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Posted on April 23, 2010 at 01:20 AM.

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Monthly Review
December 2010

Major Headlines:

Kings' Tyreke Evans Named West Player of the Month
Cavs' LeBron James Named East Player of the Month
Minnesota's John Wall Named West Rookie of the Month
Evan Turner Named East Rookie of the Month
Pistons, Heat Sit Atop Eastern Conference Standings
Nuggets, Lakers Sit Atop Western Conference Standings
Bucks, Bobcats, Knicks Yet To Reach 10-win Plateau
LeBron, Bosh, Melo Are Early MVP frontrunners
#1 Pick Al-Farouq Aminu Out For Rest of Season
Joakim Noah Wants Extension in Chicago
Wizards Fire Coach Flip Saunders After 11-19 Start
Ben Wallace To Retire At End of Season

Major Injuries:

Al-Farouq Aminu (LAC)- Broken Patella, Out For Season
LaMarcus Aldridge (POR)- Bruised Tailbone, 1-2 Weeks
Randy Foye (SAC)- Torn ACL, 1-2 Weeks
Roy Hibbert (IND)- Separated Shoulder, 1-2 Weeks
Grant Hill (MEM)- Plantar Facitis, 1-2 Weeks
Al Horford (ATL)- Strained Abdomen, 1-2 Weeks
Josh Smith (ATL)- Strainded Quad, 1-2 Weeks
J.R. Smith (DEN)- Broken Finger, 1-2 Weeks

Major Transactions:

Blazers' Trade Carl Landry To Cleveland for Shannon Brown
Lakers Trade Sasha Vujacic to Nets for Kris Humphries
Blazers' Get Daniel Gibson From Bucks For Martell Webster
Rockets Give Up Shane Battier To Wolves' for 1st Round Pick
Wizards Trade Rafer Alston To Blazers' For Renaldo Balkman
Heat Acquire Marvin Williams From Hawks For Josh Howard
Wizars Fire Coach Flip Saunders, Hire Coach Lionel Hollins

Notes From The Coaches Desk

Our December was almost identical to our November, as we went 11-6 this month. We got a couple of huge wins this month. We beat the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics 98-92 earlier this month, and we got past the Lakers on Christmas Day. We had a couple of disappointing losses, most notably a 113-81 thrashing at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks. Overall though, a good month for us. We are still in first place in the Eastern Conference, 1 game ahead of the Miami Heat. We need to look to continue our winning ways.

Last month, our rookie DeMarcus Cousins took home East Rookie of the Month honors. Well, we were pleased to hear that this month, our other rookie, Evan Turner, was awarded the crown. He has been stellar since being put into the starting rotation. Since then, he has been averaging 15.9PPG, 6.8RPG, 3.0APG, and 1.6SPG, all of which have gone up from last month. DeMarcus Cousins is still averaging 12.9 and 7.6, and Stuckey continues to lead our team at 16.4 a game, to go along with 7 assists. Rip and Prince are giving us a combined 23PPG, and Nene has come up big this month, recording 13 double-doubles.

Our team is still lingering around 94PPG while giving up 88PPG. We are leading the league in FG% at 45.9%, but are still way down in 3PT%, coming in at 28.1. We have up'ed our FT% to 72.9 percent, but there is still room for improvement.