第一篇：英文黄教授文章读后感（定稿）

Book Review

From the article, we can learn about Professor Huang’s attitude of learning and life.Many of us like to run with the flow and just follow the road our parents designed for us.We came to the college not because we want to increase knowledge.Don’t have the courage to enter the society and want to enjoy the school life at ease, which is the reason.After the college entrance examination, we lose our aims.Books are thrown aside;study is no longer our top priority.Computer is much more popular than book.More freedom we have, lazier we are.All we expect that we can pass the exam rather than get high grades.Becoming an English major student may not somebody’ first choice and he/she won’t get job to do with English.That can’t be the excuse to skip most the classes.Only adapted to the environment then you can change it.Dislike can not to be a reason for not to do something.Pro.Huang’s English was worse than his classmates at the beginning;he tried to change instead of give up.When he found that he can’t, he still did not give up.Through his tireless efforts eventually he cached up.He was sent to Australia while he wanted to go to British.Instead of complaining, he became an Australian literature expert.Through four-year’s learning, you have to know more about your professional knowledge than other majors.When I compared my CET-6’s score with my secondary schoolmates who once had the same English level with me, I’m surprised.They got much higher grades than me and even higher than most of my classmates.It is noteworthy that they are not English major students.Then I made a decision to think about my college and the future.There is no shortcut to success.Just like Pro.Huang said, in addition to hard-working, no other way.Diligence is a prerequisite for learning a foreign language.Learning a language requires daily to practice.Learning a foreign language, in general as long as taking the appropriate method, the investment of time on the learning will be proportional to the effect.Next I should find a way to study.Accumulation is particularly important in the language learning.It means I should read many books, excerpt and recite sentences every day.Resist the temptation of the Internet so that I can make better use of learning resources on the Internet.In the past two years, I almost did not finish even one book.It makes me very ashamed.We want to know everything about TVB stars, but show no interest in literature.Reading makes a full man.Professor Huangthinksreadingis necessaryin learning English.Reading is notonly can broadenstudents' knowledge, but also will make learning easyand enjoyable.Sense of languageis very importantin learning English, and reading is thebest way tocultivatea sense of language.High level of English is coming from reading.First tow-year’s basis education is laying the foundation for the junior courses.Only to get a good basic knowledge, can we achieve development in English learning.Self-learning in college is very important.We study through memorizing knowledge in high school.But knowledge is endless, and we cannot recite all of them.So we need to change the way of learning.Pro.Huang thinks highly of independent thinking and critical thinking which lack in our traditional education.The process of learning is not just copy and paste, but about absorption and innovation.Pro.Huang thinks that only critics issue their own voices, the criticism have vitality.In addition to academic research, but also in other fields we should possess this quality.This is also one of the main purposes of our study.Especially in today's highly competitive society, we have to improve our own requirements.Of course, the premise to talk about these is to have solid basic skills.A man cannot live without a target.A ship without a compass floating on the ocean is very dangerous.And a man without goals will be very confused.We certainly should enjoy the moment of life, but do not forget to take responsibility to it.Dawdlers in the college will be losers in the future.What have you done today? What will you do tomorrow? What kind of people will become in the future? Faced with those questions, will you feel panic or loss? If you are, you need a plan and a goal.As an adult, it’s high time to made a plan for the future in the corner.Professor Wong has met many setbacks in his life, but he never retreat.Now the students are very vulnerable and cannot take care of themselves.A large number of college students commit suicide because of too much pressure.Family’s overprotection and social competition makes it more difficult for them to face setbacks.So we should demand strict requests on ourselves, or it is easy to form a weak character.Faced with a case of difficulty, just give up;met with touched frustration, get despair and even choose to commit suicide.The reason why many people fail is because of their weak character.If you do not give up, and keep trying, you might eventually be able to move towards victory.We should grow up and become an independent person.After reading Professor Huang’s article, I know the reason for his success.And I got some inspiration from his success.Learning is not a game;we have to take seriously about it.Perhaps there are many hardships in life, but we have to believe that we will get over it.Sometimes we lose the battle because we don’t believe we can win.Soon we will be in a junior, it is time to become a real grown-up, or else you will definitely regret it in the future.

