By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer
Antoine Walker is shooting 38.6 percent from the free throw line this year. I’m fairly confident I could at least approach that number shooting them with my eyes closed.
Shaquille O’Neal has really stepped up his game now back to health (and in better shape) and with D. Wade sidelined. The Big Fella is averaging 20.3 points and 9.1 rebounds while shooting 65.2 percent from the floor this month.
It’s safe to say Scot Pollard isn’t going to be winning any Humanitarian awards this year.
Al Jefferson looks like a top-20 pick next year. Here are his numbers since the All-Star break: 20.4 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 1.0 spg and 1.8 bpg while shooting 56.2 percent from the field. I’d easily take him over always injured Jermaine O’Neal. Then again, how he and Greg Oden coexist could pose a problem in Boston’s frontcourt.
Speaking of early picks next year, Josh Smith is vaulting into second round status with his play of late; in fact, it wouldn’t be crazy to take him in the late first round with his steals/blocks contributions becoming second to none.
Tyson Chandler just finished an unprecedented run of cleaning the glass, breaking off 15 straight games with a dozen or more rebounds and 21 straight in double figures. In February, he hauled in 16.1 boards per contest.
After a boring first day of NCAA games, look for plenty of upsets to come. Personally, I reeled off a terrific 15-1 start, only to endure a horrific Friday morning, already losing two Sweet Sixteen teams.
Has anyone told Stanford that the tournament started?
Did Marquette really have ZERO points 10 minutes into the game Thursday?
How about Vanderbilt’s David Rodriguez scoring his first points of the entire season in a tournament game? The best part about it? He didn’t even have his name on the back of his jersey.
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