The Goat Pen

This is getting out of hand....

Knicks just put 41 on the Lakers in the first quarter by shooting 74% from the field and not turning the ball over at all. Melo with 22.

The New Orleans Hornets are expected to become the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps as early as the 2013-14 season, according to a Yahoo! Sports report. Yahoo! Sports, citing numerous sources, reports the team also considered Krewe and Brass as potential nicknames. The Hornets have planned to change th...

The New Orleans Pelicans?

Really?

Dave McMenamin ‏@mcten
Pau Gasol will not play Tuesday night against the Rockets because of tendinitis in both knees. Waiting on who the replacement starter is

Wonder if he hurt them putting on his 'big boy pants'...

They're here: The NBA announced Friday that the San Antonio Spurs organization has been fined $250,000 for its decision to send four players home prior to the Spurs' Nov. 29 game in Miami. The Spurs' actions were in violation of a league policy, reviewed with the NBA Board of Governors in April 2010...

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8692304/san-antonio-spurs-sit-4-top-5-scorers-vs-miami-heat Listen, if you're going to schedule 4 games in 5 days, shit like this may well happen. If the L wants to smack them around for it, then Pandora's Box may well get opened. Yup. It was obvious that he was se...

Rambis is available...

I'm still surprised they didn't go with Adelman at the time.

Bargs was an all-star candidate (under the old rules) the same way Jamal Magloire was. Total lack of good players at the position.

LMA was a legit candidate at PF - the most stacked position in the league.

Even last year Aldridge over Bargnani was an absolute no-brainer. LMA beat him in TS%, eFG%, rebounding rate (especially on the offensive glass), higher assist, block and steal rates and a lower turnover rate. WP48, WS48 and PER all favored LMA greatly. Defensively, Aldridge's counterparts faired mu...

IWith Roy's career all but over, Bargnani could still end out being the best player from that draft and he will probably never be an all star.... that's the sad but pathetic truth. that's just bad luck on timing. That was a shitty draft, but Bargnani is never going to be in the conversation with Ro...

Harden showing what he can do when the ball is in his hands.

37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals...

Lowry having a hell of a game. 15 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals.

My favorite player from last year's draft having a nice debut.

12 points, 10 rebounds and a block in 16 minutes so far....

It makes Harden's deal look like an absolute bargain. Zach Harper: That is a lot of money for a guy who hasn't really measured out statistically in his brief career. DeRozan was a high-volume scorer last season, pouring in 16.7 points per game on 14.3 shot attempts per contest. He shot just 42.2 per...

The always outstanding Sebastian Pruiti breaks down Jonas Valanciunas - with his usual insights and video examples:

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... he-raptors

Kirilinko and Shved have amazing chemistry. Going to be fun watching them play together in the NBA.

Shved so far with 16 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.

Nets starting roster:

Lopez: 13.7M
Hump: ~12M
Wallace: 9.7M
Johnson: 19.8M
Williams: 17.2M

72M... They're over the luxury tax with just their starters...

Must be nice to print money...

Adrian Wojnarowski‏@WojYahooNBA Houston has decided to use the amnesty provision on Luis Scola and will likely file with NBA on Friday, league sources tell Y! Sports. Scola has three years and $21 million left on his contract. The Rockets are clearing space in pursuit of a Dwight Howard deal. The Ro...

Also when your star players asks for the 5 years deal, GIVE IT TO HIM.