Rick Adelman is out as Rockets head coach
Monday, April 18th, 2011
by John
Hot off the press here.
Hot off the press here.
Archive for April, 2011
Rick Adelman is out as Rockets head coach
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Yao is back in China
Monday, April 18th, 2011
by John
Yao Ming has been back in China since late last week. He started off by attending the prestigious 2011 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, attended by major politicians and business leaders of various Asian countries.
He then held a basketball clinic at the Qionghai Sports Academy in Qionghai City of Hainan, where this photo was taken of an arena going crazy upon Yao’s appearance.
Yao will be in China for 2 to 3 weeks, then returning to Houston around early May.
You can checkout many more photos like this and all of the coverage of Yao in China in the forum, thanks to Raymond.
Yao Ming has been back in China since late last week. He started off by attending the prestigious 2011 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, attended by major politicians and business leaders of various Asian countries.
He then held a basketball clinic at the Qionghai Sports Academy in Qionghai City of Hainan, where this photo was taken of an arena going crazy upon Yao’s appearance.
Yao will be in China for 2 to 3 weeks, then returning to Houston around early May.
You can checkout many more photos like this and all of the coverage of Yao in China in the forum, thanks to Raymond.
New site RefCalls.com analyzes worst (and best) calls from NBA games
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
by John
Have you ever been frustrated with bad ref calls in NBA games? Now there’s a place for you to read analysis on bad ref calls (and good calls) from every NBA game, and vent if you feel your team got robbed by the refs! Checkout RefCalls.com!
Also check out their sister site TopFlops.com where they feature the worst and funniest flops by NBA players from each game. The video on their site is quite hilarious!
Have you ever been frustrated with bad ref calls in NBA games? Now there’s a place for you to read analysis on bad ref calls (and good calls) from every NBA game, and vent if you feel your team got robbed by the refs! Checkout RefCalls.com!
Also check out their sister site TopFlops.com where they feature the worst and funniest flops by NBA players from each game. The video on their site is quite hilarious!
Thanks to Rockets for an inspiring season; You’ll love “Scorecasting” (new book)
Monday, April 11th, 2011
by John
It was a tough week for Rocket fans as Houston got mathematically eliminated for the second season in a row. It’s going to be an interesting off-season regarding Yao Ming‘s potential return to the NBA, if he does return where he’ll play, if head coach Rick Adelman and his staff will be back, what players they will try to pursue, if a lockout will be averted, etc.
This current Rockets’ team played very hard and almost pulled off the impossible by making the playoffs after a poor 0-5 start and not having Yao Ming for virtually the entire season. You’ve got to be respect what they did. I’m already looking forward to next season, and this season hasn’t even finished yet.
On a completely different note, if you are looking for a good read about NBA basketball and sports in general, I highly recommend a book I’m currently reading titled “Scorecasting – The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won.” If you subscribe to the Daryl Morey school of sports analytics, There’s lots of great information in there about NBA officiating and many other topics too numerous to mention. Check out the book’s web site here.
It was a tough week for Rocket fans as Houston got mathematically eliminated for the second season in a row. It’s going to be an interesting off-season regarding Yao Ming‘s potential return to the NBA, if he does return where he’ll play, if head coach Rick Adelman and his staff will be back, what players they will try to pursue, if a lockout will be averted, etc.
This current Rockets’ team played very hard and almost pulled off the impossible by making the playoffs after a poor 0-5 start and not having Yao Ming for virtually the entire season. You’ve got to be respect what they did. I’m already looking forward to next season, and this season hasn’t even finished yet.
On a completely different note, if you are looking for a good read about NBA basketball and sports in general, I highly recommend a book I’m currently reading titled “Scorecasting – The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won.” If you subscribe to the Daryl Morey school of sports analytics, There’s lots of great information in there about NBA officiating and many other topics too numerous to mention. Check out the book’s web site here.
Yao lends a helping hand after 3-game road trip
Friday, April 1st, 2011
by John
After returning with his teammates from their 3-game road trip that ended in Philadelphia the night before, Yao Ming was a trooper on Thursday by showing up and helping out at the Rockets’ annual Recyclefest where Houstonians could drop off at Toyota Center their donations.
Click here for more photos of Yao at the Recyclefest, including a photo of Yao not wearing his walking boot (which is good news, hopefully, that his recovery is going well).
Even though there is no guarantee Yao will be playing next season in Houston, or even at all, it’s great to see Yao still wanting to help out the community.
After returning with his teammates from their 3-game road trip that ended in Philadelphia the night before, Yao Ming was a trooper on Thursday by showing up and helping out at the Rockets’ annual Recyclefest where Houstonians could drop off at Toyota Center their donations.
Click here for more photos of Yao at the Recyclefest, including a photo of Yao not wearing his walking boot (which is good news, hopefully, that his recovery is going well).
Even though there is no guarantee Yao will be playing next season in Houston, or even at all, it’s great to see Yao still wanting to help out the community.