tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989914838543675552024-12-18T19:26:43.141-08:00Keeping You In Touch With the Bay Area Sports Scene; 49ers, Giants, Warriors; Plus LSU, SEC and NFL Coverage; Written By Kyle CharlesCoach KBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032682969360327557noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898991483854367555.post-86247463722766762072013-06-27T16:14:00.002-07:002013-06-27T16:14:46.080-07:00

Its that time of year again. Time for my now once annual blog post! Without further ado, lets get to my NBA draft thoughts by ranking the top 10 players in this years draft. Regardless of where they go, these are the 10 guys that I feel we will look back at as guys that were able to stick around the league. (1) Ben McLemore - I feel like he is the drafts best combination of Elite Athleticism

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My thoughts on various players involved in the 2012 NBA Summer League: Hot Jeremy Lamb: (Rockets)- Offensive game already has NBA level polish. I think we will look back in a few years and wonder how he fell to #12. Royce White: (Rockets)- His stat sheet wont blow you away, but Royce is a truly unique talent. White does all the little things, extra passes, solid screens, elite rebounding, that

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Harrison Barnes, drafted by the Golden State Warriors 7th overall, is the most likely player to win Rookie of the Year in the 2012-13 season.  Polish From an offensive fundamental standpoint, Barnes is the most polished player in this years rookie class. He has an NBA ready mid range game, NBA 3 point range as well as an adequate low post game. While his college career indicates

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The Golden State Warriors selected Harrison Barnes, Festus Ezeli and Draymond Green in the 2012 draft. Barnes and Green fill in depth at the forward positions and Ezeli provides much needed depth at the center position. This is what the Warriors depth chart looks like prior to the free agent season. 1- Curry, Jenkins 2- Thompson, *Rush 3- Wright, Barnes, Green 4- Lee, Biedrins, Tyler 5- Bogut,

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Desperation is a stinky cologne. Just don't tell that to Warriors owner Joe Lacob, who has yet to make a roster changing splash after 16 months of ownership. The Warriors, who seem to daily forget that they are the Warriors, have been linked to every available player over the last 16 months; Carmelo Anthony last spring, Tyson Chandler, DeAndre Jordan and Chris Paul this faul, and currently

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Turns out the Warriors, specifically owner Joe Lacob, made a devastating franchise decision to release Jeremy Lin at the start of training camp. This has to be especially painful for Lacob, seeing as how HE was the one who believed in Lin from the start. The Knicks are reaping the benefits of the Warriors faith in the the former Harvard guard. Now I for one, dont feel that Lin would have become

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Based on the reaction from Warriors fans on the World Wide Web, fans are not thrilled with the signing of Kwame Brown. The truth of the matter is that the Warriors need SOMEBODY to play in the post this year. As currently constructed only Andris Beidriens and Ekpe Udoh are properly prepared to bang in the low post. Seeing as how most NBA teams feature big man rotations 4 to 5 deep, the Warriors

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The 49ers offensive line has been having extreme difficulty stopping the one blitz in passing situations. Sources of this problem could be one of three things. 1) A young offensive line that has not gelled from and execution and communication standpoint. 2) The coaching staff, or Alex Smith, not making proper adjustments at the line of scrimmage, or 3) Chilo Rachel being awful. Regardless the

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If you haven't looked at the Sacramento Kings roster yet, and why would have, you would be suprised to find unbelievable amounts of offensive talent. The Kings backcourt lineup features three of the streakiest guards, Tryeke, Jimmer and LSU's finest Marcus Thornton, in the NBA. With the possibility of a fourth, Jamal Crawford, arriving via free agency. Their frontcourt is an awe dropping

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Its that time of year again! NFL is back and so are my weekly picks. Last years theme was the offensive line, which lead to a better than average year of picks, but improvement is still needed.  This year I will be leaning on teams that are underrated due to a lack of fantasy stars. Remember fantasy football is WAY different than real football. The players that impact your fantasy wins and

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Carlos Beltran come on down! In a move that is basically a no-brainer the Giants hitch their offense to Carlos Beltran, the top hitter in the trade market.  GM Brian Sabean has clearly made the decision that the time to win is now.  Beltran helps the Giants immediately,  Zach Wheeler does not.  Simple as that. Giants fans should be rejoicing. Lets go for the repeat! Hum Baby

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The Warriors strength, and the reason they managed to win a respectable 36 games last year, with only 4 real NBA players on its roster, (real being defined as a player that would crack a ten man rotation on a contender) was the electric backcourt of Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis.  So why do the Warriors appear to be so intent on breaking the duo up? The Curry/Ellis combo is not the

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The Warriors appear to be taking a common NBA risk, falling in love with a personality and placing them in the position of "coach." At times, this strategy has been very successful, both Pat Riley and Phil Jackson were hired on merits of personality and with little coaching expierience.  At other times, this approach has failed. Most recently with Avery Johnson and Isiah Thomas. 

