tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post102644737094094392..comments2024-03-28T13:50:53.345-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: NBA UpdateGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-42494575184545279822016-05-15T23:06:54.718-04:002016-05-15T23:06:54.718-04:00THE RAPTORS!
Make that, "my" Raptors!THE RAPTORS!<br /><br />Make that, "my" Raptors!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-41951935736522209102016-05-12T12:55:15.076-04:002016-05-12T12:55:15.076-04:00I am excited.
By the way, Patterson hits the occa...I am excited.<br /><br />By the way, Patterson hits the occasional putback or jumpshot, not "outback" or "jumpsuit." I don't know when spellchecker got so aggressive on this site, but I don't like it at all.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-80818347675766325052016-05-12T12:34:07.409-04:002016-05-12T12:34:07.409-04:00This is all very exciting.This is all very exciting.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65751708845192404872016-05-12T06:31:59.718-04:002016-05-12T06:31:59.718-04:00And, of course, it's great to see Coach Casey ...And, of course, it's great to see Coach Casey doing so well. Here's the first sentence of the "Coaching" section of his Wikipedia page: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwane_Casey" rel="nofollow">Casey's coaching experience went back to his first coaching job at the age of 13 when Morganfield Baseball Commissioner Earl McKendree allowed the young Casey to coach a Little League team with kids just three years younger than him.</a>" Good for 1970s Morganfield Baseball Commissioner Earl McKendree!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-20959315932212684792016-05-12T06:27:43.589-04:002016-05-12T06:27:43.589-04:00Anyway, in this series, both the Raptors and the H...Anyway, in this series, both the Raptors and the Heat are missing players who are injured but normally play important roles, so both teams are playing unusual rotations. Miami last night went a long stretch with three point guards on the floor together. And Toronto appears to be playing Patterson most every minute of the game. He hits an occasional outback or mid-range jumpsuit (he also takes an occasional three-pointer, but I don't remember having seen PPat actually hit any of those). His main jobs, though, seem to be rushing in to either grab offensive rebounds himself or slap them out into the backcourt for someone else to collect (he's really fantastic at this) or to be targeted on defense for isolation plays by Miami's offense (he seems to be winning at least half of these battles). <br /><br />The best part is just to hear the announcers talking about him all the time. I think they like saying "Patrick Patterson" (I do, too), and I'll bet he's a nice enough guy to talk to before and after interviews.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-90885529643239946752016-05-12T06:18:17.905-04:002016-05-12T06:18:17.905-04:00Patrick Patterson was one of my favorite UK player...Patrick Patterson was one of my favorite UK players of all time, and I'm so glad he stuck it out to get to enjoy the first year of the Coach Cal BBN fun. And, as Matthew's "Where Are They Now?" feature has tracked, he's having a very solid NBA career. Basketball-Reference.com compares his career to this juncture with those of John Johnson, who was a very solid contributor with the late '70s Seattle Supersonics and a prime foil of my Washington Bullets in that rivalry that saved the whole freaking league, and Harvey "Ha" Grant, who will have a key role in my forthcoming <i>Hamilton</i>-esque musical comedy on the 1980s/'90s Bullets, which is to be titled either "The Wrong Grant" or "Blanks."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-12354362694604481502016-05-12T06:09:10.875-04:002016-05-12T06:09:10.875-04:00I haven't yet seen any of the Cavaliers' e...I haven't yet seen any of the Cavaliers' eight playoffs victories, but, given what you've been saying here, I would imagine the Toronto-Miami series is not of particular consequence to the overall NBA-title chase. That said, I was thrilled to watch PPat, Dwane Casey of Morganfield and the Raptors hold off the Heat last night in Toronto to take a 3-2 lead in that Eastern semi. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com