Diaw - PLEASE READ if you are ever on here

[Robertpel9]

I think Diaw is a huge addition to this team but he must stop shying away from shots. I just got home from the Miami game and while Raja being sidelined is what killed us (that and pulling a typical bobcats move and giving a huge lead away) Diaw MUST shoot the damn ball. They guy has a sweet offensive game but what good is it if he never uses it. I wated him pass away at least 8 pts tonight.

Diaw - I love your ball movement and what it does for this team but sometimes (Especially when you have a 80+%) chance of making it - SHOOT THE DAMN BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Bring on 2010 this season is toast

[teej]

I, agreeing almost 100% with your point, have typed up basically that and sent it to Boris Diaw-Riffiod's facebook, of which I am a friend . It is the real Boris, and it dramitically increases any chances of him reading it. I put it very nicely, and kindly, but also forcefully...I just hope it works.

[WAM9]

I love Diaw's game and he is one of the main factors in our improvement this year but I too saw him pass on a few shots that he should have taken. I'm sure LB sees that as well and I expect Diaw to improve in that area.

He has been a role player his whole career. I think he can turn into a star here. Not only do I think he can, I expect it!

[Robertpel9]

I love Diaw's game and he is one of the main factors in our improvement this year but I too saw him pass on a few shots that he should have taken. I'm sure LB sees that as well and I expect Diaw to improve in that area.

He has been a role player his whole career. I think he can turn into a star here. Not only do I think he can, I expect it!

I agree, e is the complete player offensively, we need LB to pull the scoring potential out of him this offseason

[Ampsportsduo]

This is a piece of the Ray poor FG% equation.

[Slam]

He blew that dunk attempt last night, but man I'm glad he took it and at least tried it. He powered down the lane, cocked it all the way back and went for it.

Hope we see more of that next season (hope they go in too!)

[spectre]

An MVP race for the ages

34. Boris Diaw

Reborn as an all-around player with Charlotte (since New Year's: 16-6-5, 49 percent FG, 40 percent 3FG), giving us 2009's best example of the Devin Harris/Avery Johnson Corollary: If you have a choice between making a major trade or firing a coach who clearly isn't working out, always fire the coach first. OK? OK.

(Here's how dumb coaches are: Just this season, we witnessed coaches playing Kevin Durant at shooting guard, slowing down Steve Nash, playing slow-it-up with the Sixers, bringing Rip Hamilton off the bench, burying Anthony Randolph on a lottery team, playing Darius Songaila over JaVale McGee on a lottery team, ignoring the stat that's about to impress you when we get to the Nowitzki paragraph, and doing everything that Mike Dunleavy did. There's a reason 85 percent of these guys get canned within three years.)

Simmons ranks him 34th in the league (and that's ahead of Bosh). Shame he had to go off on the Suns tangent tho.

[SWedd523]

An MVP race for the ages

Simmons ranks him 34th in the league (and that's ahead of Bosh). Shame he had to go off on the Suns tangent tho.

Gettin' some respect! Nice to see Felts at 51 too

[spectre]

Gettin' some respect! Nice to see Felts at 51 too

I wouldn't put a lot of weight to his ranking as some of his reasoning is pretty whacked. Still, like you said it's very nice to see some recognition.

Excellent reading though...I particularly liked what he had to say about Eddy Curry:

56. Eddy Curry

Ranks this high only because "You Know You Want To Touch It Dave" became the funniest fantasy team name of the 2009 season.

[SWedd523]

Other notable quotes:

450. Elton Brand: Open your eyes, Elton: You managed to destroy three franchises in one season!

446. Jamaal Tinsley: Should have shown up in every Pacers box score: "Jamaal Tinsley: DNP (Paid to stay the hell away)."

439. Allen Iverson: Congrats to Detroit for covering up Iverson's various "You're not the boss of me! I'm Allen Iverson! I'm the biggest star here!" behind-the-scenes blowups and successfully selling the American public on his fake injury that ended his charade of a season. He's "one year, $10 million in Spain or Italy" waiting to happen. You know what that means? Allen Iverson in a foreign country!!!! I'm giddy.

51. Raymond Felton: The guy I'd pursue this summer if I ran an NBA team. Ten weeks of trade rumors bounced off him and he never held a grudge. He has lottery pick pedigree (fifth overall in 2005), and if we've learned anything over the years, it's that many blue-chip point guards take awhile to "ferment" (for lack of a better word). He's one of the five or six best people in the league by all accounts. I've never seen a Bobcats game where he didn't play as hard as he could. The arc of his first four years looks exactly like Chauncey Billups, and like Chauncey, his game will open up once he starts making 3s. Just a lot to like. Someone will steal him this summer just like Detroit stole Billups in 2002. You watch.