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October 20th, 2011Ersan Ilyasova
November 30th, 2009
Ersan Ilyasova Profile
Ersan Ilyasova is a Turkish Basketball player currently playing in the NBA. He started his career in Ulker playing in the pro Turkish league. In 2004-2005 Ersan was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round. He didn’t play any games for the Bucks that season but instead played for the Tulsa 66ers in the D-League.
The following season, Ersan Ilyasova played 65 games for the Bucks where he average six points per game and three rebounds per game in 15 minutes of play. The next two seasons he spent in the Euroleague in Spain playing for Barcelona. In July of 2009, he signed a two year contract worth seven million dollars with the Milwaukee Bucks. Ersan is now a starter seeing major minutes in the NBA.
Ersan Ilyasova Scouting Report
Ersan is 6’10 and weighs around 107 kilograms. His natural position is at small forward, but he is comfortable playing anything except for center. He is as versatile of players you can find in the NBA. Many people compare his game to Hidayet Turkoglu, partly because they are both of Turkish Nationality, but the similarities run deeper than that. Since they are both long players who can both shoot the ball and dribble, they create match up nightmares for opposing defenses.
One of Ersan Ilyasova’s favorite plays is dribbling around near the three point line and then creating room by stepping back for a three pointer. His shot is a little unorthodox but he’s capable of shooting it at a decent percentage and from practically anywhere on the floor.
Ersan’s biggest strength comes in his activity level when he is on the floor. You will be hard pressed to ever find him standing still. On offense, if he doesn’t have the ball, he will set screens, trying to make back cuts, and challenge the offensive boards whenever there’s the slighest of chance. On defense, he will play as hard defense as you can find a 6’10 European play. Besides that, he will be active defender as a help defender as well, able to both step in to take a charge or creating deflections leading to steals.
Ersan Ilyasova is a complete player and doesn’t really have a weakness in his game. At 22 years of age, he is one of the brightest NBA prospects of this year.
Ersan Ilyasova Predictions
Ersan has already shown flashes of his true potential this season starting for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is a monster of a rebounder and can score in the 20′s with ease and still maintain good shooting percentages. His only apparent weakness is forcing the issue at times and taking tough shots when he shouldn’t be. As he learns about the game and accumulates more experience. He will surely improve as he gets more playing time and his coach Scott Skiles has more confidence in him.
Ersan Ilyasova will hopefully fill that hole being left by Hedo Turkoglu and Mehmet Okur as they approach the downward slope of their career. I am looking forward to following his career as I am certain Ersan Ilyasova will be an All-Star in the near future.
Acer Liquid A1 Price, Release Date and Full Specs
October 24th, 2009After the tragedy of losing mybrand new Google G1 phone in one short week, I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement to take its place. Then I read about the release of the Acer Liquid A1, and I was immediately convinced. Let’s have a look at some of the features of this new Acer Liquid phone:
- 1GHz Snapdragon processor. This is the fastest chip on the market for a mobile phone and it will help handle complicated applications and the multimedia possibilities of this phone.
- WVGA Screen (800 x 480 resolution) capable of displaying video at HD quality. This is the highest resolution screen available for a mobile phone. Most new smartphones have resolution of 400 x 240.
- Google Android operating system. The Android open source platform is ideally designed for a phone with high technical capabilities, and this Acer Liquid phone gives it the first chance to truly shine.
- 5MP autofocus camera that has ISO levels as well as the ability to tag pictures with your current location thanks to the inbuilt GPS
- Internet browsing capabilities at HSPA speeds (High speed packet access) that allows you to surf at 7.2Mbps
- Wifi Synching options that will allow you to share files between your computer and Acer phone with ease
- Social Network integration inside the phone so that you can easily see and follow updates from your favorite social media sites
Acer Liquid A1 Price
Well the problem usually with great pieces of technology that have everything you want in them is the price tag. So when I first read about this phone I envisioned it to be somewhere cExercise/”>Lose to a computer’s price. However Acer always tend to release products at affordable prices and this time around has been no different. The Acer Liquid A1 Price is 380 euros or 570 dollars before any discounts or subsidies from carriers.
Acer Liquid A1 Release Date
So all that leaves is when will this cheaply price technological product be released. Don’t worry, you won’t have to wait couple of years for it to come out. In fact, its much sooner that anyone anticipated. Dell, who has talked much more about releasing an Android phone, has yet to reveal anything. But Acer have announced that their Acer Liquid phone will come out on November 28 2009. That’s right, only 1 month away, and this could be in your hands.
That wraps up a look at the phone that I plan to replace my older G1 google phone. The Acer Liquid features and price look great, and stay tuned for a full review when I get my hands on the phone.
NBA 2009 2010 Preview
October 6th, 2009NBA 2010 Preview
The 2009-2010 NBA season is just around the corner, and I couldn’t be more excited. Last season was the most fun I think I’ve had wathing sports since the Michael Jordan days. The tight regular season chase, the MVP race, the amazing playoff series’ that we witnessed, and the final conclusion with Kobe finally winning that all elusive fourth title.
