The Battle for the Belt: Can The Sixers Win Four In A Row?

NEXT BATTLE FOR THE BELT

 PHI @  GSW

Monday, 2013-11-04

The Current Championship Belt Holder:

Philadelphia 76ers 

3 - 0  Season Record

3-0 with Belt on the line

Defended belt twice (Wizards, Bulls)

The Challenger:

Golden State Warriors 

2 - 1 Season Record

0-0 with Belt on the line

h/t to reddit for the header image
*kudos to Timothy Lee for the "Keep or Weep" Slogan

Do You Know This NBA Player - Part II: In a Pretty Convincing Native-American Outfit

In an effort to recognize all bajillion nba players in the league, when I randomly see nba guys dressed up in ways that make them hard to distinguish, I will share the photo and a contest out of it. Comment if you know who is in the photo.  Prizes are available, but not that great.

DYNT NBAP - Part I: Probably Not Related to Justin Bieber - Still No Winner

Here is one nba combo forward that decided to put together an outfit after Halloween of who he claims to be an "aztec warrior".

Homan League: Week in Review 10/27 - 11/2

A review of action in the fantasy basketball league dubbed "Homan League".   May include free agent pick-ups, trades, DNP's because someone forgot to set their lineup for the early morning Pacific time game.  Also other shenanigans worth mentioning in the fantasy league.  All opinions are solely mine.

Highlights:
Steal of the draft so far has got to be 11th round selection of rookie sensation Michael Carter-Williams who is doing his best impression of a young JKidd.  Besides a 20 pts / 9 asts average, MC-W is also leading the league with 13 steals. (TEAM: David Stern)

Fellow Sixers teammate, Spencer Hawes, or as he is known in some really small circles as 'white dwight', is not getting much publicity for an amazing first 3 games of the season.  His averages of 2 threes, 65% from the field and around 11 boards per game is Kevin-Love-esque.  (TEAM: S7venbyVII)

Proposing the nickname ''what, really?" for Anthony Davis cause that's what people say when they read the box score for the Pelicans.  At any given game, he's capable of recording league highs in rebounds, steals, blocks and/or a combination of the three.  Plus "what really" is a good free throw percentage shooter at the PF/C position. (TEAM: Pres(i)ton)

Often overlooked, especially with the return of Drose, Carlos Boozer is also putting up fantasy MVP-type numbers.  Besides a 22 pts / 8 rebs average, Booz is shooting a blazing 66% from the field and has yet to miss a free throw; that's 100% for you percentage lovers. (TEAM: Swagger)

Nice Pick-Up - Free Agency:
Miles Plumlee (TEAM: Adam Silver): Surprising opposing coaches for his impact and amount of minutes being played and surprising fantasy owners his contributions (Averages: 15 pts / 14 rebs / 3 blks).

Trevor Ariza (TEAM: Just Jrue It):  Contributing treys, rebounds at a high clip right now (Averages: 20 pts / 12 reb / 5 ast)

Uh-oh:
Nice foresight in picking up Vitor Faverani but hasn't played him yet (TEAM: Jae's Dazzling Team)

Four guys (Kobe, Tobias Harris, Danilo Gallinari, and Chase Budinger*) on his roster registering DNP's because of injury (TEAM: kobeking)

*Dropped

Noteworthy: 11/2/2013

Statsheet Stuffers: Nic Batum recorded a triple-double, but only got it on a thirty-footer at the buzzer. Let's feel free to call him "Ricky Nicky Davis"

Anthony Davis had 6 blocks AND 6 steals. If I had to choose between his double 6's plus 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists against Batum's trip-dub, I'd pick the Brow's night over Batum's. Although after re-watching that shot, it doesn't look like he was as shameful as r.davis in trying to get that triple-double.  You make the call.

Casual: It's ridiculous how easy Rudy Gay makes this slam on Larry Sanders look.

Way to go: After being really gracious about losing his starting spot, Jeremy Lin was back in the starting line-up tonight after Pat Beverly's latest injury. He played well, tallying 20 pts on 2 treys and the Rockets beat the Jazz to go 3-0. Great to see what seems to be genuinely good guy succeed.

DO NOT: challenge Jason Smith on the weak side.

Wait a minute: Sixers won again! This time beating the Bulls and defending their championship belt for the second time.

Wait a minute #2 : A slick Monta Ellis pass.  What's going on.  It must be early on in the season

Other:  Neat t-shirt set-up by the Bucks last night...As you can see from the photo at the head of this post, the Warriors decided to essentially wear white t-shirts against the Kings...Rondo gave us a look at what he would look like with a Moses/Mike Napoli beard..Ken Jeong was on Sportscenter doing NBA highlights, here is a promo of him practicing his lines.