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Unbreakable Records in NBA Playoffs History

In today's video, we are taking a look at the NBA playoff history that we uncover some of the most unbreakable records set by basketball legends. From Bill Russell's championship dominance to Wilt Chamberlain's astonishing performances, these records have stood the test of time. Join us as we explore eight remarkable records that may never be surpassed. So, let's watch the full video and learn about unbreakable records in NBA playoffs history.

Bill Russell's 11 Titles: From 1957 to 1969, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to an unprecedented 11 championships, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history.

LeBron James' Playoff Scoring: With an astonishing 8,023 points across 282 playoff games, LeBron James holds the record for the most playoff points in NBA history, showcasing his unparalleled skill, longevity, and team success.

Wilt Chamberlain's Minutes Played: In the 1961-62 season, Wilt Chamberlain played an astounding 3,882 minutes across 80 games, demonstrating his unparalleled endurance and dominance on the court.

Rasheed Wallace's Technical Fouls: Known for his fiery temper, Rasheed Wallace accumulated a record 41 technical fouls in the 2000-01 season, a feat unlikely to be matched due to subsequent rule changes and player suspensions.

Scott Skiles' Assists in a Game: Scott Skiles dished out an incredible 30 assists in a single game in December 1990, a record that still stands as a testament to his playmaking prowess. AC Green's Consecutive Games Played: AC Green played an astonishing 1,192 consecutive games from 1986 to 2001, showcasing remarkable durability and commitment to his craft.

Wilt Chamberlain's 100-Point Game: In a legendary performance in March 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored an unprecedented 100 points in a single game, a record that remains unmatched in NBA history.

John Stockton's Single-Season Assists: John Stockton holds the record for the most assists in a single season with 1,164 in the 1990-91 season, a testament to his exceptional passing ability and consistency.

Join us as we delve into the stories behind these iconic records and celebrate the remarkable achievements of NBA legends.

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Phoenix Suns Trade Three Players to Golden State Warriors for Vinny Del Negro

On January 26th, 2001, the Phoenix Suns traded forwards Corie Blount and Rubén Garcés and guard Paul McPherson to the Golden State Warriors for guard Vinny Del Negro.

The Golden State Warriors added guard Vinny Del Negro in a three-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers. A 12-year veteran, Del Negro struggled in 29 games with the Warriors, shooting just 33.3% from the field and producing 2.7 PPG, 1.1 RPG and 2.1 APG in 13.7 MPG.

The Warriors began the season 1-7 and never really righted the ship. The team was 14-28 after 42 games. Del Negro was dealing with bone spurs in his ankle but with the Warriors in the cellar of the NBA standings, the team decided to move on from the veteran guard.

Corie Blount joined the Phoenix Suns in the 1999 offseason when he passed on a few offers from other teams and signed a two-year, $2.3 million deal with a player option of $1.2 million in the final year.

The 1999-00 Suns brought intrigue to the NBA. The team acquired guard Penny Hardaway from the Orlando Magic in a sign-and-trade and drafted forward Shawn Marion in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft. With a nucleus that already included Jason Kidd, Clifford Robinson and Rodney Rogers, the Suns had a legitimate case as contenders.

The Suns were one of the better teams in the NBA, beginning the 1999-00 season 13-7 after 20 games. In that time, head coach Danny Ainge resigned from the position to spend more time with his family.

Assistant coach Scott Skiles replaced Ainge and not much changed. The Suns won their next four games and continued to perform well. Phoenix was 53-29 record, good for a tie for fourth best in the Western Conference.

Blount missed the first two months of the season as he recuperated from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Blount reserve after returning in January. He appeared n 38 contests (one start) and contributed 2.8 PPG and 3.0 RPG in 11.7 MPG.

Phoenix was tied with the San Antonio Spurs for fourth, but lost the tiebreaker because the Spurs had a better record against teams in the West. That meant the Spurs would have homecourt advantage in a first round matchup between both teams.

Both Phoenix and San Antonio had stars out during the first round. Jason Kidd was out with a broken right ankle and Spurs forward Tim Duncan was out indefinitely with torn cartilage in his left knee.

The series started with a low-scoring 72-70 win for Phoenix. Blount hit three clutch free-throws in the win and Rodney Rogers stole an inbounds pass to seal the game. Spurs center David Robinson had 25 points and 15 rebounds in the second game as San Antonio evened the series with an 85-70 victory.

In Phoenix, the Spurs took a ten-point lead going into the fourth quarter, but the Suns outscored the Spurs 32-15 in the fourth quarter to take a 2-1 series lead. Kidd returned from his ankle injury in Game Four and Hardaway had 23 points and seven rebounds as the Suns won the series 3-1 with an 89-78 victory. Blount had a big role in Phoenix's first round win, averaging 7.0 PPG on 57.9% from the field, 6.5 RPG, 1.3 SPG and 1.5 BPG in 21.7 MPG.

