Day 28: Where The Bobcats Lose by 45 Points GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night: I guess LaMarcus Aldridge’s (2.56) back is doing just fine, thank you very much. A night after sitting out with a sore back, Aldridge returned to the lineup against the Pistons and had his best game of the season, scoring 32 ... |
Day 27: Where Guards Fill Up The Stat Sheet GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night:Up until this pointDeron Williams (2.12) has had a relatively quiet start for the season. Last night, however, the late first-round fantasy pick came up big as he filled up the stat sheet to the brim and beyond. Pardon the hyperbo... |
Day 26: Where Metta World Peace Gets His Groove Back GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night: Kevin Durant (3.33 WARP) currently sits at the top of our player rater by a huge margin, averaging 1.44 wins/week this year in 9-cat leagues compared to the second best player, LeBron James, at 1.10 wins. And I can see why. Last ni... |
Prepare For A Change GiveMeTheRock.com I’m not sure there’s an easy or funny way to say this and I don’t want people to miss the point, so I’m going to be straight up: The website/blog Give Me The Rock has been sent a Cease and Desist letter threatening a trademark... |
Day 25: Where Chandler Parsons Is Not a Waiver Wire Pick Up GiveMeTheRock.com First, let’s just get this video out the way since it was on the national news this morning… your Mom might be asking you about, so you’ll need to know. I think YouTube works in all countries, but just in case: It’s Dwight How... |
Day 24: Christmas is the Holiday for NBA Fans GiveMeTheRock.com I’m sure we all know that Thanksgiving (the US Holiday) is all about football (American football). I’m tempted to make some joke about Andrew Bynum getting a turkey while bowling, I do have him in the GMTR keeper league and the pain is st... |
Day 23: Where Kevin Love Owners Are The Most Thankful GiveMeTheRock.com But if you look at the lines below, a lot of other people have performances to be thankful for too. It’s like these guys knew that they had a day off today or something… Comeback Line of the Night: Kevin Love (1.31) came back with only th... |
Day 22: Where Nick Young Has Swag GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night/ Waiver Wire Line of the Night : with only three games last night, Nick Young (1.92) snuck in with an efficient 23 points, with 3 threes, 4 assists, 0 turnovers and 1 crazy-ass shot coming off the bench for the Sixers. It’s pr... |
Day 21: Where Kyrie Irving Will Miss 4 Weeks GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night: David West (2.64) scored a season high 30 points (going 10-14 from the field, 10-10 from the line), adding 8 rebounds and 4 blocks to drop the Wizards to 0-9 on the season and keep them as the only winless team in the NBA. West has... |
What is wrong with Ersan Ilyasova And when will he snap out of it GiveMeTheRock.com Hands down, the most common question we’ve gotten so far this season is some variation on “what’s the deal with Ersan Ilyasova and when will he be a good basketball player again?” The apprehension regarding Ilyasova is not a h... |
Day 20: Kevin Durant's First Triple-Double GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night: Kevin Durant (2.75) finally got his first triple-double of his career. We’re all sure his momma would be proud. I, on the other hand, was actually surprised to find out that this was his first trip-dub. Over the past few seas... |
Day 19: Where Andrew Bynum Has Problems GiveMeTheRock.com Before we get into the performances last night, I can’t not talk about Andrew Bynum. It was recently reported that Bynum had yet another setback with his knees; he is now having trouble with his left knee in addition to the right knee that has ... |
Day 18: Waive Racers GiveMeTheRock.com (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images North America) Line of the Night: Portland may be struggling, but Nicolas Batum (2.86) is not. Thanks to a monster 35 points (5 threes, 13-19 from the field), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 blocks, Batum has climbed to #4 ove... |
Day 17: Shane Battier Appears Into Thin Air GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night:/Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Let’s not get too excited about Shane Battier (1.91) winning LOTN, especially since it was by a mere 0.02 WARP points. His 1.91 comes solely from the 6 three pointers (okay, he also had 2 blocks... |
Day 16: Where the Sixers Have an Appetite for (their own) Destruction GiveMeTheRock.com Line of the Night: It was only a matter of time before Kevin Durant (2.82 WARP) broke out in a big way; and that came last night against the Grizzlies, where Durant scored 34 points, adding 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a couple blocks. It cam... |