第二篇：英文文章

Explore Nanjing, host of 2014

Youth Olympics

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing are only a few days away.As the world tunes in to the international event, the host city has a chance to highlight its unique charm and fascinating history.Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, does not see the flow of international travelers that Beijing and Shanghai do.With a blend of the modern and traditional, Nanjing has a proud history of being “the ancient capital of six dynasties”.Royal summer retreats of Chinese emperorsTaking a summer escape away from hot and stuffy air is not a modern idea.At a time when air conditioning and the refrigerator were not even a summer dream, traveling to a place for milder weather and cooler water seemed more important to people, including for the emperors.Like clockwork, many emperors would stay at a summer resort with their concubines and ministers during the hottest months each year.Here we take a look at some of the summer resorts lived by the royal families, which now can be enjoyed by ordinary people.Boeing 787 to serve Xiamen Air A Boeing 787, the first of its kind for Xiamen Air, will land at Xiamen Airport in Fujian province on Aug 31 after completing its first test flight on Aug 12 in Seattle, US.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the first mid-sized long-range airliner in aircraft history.As Xiamen Air’s first wide-bodied aircraft, the Boeing 787 can fly 14,232 kilometers and enable Xiamen Air to open more non-stop air routes.Xiamen Air has ordered six Boeing 787 planes.The second one will be delivered in October and the other four are scheduled for delivery next year.Xiamen Air is the third airline company in China to introduce the Boeing 787, following China Southern and Hainan airlines.Xiamen Air currently has 106 planes.The new Boeing 787 will initially be used for domestic flights and later serve international routes, as the airline hopes to expand its international service.The new plane will first fly between Fuzhou and Beijing in September, and then fly to North America and Europe after approval.

第三篇：聆听黄教授讲座有感

聆听黄教授《守望道德星空》有感

6月4日上午，作为国培学员的我有幸聆听了教育硕士、湖南省继教中心主任黄佑生教授主讲的《守望道德星空》的主题讲座，黄教授博学多才，旁征博引，用典型的案例生动地讲述，把新时期师德规范与践行策略深入浅出地讲解，给我们进行了一次深刻的心灵洗礼。

黄教授提出的教师要有信仰给我印象深刻。确实，在这个高速运转的物质社会中，社会经济迅猛发展的同时带来的是信仰的缺失，作为“人类灵魂的工程师”，我们应该树立且必须有信仰，没有信仰就不成其为教育，而只是教育的技术而已。我们要坚定自己的教育信仰，我们无法改变整个社会，但可以改变一个个学生及家庭，我们要努力去做学生生命中的贵人。

黄教授提出的要敬畏生命，我也很认同，是的，每个孩子来到这个美丽的世界都很不容易，而每个学生都有自己的人格和尊严，都渴望得到老师的尊重和信任。因此，作为长者、作为老师，我们要保护学生的自尊心，客观公正地评价他们，给他们以充分的信任，用心呵护这些可爱的小精灵，让他们有一个烂漫而又多姿多彩的童年。虽然现在，不管是家庭还是社会，大都只关注孩子的学业、能力，这也给了老师许多无形的压力，但老师还是应尽可能给孩子温暖，尽可能给予帮助，关注孩子内心的真正需要，让自己成为孩子生命中的贵人，燃起孩子对生命的热情。

黄教授的讲座非常精彩，使我更加明确没有爱，就没有教育，关爱学生，是师德践行的情感基础。关爱学生是教师的天职也是老师必须具备的美德。热爱一个学生就等于塑造一个学生，而厌弃一个学生无异于毁坏一个学生。每一位学生都渴望得到老师的爱，尤其是那些“特殊”的学生，比软容易形成特别的性格，这就要求我们教师要对他们真诚相待、热情鼓励、耐心帮助，用爱的温情去融化他们“心中的坚冰”，让他们在愉快的情感体验中接受教育。只有这样，才能保证教书育人的实效，学生才会“亲师、乐道”。

最后，黄教授向我们提出的“终身学习”我也深有感触。所谓“一日不读口生，一日不写手生”，况且现在我们的知识信息更新的如此之快，如果我们总是啃自己以前的那点旧知识，那我们的教育就犹如一潭死水，永不向前，就会跟不上时代的步伐。我们的教育也就失去了它“面向现代化，面向世界、面向未来”的这个意义。要克服这个问题的最好的办法就是不断学习，读教育专著，读经典名著，读开阔自己视野的各类书籍，在学无止境中提高自己的学识与修养。

第四篇：如何寻找英文文章

近来下载了很多英文书籍，分享一下自己的下载心得，希望对书友有好处。以前常常抱怨由于老外版权意识强，读英语原版书籍难。

后来有机会认识了rapidshare，很多新书都能够找到下载，才恍然大悟： 并不是找不到书籍阅读，而是没有找到方法。当然并非所有图书都可以在网上免费下载，能免费下载的是少数，一般而言，畅销书、计算机类图书比较多。但是这已经足够丰富自我的日常阅读，毕竟并不需要读所有书籍。第一种方法就是利用空间存储器寻找书籍。

首先找到优秀的外国的空间存储器。

http://rapidshare.de

http://rapidshare.com

http://mihd.net/

http://depositfiles.com/

http://megaupload.com

http:///

http:///

http:///

http:///

http://

http:///

http://sexupload.com

http://ultrashare.net

http://rapidupload.com

http://zshare.net

http://uploadspy.com

http://savefile.com

.http://mytempdir.com

http://upload.com

http://hyperupload.com

http://sendspace.com

http://

http://bestsharing.com

http://

http://

http://

http://upload.hostiran.net

http://

http://

http://

http://badongo.com

rapidshare的资源最丰富，包括电影，软件，书籍。对免费用户唯一的缺点就是等待的时间太长，下载一本书，等待一段时间。下载几本书，等待可能要几个小时。由于资源的丰富，又不得不依赖它，真是又爱又恨。网上有介绍破解流量限制的软件，个人试了很多，都不好用，有兴趣的在网上搜索一下学习。