Phoenix matched up with the 67-15 Los Angeles Lakers in the next round. Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal led the way with 37 points and 14 rebounds as Los Angeles routed Phoenix 105-77 in Game One. Game Two was closer. After a Hardaway layup with 46 seconds left gave Phoenix a 96-94 lead, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant made one of two free-throws with 43 seconds remaining.

After Hardaway missed a jumper, Bryant nailed a game-winning pull-up from Bryant with 2.6 seconds remaining. Hardaway missed a heavily contested runner at the buzzer as Los Angeles won 97-96. Game Three was also close. Phoenix had a lead going into the fourth quarter at home. The Lakers gained control late and 9-of-12 free-throws in the final one minute and 34 seconds to win 105-99 and took a 3-0 series lead.

Facing a sweep, Phoenix led by 23 at halftime of Game Four and never relinquished a lead and won 117-98. Los Angeles closed out the series with an 87-65 victory in Game Five. Blount played in five games with Phoenix and amassed 3.2 PPG and 6.0 RPG in 15.0 MPG.

After Phoenix’s second round series loss, Blount's larger role in the playoffs led him to opt out of his contract. He received offers from other teams, but decided to sign a two-year deal worth $3.2 million with a player option for the 2001-02 season. The Suns also signed guard Tony Delk.

In the offseason, Phoenix made some smaller deals signing forward Rubén Garcés and guard Paul McPherson as training camp invites. Garcés previously played in the Continental Basketball Association and McPherson was an undrafted rookie.

A 6-foot-4 guard from DePaul, McPherson averaged 11.2 PPG and 4.6 RPG as a junior at DePaul. McPherson's performance in Summer League at the Rocky Mountain Revue with Phoenix led to his invite. The guard managed 18.7 PPG and led all Summer League players in field goal percentage (61.9%).

The Suns suffered some bad news when guard Penny Hardaway was out for the beginning of the 2000-01 season. Hardaway had what was believed as a simple arthroscopic left knee surgery but it was eventually revealed that he had microfracture surgery. Hardaway later went through a second arthroscopic surgery on his knee in late November. 

Even without Hardaway, the Suns were still good. Marion stepped up in his second year. After dropping its first game, the Suns won 10 of the next 12 to rise to 10-3. Phoenix continued to play quality basketball into 2001.

In January, Hardaway returned for four games before being shutdown for the rest of the season. Looking for proven backcourt help, the Suns made the decision to trade for a veteran guard in Del Negro to add depth while dealing three bit players who were mainly on the bench. The team was 24-16 when it made the trade.

Blount had a minor role in his second season with Phoenix. The forward played in 30 games (six starts) and was producing 1.8 PPG, and 2.8 RPG in 12.9 MPG.

Garcés barely played with Phoenix in his first NBA season. The 6-foot-9 forward saw action in 10 games, managing 1.6 PPG and 2.2 RPG in 6.2 MPG. McPherson showed some flashes of ability such as a 9-for-10, 20-point game in a win against the Toronto Raptors, but was relatively quiet.

The guard appeared in 33 games and recorded 3.4 PPG, 1.5 RPG and 0.5 APG in 9.3 MPG. Blount ended his time in Phoenix with a stat line of 2.4 PPG and 2.9 RPG in 68 contests. He shot 49% from the field and 56% from the free-throw line in that time.

The NBA didn't allow veterans on one-year contracts to be traded. To make the deal work, Blount waived his player option, making the second year guaranteed and the trade legal.

The Warriors released forward Chucky Brown from his 10-day contract to make room on the roster for the three players acquired in the deal.

After the trade, Del Negro was a bench option for Phoenix. The Suns had the second best defense in the NBA. They finished with the sixth-best record in the Western Conference at 51-31. Del Negro participated in 36 games with Phoenix, compiling 4.9 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 1.8 APG and 0.6 SPG in 14.6 MPG.

In the playoffs, the Suns went on to a matchup with the third seed Sacramento Kings. In the series opener, Jason Kidd had 18 points and 14 assists and the Suns held on for an 86-83 win in Sacramento after Kings guard Jason Williams missed a potential game-tying three-pointer.

The Kings led by 32 points in the third quarter and won easily 116-90. In Game Three, Phoenix jumped out to an early 17-point lead in the first quarter. Sacramento quickly erased the deficit and took a lead in the third quarter. The Kings outscored Phoenix 14-6 in the final three minutes to win 104-96.

Sacramento closed out the series in Game Four with a 30-19 fourth quarter score and 89-82 final score. Kings forward Peja Stojaković had 37 points as Sacramento eliminated Phoenix. Del Negro played in the first three games of the series but was out of the rotation in the finale. The guard averaged 2.7 PPG on 57.1% shooting, 0.7 RPG and 1.7 APG in 8.6 MPG.

After Phoenix's loss, the Suns shook up the roster, dealing Kidd to the New Jersey Nets for Stephon Marbury. The Suns also traded starter Clifford Robinson to the Detroit Pistons.

Del Negro was on Phoenix's roster for the 2001-02 season but was traded nine games into the season to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team deal that brought Bo Outlaw to the Suns. Del Negro had scored two points in two games with Phoenix.

