Denver Broncos vs Washingtown Redskins Preview

Reason for Reskins to be optimist:

1.Last week, Denver Broncos had a great difficulty stopping Andrew Luck's run. They allowed luck to get a touchdown and a critical firstdown through ground. they were also at lost on how to tackle him once he got out of the pocket.

2..RG3  seemed to to have gotten his legs back and  his pas is getting  crispier week after week. If his pass can keep Broncos's defense honest, he can torch  Broncos's defense with his run. Hopefully he can convert 75% of his trip to red zones into touchdowns
3.last year there were 4  playoff teams that featured a dual threat quarterback:Redskins, Colts, Seahawks, and 49ers.Redskins is the seond team out of the group that Broncos face

Is Andrew Luck a Running Quarterback?

Just like Russel Wilson, Luck uses his speed to escape pressure and  extend plays, just like any  running quarterback, Luck will  just run to the end zone when his receivers are well covered. Luck  just doesn't run much because he is a very good passer, but that disqualify him as a running quarterback does it? 

Luck is a smart guy, that's why he won't hesitate to use every arsenal he has to win games and that includes running.Teams that doesn't acknowledge him  as dual threat will regret it.

refs ruined Broncos @ Colts

what a farce. there was not much peyton manning could do when  his receivers were being hold, there was not much Andrew Luck had to do when he always had the ball in the midfield.

Manning started it well,  scoring a touchdown  with just two passes in broncos' second possession. But after a fumble a series of no call on holding by the colts, manning became shaky. He appeared  to regain confidence late in the third quarter after  finally the refs  called a  pass interference, and  he led the broncos to the red zone. Then Broncos got slapped by two penalties, first a false start and second a delay of game, broncos ended up with only a field goal.

It's hard to measure Andrew Luck in this game,  he was good and those touchdowns were things of beauty.it's hard to  say he was great when he had so much of his work cut out for him . Holding by the colts resulted in punt by broncos in their own red zone, which in turn resulted in  the colts getting the ball in the midfield. Luck also had some 3 and outs.

Can Dwight Howard Keep Omer Asik on the Bench

   Dwight Howard can’t be any happier in Houston,  the fans adore him, he has two hall of famers to tutor him, a second star in Harden and a very good backup in Asik.Regarding Asik, Howard said that Asik was a big piece to a championship .  Howard  unwittingly put himself in a tremendeus pressure by  signing with Rockets.  For the first time in his career, Howard is expendable.

   This writing doesn’t argue that Asik is as good as Howard, nope and with to Rocket coaching staff  focus on Howard, he won’t. It argues  that in the most likely scenario in which Howard and Asik will never be on the court together at the same time, Asik will unlikely  be limited to under 10 minutes per game. Howard shouldn’t take his playing time  for granted.

First,  people forgot how good asik is,He had stone hands ,but it didn’t stop him from racking up points last season he had 5 20+ games and played a defense that can strangle even the league’s  best centers.

Vs Chicago Bulls 20 points, 18 rebounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx7rnE5-rA

VS Miami Heat 15 points, 14 rebounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGKD3kInkY

Omer Asik 3 blocks on Tim Duncan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZxypRIKVNc

   Second,with Howard locked at starting  spot, Asik has to face backups. Looking at  the depth chart, you can see some backups are rookies, other are washed up veterans.  Howard  being a better player is a meek point because Asik will face weaker opponents. While Howard  has his hands full of  Bogut, Jordan and Pekovic; Asik can have fun with O’neal, Hollins and Turiaf

   Third, last season  everytime  JamesHarden took  a day off, Asik suddenly became reliable offensive players. So Asik will be doing just fine with  weaker supporting casts.Below are  videos of two of three games, the other game was 21 points, 10 rebounds vs San Antonio Spurs on 10 December 2012.

Playoff game 4  vs thunder 17 points, 14 rebounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mikBd8Ui4

Career night, vs Orlando Magic 22 points, 18 rebounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQplyRExVU

  Asik will earn his minutes, 15 minutes at the least. There wil be games where Howard have stalemate with opposing center, Asik will comes off the bench to break it and get his 25 minutes. 

   In the end,Rockets can  win in regular and playoff with either Howard or Asik and Kevin Mchale is a coach whose rotation is based on merit.For Rockets this a good thing, because when Howard starts to throw tantrum, he can do it on the bench.

Terrel Pyror Assesment

Can really throw the ball, although sometimes he  underthrow it. Judging from the fact that it he did it 3 times without an overthrow, it seems to me that the underthrow was  intentional and  not a result of inaccuracy.  Has an ability to throw an accurate pass while running.
The Raiders were plagued  by own mistakes. Pyror tripped by his own center in several plays and  a touchdown was erased because the receiver was out of bound before catching the pass. Could have more touchdowns.
Runs too much, The coach should trust him more and let him throw passes

Sacramento Kings’ opening game being broadcasted in India

I doubted the wisdom of doing it. It should not be forgotten that last year Kings were a horrible team, and eventhough Denver Nuggets lost several key players like Andre Iguodala, Corey brewer, Kosta Koufus and probably Danillo Gallinari. Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried will keep Nuggets  a respectable opponents,especially if  ISO ball and Demarcus Cousins’ head case still plague Kings.   

If kings players played as awful as last year in  that game, it will disinterest indian viewers,  this will  ruin Ranadive plans  of capturing indian large market.  Yes kings’s game being broadcasted in India will open its people eyes to the game of basketball, but  it might not be the kings who will reap the benefit but winning teams like Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets,  LA Clippers etc.

New York Giants’ predicament

Yes some players are injured,but the direst problem  lies in the mentality. Last year  the players were amazed by  RG3 dazzling speed and geaped tons of praise on him, this was a troubling sign that  should have been  addressed by the management.  Defensive players’s job  are to crush the opposing team’s offense, hunt heir QB  and inadvertantly hurt him in the process.