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| Reaching New HeightsRead an interesting column today in The Daily Herald. It was written by Mike McGraw, the Herald's beat reporter for the Bulls, who in my opinion is better than anyone at the Sun-Times or the Tribune that covers the Bulls. I'll quote the lines that make up the essence of the article. "No matter which team wins the championship, the two NBA finalists have sent a clear message-taller is definately better....to win big, teams need to play big....any 5 year old who has ever stood near a basket, realizes that height is a great advantage....maybe it's time to pull the plug on the small starting backcourt and also make a play to improve the height on the front line. The Lakers, Orlando and Boston are big on the inside and tall on the perimeter. There is room for an undersized player, but the count should stop at one. The players taking the majority of late-game shots for those teams can shoot over the top of most defenders. All three teams also have or had a taller defensive specialist." He goes on to talk about the Bulls backcourt of Gordon, Rose and Hinrich and alternatives to them by installing taller guards. He does note, however, that Gordon was only one of six guards who averaged at least 20 points a game and shot better than 45%. He also says, of course, if a guy can't play, height is irrelevant. Anyway, this article, of course, brought to mind our Mr. Phelps and the players, especially guards, that he has been bringing in and that he is currently looking at. Our "new look" big guards fit this article to a "T". Maybe he DOES have a plan. Not only are our new guys big, but they look to be top notch. By the looks of some of the new guards that he is currently looking at, he seems to be staying with the same tall theme. Well, Mr. Phelps, we all hope it's not a mission impossible.
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| dog67 (6/8/2009)
Reaching New HeightsRead an interesting column today in The Daily Herald. It was written by Mike McGraw, the Herald's beat reporter for the Bulls, who in my opinion is better than anyone at the Sun-Times or the Tribune that covers the Bulls. I'll quote the lines that make up the essence of the article. "No matter which team wins the championship, the two NBA finalists have sent a clear message-taller is definately better....to win big, teams need to play big....any 5 year old who has ever stood near a basket, realizes that height is a great advantage....maybe it's time to pull the plug on the small starting backcourt and also make a play to improve the height on the front line. The Lakers, Orlando and Boston are big on the inside and tall on the perimeter. There is room for an undersized player, but the count should stop at one. The players taking the majority of late-game shots for those teams can shoot over the top of most defenders. All three teams also have or had a taller defensive specialist." He goes on to talk about the Bulls backcourt of Gordon, Rose and Hinrich and alternatives to them by installing taller guards. He does note, however, that Gordon was only one of six guards who averaged at least 20 points a game and shot better than 45%. He also says, of course, if a guy can't play, height is irrelevant. Anyway, this article, of course, brought to mind our Mr. Phelps and the players, especially guards, that he has been bringing in and that he is currently looking at. Our "new look" big guards fit this article to a "T". Maybe he DOES have a plan. Not only are our new guys big, but they look to be top notch. By the looks of some of the new guards that he is currently looking at, he seems to be staying with the same tall theme. Well, Mr. Phelps, we all hope it's not a mission impossible....The full article can probably be found on The Daily Herald web site.
With all due respect, what does this have to do with the Capital City League?
Edit....here's a link, the one above does not seem to work.
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| | It has absolutely nothing to do with the Capital City League, absolutely nothing. |
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| dog67 (6/8/2009)
It has absolutely nothing to do with the Capital City League, absolutely nothing.
I thought it was just me.
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| YMCA/Capital City Men's Basketball League at Valley Southwoods in West Des Moines, Iowa
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| Only three days are listed? I hope there's more games than that. It looks like a lot of those leagues only have a few days listed. I wonder if there's some rule change that makes it hard a league to be certified for more than a few days.
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| Mecha_Bulldog (6/9/2009)
Only three days are listed? I hope there's more games than that. It looks like a lot of those leagues only have a few days listed. I wonder if there's some rule change that makes it hard a league to be certified for more than a few days.
I think the league is more than those 3 days, but I think those are the days that coaches are allowed to view the games.
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| http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090609/SPORTS/90609036/-1/NEWS04
The rosters are in the Register. Emmenecker was taken 1st overall, followed by Young. The rosters looks pretty good this year with I think every current Drake scholarship player and a ton of former Drake players in the league. The league runs 6/17 to 7/12.