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Giants fans have been holding their breath, as if in the middle of a perfect game, quietly wondering when their teams ridiculous steak of luck was about to run out. And just like that, it went. With one slide at home plate Buster Posey's season ended almost as abruptly as last years ROY campaign began. Now, instead of infusing much needed energy into the Giants season, Posey's exit deflates a

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My first reaction...who!? My second reaction......who!?  The 49ers go defensive, despite my man crush Jake Locker sitting there for the taking. From what the "experts" are saying, Aldon Smith appears to be one of those under the radar talents, similar to Amobi Okoye, the Houston Texans draft pick of a few years back.  There seems to be minimal doubt in the minds of "

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Brace yourself for a Jake Locker Love fest ESPN sure knows how to beat something to death. The network appears to be on a relentless mission to inform every man in America about value picks, 40 times and positional value. We get it, just draft the damn kids already!  On a side note: Go back and look at any draft in the recent decade. You will quickly notice how silly this whole thing is.

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It feels like such a glorious day to be a Giants fan. Still basking in the glow of a championship title defense, all while watching the hated LA Dodgers crumble under the ineptitude of owner Frank McCourt.  So Giants fans should be celebrating right? Not so fast my friend. The root of the Giants/Dodgers rivalry is their historical competivness. These two ball clubs have been fighting for the

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Fear the Beard? No. This year, its fear the Rockies. After the opening series of the 2011 series yielded just 1 win and 3 losses, it may be tempting to announce the revival of the Dodgers/Giants rivalry.  Yet the team that SHOULD be most feared and respected by the Giants are the divisional rivals to our north. The Rockies feature one of the better rotations they have had in years, led

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Brad Stevens and his Butler Bulldogs just pulled a fast one on bracket pickers nationwide. What was the pre-bracket logic on this one again? "Um lets see here, we got Butler, the runner up a year ago, with all but one key player returning; playing in a weak bracket; after winning 9 in a row to end their regular season and led by tournament vets Shelvin Mack and Matt Howard vs Old Dominion...

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No suprise here at the Sports Rant, but the Big East is vastly over-rated. With early losses by Pittsburgh, Louisville, St Johns and Notre Dame in this years NCAA tournament, the Big East has been exposed as a fraud among the power conferences of College Basketball. As Bo Ryan, coach of the Big Ten affiliated Wisconsin Badgers, sarcastically stated, "Who knew that protecting the

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Despite the hysteria on this very website about tanking the rest of the season in order to secure a high draft pick this spring, the 49ers find themselves in an enviable situation with pick number 7 in the 2011 NFL draft In this draft, which is deep, the 49ers are guaranteed a high quality player. Additionally, with teams ahead of them desperate for specific needs and players like Cam Newton and

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Will the Dukies be cutting down the nets once again this year? Grant Hill sure thinks so. Not sure about Jalen Rose. One things for sure, I'm not big on the Buckeyes or the Big East, as neither of them are in my mock Final Four. Click on the link for who I'm picking in this years bracket. I can feel the madness already!!! From worst to first: 4- Kentucky Wildcats I've got a sneaky feeling

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(By The Danimal) As we all know, this 49ers season was an absolute disaster. All of the hype over this talented, if completely unproven squad built our expectations up so unreasonably high that the twenty story crash to reality was absolutely soul crushing. Lost in all of the talk about how the Niner’s offense would finally get it together and steam roll their historically weak division with the

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I coach basketball, I don't go out much, dont have many hobbies, and write a sports blog... so yes, I have already filled out multiple march madness brackets. (Courtesy of bracketologist Joe Lunardi, if you were wondering.) So who do I like for the Final Four you ask?  1- Ohio St As somebody who has a quasi-addiction to selecting underdogs and bracket busters, it is very difficult

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I am Awesome Yup, just broke my ankle, luckily Anna is awesome! And she has super awesome sports opinions too, did I mention she is awesome!

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