NBA Western Conference 2010 Preview
The Western conference will again be lead and dominated by the Los Angeles Lakers this season. They have added Ron Artest and only lost Trevor Ariza. A healthy Andrew Byrnum will also negate any improvements that other teams have done. The San Antonio Spurs with their addition of Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess, and Theo Ratliff should help them get back to the Western Conference Finals and challenge the Lakers somewhat. The Denver Nuggets were cExercise/”>Lose last year, but without any major additions this year it will be hard to envision them going too far. The Portland Trailblazers despite a unsuccessful offseason will be better than last year especially if Greg Oden gets his act together, and will certainly be a dangerous foe capable of taking anyone down. The Dallas Mavericks acquisition of Shawn Marion won’t change too much for Cuban’s team who is couple years away from needing a fresh start.
NBA Eastern Conference 2010 Preview
The Eastern Conference ‘big three’ if you will all got even better than last year and there should be no doubt who the top 3 teams of the conference will be. The Orlando Magic were among the most active teams this year with additions of Vince Carter, Matt Barnes, Brandon Bass, and Jason Williams while losing out Hedo Turkoglu, Courtney Lee, and Rafer Alston. Still the Magic won’t feel all that confident when you consider the team that they barely beat in 7 games last year, the Boston Celtics, will have possibly a healthy Kevin Garnett and a playoff veteran at backup, Rasheed Wallace. Despite all this, the favorites out in the East should still be the Cleveland Cavaliers. Let’s not forget what an amazing season they had last year until they bumped heads with the Magic and all their weaknesses were revealed. Luckily for them they addressed all these issues with the additions of Shaquille O’Neal, Anthony Parker, Leon Powe and Jamario Moon while only losing out Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. The other interesting teams out in the East are the Washington Wizards which will see the return of Gilbert Arenas with new acquisitions Mike Miller and Randy Foye. The Toronto Raptors are another team who made major moves and could perhaps creep in the playoffs.
Overall the 2009-2010 NBA season should be truly exciting with several of the top teams really stacked with talent chasing that championship trophy. I leave you now with my predictions for the 2010 NBA season:
2010 MVP: LeBron James
2010 Rookie of the Year: Blake Griffin
2010 Most Improved Player: Greg Oden
2010 Sixth Man of the Year: Ron Artest
2010 Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard
That wraps up the 2010 NBA preview, oh and before I forget…the LA Lakers WILL repeat.
Learn Chinese
September 6th, 2009Learning Chinese has got to be one of the most difficult things a person can do and I honestly have no idea how I will accomplish the task. I have tried learning Chinese through podcasts, I have tried to learn Chinese by speaking Chinese to locals, I have even tried to learn to speak Chinese by reading a ‘Learn Chinese for dummies’ book that my friend recommended me after 2 years of not mastering the language.
There is really no way around it, learning Chinese is not easy. If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to learn Chinese then you’re just tricking yourself. You need to remember that to master the Chinese language you will have to learn over 400 sounds, you will need to be able to remember the meaning of most of these 400 sounds under the 4 different tones in the Chinese language. Then you will need to associate the pinyin sound and specific tone to a Chinese character. That Chinese character will have several different meanings depending on how you use it in a sentence. Also putting different characters next to each other will also naturally derive totally new mearning. There are over 3000 chinese characters that you will need to remember. Yes, learning Chinese is definitely no easy task.
And this, this is all to learn a popular Chinese dialect called Mandarin. It is the official dialect supported by the Chinese government and spoken widely across China, but by no means does it cover everything. In Shanghai for examples, locals like to speak the Shanghai dialect which is completely different from the official Mandarin. To learn to speak Shanghainese would require me to practically learn a new language. If you decide to go to Hong Kong for example, they have a completely different language called Cantonese which in fact has 9 tones!
Learning Pinyin, learning the tones, learning the han characters, learning the Chinese phrases that sometimes don’t make sense, learning chinese words that could mean totally opposite things, and learning all the Chinese exception in grammar and vocabulary is a real pain. I’m not sure if I will ever learn Chinese Mandarin properly. Sometimes it’s easy to get discouraged when you muster all the effor to learn to speak Chinese and then you go out to practice speaking Chinese only to find out that the locals don’t understand a word you say and laugh at your puny attempts.
WoW Cataclysm
August 20th, 2009It was announced at Blizzcon today that World of Warcraft will release a new expansion called World of Warcraft Cataclysm. The expansion will feature several new races, along with the possibility to play several new classes with your favorite race.
One disappointing part of WoW Cataclym is the lack of a new class and also the lack of a new continent. On top of this, the level cap has only been increase to level 85 in WOW: Cataclysm.
The big special part of the expansion is suppose to be this cataclysmic event where all of Azeroth is transformed into something new. There will now also be the option to fly in Azeroth thanks to the Cataclysmic events that have affected the World of Warcraft. This feature alone will make millions of people hungry for a WoW Cataclysm Beta Key.
I guess it will be interesting to see the 56 point talents, and the new proffesions in WoW Cataclysm. But it is really not an exciting expansion as far as I’m concerned. I’m sure some of my friends will play it, and waste their time powerleveling their Horde Goblin and Alliance Worgen characters to level 85, but it all seems like a waste of time to me.
Blizzard announced at Blizzcon 2009 the arrival of a new expansion – WoW Cataclysm – but it might actually be the end of the most popular game of all time.
Hedo Turkoglu Wins 2009 NBA Finals MVP
May 29th, 2009Hedo Turkoglu WILL win the 2009 NBA finals MVP award. You heard it here first.