I can't lie though, he's playing really well.

He may have read what we were writing in this blog before the game

Someday I'll here King on a broadcast and know.

Scott Williams, btw, has been hired by the Bucks broadcasting network.  I wonder how he is.......

The stuff about the summer (which is overblown to the point to now he's portrayed as doing nothing) has nothing to do with Aaron Gray, just about Tyrus being a better player himself.

nah, it carries over to mid-January ;-)

He looked fine, and I'm pleased that he's looked good enough to make the rotation and likely stay away from the D-League all year.

Instead Skiles has to take this too far and make us yell at eachother. :-)

They signed him pretty much to fill that 5th spot. And it's obvious what he can do when he's healthy.

Put him in there

The confidence I had in this team has taken a drastic hit in like a week, that's for sure. And it's mostly due just to Skiles' comments, not actual gameplay.

I don't think people realize that Tyrus doesn't even have to improve to already be good. And just because Skiles is verbally rapping his wrists doesn't mean he hasn't improved.

Of course, since there were only 6 comments, the odds favored it being milesgmsu.

I just don't like the "here's my Kobe 'thoughts'" in a new diary every day.

And I don't see the difference between burying it here or burying it there, except to divert the discussion, which I also try to avoid.

James was asked after practice Tuesday about the possibility of Kobe Bryant being traded. It has basically been the NBA's hottest topic since June and has been rekindled of late since Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss told reporters he would be willing to trade his signature star. The Chicago Bulls, a Cavs rival in the Central Division, are a potential landing spot.

''Hopefully he's not traded to the East, but it looks like he's headed this way,'' James said. ''If he does, they say Chicago is the No. 1 place. It would be fun to play against Chicago four times a year. We're two competitors, and we love playing against each other.''

So my guess is that the offer would be Gordon, Nocioni, Tyrus or Joakim, a first round pick and maybe another cap filler?

That's if the report is right

I consider Thomas and Gray (and Noah, Smith, Noc) to all be a part of the frontcourt rotation. Which is a zero-sum game in terms of minutes, so I think it's relevant to compare them.

(In fact, some arguments are made here in support of Gray over Thomas not because he's better but because Thomas had a less-than-ideal offseason. That's even worse than a performance-based competition.)

The reason I think starting Gray is an indictment on the team as a whole is not because Gray turned out to be competent (again, if confirmed -ITS PRESEASON- is a good thing), but because it's showing that Skiles is up to his same old bullshit tricks of starting lesser players to motivate others (or whatever his reasons) and punting the idea of starting out well to instead 'learn things' in the first few months.

This has been far more about hating on Skiles and anyone else that fails to understand Thomas that Thomas is significantly more productivie than Gray than it is about hating on Gray.  Thomas and Gray shouldn't be in competition with each other, but this time it was Skiles and not the media that put them in competition with each other.  And if Skiles does start Gray, I'll probably end up hating Gray the way I do Duhon.  I much rather be able to enjoy his success than be pissed that he's on the floor.  But, sometimes children end up suffering for the sins of their parents.