Del Negro ended his stint in Phoenix with 4.7 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 1.7 APG and 0.5 SPG in 38 games. The Suns guard shot 52% from the field and 89% from the free-throw line.

The Warriors went 3-37 after the trade to finish up the 2000-01 season 17-65. Rubén Garcés was waived by the Warriors nearly a month after the trade. He played in three games with Golden State, going scoreless in seven minutes while pulling down seven rebounds.

Blount was given a significant amount of minutes and responded well. The 6-foot-9 power forward saw the most playing time of his career (24.2 MPG) and rebounded the ball at the highest rate of his career. Blount had a rebound rate of 18.2% and averaged a career-high 8.3 RPG in 38 games. Blount also posted 6.8 PPG, 1.3 APG and 0.8 SPG.

McPherson saw a slight uptick in playing time, but still had a background role for the struggling Warriors. The guard appeared in 22 games with Golden State, tallying 6.8 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 1.0 APG and 0.6 SPG in 13.0 MPG.

After the season, McPherson became a free agent and signed a contract with the Denver Nuggets, though he was eventually cut in 2001 training camp.

Blount was on the Warriors heading into the 2001-02 season, but was traded shortly before its inception to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team, seven-player deal also involving the Charlotte Hornets.

Vinny Del Negro on how the trade had been in the cards for some time (via Arizona Republic):

"It just didn't work out. I thought I would have been here [in Phoenix] last summer. Golden State talked about it. Finally, it got done. I'm just happy I'm here now. Golden State was going in a different direction with an emphasis on youth. I needed to be on a winning team, which I have been all my life."

Corie Blount on how he was happy to leave Phoenix (via Arizona Republic):

"I'm glad I'm out of there, to be honest. We're not winning as many games, but at least I have a good feeling about being here. There's a lot less stress. I don't think guys over there (in the Phoenix locker room) have a good feeling about being there anymore. It takes a toll. Those guys over there are tight, I guarantee you. And it carries over, I don't care what anybody says."

On coach Scott Skiles:

"I don't have to worry about his (expletive) anymore. That's the major thing. This is a hundred times better (at Golden State)."

Paul McPherson on the trade (via Arizona Republic):

"I know you can't come out and disrespect anybody like that, but Vinny Del Negro has maybe two or three years left in the league, tops. I guess that's the decision they thought was best. I just got to come back and take it out on them. "They felt like Del Negro was a better player than me, and there's nothing I can do about that except prove them wrong. I didn't feel like I had a chance to show what I can do on a consistent basis, and then you get judged on that. I didn't understand the trade or the way it went down."

Feeling bitter about the trade:

"I thought I was a member of a family there. And then to get traded like that and not even hear about it from coach Skiles first. He told me later, 'I know you know what's going on, so we just have to be professional and move on.' "I really didn't appreciate the way it was done. I didn't think I was given a fair shake. I was bitter, and I'm still bitter now."

Golden State Warriors assistant general manager Gary Fitzsimmons on the trade (via ESPN):

"They just felt they needed a veteran guard who could play both positions. It was a good situation for Vinny and a good opportunity for us to add depth, and that's why we did it."

On Corie Blount's interest in heading to the Warriors in the deal:

"He's very excited to come here. All of them are excited."

On acquiring McPherson in the deal:

"That was the hardest part of (Phoenix's) part of the deal -- giving him up. They think he can be a player. We think this guy has a significant potential and upside."

Phoenix Suns head coach Scott Skiles on the trade (via Arizona Republic):

"We've made a commitment to our two young big guys (Jake Tsakalldis and Daniel Santiago), and that left Corie out of the loop. Paul, we think, has the potential to be a good player, but because of Penny's injury, we felt like we needed more of a shooter and veteran guy there."

On Corie Blount and Paul McPherson's opinions of him and the trade were relayed to him (via Arizona Republic):

"That's all right. They can think whatever they want. That's fine. When I was traded to Washington from Orlando, I wasn't overly excited about it, that's for sure. But I understood this was a business, and I went."

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Les pires décisions de Rob Hennigan

- 3 mars 2018 -

Cela va bientôt faire une saison que Rob Hennigan a été remercié et remplacé par le compétent GM des Milwaukee Bucks, John Hammond. Rob Hennigan est arrivé à Orlando en 2012 à 30 ans comme le plus jeune General Manager d’une franchise. Il a eu la lourde tâche de gérer le départ de Dwight Howard et reconstruire de zéro une franchise qui avait connu les finales NBA trois ans auparavant.

Si le Magic s’est plutôt bien sorti de l’échange de Superman en évitant notamment à Andrew Bynum d’atterrir à Orlando, Rob Hennigan va prendre plusieurs mauvaises décisions par la suite qui finiront par lui coûter son poste. Retour sur les pires décisions de Rob Hennigan, dans l’ordre chronologique.

8 juillet 2012 – Ryan Anderson est échangé contre Gustavo Ayon à la Nouvelle-Orléans dans le cadre d’un sign-and-trade.