直接用google搜索，书名+rapidshare.de/files、书名+inurl:rapidshare，rapidshare.com/users+关键词。

还有很多面向 rapidshare的搜索引擎：

http:///search/

http:///

http://shareminer.com/

http://filesbot.com/

http:///?q=users

GRE

http://rapidshare.com/users/S6NML7

http://rapidshare.com/users/URE983

http:///IELTS-SAT-TOEFL-GRE-GMAT.htm经济

http://rapidshare.com/users/RD4HZB

词汇

http://rapidshare.com/users/6CEKPE

计算机

http://rapidshare.com/users/T8Q8RB

rapidshare的搜索应用

http://rapidshare.com/users/S6NML7

http://mihd.net/

http://depositfiles.com/

这两个几乎没有限制，本人用得比较多。搜索方法与上面类似。http://megaupload.com

有用户数量限制，每次用都说用户已满，没有用过，不过很多人推荐。其它的存储空间没有用过，不好评价。

第二种方法就是BitTorrent，Emule等软件下载。

没有英语环境的人学习英语，并查找英文资料，就是要融入英语国家的生活氛围、生活习惯、生活圈子。这时候，多学习学习外国的相关文化等资料是有好处的。读书，就是一种学习的手段。

北美的图书资料异常丰富，往往你所想知道的信息都在某本书里。但是，如何找到这些书呢？

互联网的到来使得以前很多遥不可及的书籍唾手可得。这里我介绍的就是一种基于互联网的读书方式。

很多人已经知道如何用BitTorrent（BT，变态）、Emule（电驴）等p2p（点对点）的软件工具去下载电影、音乐，但是，其实它们也是可以用来下载书籍的。没事的时候，完全可以用它们的搜索功能（或其他搜索方式）去搜索相关的书籍。

重点推荐mininova：http:///e_magazine/ 这个地方主要书籍是杂志。

包括考研原材料来自于《The Economist》。

第三种方法就是论坛，博客收集的书籍上传的地址。

与“网上读书论坛”的专家找书版类似的地方，上面能够找到很多好书籍。http:///

报纸、杂志、电子书籍，种类齐全。

Ebooksclub

http://ebooksclub.org/?module=index

下载电子书最简单的办法就是找别人已经下载好的。

最值得推荐的就是渡岸学术网

http:///eb/index.htm

这里的书籍相当丰富，多为教材与学术性书籍，很适合研究用。大多数的书籍配有详细说明和图书封面，美观，赏心悦目。

推荐“海外选书系统”搜索书籍，可以结合http://books.google.com 与http:///

用。“海外选书系统”按中图法分类，很适合中国人。

http:///expert/index.php?toURI=useredit.php?curUser=1可以结合duxiu中西合璧。梦寐以求的学习方式来临

第五篇：几篇nba英文文章

1．Dwyade Wade returns to Miami Heat practice Posted on: October 23, 2010 2:38 pm Edited on: October 23, 2010 2:43 pm Score: 164 Log-in to rate:

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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade returned to practice on Saturday.Posted by Ben Golliver.ESPN.com's Michael Wallace reported on Twitter that Miami Heat all star guard Dwyane Wade, who has been dealing with child custody proceedings in Illinois and with an injured hamstring, returned to the practice court on Saturday.Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel writes that Wade was glad to be back.“We're excited about having the band back together,” Wade said after the two-hour, non-contact session.“It felt great.It was like I was dreaming about it.”

Winderman also reports that Wade will participate in a full-contact practice session tomorrow, in preparation for Miami's regular season opener on Tuesday in Boston against the Celtics.Wade played just 3 minutes before injuring his hamstring in his only preseason appearance, an Oct.5th win over the Detroit Pistons.The injury kept him out of the Heat's six other preseason games.2.Allen Iverson agrees with Turkish club Besiktas Posted on: October 24, 2010 11:17 pm Edited on: October 24, 2010 11:18 pm Score: 161 Log-in to rate:

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Allen Iverson has reportedly agreed to sign with Turkish club Besiktas, Posted by Ben Golliver.Marc Spears and Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!Sports are reporting that former Philadelphia 76ers all star guard Allen Iverson has agreed to sign with the Turkish club Besiktas.Allen Iverson has agreed in principle to sign an incentive-laden, two-year, $4 million contract with Besiktas of the Turkish professional league, sources told Yahoo!Sports on Sunday night.Iverson plans to sign the contract this week, the sources said, and is expected to report to Besiktas the week of Oct.31.Iverson’s contract will give him an opt-out clause after this season.Given how Iverson crashed and burned out of the NBA twice last season, this move is not without risk for Besiktas.However, there's potential reward too, in the form of the international interest and profile that comes with adding a future NBA Hall of Famer.If there's a question about The Answer these days, it's one of reliability.Istanbul, although a modern, international city, is a long way from home in Newport News, Virginia.And, unfortunately, Iverson hit Barry Bonds territory last year, after refusing to come off the bench with the Memphis Grizzlies and attempting a hero's return to Philadelphia but then disappearing quickly amidst all sorts of accusations of gambling and drinking.While this signing isn't creating the same stir as “God Chose Memphis”, Iverson's once-in-a-generation personality and skills will be a draw no matter where he takes his act.My guess is Besiktas won't be the final stop on A.I.'s journey.3.Forget MJ, Kobe Bryant is a top 5 guard Posted on: October 18, 2010 2:01 pm Edited on: October 18, 2010 3:11 pm Score: 169 Log-in to rate:

