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Beal has wowed people in his early workouts — which is good because his regular season numbers don’t blow your doors off. He shot just 33 percent from three for the Gators last year, which is pedestrian at best. But scouts saw past that because he shot well in high school and his form was always good. The ball just wasn’t going in the basket but the issues were seen as fixable ones, not deep rooted.


Plus, Beal is a good athlete at 6’4” with solid handles who can put the ball on the floor and get into the lane. He’s not a full time-point but he can run the show a little if a team needs it. Also he averaged 6.7 rebounds per game this season, so he can get some boards. He’s an iffy defender, but all rookies are, if they think he will work on it he can become solid on that end as well. He has the tools.
Because of his play, the Boston Celtics knocked 传奇私服 off Miami 94-90 in Game 5 and are on the doorstep of returning to the NBA finals for the third time in five years. Because of him the team that everyone called too old — a team GM Danny Ainge discussed breaking up at the trade deadline — is one win away from a shot at another ring.


“He’s just amazing,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said, via 1.76复古传奇 A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com. “Obviously we need his scoring. That’s important, but he just … he’s our life. I mean, he really is. He just does so many things that don’t have numbers to it. A lot of it is his voice. He’s in a strange way a calming effect on some of our guys, if you can ever call Kevin that, he is. He’s just been terrific for us.”


The fit isn't as perfect as many Kings fans would like 传奇私服 to believe. tieheiwalfksl Barnes gives the Kings some much needed shooting help, but he's basically a one trick pony at this point. He's not a great defender, 1.76复古传奇 something the Kings need just as much as they need shooting, and he's not a confident rebounder for his size.


Can Barnes accept a diminished offensive role and be a spot-up shooter? Can he become a better defender and rebounder? If he can, he'd be a great fit—until then, he does come with some risk.


Player Traits: Point Guard—24—6'0"—180 pounds


Although undersized, D.J. Augustin is one of the better scorer/facilitator combination guards in the NBA. The reason for this is Augustin's perimeter shooting and much-improved bounce and push passing.


Player Traits: Guard/Forward—24—6'6"—219 pounds


Alonzo Gee was a revelation for the Cleveland Cavaliers, offering a strong presence on the perimeter. His strength and physicality were exactly what the Cavs needed to balance Kyrie Irving's finesse style of play, which is something scouts and general managers will be certain to look at as they hope to bolster their depth on the wing.


Former Kentucky star Heshimu Evans and Benfica are cheap jersey headed back to the LPB championship series in Portugal.


Benfica defeated Nike Air Max 2012 Lusitania 67-61 over the weekend to win the semifinal series 3-1.


Former West Virginia State star Ted Scott led the way with 18 points. Marcus Norris chipped in 6 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.


Evans chipped in 6 points and 2 传奇世界私服 rebounds.


Benfica will battle Porto Ferpinta for the LPB championship. The series tips off this coming weekend.


Postseason Record: 2-0


The Thunder have jumped out to a two-games-to-none lead over the Mavericks, but it very easily could be the other way around.


Oklahoma City hardly appears genuinely interested until crunch time, and while the team has pulled out two straight victories at home to open the series, advancing through the first round is hardly a guarantee.


In the end, David Stern and the NBA played it down the middle. They played it safe.


Seven games for Metta World Peace’s dangerous elbow to the head of another player, one that left James Harden with a concussion. Don’t say mild concussion — there are no mild brain bruises.


Seven games is safe, defensible.