Certes Anderson était en fin de contrat et ne souhaitait pas prolonger à O-Town, mais échanger une valeur sure contre Gustavo Ayon a fait sauter les fans au plafond. Ce n’était pas de bon augure pour la saga Dwight Howard qui allait se prolonger tout l’été. Anderson est donc parti contre quasiment rien, lui qui continuera d’enquiller les trois points en Louisiane avant de faire de même aujourd’hui à Houston.

26 juin 2014 – Dario Saric et un 1er tour de draft pour Elfrid Payton.

Les Sixers se sont bien moqués de Rob Hennigan et ont fait payer cher le Magic pour ce qui devait être son meneur du futur. Les Sixers sélectionnent Elfrid Payton avec leur 10ème choix alors qu’ils n’en ont absolument pas besoin, tout le contraire du Magic qui passe deux choix plus tard grâce au 1er tour de Denver, récupéré dans le blockbuster trade de Dwight Howard. Les Sixers ont calculé leur plan et connaissaient ceux du Magic. 

Résultat des courses, le Magic sélectionne Dario Saric qui doit rester deux ans en Europe et envoie le Croate à Philadelphie pour récupérer Payton. Ce ne sera pas tout parce que dans l’opération, les 76ers récupèrent également un futur 1er tour, celui là même qu’ils avaient envoyé à Orlando dans le fameux blockbuster trade de 2012. Autant dire que vu les résultats des Sixers à cette époque, ce premier tour coûtait cher.

Avec le recul c’est d’autant plus une mauvaise décision. Payton est une grande déception et Hammond a décidé de tourner la page en l’envoyant à Phoenix contre un second tour, tandis que Saric confirme tout le bien que l’on pensait de lui en 2014 et s’amuse en Pennsylvanie.

16 février 2016 – Tobias Harris échangé contre Brandon Jennings et Ersan Ilyasova.

Cet échange est facilement critiquable rien qu’en prenant en compte le niveau des joueurs échangés, le potentiel et la situation dans laquelle est le Magic. Si l’on met à part tout cela, on se rend compte que le Magic a échangé un joueur de 23 ans, à 12 millions annuels contre 2 joueurs qui ne seront plus présents dès l’été suivant.

Comme on pouvait s’y attendre, Jennings et Ilyasova changent d’air dès le mois de juillet arrivé. Le Magic se retrouve sans aucune contrepartie d’un jeune joueur qui a tourné jusqu’à 17 points de moyenne. L’avantage, c’est que la franchise a récupéré de l’espace dans sa masse salariale, mal utilisé par la suite.

12 mai 2016 – Le clash entre Coach Skiles et Hennigan.

La décision d’embaucher Skiles n’était pas mauvaise, mais c’est surtout comment tout cela s’est terminé. Skiles est parti du jour au lendemain, un peu comme avec les Bucks en 2013, un signe avant-coureur ? Il y aurait eu de vives tensions entre lui et Hennigan concernant notamment plusieurs joueurs dont un certain Elfrid Payton. Scott Skiles s’en va alors que la relation avec son GM ne pouvait plus durer. Fournier ne pourra qu’exprimer son désarroi sur twitter.

23 juin 2016 – Serge Ibaka arrive à Orlando contre Victor Oladipo, Domontas Sabonis et Ersan Ilyasova.

Cela fait quatre ans que le Magic n’a pas remis un orteil en Playoffs. Il n’y a même pas eu l’ombre d’un doute qui s’est immiscé sur une saison. De ce fait, Hennigan se doit de frapper fort, il va le faire et de quelle manière. Sortez les mouchoirs.

Le Magic possède le 11ème choix à la Draft de 2016 et sélectionne Domontas Sabonis qui sera immédiatement envoyé dans l’Oklahoma avec Victor Oladipo et Ersan Ilyasova pour Serge Ibaka. Le Congolais est un bel ajout qu’on aurait plutôt vu dans une équipe de contender, comme actuellement aux Raptors (on va y revenir). Cela est d’autant plus illogique que le Magic a drafté Aaron Gordon en quatrième position deux ans auparavant et joue au même poste.

Malgré ce lourd investissement, Ibaka est transféré en cours de saison contre Terrence Ross. Si on résume, le Magic a lâché Oladipo, Sabonis et Ilyasova pour au final récupérer Terrence Ross. Oladipo tire aujourd’hui une équipe des Pacers vers les Playoffs alors qu’on les imaginait jouer les lottery picks et que le Thunder a récupéré Paul George en envoyant Oladipo et Sabonis dans l’Indiana. A défaut de faire fructifier ses échanges, Hennigan fait fructifier ceux des autres.

2 juillet 2016 – Bismack Biyombo signe à Orlando pour 70 millions sur 4 ans.