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Michael Jordan says Kobe Bryant is a top 10 guard of all time.He should have said top five.Posted by Ben Golliver.In a recent interview with USA Today , Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the history of basketball, was asked how Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant stacks up to the greatest who have ever played the game.It's so hard to say.I think he is always going to be within the conversations of some of the greatest players who've played by the time he is finished.Where does he rank among those, if you are talking about positions? If you are talking about guards, I would say he has got to be in the Top 10.Marc Spears of Yahoo!Sports caught up with Bryant for his reaction to Jordan's comment.“It’s an accurate statement,” Bryant said.“I’m definitely one of the top 10 guards.It could mean two, it could mean one, it could mean four or five.I’m definitely one of the top thousand.Look, I know how he feels about me.“There have been a lot of great guards to play the game.For me to sit here and say, ‘He should have said top five,’ that’s disrespectful to the other guards that I’ve watched.”

In this case, I'm happy to be “disrespectful” to Jordan on Bryant's behalf: Michael Jordan should have said Kobe Bryant is a top five guard.Period.In his 2009 The Book Of Basketball , Bill Simmons set out to rank the best players in the game, in part, to help settle questions like this one.Simmons ranked Bryant as the No.15 player overall, and the only pure guards ranked ahead of Bryant were Jordan(No.1 overall), Magic Johnson(No.4 overall), Jerry West(No.8 overall)and Oscar Robertson(No.9 overall).You can quibble over West/Robertson, but the rest, including Bryant, seem right to me.Since the book's release last fall, Bryant won another title with the Lakers, so his standing has only improved.Bryant refused to rank himself when given the opportunity by Spears, and this was a wise move, because current players will always be at a sentimental disadvantage when compared to retired players.Magic Johnson brings back memories, Oscar Robertson evokes tales, and Kobe Bryant still makes plays.That process of continually adding to his resume works against him whenever we try to assess his standing against stationary targets.Given that he is battling legends, the standard for Bryant to overtake guys like Robertson and West will be exceedingly high and probably not attainable until he retires, and his statistics and ring total go final.Jordan and Johnson may wind up completely unassailable, regardless of how Bryant's career plays out, such is the magnitude of their cultural power.Whether Bryant ever cracks that top two isn't today's discussion.Today, it's more important to realize that it's far more difficult to exclude Bryant from the top five guards of all time than it is to include him.Who would you rather have? Bob Cousy? Isiah Thomas? John Stockton? Rick Barry?

Cousymakes the strongest sentimental case, but he doesn't pass the smell test.You don't think Kobe Bryant in his prime would wipe the parquet with Cousy in his prime if given the chance? On both ends Bryant's athleticism and length would be overpowering.As for the rest, they didn't win as often or in as dominating a fashingon as Bryant has.Jordan's comment shows an appreciation for the game's other great guards and, perhaps, a self-protective impulse.Surely it's easier for Jordan to remain king eternally if his strongest current challenger is given more ground to make up.It was a savvy play by Jordan and Bryant's response showed equal thoughtfulness.Bryant knows historical rankings can't be campaigned for, they are given out collectively once they've been deemed “earned”.He also knows he's well on his way.Category: NBA

Tags: Bob Cousy, Isiah Thomas, Jerry West, John Stockton, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson

4.History Tells Carmelo Anthony: Get Out Now

Carmelo Anthony is said to be ready to wait until next year to sign a new contract.Should he feel more urgency given his situation in Denver?

Posted by Ben Golliver.This afternoon, Ken Berger noted that one major, practical implication of the ongoing CBA negotiations is that Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony might not feel the need to sign an extension prior to the implementation of a new CBA because the league could retroactively reduce the value of that extension, as the National Hockey League recently did.An NHL-style rollback would result in Anthony's extension(if he signed it)and every other existing deal in the league being reduced to fit the new model.Maybe that is why a person familiar with Anthony's strategy told me that Melo is fully prepared to spend the entire season in Denver without signing an extension and then take his chances under the new deal.“Carmelo is not afraid to go into next year and test the CBA,” the person said.Kudos to Carmelo(and/or his people)for this confidence and patience.For now, by not yet agreeing to an extension, Anthony holds all the cards when it comes to influencing his future destination.He can wait for the right team to make the right offer, and for the Nuggets to agree to that team's terms, and then pull the trigger, or he can continue to wait and enjoy all the riches free agency has to offer.But while Anthony may be prepared to stick with things in Denver, history tells us that the next year of his life could be nasty, brutish and interminable.Let's take a look at three recent, high-profile examples.LeBron James

