OT: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 10/09/09

[Natebishop3]

The Good
Shawn Marion - 26 points off 11-15 shooting, 5 boards, and 3 steals
Marcin Gortat - 14 points, 14 boards, and 6 blocked shots.
Rashard Lewis - 22 points, 8-13 from the field, and 3-6 from downtown
Andrea Bargnani - 21 points, 8-11 from the floor, 3 boards, 3 assists.

The Bad
Matt Carroll - 1-7 from the floor, 3 personal fouls and 2 points in 15 minutes.
Danilo Gallinari - 1-7 from the floor, 1-4 from downtown, and 5 points in 26:35 minutes.
Corey Maggette - 2-8 from the floor, 5 turnovers, 7 points in 27:41 minutes.
Brandon Roy - 2-7 shooting, 4 turnovers, and 9 points in 22 minutes.

The Ugly
Andre Iguodala - 2-14 from the floor and 5 turnovers in 37 minutes

Top Rookies
Chase Budinger - 17 points, 7-14 from the field, 3-6 from downtown.
DeMar DeRozan - 11 points and 3 boards in 24:20 minutes.
Jonny Flynn - 14 points off 4-7 shooting and 1 assist in 23:29 minutes.

Line of the Night
Monta Ellis - 24 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block

 

[bluefrog]

It looks like Shawn Marion is going to be a good pick up for the Mavs. If they had some interior defense they would be dangerous this year.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

best movie/thread of all time

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Oh for Pete's sake, it's flippin' preseason.

Who cares.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Oh for Pete's sake, it's flippin' preseason.

Who cares.

Jesus, I'm getting tired of people saying this. I care, and obviously a lot of other people do. We are fans of NBA basketball and this is NBA basketball.

 

[BenDavis503]

Budinger has had a few good games so far. I wonder if he will pan out.

 

[MickZagger]

Budinger has had a few good games so far. I wonder if he will pan out.

I think so. He seems like a player who will translate well to the NBA. Effective when he has other options around him, but didn't do to well at Arizona when he was the main option.