Hennigan était bouillant lors de cet été 2016. Après avoir tenté le pari Ibaka qui sera un cuisant échec, il met 17 millions annuel pendant quatre ans sur un autre Congolais, Bismack Biyombo. Le Magic se retrouve avec une raquette composée d’Ibaka, Gordon, Biyombo et Vucevic. C’est l’embouteillage total, une hiérarchie illisible et un jeune prometteur bloqué par deux nouvelles arrivées dont les attentes seront importantes au vu des investissements consentis. Biyombo a aujourd’hui un des pires contrats de la NBA.

5 avril 2017 – Le White Board Gate.

Rob Hennigan aura fait très fort avant de perdre son poste. Alors que l’Argentin Patricio Garino venait renforcer l’équipe après de très belles performances en D-League, son agent le prend en photo au moment de sa signature avec un tableau blanc en arrière-plan.

Cela aurait pu être anodin, sauf que sur ce tableau tous les plans de l’intersaison du Magic y sont inscrits : échanges et free agents ciblés. On apprend également qu’un échange entre Aaron Gordon et Dario Saric est même envisagé par les dirigeants. Si Rob Hennigan tentera de se justifier en disant que c’étaient de simples options, ce fut certainement la boulette de trop qui signifiera la fin de l’aventure entre le GM et le Magic le 15 avril 2017.

Chris.

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Orlando Magic // Scott Skiles

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Kyle Korver and Al Horford strip the ball from Victor Oladipo

Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver, left, and center Al Horford, right, strip the ball from Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo, center, during the first half of an NBA basketball game.

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Spoiler Free Comic Book Review

Title: Star Trek: Alien Spotlight: The Gorn

(First in a series of one-shots)

Publisher: IDW Comics

Published: October 10, 2007

Writers: Scott Tipton and David Tipton

Artist: David Messina

Letters: Chris Mowry

Editor: Dan Taylor

Reviewed in: Google Play Books

Cover A. Art by Zach Howard and color by Leonard O'Grady

Returning from a successful medical mission to a federation observation outpost on Te Awamutu VII, Captain Terrell and his first officer, Commander Pavel Chekov make their way back to the USS Reliant.

Terrell, Chekov, Dr. Wilder and Officers Bates and Skiles must face great danger after their shuttlecraft crash-landed on a M class planet occupied by the Gorn.

A race of cold-blooded reptilians, the Gorn still have hard feelings at the Federation fifteen years after their first encounter with Captain James T. Kirk in the TOS episode, "Arena."

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El personaje misterioso de Flagrant de Scott Skiles a ...

El personaje misterioso de Flagrant de Scott Skiles a …

Vamos llegando ya al final del programa y es por tanto tiempo de por un lado rebelar el personaje misterioso de la pasada semana y proponeros uno nuevo para esta.

fuente: historias de la NBA Scott Skiles con los Orlando Magic

De la semana pasada decíamos que nació en un lugar cuyo nombre significa puerta, y eso es porque nació en La Porte, que nació en un estado donde el baloncesto no es…

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Scott Skiles to Shaquille O’Neal — January 18, 1993More 80s... www.basketas.lt www.storkli.com

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Sixers wanting to 'kill each other' at practice before Game 1 vs. Raptors wasn't a bad thing

Sixers wanting to ‘kill each other’ at practice before Game 1 vs. Raptors wasn’t a bad thing

Tobias Harris entered the NBA as a teenager in a different era. A few years back, he recalled that head coaches early in his career like Scott Skiles and Stan Van Gundy ran two-a-day training camp practices. Load management was not on the radar. Now nearly 30 years old, Harris was struck by the intensity of the Sixers ’practices leading into their playoff-opening win Saturday night over the…

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Orlando Magic Add Litterial Green in Trade with Chicago Bulls

On July 7th, 1992, the Chicago Bulls traded guard Litterial Green to the Orlando Magic for a 1993 second round draft pick (Anthony Reed).

The Chicago Bulls were busy on 1992 draft day, selecting forward Byron Houston with their first round pick. In the second round, the Bulls had three selections. They picked up guards Corey Williams (33), Litterial Green (39) and forward Matt Steigenga (52).

Green had a great college career at the University of Georgia, ascending to the school’s all-time scoring and assist marks, while making All-Southeastern Conference selection three times from 1990-1992.

Early in the offseason, the Bulls were overloaded. Drafting Green and Williams left the team with six guards and it wanted to make a trade to even out the roster. 

General manager Jerry Krause was fascinated by Williams’ athleticism and opted to keep him over Green.

The Magic had two second round picks in the 1993 NBA Draft, one which was being sent to the Seattle SuperSonics. Orlando sent its own pick in the 1993 draft to the Bulls who were without one for that year.

Green joined the Magic and played on the team’s Summer League roster. He signed a one-year contract with the Magic.

Orlando was coming into the 1992-93 NBA season with high hopes. The team had recently selected center Shaquille O’Neal first overall. Orlando cleaned up its roster glut at point guard by trading guard Sam Vincent to the Milwaukee Bucks, making Scott Skiles the clear-cut starter at the point.

Orlando began the year 8-3. Thanks to the play of O’Neal (23.4 PPG, 13.9 RPG and 3.5 BPG), Orlando was 41-41. The team missed the postseason after losing a tiebreaker with the Indiana Pacers who had the same record. 