LeBron James was bombarded with questions last fall regarding his future with the Cleveland Cavaliers and he did a commendable job of sidestepping the issue until the season ended.As Danny Ferry and Cavs management desperately did what they could to put a winning team around him, including a trade deadline deal for Antawn Jamison, it became clear very quickly during the playoffs that the Cavaliers were not going to be the championship team they had hoped to be.James's season ended in bitter disappointment and defeat, frustrated with a supporting cast that couldn't keep up with the Boston Celtics and fed up with shouldering the burden by himself.Given Denver's aging roster and injured frontline, it's easy to imagine a similar situation playing out if Anthony decides to stick around.It's a certainty that the Los Angeles Lakers--deeper, more athletic, longer, more talented, more tested--would pick the Nuggets apart in the playoffs.The only question would be whether it would take four games or five games.Anthony, a collegiate champion, should understand that reality better than anyone, just like James did last spring, when he quit on his Cavs teammates because he knew not even a superhuman performance from him would overcome the Celtics collective.Indeed, James's Cavaliers supporting cast last season was arguably better than Anthony's this year.The question Anthony should be asking himself is, “If LeBron couldn't do it, how will I?”

Amar'e Stoudemire

The best case scenario for Carmelo Anthony if he does stay in Denver is the path traveled by Amar'e Stoudemire last year in Phoenix.Despite trade rumors whirling throughout the year, Stoudemire came on strong down the stretch, helping Steve Nash and an inspired Jason Richardson push the Suns all the way to the Western Conference Finals.It was surely the highlight of Stoudemire's career and it paid off in a big way: a max deal from a big city, marquee franchise in the New York Knicks.Are the Nuggets capable of such a push? Probably not, but no one foresaw the Suns streak last season either.If there's a key difference between the two teams it's that there are no major systemic changes for the Nuggets entering this season.Other than the addition of Al Harrington, it's a similar cast of characters, one year older, and with the same coaching

staff and philosophy.The Suns surprised people in large part due to the quick success that came from a shift in coaching style and offensive philosophy brought on by coach Alvin Gentry.Also, the Suns possessed unbelievable chemistry on the second unit, something Denver doesn't possess on paper.While it's not impossible for the Nuggets to ride Anthony and his veteran teammates deep into the playoffs, it's also not likely.If you're Anthony, are you really willing to bet on that risk?

Chris Bosh

The worst case scenario for Anthony is what Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh endured last year.Forced to carry a mediocre supporting cast, Bosh simply couldn't do it, and the Raptors failed to quality for the playoffs as critics questioned his toughness and commitment to winning.Disagreements and bickering between teammates were clearly visible on the court last season, and Bosh was unwilling, unable or too frustrated to rally the troops.During late-season road trips it was difficult to imagine a less enthusiastic prime time player, as Bosh went through the motions and the losses piled up.Could this history repeat itself in Denver? No question about it.If the Nuggets start slow, or Kenyon Martin misses significant time, or Chauncey Billups is out for a stretch, or Anthony doesn't get his required touches one night, what happens? If his heart and mind are already somewhere else, what's in Denver motivating him to pull the team together?

This nightmare isn't difficult to imagine.In fact, I would say it's the most likely of the three situations discussed, given Denver's questionable depth, the fact they are playing in a loaded Northwest Division and the tumultuous offseason the organization just endured.Keeping these examples in mind, shouldn't Anthony and his people go easy on the “wait it out” approach? If it's just posturing, fine.But if they're serious? They need look no further than to last season to realize it's not the best idea.For Stoudemire, James and Bosh it all worked out fine in the end: they found lucrative new homes thanks to the wonders of free agency.But it wasn't an easy path to riches, and Anthony would do well to remember those struggles as he ponders his own future.5.MJ and LeBron have the top basketball card

Posted by Royce Young

Does anyone still collect basketball cards? I know I stopped years ago, but that wasn't before I acquired six or seven of the exact same Tom Chambers card, yet only had one Michael Jordan card.Maybe that's why I stopped.Or I turned 15, but who knows.But if you do collect, boy do I have something for you.That is, if you have $50,000 or so burning a whole in your pocket.There's a 2008-09 Upper Deck black dual autograph and game-used jersey card of Michael Jordan and LeBron James out there.I use the word “a” because there's just one.Meaning it's a one-of-one.Meaning, it's rare.Meaning, it's expensive.6.Posted by Royce Young

The new Miami Heat tend to get ahead of themselves a bit.When they introduced the new members of the team, they threw a championship sized party.And immediately, the team didn't start talking about winning a championship.They started talking about winning championships, plural.And it appears that kind of braggadocious mentality has sort of rubbed off on their fanbase.Example the first, via Ira Winderman: They are chanting “Beat L-A!” at open scrimmages.Um, too soon?

