Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Quick reversal of fortune: NBA (also file under small sample size)

A couple weeks ago, the Wolves were the feel good story of the NBA.  They had huge injury problems (Love and Rubio both out) but were still winning games, leading to a flurry of speculation that they might be a playoff team and even that Adelman was making a case that the Lakers shouldve hired him instead of Mike Brown.  Here we are a few injuries later (Barea, Budinger, etc) and with KLove back in the lineup, and now a few losses have people questioning everything from KLove's offense to Adelman's subsitution decisions.  On some level I really enjoy the daily analysis of the NBA, but sometimes it's just ridiculous.  Depending on what day you checked last week, D'Antoni was either saving or screwing the Lakers, the Knicks were the best or more overrated team in the league, the Bobcats were en fuego or the same garbage as usual, etc.  Instant analysis is fun, but everything in moderation, guys!  Not every game is a sign of a permanent trend.

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