Today, the Deep Throat Informant revealed the sordid details of Tiger’s early exit from Sawgrass.
Deep Throat Informant – Tiger Woods – 2010-05-10
Air Date: May 10, 2010
Source: Internet Stream
A buddy pointed me to the following article on 82games.com which lists the most productive 5 man units in the NBA based on +/-. Who knew that the most effective unit in the entire NBA would be the Mavericks lineup of Kidd-Terry-Howard-Nowitzki-Bass:
| Team | Unit | Min | +/- | W | L | W% | Off | Def | eFG | eFGA | FTA | Reb | T/O | Net48 |
| DAL | Kidd-Terry-Howard-Nowitzki-Bass | 123 | +91 | 14 edfa | 5 | 73% | 1.31 | 0.98 | .555 | .478 | +35 | 55% | -10% | +36 |
| ATL | Bibby-Murray-Johnson-Smith-Pachulia | 106 | +71 | 16 | 11 | 59% | 1.25 | 0.94 | .561 | .423 | +5 | 52% | -5% | +32 |
| DEN | Billups-Smith-Anthony-Martin-Andersen | 106 | +59 | 16 | 11 | 59% | 1.18 | 0.95 | .536 | .382 | +29 | 43% | -3% | +27 |
| UTA | Williams-Korver-Kirilenko-Millsap-Okur | 131 | +70 | 13 | 6 | 68% | 1.33 | 1.04 | .556 | .462 | +75 | 51% | -5% | +26 |
| BOS | Rondo-R.Allen-Pierce-Garnett-Scalabrine | 110 | +56 | 6 | 1 | 85% | 1.22 | 0.96 | .606 | .500 | -15 | 52% | -5% | +24 |
The thing that is most striking, however, is that this combination has played a total of only 123 minutes the entire season. If you had a combination of players who played this well, wouldn’t you increase the amount of time they play together? Granted there have been some injuries, but not enough to justify only playing these guys 123 minutes over the entire year.
Any thoughts on why this would occur? Surely a team owned by Mark Cuban would be scouring statistics looking for these types of advantages. If its on 82games.com, you know he has access to it as well.
According to NBC Channel 5 in Dallas, the Dallas Cowboys have cut Safety Roy Williams.
T.O. is not the only member of the Dallas Cowboys that was released Wednesday night. After seven seasons, safety Roy Williams is no longer a member of America’s Team.
The move should be no surprise to Cowboys fans since there has been heavy speculation that Williams would not be back for the 2009 season.
Williams confirmed the team’s decision to Newy Scruggs Thursday morning.
My only question about this is, “What took so long?”. I assume they were trying to work out a trade, but nobody wanted him.
According to ESPN.com, the Dallas Cowboys have released Terrell Owens. I’m not sure if I’m on-board with this or not, but the Cowboys definitely need to do something this off-season to improve the attitude/chemistry of the team. I guess we’ll find out if Roy Williams can step up and be a #1 wide receiver.
Speaking of Roy Williams, when will they release the Roy Williams the safety?
And what will the Mavs do? Last year, it was the Harris-Kidd deal that breathed some intrigue, if not life, into a moribund season. This year, who knows? A look at a few opinions I’ve heard, listed in order from my most favorite to least favorite:
1) Josh & change for Shaq & change (via David Lord): The upshot is that Phoenix gets a wing to run with Steve Nash and deals Shaq to unclog the middle for Stoudemire, who will hopefully then be happy, and Phoenix goes back to scoring 120 per night. Dallas finally gets a center to pair with Kidd and Dirk, retains cap flexibility for 2010, and perhaps can rely on some veteran savvy to make a run in the playoffs this year. I have to admit, the idea of a Kidd-Nowitzki-O’Neal-healthy Jason Terry quartet stirs what is left of the eternal sports optimist in me, especially if the Suns will include additional old guy Grant Hill to fill Howard’s wing slot.
2) From Ben & Skin yesterday…the Mavs, of course, have been rumored as a potential landing spot for free agent Chris Bosh in 2010. However, Skin argues that paying a max contract to Bosh is not prudent in light of the fact that the Mavericks would then have close to $40 million of their salary cap tied up in two guys who play the same position (Bosh and Dirk). His idea? If you’d rather have Bosh, trade Dirk for him right now, straight up. Dallas gets a 24-yr old budding star to build around, and Toronto gets the European-style superstar that Brian Colangelo undoubtedly covets.
3) My own idea from last year: Dirk and change for LaMarcus Aldridge.
4) Howard for Davis and Kaman? Negatory. Vince Carter? Not really interested. I would, however, look into dealing Jason Terry to get his contract off the books, as much as I love the guy.
A quick rundown of the questions that will be answered about the teams near and dear to fld’s heart:
1) Will the Cowboys make the playoffs?
2) Will the Frogs make the BCS?
3) Will the Irish make a bowl game?
3a) Will the Irish win a bowl game?
4) Will the 2008 Aggies equal the 2007 Irish’s 3-9 record?
Weigh in. Will add a jump soon.
Ed Werder from ESPN clarifies the safeguards the Cowboys have in place should Adam Jones be suspended by the NFL for his most recent off-the-field misbehavior:
The Cowboys sent a 2008 fourth-round pick to Tennessee and a 2009 fourth-rounder to acquire Jones this offseason. But the Titans had to give up a 2009 fifth-round selection if Jones missed any games because of a suspension.
Because in the NFL no team had ever traded for a player serving a suspension, the Cowboys made a fourth-round 2009 draft choice included in the trade conditional upon Jones being available to play the entire season if healthy.
At the time, the Cowboys were protecting themselves against the possibility Jones might not be reinstated for the beginning of the season, as well as addressing concerns that any misbehavior could result in disciplinary measures that would take him off the field.
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