with LaMarcus would give Portland the 1-2 it’s been planning on for several years now. A healthy Oden would give them one of the few true centers in all of the NBA.

The Zers have great depth at the wings with Roy, Matthew, Wallace and Batum. Hopefully the bigs can stay healthy and Portland can make a legit playoff run in 2012!

• ”Oregon native Kyle Singler highlights Trail Blazers’ second predraft workout” – The Oregonian
• NBA Draft.net mock draft
• No Oregon or Oregon State players projected to be drafted.
• Jefferson’s “Terrence Jones explains decision to return to Kentucky” – Cat Scratches
• South Medford’s Kyle Singler’s ESPN profile – ESPN.com
• Greg Oden to the Celtics? – Bleacher Report

DId they set a regular season record for wins? No.
Did everyone love them? No.
DId they sell a crazy amount of tickets and make it to the NBA Finals? Oh yeah! Mission accomplished.

The Heat are four wins away from being crowned the NBA champions. LeBron took a lot of “heat” for how he handled his move to Miami… rightfully so! But if the Heat win it all (I think they will) and begin a streak of titles (I think they will), then it more than worked out and eventually how it went down will be forgotten.