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Derrick Coleman, one of the biggest underachievers ever. I remember him as a freshman for Syracuse in the 1987 NCAA championship game against Indiana and thinking, there's a future NBA great. Taken #1, more or less coasted through his career.

The others look like easy wins for the higher seeds.

knee injuries are tough for guards who rely on athleticism...he's still young but we'll see how he comes back...

But I think the bigger reason for injuries this year is the compressed schedule, too many games in too few nights. They'll have more rest in the playoffs.

It wasn't totally unexpected though, at least for me. After an early back injury didn't respond to treatment, and he incurred injury after injury, he played more like C J Watson than his former self, and his expression on the court was emotionless, but in retrospect may have been apprehensive.

They can do amazing things with surgery these days. Years ago players never really recovered from serious knee or leg injuries. Elgin Baylor hurt his knee in 65 or 66 and was never the same player again. So millions of new fans to the league in the late 60s-early 70s only saw half a Baylor, and missed the wondrous player of the early 60s, the guy who averaged 38 points a game one year playing only on weekends, flying from his Army base to play a game or two.

My theory is that his game was so predicated on balance, and explosive movements, that an extended injury allowed no time to slowly build back.

I felt disloyal to the Lakers thinking Baylor should retire, but of course no one should have to drain their knees before games!

Maybe that was the case with Howard as well, come to think of it.

He could jump, of course, but the reason is that he released the shot not at the top of his leap, but just before he hit the ground again. Very odd looking, but effective.

Before they got it together, the Pistons had to rely on Thomas to dribble around a lot, take charge of the ball and take a lot of shots. a team relying on a guard for so much can't make it. That's the position Rose is in right now. The team needs one more inside player, a scorer who can also pass the ball, to take the pressure off of the Bull's backcourt. Until that happens, it's going to be a meat grinder for Derrick Rose, as he keeps taking the ball to the hole and getting knocked down.