Green appeared in 52 games (four starts) and amassed 4.5 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 2.2 APG in 12.0 MPG. He shared time with Skiles, Chris Corchiani and mid-season acquisition Steve Kerr.

Orlando won the draft lottery for the second straight year and drafted Chris Webber. The Magic dealt his draft rights to the Golden State Warriors for the draft rights to the number three pick Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway and three future first round picks. 

The Magic also made a coaching change, reassigning head coach Matt Guokas to the front office and replacing him with assistant Brian Hill.

Hardaway was another key asset to Orlando, and the team started to have dreams of a playoff appearance. Before the start of the 1993-94 season, Green signed a one-year deal close to $200,000 to stay with the Magic.

The Magic were one of the top teams in the East during the 1993-94 season. A 24-16 start after 40 games was followed by continued solid play. Behind the efforts of O’Neal, Hardaway, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott, Orlando set a franchise record with a 50-32 record. 

With Hardaway and Skiles both occupying the point guard spot, there was even less available playing time for Green. The Georgia guard played in 29 games, recording 2.5 PPG and 0.3 APG in 4.3 MPG.

Orlando earned the fourth seed in the East and matched up with the 47-35 Indiana Pacers in the first round. Despite building a double digit lead in the series opener, the Magic lost after Pacers reserve Byron Scott nailed a game-winner with two seconds left. 

The Pacers won another close game, taking a 2-0 series lead with a 103-101 win. Indiana won the third game comfortably 99-86 victory to take the series in a 3-0 sweep. 

After the season, the Magic declined to make a qualifying offer to Green, making him an unrestricted free agent. The decision to draft a point guard in the second round of the 1994 NBA Draft (Brooks Thompson) upset Green who said the Magic promised him the opposite. (via Orlando Sentinel):

“I was disappointed in the Magic organization. I’m not bitter, but I did everything I was asked for two years. I busted my butt and didn’t complain. They told me they weren’t going to draft another point guard, and then they did. I couldn’t believe it.”

The qualifying offer was only a raise of 25% on Green’s salary. Green spent the 1994-95 season with the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association.

The Chicago Bulls used the 1993 draft pick acquired from Orlando on Tulane forward Anthony Reed (selected 41st overall). A two-time First-team All-Metro Conference performer, Reed ended his four-year college career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,896 points. (The scoring record has since been passed)

Reed joined the Bulls’ Summer League team for the Rocky Mountain Revue. The Bulls gave him a look in a minicamp, but with a lack of roster space, Reed signed a deal overseas. He never played with the Bulls or in the NBA. 

Litterial Green on joining the Magic (via Orlando Sentinel):

“I’m elated. My prayers have been answered. This is what I had been keeping my fingers crossed for. By getting me, the Magic can add some speed, quickness and defensive pressure. This is a team I can help.”

How he’s ready to play in Summer camp without a contract:

“I don’t need a contract to play in that camp. I’d play for a dollar if they asked. Before the draft, I did my homework on the Magic. I really felt that of any team in the league, that this is the one I could help. They need speed and quickness.”

Looking back on the trade in 2015 (via Atlanta Journal-Constitution):

“I thought I was going to get a chance to play with Michael (Jordan) but they traded me and I played with Shaq. I was a blue-collar guy in the league and it is bumpy road when you are a backup player in the NBA. The cards were just not in my favor.”

Chicago Bulls general manager Jerry Krause on essentially choosing guard Corey Williams over Litterial Green in training camp by making the trade (via the Chicago Tribune):

“We have two guys who are alike, and we chose to keep Corey. We’re very impressed with him.”

How the pick could be good based on Orlando’s record:

“It could be a good second.”

Orlando Magic general manager Pat Williams on Green (via Orlando Sentinel):

“We think he has NBA skills. He has an NBA body. He went later in the draft than we expected. We’d just like to take a closer look. He definitely has the strength, agility and athletic ability to play in this league.”

On how the trade has no impact on incumbent point guards Sam Vincent, Scott Skiles or Chris Corchiani (via Orlando Sentinel):

“You shouldn't read anything into this trade. We expect both Scott Skiles and Sam Vincent to be back. We have Corchiani's rights. This just throws another athlete into the mix. We have no other deals coming, nothing else planned. We just wanted to take a look at Litterial.”

Image via Topps

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Le Magic empoche la der.

Aaron Gordon, 32 points 12 rebonds et 2 contres hier pour la dernière rencontre de saison régulière.

- 13 mars 2017 -

Orlando terminait sa saison hier à l'Amway, avec la réception de Pistons à la peine en cette fin de saison, et qui n'espéraient plus rien depuis quelques jours en ce qui concerne les Playoffs. La dernière confrontation, déjà à domicile, le 24 mars, avait vu un blowout (115-87) en faveur des hommes de Vogel.

