I seriously don't get the one stint a night for Tyrus.  Does that mean "development" by any definition of the word?  In a normal world, I'd say give the kid at least 10 minutes in the first, then have one of the coaches talk with him about what specifically they'd like to see him work on, then give him another 10+ in the second half to work on those things.  But in my imagination the instructions Tyrus is getting go something like: "play harder, play with more energy, and don't make a mistake or you'll sit the rest of the game - but you may sit even if you play well, because Boylan sort of forgets about you as the game goes on."

glad i didn't watch the new orleans game.. and almost glad i didn't watch the near collapse this game was.  might still watch it on archive to see how truly bad it was.

though i finally went through all the comments on here... in the hornets game, you all were saying you shouldn't take gooden out since he was playing well, even though you wanted to see thomas... however if noah wasn't playing well anyways, what's wrong with a gooden/thomas frontcourt?

that being said.. despite the win, boylan should immediately be fired for having 4 guards on the floor at once.  not that he shouldn't have been fired immediately following that sixers loss.

A couple of things I don't like about Gooden's game.

1. He doesn't finish very well with one hand.  I haven't seem him make any dunks in the low post with one hand.  In other possessions where he just cannot attempt a dunk because the defender has good position, when Gooden goes up with one hand, unless it's a jump hook, it is good chance that shot is blocked or just ugly with little chance of falling in.  It's something we used to see all the time from Tyson Chandler.  It's something that plagues low post bigs with smaller hands.
   
2. He has no left hand.  He's post limited to the low left side block.  When he's posting on the right side it's a guaranteed passing situation unless the defender gives him too much space for a face up jump shot.  Gooden's only outs are to try to push his defender to protect the baseline, which is Gooden's strong side move, but this is difficult if the defender has watched scouting film and taken instruction from the coaches and forces Gooden to move to his left and towards the middle of the paint.  If this happens Gooden gets trapped in the paint and likely coughs it up.
   
3. Not really his fault, but Boylan insists on long stretches of minutes that leave Gooden tired and underperforming in the final 20% of his floor time.

It's full of awesome stats and player quotes from January, in spite of a posting date of today.  I had myself quite the chuckle.

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/boylan_feature_080319.html?rss=true (posted under the newsfeed as well)

If you guessed Jordan Farmar at 42" you were right.

Well, check this out.  Vernon Gholston, a 6'3" 266lb. DE from Ohio State had a 42" vertical at his pro day last week.  Here is a picture of the guy.  He looks like a cartoon character.

http://photo.the-ozone.net/photos/2007_2008/Football/07-09-22-FB-0045.jpg

Tyrus standing reach:  9' 0"
Joakim standing reach:  8' 10.5"
Drew G standing reach:  8"10.5"

Tyrus wingspan:  7' 3"
Joakim wingspan:  7' 1.12"
Drew G wingspan:  7' 0.5"

So, even though Tyrus is the shortest of the three, just standing there on defense, he blocks more space.  And when he jumps, his advantage is extended even further.  Draft Express doesn't have Gooden's verical, but TT's is 2 inches higher than Noah's.

Gotta support the illest player in the draft and the fact that he represents Chicago

I'd say I want him to play for the Bulls more than any player coming out.  

But that's for the draft thread so I'll stop right there

I wish somebody who closely follows the NCAA would start a Tournament Diary.  I'd like to know who we should be paying attention to in each of the games.