No doubt there's already been a little sniping back and forth between the two evident top dogs in the league.Kobe Bryant briefly talked about the Heat, mentioning is first thought besides “How the expletive did that happen?” was, “I've got to get my knee healthy.” Ron Artest left LeBron off his top two players list.Artest also talked about how losing weight will help him defend Kevin Durant, but he worries about defending LeBron in a seven-game series.So both teams are kind of getting ahead of themselves a bit.But “Beat LA?” at an open scrimmage in October? Yeah, that's sort of skipping the forward, the introduction, the plot and the climax of a book and reading the last chapter.Granted, this is one open practice.And fans like to have fun and chant things.I don't blame them.But what if this persists into the regular season? What if when the Heat are blowing out the Raptors in December, Heat fans start up with it? Couldn't that give some extra fodder to teams like the Magic, Celtics and Bulls, all teams that feel they're a hurdle for the Heat to jump?

Thinking NBA Finals in October isn't a big deal.It's every team's goal.Right down to the Clippers, the Nets and the Wizards.Everyone wants to

hoist the trophy.But talking about it, chanting about it and being downright brash about it in October, before your team has even played a game? If the Heat and their fans want to be the NBA's villains, they're off to a nice start.Category: NBA

Tags: Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Heat Stroke, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Ron Artest

7.Rose: “Why can't I be MVP of the league?”

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When the GMs voted in their annual survey, most were a little shocked that one player wasn't on top.LeBron James, the two-time reigning MVP, only got a fraction of the vote.Kevin Durant led the way with Kobe Bryant, James and then Dwight Howard trailing behind.But one player that feels a little slighted to not be mentioned is Derrick Rose.As he told Tim Povtak of FanHouse, “Why can't I be MVP of the league?”

It's a good question, really.Why can't Rose win the award? His Bulls are lined up to have a successful season, he's entering his third year and has been extremely good in his first two years and by all accounts, he's better than before.He's going to be the Bulls focus and he'll have plenty

of attention of on him all year.It kind of adds up.But at the same time, Rose hasn't even begun to touch what he's capable of.Watching him in the open floor is almost a revelation.He's not just fast, he's smooth fast.No player moves the way he does.It just looks good.Rose is flashy, but he has substance.When he's got the jumper going and he's creating aggressively, look out.Problem is, it doesn't always happen.But that's something that shouldn't surprise anyone from a guy that's played two seasons and is 21 years old.(Quick timeout: How beautiful is that little jump-stop runner Rose has developed? I'm talking about the one where he dribbles down the floor acting like he's looking for someone to pass to, heads to the right side of the lane, plants quickly and in a blink, shotputs the ball at the rim.It's gorgeous.And pretty much unstoppable.)

Rose's biggest challenge is translating his quiet demeanor into strong vocal leadership on the court.But that comes with comfort.He's gaining in confidence.For example, this MVP comment.I don't think Rose would have said something like this two years ago.Not because he didn't believe it, but because he wasn't as sure of himself.He wasn't exactly sure how to express himself.And now he's getting there.Which is all part of the process.In his first two years though, Rose was teamed with somewhat of a lackluster roster.He had Ben Gordon on his wing his rookie year and he's had Joakim Noah inside.He's had the often injured Luol Deng on the wing, but really at no point did Rose have a go-to scorer to rely on.He's kind of been forced to be the go-to scorer but always creative and distribute.Now, with Carlos Boozer on the interior and a couple weapons to kick to on the outside, Rose might be capable of scratching his statistical ceiling.Could a 20-10 season be in the cards for Rose? Probably not, but with some of the defensive focus pulled off him, he could potentially score in the upper 20s while also handing out six, seven or eight assists a game.For instance, look at the damage Rose did last April against the Cavaliers in the playoffs: 26.4 ppg, 7.2 apg, 3.2 rpg, plus excellent percentages.That type of year is certainly something Rose has in him.Maybe not now, but eventually for sure.And if the Bulls are in contention, is that enough to at least put Rose in the MVP discussion? I'd think so.Hard to ignore numbers like that.7.Ron Artest gives us his two best players

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Don't ask Ron Artest to count to five.Or even three.Because he can't.Well, at least he can't when he's naming the best players in the NBA and he may or may not be trying to slight LeBron James on purpose.Since Artest is known as one of the league's most talented bulldog defenders, he's a good source to go to in terms of finding out who the best players in the game are.Whoever he has the most trouble defending, that means they're probably pretty good.So Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles asked Artest what he thought the biggest offseason signing was and Artest didn't go where you thought he would.He picked Kevin Durant signing an extension with Oklahoma City, as opposed to the taker of talents to South Beach.As to why? “He's the second best player in the NBA,” Artest said.Well do elaborate, Ron.“Kobe's got five rings, six game winners [last season], 23-straight points in [Game 5 of the Finals] off mostly jump shots,” Artest said.“[He's] the biggest shot maker, big shot maker.So, that said, Durant's the second best player in the NBA.”

