Author Topic: #20 To Compete... (Read 7391 times)

4everwarriors · « **on:** December 25, 2012, 10:50:40 AM »

in the NBA All Star 3-pt. shootin' contest. Yo!

🏀 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2012, 10:51:36 AM »

About time.

Think he will even miss?

MarquetteDano · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2012, 11:07:59 AM »

I bet the odds for a prop bet in Vegas for him to win are pretty high (i.e. a good bet for the bettor).

Any thoughts from our resident oddsmakers?

MU B2002 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2012, 11:10:51 AM »

I would think he would be in the 5-1 or 7-1 range, max. Vegas isn't dumb.

LloydMooresLegs · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2012, 04:43:16 PM »

About f¥€£ing time.

tower912 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2012, 05:18:13 PM »

Did he win or lose against that girl in the 3 pt shooting contest during the 06 final 4?

muhoops1 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2012, 06:25:35 PM »

How will he shoot all the balls if he is compelled to do the discount double check after every make?

Tugg Speedman · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2012, 06:45:55 PM »

It's hard to believe he has never participated before. So what changed? Maybe playing in NYC??

You would think he would have been invited if for know other reason than he won the NCAA 3pt contest in 2006. Oh wait, he won that in Indianapolis!

So, those that think the new C7 should hold its conference tourney in Indy want to remind me again why that is preferable to NYC?

Skitch · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2012, 06:57:01 PM »

I think it has less to do with being in NYC and more to do with finally actually being in a teams rotation rather than sitting at the end of the Rockets or Clippers bench refilling water bottles.

avid1010 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2012, 07:14:27 PM »

IIRC, you have to have a certain number of shots to qualify for the event? he never qualified in the past.

Tugg Speedman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2012, 07:21:19 PM »

Year Team 3M-3A 3P%
2007 Houston 34-71 .479 Not invited
2008 Clippers 119-286 .419 Not invited
2010 Dallas 23-42 .548 Not Invited
2011 Knicks 133-282 .472 Not Invited
2012 Knicks 56-121 .435 Invited

Here is how the NBA works ....

Pretty good for the Knicks, Celtics, Lakers, Bulls = Absolutely Awesome on any other team.

Same applies for NCAA conference Tourneys

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Ranking Steve Novak Among the NBA's Sharpest 3-Point Assassins
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1075388-ranking-steve-novak-among-the-nbas-sharpest-3-point-assassins

Tugg Speedman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2012, 07:22:53 PM »

He did in 2008 but Clippers were still the wilderness.

He did in 2010 but Dallas was the wilderness.

Shot well enough last year but the world was too busy with Linsanity.

MU82 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 25, 2012, 10:05:03 PM »

The only other year in which he should have been seriously considered was his year with the Clippers. But they were awful and he was not established even one iota in the league. Plus, he only shot 42 percent that year; nice but hardly eye-popping.

Last year with the Knicks, he didn't emerge until February, way too late for anybody to take him seriously as a potential participant.

After leading the league last season, earning a regular rotation spot for a playoff team and having another solid year now, the invite was a no-brainer.

Tugg Speedman · « **Reply #13 on:** December 25, 2012, 10:21:03 PM »

Quote from: MU82 on December 25, 2012, 10:05:03 PM

The only other year in which he should have been seriously considered was his year with the Clippers. But they were awful and he was not established even one iota in the league. Plus, he only shot 42 percent that year; nice but hardly eye-popping.

Last year with the Knicks, he didn't emerge until February, way too late for anybody to take him seriously as a potential participant.

After leading the league last season, earning a regular rotation spot for a playoff team and having another solid year now, the invite was a no-brainer.

If he played in Portland and put up these kind of numbers, would he have been invited?

Well Wes Matthews is 49-124 foe .395 in Portland and no one is mentioning him to compete.

Novak is 56-131 for .435 (14th in made 3s and 17th in 3P%) and is is not in the NBA wilderness but on the Knicks.

Was Wes just 3 or 4 made 3s from getting invited? Or was he 3 or 4 made 3s but 3000 from NYC away from getting invited? I say the latter.

MU82 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2012, 01:57:18 PM »

Maybe you're right, but the Knicks have had 3-point participants only 7 times in the contest's three-decade history.

Novak led the league last year and is regarded as one of basketball's great pure shooters. Sure, the exposure he got in NY helped, but he undoubtedly earned the nod this time.

bamamarquettefan · « **Reply #15 on:** December 26, 2012, 05:58:54 PM »

As the only auburn-Marquette fan, can I get a little love for Charles Barkley saying Novak was the best 3-point shooter in the league during his playoff broadcasts.

(I'm also the only person with "wade Barkley court" painted on a court outside his house, and every year I hope for Marquette and Auburn to finish in the top 10 (of the nation and sec respectively, though that may never happen again for auburn now that there are 14 teams in the sec)

MU82 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 26, 2012, 07:07:14 PM »

Quote from: bamamarquettefan on December 26, 2012, 05:58:54 PM

As the only auburn-Marquette fan, can I get a little love for Charles Barkley saying Novak was the best 3-point shooter in the league during his playoff broadcasts.

(I'm also the only person with "wade Barkley court" painted on a court outside his house, and every year I hope for Marquette and Auburn to finish in the top 10 (of the nation and sec respectively, though that may never happen again for auburn now that there are 14 teams in the sec)

My little bro isn't an Auburn fan but he was a HUGE Barkley fan during the player's NBA days. And he loves MU, of course.

Ron Paul · « **Reply #17 on:** December 26, 2012, 11:01:05 PM »

More splashing than taking a piss on the floor at Haggerty's. RIP

mugrad99 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2012, 03:37:58 PM »

Quote from: AnotherMU84 on December 25, 2012, 06:45:55 PM

It's hard to believe he has never participated before. So what changed? Maybe playing in NYC??

You would think he would have been invited if for know other reason than he won the NCAA 3pt contest in 2006. Oh wait, he won that in Indianapolis!

So, those that think the new C7 should hold its conference tourney in Indy want to remind me again why that is preferable to NYC?

Who won the NCAA 3 pt contest any other year? Nobody in the NBA cares what you did in the NCAA....

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