Mais hier, la victoire n'a été acquise que dans le money time. Après un éclatant premier quart-temps où les Floridiens prenaient leur distance (38-17 !), les joueurs de Stan Van Gundy ne tiraient pas un trait sur la victoire, et recollaient doucement (plus que 10 points de retard à la pause) mais surement (-3 en fin de troisième quart-temps). Detroit finissait même par s'octroyer quelques unités d'avance et menait toujours à 1 minute 30 du terme avant que le show Payton ne débute, avec 6 points et 2 rebonds de l'ex-Cajun dans la dernière ligne droite.

Malgré la bonne note finale, Orlando termine cette saison 2016-17 en plein doute sportif. Pour la cinquième année consécutive, O-Town ne verra pas de campagne de Playoffs sur son sol. Philadelphie est dans le même cas. Seuls Minnesota (13 ans), Sacramento (11 ans) et Phoenix (7 ans) connaissent actuellement une plus longue disette.  Avec un piètre 29-53 en guise de bilan (6 succès de moins que l'équipe de Scott Skiles la saison passée), on en fut même loin et la messe était déjà dite depuis le All-Star break...La victoire d'hier, conjuguée à la défaite sur le fil des 76ers face aux Knicks, fait terminer la franchise de Pennsylvanie derrière Orlando au classement final, ce qui empêche Orlando d'avoir les meilleures probabilités d'obtenir le choix numéro 4 de la prochaine draft. Mais les boules de la lotterie réservent parfois de bonnes surprises. Quant au GM Rob Hennigan, ce dernier exercice lui sera surement fatal. Après un début de rebuilding où il fut plutôt à la hauteur finalement, ses 2 dernières années l'auront vu prendre pas mal de mauvaises décisions pour la franchise. Le conflit avec Scott Skiles, dont le règne aura pris fin au bout d'une saison seulement, était son dernier joker. La saison qui a suivi, avec l'échec Ibaka, un effectif bancal et un manque criant d'identité de jeu, était probablement sa dernière à la tête de l'équipe...

Loïc.

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Sixers want to ‘kill each other’ in action before Game 1 vs. Raptors are not a bad thing.

Sixers want to ‘kill each other’ in action before Game 1 vs. Raptors are not a bad thing.

Tobias Harris entered the NBA at a young age in a different era. A few years later, he remembered that senior coaches at the beginning of his career such as Scott Skiles and Stan Van Gundy conducted two-day training camp activities. “Cargo handling” is not on the radar. Now nearly 30 years old, the hard work of the Sixers has hit Harris. win-open cup Saturday night against the Raptors. “It simply…

[smallpondscience]

Benefits of virtual conferences for ecology and conservation research

Benefits of virtual conferences for ecology and conservation research

Note: This is a guest post by Lauren Kuehne and co-authors of Kuehne et al. 2022. Hot on the heels of Catherine Scott’s excellent post in early February, where she summarized Skiles et al. 2021 on how virtual conferences shifted conference attendance, we want to share a brand new article in Conservation Biology related to the same topic. In it, myself and 13 colleagues in the aquatic sciences…

[junker-town]

Dorktown: John Stockton once would’ve led the NBA in assists even if he’d only played 60 games

NBAE via Getty Images

Sorry for being 29 years late, but there are things to be said about 1991-92 John Stockton

John Stockton and his 15,806 career assists (nearly 4,000 more than runner-up Jason Kidd) is the most accomplished passer of all time. He’s done things like this:

And this:

I could make a million assist-related charts encapsulating all or large chunks of Stockton’s career. But I’d rather not. I’d rather zoom in on his 1991-92 season. Why that season? Afterall, it wasn’t ‘even’ one of the three most prolific passing seasons of his career. Well, for starters, check out the assist progression throughout that season of the NBA’s top passers:

There are two inflection points that jump out to me. One is at game 60 — we couldn’t have known it at the time, but after the Jazzman’s 16-assist outing in his 60th game, he could’ve taken the final 22 games off and still have led the league in assists.

The other is up at game 80. At that point Stockton was sitting at 1,082 assists on the season when no one else wound up finishing within 200 of that. Then in game 81, he had 23 assists. Then in game 82, he had 21 assists. Kevin Porter in March of 1975 is the only other NBA player who’s ever pulled off back-to-back games with more than 20 assists.

As for the 44 total assists in the two games, not only has no one else had that many across back-to-back games in the 37 years since Stockton entered the league, but only 2010-11 Rajon Rondo (41) early in the season and 1990-91 Scott Skiles (43 after recording 13 assists in the game following his single-game record 30) have exceeded 40.

And of course that was just the icing. Those 44 assists in two games came to close out a season in which he was already towering over everyone to the point he only needed to play the first 60 games to be the assist king.

That year Stockton also set what I believe to truly be one of the most unbreakable non-grand-slams-in-an-inning records: 77 games in a season with at least 10 assists. The most anyone else has ever had is 67, but in the last 30 years, no one’s even had more than 60:

I can’t imagine we’ll ever again see someone play a full season with no more than five single-digit assist games. Oh by the way, Stockton had either eight or nine assists in four of the five games he didn’t have 10:

And remember, this wasn’t even one of the greatest assist seasons of his career. Sheesh.

