Some encouraging stats....

[TXSun]

...early in the season.
1. Our starting C (Frye) is averaging 20pts/game and has made an unbelieable 13/20 3pt FGs for 65%!!!
2. Nash leads the NBA with 14 assist/game. with SSOL back in full effect, I expect Nash to regain the assist title this season.
3. GHill is averaging 20/10!!! He's our leading rebounder so far. This can be a dream season for GHill.

I know it's early but these are awesome stats. I still would like to see our bigs rebound the ball more. Lets go for 4-in-a-row at Miami!!

[rsavaj]

I'm glad that we're 3-0 but our opponents are a combined 1-8. This road trip will tell us a lot more about this what this team is made of.

[TXSun]

^ I concur. Next 5 will tell us plenty about our team. we got some tough games comin up.
Tue 03 @ Miami
Wed 04 @ Orlando
Fri 06 @ Boston
Sun 08 @ Washington
Mon 09 @ Philadelphia

[sd1306]

I see it going like this.

W
L
L
W
W

Either 3-2 or 2-3. Nothing worse than that.

[DirtyDez]

As long as we don't leave Dequan Cook wide open again we can take care of buisness in South Beach.

[nanoclarkology]

I noticed that in the first 2 games we actually out rebounded the other team. Tonight was big for Amare. He took 12 less shots than Jefferson but only scored 2 less points.

If Frye keeps this up wow just wow.

Grant Hill I say sign me up and get a jersey. He has been every bit as good as Marion in our SSOL days.

And finally my last word is, Richardson was big tonight in the absence of Barbs at least. The next few games should be tell tall signs of our growth.

[garrick]

Frye is going to be a bit streaky but when he's on fire from downtown we have a chance to beat anyone.

[JohnVancouver]

One nice bonus is that the way we're playing - and Dragic looked good, too - is that Clark doesn't need to come in and be a saviour. he can just learnt he game and come along at a reasonable pace. Our defense is better, our 3-pt shooting is improved and even Amar'e is D-ing up.
These are all positives.
let's hope we don't have any setbacks against the real teams upcoming. I don;t care if we lose a couple so long as we're playing right and hustling.

[Jimmy76]

I see us as 2-3 on this road trip its gonna be a tough run

5-3 is a reasonable start

[rsavaj]

Other interesting stats:

We lead the league in ppg, but coupled with our pace and TO% we are only 6th in Offensive Efficiency

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinge ... ague%3dnba


We are 11th in Defensive Efficiency(hooray!): http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinge ... ague%3dnba

Boston is 5th on offense and 1st on defense....Miami looks really, really good too, seeing as how their point differential is ~17. This next stretch is going to be killer.

[nanoclarkology]

I have a lot of hope for this team. I say let them play and have fun. Some of my most enjoyable games was when I played with friends that were hustling and playing hard.

If the guys are hustling and enjoying each other then this could be a special year.

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

I noticed that in the first 2 games we actually out rebounded the other team. Tonight was big for Amare. He took 12 less shots than Jefferson but only scored 2 less points.

If Frye keeps this up wow just wow.

Grant Hill I say sign me up and get a jersey. He has been every bit as good as Marion in our SSOL days.

And finally my last word is, Richardson was big tonight in the absence of Barbs at least. The next few games should be tell tall signs of our growth.

He's back. How goes it nano? How's the family and everything?

BTW, as if you weren't already signed up and had a jersey, I could have sold you one.

[Go7enKs]

Am I the only one who is concerned that our leading rebounder is Grant Hill? I don't see that as something positive about our team, actually it says a lot (negatively) about the rest of the players.

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

Am I the only one who is concerned that our leading rebounder is Grant Hill? I don't see that as something positive about our team, actually it says a lot (negatively) about the rest of the players.

It really depends on how you look at it. It could very well be the system? Where you as concerned when 'Trix was our leading rebounder? Sure 'Trix was younger, could jump out the gym and was our starting PF, but maybe nothing much has changed.

Sure I would like our big guys to be leading the team in rebounding, but Frye never will and Amar'e needs time to get back into bball shape. I have no doubt that after 20 games Amar'e will be our leading rebounder, maybe, hopefully, before then too.

[Frank Lee]

Am I the only one who is concerned that our leading rebounder is Grant Hill? I don't see that as something positive about our team, actually it says a lot (negatively) about the rest of the players.

aaaah.......Yes


I can't see how his effort and hustle to double-double is anything negative.(could it be the ol' " Lead by Example" trick ? ) It looks as if everyone is getting rebound hungry. Our guards, the bench .... even Stat.

Go piss on something else.....