What you did there, I see it.Durant's two, because Kobe's one.Of course

that begged the question: Where's LeBron?

“I only count to two,” Artest said.“I've been out of school 15 years, so I only count to two.”

Only Artest.Somehow, despite some pretty horrible moments for him over the years, his transformation from bad guy into an endearing player is almost complete.But the story here is the subtle smack talk Artest just gave LeBron and the Heat.The two teams will meet Christmas Day and Artest will be guarding LeBron.I'm sure LeBron took mental notes on Artest's statement so you can be sure James will play like he has something to prove.And that might be Artest's point.He's trying to get into LeBron's head early and talk him into playing one-on-one instead of playing his game.It's a very Phil Jackson-ish move.I guess Artest has been reading Jackson's books after all.He can't count, but I guess he can still read.8.The tree of complaint, KG, and you

For the love of Stern, can we relax about the new tech rules? Posted by Matt Moore

In the beginning, there was complaining.It's pretty natural, really.You're body-to-body, struggling, fighting，adrenaline rushing, and the whistle blows.You can't possibly think you did anything that could be considered a foul(especially not after how you were just elbowed at the other end of the floor!)and so you complain.It probably wasn't all that bad in the beginning, a hundred years ago.It is now.Then, there was the complaining about the complaining.And lost in this newest wave of outrage is the fact that there genuinely was a great deal of complaining about the complaining.Casual NBA fans? They loathe what they see when there's a whistle.Grown men, professionals, whooping and hollering, badgering officials, acting like they've just been stubbed on the toe by a whistle.Most of the time for a foul that was pretty easy to call.It reflects poorly on the game and every time it happens, a friend will point and say “that's why I don't follow the NBA.” As if that were to somehow overtake the athleticism, the tactics, the chemistry, the powerful emotion of the game.But it does.It reflects poorly on the game.So the NBA decided to do something about it, finally.And now, finally, we've reached the zenith of this ridiculous story.There's now complaining about the rules designed to help with all the complaints about the complaining.Welcome to the Catch-22, David Stern.Have fun trying to make people happy who cannot be made so.Last night in a meaningless exhibition game, Jermaine O'Neal was whistled for a bad technical foul.At least, that's what it seemed like to the camera's eye, which is what everyone uses(we'll get into how that's a flawed start in a minute).It certainly didn't seem like O'Neal was worthy of a technical foul.It was a bad call, the same kind of bad call that's been made since the invention of the modern game and will be made for as long as officials are human.As Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reported last night , it's probably an issue with both sides trying to find where the line exists.Kevin Garnett? That was not a bad call.I understand that the paying fans at Madison Square Garden didn't come to see Garnett ejected.I get that we want players like KG to be able to play with emotion, with their passionate hearts on their sleeves.You're absolutely right that emotion is a pivotal part of the game's heart.What Garnett was doing? What he usually does? It's not.It's intimidation

at worst, and overreaction in the least, and he needed to be tossed under the new rules.Arguing the call by trying to show the foul, that's debatable.If he was calm, cool, and collected, then the first technical would have been completely wrong.Let me ask you this:

When was the last time you saw or heard of Kevin Garnett being calm, cool, and collected on a basketball court?

We have no idea what he said to the officials, and that's the biggest problems here.He could have said “Good sir!I heartily object, and though I respect your opinion, I was wondering if we might discuss the issue for a brief moment!” We don't know.We're reacting based on microphone muted interpretations of what we see on screen, without a clue of what was actually said by these players.I'd imagine if the officials were able to come out and say what the players said to them, we might feel differently.We'd also probably feel differently about the players, and that's not something the NBA wants at all.For all the talk today about how the league is victimizing the poor players, they could just mike up everything, let the profanity be released in a transcript, and then see how those endorsement dollars come rolling in.But, no.We side with the athlete because it's his work we appreciate.His work, being the key phrase there.These are professionals.They always want to talk about that.How they are professionals and deserve to be paid as such.That they'll switch teams because they're professionals or hold out because they are professionals or don't care about the fans because they're professionals.But they can't control themselves on the floor? We're talking most often about guys who are 25 years of age or older.Grown men, who can't control their own reactions to something they know won't change no matter what they say or do? Do you think Kendrick Perkins screaming “What?!” or Tim Duncan's eyes bulging or Kobe Bryant making faces will actually convince a referee to say “Oh, you know what? When you put it that way, you're right.You didn't foul him.I'm sorry.Let me change this call.”? No.The calls won't change.It's just complaining for complaining's sake, or it's an attempt to influence the outcome by pressuring officials.And that's a serious problem.You don't want to go down that road, and it's one that gets tread upon a lot in an NBA season.It's not an epidemic, but it's enough to want to force the players to pump the breaks.It's the same as Phil Jackson flexing his muscle in press conferences.Last night, after the first technical, Kevin Garnett had to be restrained by another teammate from coming at the official.He wasn't going to hurt him.He wasn't going to do anything but scream and yell.That's pretty obvious.But let me ask you something.If