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Today in NBA History: December 30, 1990

Orlando's Scott Skiles dished off an NBA record 30 assists as the Magic defeated Denver 155-116 at Orlando Arena. Skiles surpassed previous record holder Kevin Porter of New Jersey, who handed out 29 assists in the Nets' 126-112 win over Houston on February 24, 1978. Box Score.

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# 44

The Year of Living Locked Up (Gustavo Charif, 2020).

Runtime: 104 minutes.

Format: 16:9 HD / Color.

Country: Switzerland / Spain / USA.

Language: original in English and luzaniano, with Spanish version and few quotes in Russian, Chinese, German, French and Italian.

NOTE

Original in English available for free in YouTube (click here to see) from July 11, 2020.

Versión en castellano disponible gratis en YouTube (click aquí para ver) a partir del 18 de julio de 2020.

Trailer available here.

VISUAL EFFECTS, EDITION, SCRIPT and DIALOGUES

Gustavo Charif

ADDITIONAL DIALOGUES

William Shakespeare, John Clifford, Joseph Green with Rex Carlton, and Maurice Sandoz

FOOTAGE in PUBLIC DOMAIN 

Benjamin Christensen (1922), Roland West (1925), Frank R. Strayer (1933), Louis J. Gasnier (1936), William Cameron Menzies (1953), Bert I. Gordon (1958), John Newland (1959), Sid Davis (1960), Herk Harvey (1962) and Joseph Green (1962)

QUOTATIONS

Georges Schéhadé, 冰心 (Bing Xin), Robert Walser, Ludwig Wittgenstein, André Gide, William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, Kurt Schwitters, Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Boris Vian, Bruno Teinturier, Meander of Mile End

MUSIC

Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Gieg, Frédéric Chopin, J. S. Bach, Erik Satie, Gene Moore, Marlin Skiles, Albert Glasser, Manfred Drefnam, Gustavo Charif, Harry Lubin, Tony Restaino, Abe Baker, and Doug Maxwell / Media Right Productions.

MUSIC (opening credits)

E Minor Prelude, composed by Frédéric Chopin and performed by Charif.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS 

Daniel Abigador - Manuel Zamora

 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Martín Ramírez

CAST (archive footage) in order of appearance

John Newland : Virus Man

Ken Miller : Little Man

Scott Peters : Little Man

John Agar : Little Man

June Kenney : Little Woman

Laurie Mitchell : Little Woman

Marlene Willis : Little Woman

Jason Evers : Gunnar Eduard von Hashem Hausenrhïn

Lola Mason : Donna

Audrey Devereau : Jeannie

Virginia Leith : Violet

Bruce Brighton : Dr. Whisker

Benjamin Christensen : Lord of the Tar, the Devil

Johnny Arthur : Honolulu Man

Doris Brent : Talker Nurse

Gerald LeRoy : American Guy

Kevin Tighe : American Guy

Shannon Wallace : American Boy

Anthony La Penna : Dr. Britva

George Diestel : Government Receptionist

Adele Lamont : Lola

Mike Connors : Anarchist Friend in a Bar

Ruggero Romor : Duceist Friend in a Bar

Jason Evers : PePe Guy

Eddie Carmel : Podemos Guy

Tora Teje : Woman Dreaming

Fay Wray : Silent Film Actress

Melvyn Douglas : Silent Film Actor

Stella Adams : Enlightened Woman

Arny Freeman : Manolo

Dan Abigator : Himself

Bruce Kerr : Beauty Contest M.C.

Marilyn Hanold : First Contest

“Terri Lund” : Conchita

“Betty Brockton” : Valkyrie

“Helen Appleton” : Pam

Candace Hilligoss : Mary

Sidney Berger : John

Bonnie Sharie : Pin Up Dancer

Herk Harvey : Man in the Waters

June Kenney : Stalked Girl in Advertisement

John Hoyt : Enlightened Man

Stan Levitt : Psychiatrist

Jack Sheldon : Romeo Betto -the Dolce Duce-

Anthony Holland : Voice Over reading Vian

Katherine Emery : Lady Producer

Richard Carlson : Man Producer

Veronica Hurst : Girl Producer

Herk Harvey : Enlightened Man on Route

Josef Forte : Newscaster

Michael Pate : Charif’s Steward

Robin Hughes : New Character - Funny Man

John Dodsworth : New Character - Thinker Man

Veronica Hurst : New Character - Young Lady

Hillary Brooke : New Character - Elegant Woman

Richard Carlson : New Character - The Third Man

Frances Feist : Pariah Lady

Stan Levitt : Pariah Man

Judith O’Dea : Swedish Activist Teen

June Kenney : Charif’s Bride

John Agar : Gustavo Charif

SPECIAL THANKS

Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives,  Brewster Kahle, The Internet Archive, Eric Eldred, Lawrence Lessig III, Hal Abelson, Creative Commons, YouTube Audio Library

Official Charif’s Site: infinilogy.wordpress.com