Spartans in the NBA/Pro Hoops

LooseGoose wrote:Monte PooleVerified account ‏@MontePooleCSN
Oracle Arena hallway: Steve Kerr shakes hand of Draymond whisperer Tom Izzo, asks Mich St coach if he wants to 'come say hi to the guys.'

AUBURN HILLS -- Derrick Nix wears a new tattoo arched over his right eyebrow that reads "Perfectly Flawed," accompanying one over his left brow reading "Love."

Those also might serve as apt descriptions of the former Michigan State player's experience last season with the NBA Development League's Grand Rapids Drive.

He had love for the basketball.

The paychecks were perfectly flawed and the inability to earn a steady living wage is the only aspersion Nix casts upon his D-League experience.

SpartanInNH wrote:Lorbek?

Spurs to take a look at forward Erazem Lorbek

Cameron wrote:If Forbes keeps it up, he'll definitely make the roster.

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/Spurs-Forbes-can-shoot-giving-him-a-shot-8342502.php

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Cameron wrote:If Forbes keeps it up, he'll definitely make the roster.

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/Spurs-Forbes-can-shoot-giving-him-a-shot-8342502.php

I don't remember MSU ever playing MTSU. That picture must be photoshop trickery.

LooseGoose wrote:Memphis rookie Deyonta Davis (MSU) has plantar fasciitis in left foot

Herbie Green wrote:

Blanch32 wrote:

We flat out needed to sit appling. Looking how trice carried this team to a final four it wasn't out of the question.


Nonetheless our future couldn't be much brighter as izzo keeps stock piling his type of players

Once again you have hit the nail on the head. The Appling thing I still don't know what to make of. If that really was the case that he was so injured.... Trice proved himself more than capable the next year.

LooseGoose wrote:Memphis rookie Deyonta Davis (MSU) has plantar fasciitis in left foot

AnomanderRake wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:Memphis rookie Deyonta Davis (MSU) has plantar fasciitis in left foot

I wonder how long that's been bothering him and if it impacted his workouts leading up to the draft?

LooseGoose wrote:

AnomanderRake wrote:

I wonder how long that's been bothering him and if it impacted his workouts leading up to the draft?

Possible double whammy. I didn't think of that, might have been one factor in his draft position.

LooseGoose wrote:Ex-Michigan State standout Branden Dawson waived by LA Clippers

The heart and soul of the Warriors could also be their Achilles’ heel

At some point during last year’s playoffs, the Golden State Warriors went from lovable to unbearable. The same group that played the game with such joy over the last few years started playing with anger, picking fights and starting shit with other teams. With Steph Curry hobbled by a knee injury and unable to summon his usual magic, Golden State became Draymond Green’s team, and they started to reflect his personality on the court. The defining image of their playoff run wasn’t Curry effortlessly draining pull-up 3s from 30-plus feet, but rather Draymond treating opponents’ groins like punching bags.

The kicks to Steven Adams’s crotch may not have been intentional, and LeBron James may have goaded Green into lashing out by stepping over him, but neither of those things means the NBA’s “three strikes and you’re out” policy is unfair. This takedown of Michael Beasley at the end of Golden State’s Game 3 loss to the Rockets in the first round speaks for itself. Green racked up enough flagrant foul points to be suspended for Game 5 of the Finals, and that’s when the Cavs began their improbable comeback from a 3–1 deficit.

LooseGoose wrote:Nick Friedell ‏@NickFriedell 2h2 hours ago
Fred Hoiberg says Denzel Valentine will likely miss at least two weeks because of a sprained ankle. http://es.pn/2d0Nxd5

LooseGoose wrote:The Draymond Green Paradox

The heart and soul of the Warriors could also be their Achilles’ heel

At some point during last year’s playoffs, the Golden State Warriors went from lovable to unbearable. The same group that played the game with such joy over the last few years started playing with anger, picking fights and starting shit with other teams. With Steph Curry hobbled by a knee injury and unable to summon his usual magic, Golden State became Draymond Green’s team, and they started to reflect his personality on the court. The defining image of their playoff run wasn’t Curry effortlessly draining pull-up 3s from 30-plus feet, but rather Draymond treating opponents’ groins like punching bags.

The kicks to Steven Adams’s crotch may not have been intentional, and LeBron James may have goaded Green into lashing out by stepping over him, but neither of those things means the NBA’s “three strikes and you’re out” policy is unfair. This takedown of Michael Beasley at the end of Golden State’s Game 3 loss to the Rockets in the first round speaks for itself. Green racked up enough flagrant foul points to be suspended for Game 5 of the Finals, and that’s when the Cavs began their improbable comeback from a 3–1 deficit.