Coca-Cola—Adam Emmenecker, ex-Drake; Andre Calvin, ex-Drake; Ashton Sauls, East H.S.; Jordan Clarke, Drake; Bill Eaddy, Drake; Daremey Steptoe, DMACC; Jacob Baryenbruch, Drake; Rob Lang, Bethel; Allen Van Gundy, Evangel; Tut Jikany, Ellsworth; Tavaryns Gray, DMACC.
Medical Oncology & Hematology Assoc.—Diante Garrett, Iowa State; Jamie Vanderbeken, Iowa State; Nick Grant, Drake; Ray Miller, Cal State Fullerton; Aaron Hawley, Drake; Sean Jones, Drake; DeAnthony Zanders, Southwest Minnesota State; Bill Freeman, Ellsworth; Bubu Palo, Iowa State; Trent Fisher, Southwestern; Quincy King, Hoover H.S.
Capital City Orthopaedics—Jimmie Binnie, Dayton; Ryan Sears, Creighton; Ryan Wedel, Drake; Scott Windom, DMACC; Kris Miller, William Penn; David Smith, Drake; Alex White, Drake; John Wolfe, Ellsworth; Josh Henry, Iowa Central; David Mataloni, Coe; Seth Light, Coe.
YMCA—Marquis Gilstrap, Iowa State; Adam Templeton, Drake; LaRon Dendy, Iowa State; Craig Stanley, Drake; Isiah Gandy, DMACC; Damon Smith, Ellsworth; Daniel Doyle, Graceland; Kevin Smith, Grand View; Courtney Walters, Iowa Central; Chad Boston, Southwestern; Andrew Dau, Simpson.
Peak Performance Program—Chris Colvin, Iowa State; Antwon Oliver, Iowa State; Brent Heemskerk, Drake; Reece Uhlenhopp, Drake; Alex Dorr, Iowa State; Seth Van Deest, Drake; Jacob Petersen, Iowa Central; Tyler Stumme, DMACC; Robert Burnett, Washington-St. Louis; Harrison Barnes, Ames H.S.; Alex Savage, Dowling Catholic H.S.; Baley Johnson, Iowa Western.
Granite Transformations—Josh Young, Drake; Justin Hamilton, Iowa State; Leonard Houston, ex-Drake; Ben Simons, Drake; Gabe Knutson, Waukee H.S.; Frank Wiseler, Drake; Doug McDermott, Ames H.S.; Charles Boozer, Iowa State; Tyler Egli, North Carolina-Pembroke; Ethan Matthews, Iowa Central; Trevor Egli, Ankeny H.S.
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| | It looks like from the teams listed Coca Cola should run away with it. |
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| Thanks for posting that, Mecha. I missed it when I glanced at the paper this morning.
20 current and former Drake players in the league is nice. Nice to see all the former Drake players in the league....I don't think there were any former players last year.
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| Mecha_Bulldog (6/10/2009)
Andre Calvin, ex-Drake;[/b]
He's always been called Ajay since his Drake days, but Andre is actually his real name....link
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| BlueCrewMan (6/10/2009)
It looks like from the teams listed Coca Cola should run away with it.
It depends on how many of those guys actually show up and when. I'm excited about the new guys and it looks like every team has them except AT and CS.
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| Do you think the order listed on the roster reflects the order in which they were drafted?
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| BlueCrewMan (6/10/2009)
It looks like from the teams listed Coca Cola should run away with it.
Granite Transformations looks tough to me.
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| Sorry guys...I told you the source that state Iowa State was not playing was not real reliable. 
Did I miss someone saying when the schedule will be released? |
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[quote]BlueCrewMan (6/10/2009)
It looks like from the teams listed Coca Cola should run away with it.
Granite Transformations looks tough to me.[/quote]
I agree, especially if Ben Simons can come in at a high level.
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| dudistance (6/10/2009)
Sorry guys...I told you the source that state Iowa State was not playing was not real reliable.
Did I miss someone saying when the schedule will be released?
The ragister has it on their web-site.
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| | I don't know I heard the ex Drake player on Granite has a pretty serious job that requires a lot of attention, time, and dedication. |
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| BlueCrewMan (6/10/2009)
It looks like from the teams listed Coca Cola should run away with it.
Peak performance and Granite look like the teams to beat.
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| I kind of like Capital City Ortho.....those "old" guys (Sears, Binnie) are damn good.
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