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The NBA (National Basketball Association) is a little off topic from my regular posts however it’s something that really interests me so I thought I would share (I incorporated some Technorati stats to help add some focus).
There have been 2 very hot topics of late:
1) The New York Knicks vs. Denver Nuggets brawl which happened a few days ago. At the end of it 7 players were suspended almost 50 games. With Superstar Carmello Anthony going for 15 games and forfeiting $650,000 in salary.
2) Allen Iverson (one of the premier players in the league) getting traded to the Denver Nuggets.
I thought I’d check on Technorati to see how much Buzz was being generated by these 2 stories and from the graphs below it looks like these topics are fairly hot right now.
As a side note here are my thoughts on the Allen Iverson Trade: Adding Iverson is a great addition for Denver but I am not sure how much he will be able to share the ball with the rest of his teammates. Iverson has always been to known to be a prolific scorer and shot taker but fellow superstar Carmello Anthony also likes to shoot a lot – so something has to give. Adding Iverson makes Denver a stronger/quicker team but if he doesn’t get along with everyone he could also destroy the team.
It’s too bad Iverson won’t get to play with Carmello Anthony for a while.
Jody
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Manoj: If I lived in Denver I would be worried about hot-headed Iverson, still young but starting to show a great deal of wear and tear, disrupting a team that aside from their recent problems appeared to be very much on the right track. It’s sad that Carmello had just recently shed his image of a somewhat irresponsible young superstar (when compared with his “classmates” D. Wade and LeBron James) and will now both be benched AND have to share the ball with AI. Hopefully AI will give Gary Payton a call and learn how the league’s elderstatesmen (okay, a stretch to call AI “elder” I know) can provide a positive influence for younger players.
Still, another stat, the vast majority of visitors to the Nugs NBA.com web site appear to love the AI deal. When I voted, 84% were gleefully waiting for The Answer to come to the mile high city.
Nice off-topic post.
Eric T. Peterson
Eric,
I agree with you on Iverson’s image and characteristics. Personally I would have liked to see him go to Minnesota to help Kevin Garnett out. I don’t think Carmello and Iverson compliment each other at all. But I could be wrong.
Jody,
Yeah that’s too bad we won’t get to see the two together until like February. Carmello will probably still make the all-star team.
Yeah! there has been a big buzz on the NBA lately! tell me!. I think Allan Iverson will do a good job in the beginning and then the trouble will start to rise because a team can’t depend on just one guy, but at the end, I think Denver will rise from the dead!.