a man of KG's height, width, and intensity is charging at you screaming like a lunatic, are you going to get a little rattled? Because I would wet myself and call games however it is the big scary man wants me to.And that's not how you want NBA games called.The final piece of this ridiculous counter-reaction to a call for responsible, mature behavior is the “robot” argument.“I want my players to play with emotion, not be robots!” As if this behavior has anything to do with the emotion of the game.The new rules don't prohibit a fist pump after a big shot down the stretch.From a defeated collapse or hitting the floor after a player knocks down a tough shot over you.It doesn't prevent the hip bumps, chest bumps, high-fives, fist-pounds, jersey-popping, or any of the other things that produce imagery we've come to love about this game.There isn't an ounce of in-game emotion that's being sapped by this rule set.It's just a measure to force grown men to act as such.If you're capable of shrugging through that mid-March game with the zeal and intensity of a manic-depressive tree slug, you're capable of keeping perspective enough to know that the call was made on you, and whether you like it or not, it is.And it will happen again within the hour, no doubt.If you're mature enough to be paid millions of dollars for your role on a team vying for a championship, you should be mature enough to not badger and scream when something doesn't go your way.Complaining in the NBA isn't an epidemic.It was simply something that reflected poorly on the game and needed to be corrected.The league took an initiative as such.People say that the market research the NBA is claiming is somehow fabricated, because no one's actually complaining about the complaining.Right.Just like no one wants to hear about LeBron James, as traffic on Heat posts grow to phenomenal numbers.The NBA does things badly sometimes, like any sports league.And officials will often get calls wrong, like the call on Jermaine O'Neal last night.But in this instance, asking the players to temper their reactions isn't just reasonable, it's the right thing to do, and the game will be better for it, for casual and hardcore fans alike.You can consider this the complaining about the complaining in response to the rule brought about because of complaining in order to limit complaining.9.Shootaround 10.15.10: Good and bad places

Dwight Howard thinks the new rule has its place, Monta Ellis' wife is keeping him in the right place, Andre Blatche needs a new place, and Al Jefferson is getting into a good place, all in today's Shootaround.Posted by Matt Moore So while the Union's suing and the Celtics are freaking out, Dwight Howard has come out and said that in regards to the new tech rules, “They want us to cut down on talking to the refs, as hard as that may be.We've adjusted to everything else that's put out there.So we'll adjust.” That's right.The guy that watches cartoons, does funny voices, and is pretty much known as a big kid, he's the one who's being grown up about this.The world's gone mad.Dwight Howard is in a place where he can have perspective and Kevin Garnett is not.What is happening?

Marvel Comics is teaming up with ESPN and the NBA for a series of promotional spots.Does it bother anyone else how much the league is marketing towards the storyline of LeBron leaving Cleveland? Don't get me wrong, I've been softer on James than others because if you asked me if I wanted to go work somewhere nicer with two of my friends with a greater chance of success, I'd probably do it too.But rubbing Cleveland's nose in it constantly for marketing purposes and playing into their spurned response seems exploitive.Monta Ellis is in a much better place emotionally and mentally.Why? Dude got married and his wife, a lady cop, has him in line.I can understand where Ellis is coming from, as I'm sure a lot of men can.You have your wilder 20's, jacking up shots and riding mopeds, and then you get married and that stuff gets thrown out.This would be better if she were a segway cop or something.Still, it's good to see Ellis in a better place.Mike Wells of the Indy Star reports that both Dahntay Jones and Solomon Jones are on the block as the Pacers try and move for a big man.TruthAboutIt.Net's Kyle Weidie is more concerned with Andre Blatche at the moment than Gilbert Arenas.Blatche boosted his stock immensely last year with some solid play on the blown-up Wizards.But he thinks of himself as a primary scoring threat, not as a complimentary piece, and has big chemistry issues.If they can get him on the market and get a good player to put next to Wall for him, they should move, and quickly.Alvin Gentry is telling his team that if they want to be succesful this year, they're going to have to be a “GREAT” defensive team.This for a team that had a worse defensive rating than any of Mike D'Antoni's years.Even if you think Amar'e was the problem(and he wasn't), good luck with that, coach.Sasha Vujacic suffered a concussion in practice and is out indefinitely.Perhaps he was confused on what being “unconscious” from the arc meant.In case you missed it last night , you need to see John Wall destroying the Bucks in 40 secons.For real.Mike D'Antoni called Anthony Randolph a “stat magnet.” If only that magnet wasn't similarly charged to that of a “high basketball IQ magnet” because Randolph seems to repel that idea.Many, Knicks fans especailly, hope this is the season that changes.He can be an absolute game-changer when his head's in the right place.And finally, just a small basketball note.If you caught last night's Jazz game you saw this, but if you didn't, Al Jefferson looked really good.Even with an out-of-shape Deron Williams working with him, Jefferson was hitting from all over the floor and attacking the glass on both sides of the ball.Defensively he's still figuring the system out, but things are looking tremendously good for Utah's new acquisition.