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Cummins Reveals New QSK95 Engine with over 4000 Horsepower.
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QSK Quadriphase Shift Keying 95 engine with over 4000-hp (2983 kW) output as the world's most powerful high-speed diesel. The 95-liter 16-cylinder QSK95 is the first engine to be introduced in a new high-horsepower diesel and gas platform from Cummins. The new product line will extend up to the 120-liter 20-cylinder QSK120, capable of over 5000-hp (3728 kW) output.
Designed with exceptional strength and high power density, the 16-cylinder QSK95 exceeds the power output of other large 1800-rpm high-speed engines with 20-cylinders. Compared with much larger medium-speed engines operating below 1200 rpm, the QSK95 offers a far more compact and cost-effective solution to achieve the same power output.
The QSK95 is ideally suited for high-hour, high-load applications in passenger and freight locomotives, many types of marine vessels and ultra-class mine haul trucks. Operators can expect higher levels of equipment uptime and a longer life-to-overhaul with the QSK95.
For power generation applications, the QSK95 meets the need for highly dependable, fuel-efficient performance. For offshore oil and gas platforms, the QSK95 will be available as a ready-to-install drilling power module. The QSK95 will power the new C3000 Series genset from Cummins Power Generation, providing a class-leading 3.5-MW high-speed output.
For all applications, the QSK95 is ready to meet the most stringent emissions standards, including EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid.
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n. Tier 4 Final, taking effect in 2015, using proven Selective Catalytic Reduction Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a means of removing nitrogen oxides, often the most abundant and polluting component in exhaust gases, through a chemical reaction between the exhaust gases, a (reductant) additive, and a catalyst. (SCR (Sequence Control Register) See program counter. ) aftertreatment designed by Cummins to replace the exhaust muffler.
"Our new QSK95 represents a landmark in the evolution of the large high-speed diesel engine, designed with the power and durability to surpass all other high-speed engines while also challenging much larger and higher capital cost medium-speed engines," said Mark Levett, Cummins Vice-President and General Manager - High-Horsepower Business.
"The QSK95 moves Cummins into a significantly higher power class, and we know that many of our customers have been eagerly anticipating us making that move. During the development of the QSK95, we engaged with hundreds of potential users to ensure that we fully reflected their operational and installation needs.
"That's why we purpose-designed the QSK95 to set standards of uptime availability and in-service reliability higher than those of any other engine - because our customers see that as a top priority for their business success.
"We are excited to introduce the QSK95, as this is just the start of a new high-horsepower platform for both diesel and gas, covering 12, 16 and 20 cylinders. The gas engines will not be just a derivative of the diesel engines, but uniquely designed for gas. We will release more details about our gas product line during 2013," added Levett.
The QSK95 is pre-engineered to add four cylinders and will achieve over 5000-hp (3728 kW) with the QSK120 engine, moving the boundaries of high-speed diesel performance even further ahead. The QSK120 will utilize the same architecture and systems as the QSK95, providing the advantage of platform commonality.
Cummins has committed major resources to the new QSK95 and the high-horsepower platform, with 150 engineers working on the project and over $100 million invested to establish a new production line and world-class test facilities at the Seymour Engine Plant.
QSK95 Analysis-Led Design
The QSK95 has been developed using state-of-the art analytical tools, including highly advanced combustion modeling. Jim Trueblood, Vice-President - Cummins High-Horsepower Engineering, explains:
"Using powerful analysis programs, we evaluated thousands of possible combustion designs until we arrived at the optimum formula for fuel efficiency, performance, emissions control Emissions control may refer to:
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"The QSK95 is designed with immense strength at the heart of the engine, enabling the power cylinder to achieve higher levels of peak cylinder pressure. This gives a higher threshold in-cylinder to focus on emissions reduction and improve fuel efficiency.
"A key achievement of our combustion analysis-led work is that the QSK95 makes no performance compromise to meet very low emissions standards - an advantage that few, if any, other large high-speed or medium-speed engines will be able to claim for Tier 4," added Trueblood.
Using Proven Performance Systems
While the QSK95 is an all-new platform, the engine has been able to take advantage of proven performance systems from within Cummins high-horsepower technology portfolio.
A quad-turbocharger system brings highly reliable air-handling direct from the QSK60 engine to the QSK95. The four compact turbochargers provide outstanding step-load acceptance and transient response with the simplicity of single-stage operation.
The Modular Common-Rail System (MCRS MCRS Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society
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Cummins new NanoNet(TM) fuel filtration gives superior fuel cleanliness and enhances the durability of the MCRS system - an important advantage for engines required to operate anywhere in the world with varying fuel quality.
Deep Structural Strength
A new ductile iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies. block and an extended block skirt ensure the highest possible structural strength for the QSK95, improving its capability for multiple overhauls. An internal stiffening bedplate bed·plate
A plate, frame, or platform serving as a base or support for a machine. minimizes vibration.
A single-piece forged-steel piston provides exceptional durability and reuse capability at rebuild. All three piston rings use premium materials, with the top ring Plasma Vapor Deposition (PVD PVD
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The stronger engine design of the QSK95 means more reliability in-service and less to rebuild at engine overhaul, considerably reducing total life cycle costs. The QSK95 will provide an exceptionally long life-to-overhaul, capable of achieving 1.7 million gallons and above of fuel consumed before overhaul, with the significant advantage of no mid-life intervention required.
Meeting Ultra-Low Emissions Standards
The SCR aftertreatment system is purpose-designed for the QSK95 to provide a highly flexible, installation package for Tier 4 Final and similar ultra-low emissions standards. Design space remains available within the aftertreatment system configuration for additional Particulate Matter (PM) reduction technology if required for specific applications.
Depending on the duty-cycle, the Cummins SCR system is capable of achieving fuel savings of 5 percent to 10 percent, together with a significant reduction in carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. (CO2) emissions. The SCR fuel savings are incremental to those already realized by the high-pressure fuel system, reducing the cost of operation by more than the cost of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) required for the SCR system.
By using Cummins SCR aftertreatment solution, the QSK95 avoids the need for an Exhaust Gas Recirculation "EGR" redirects here. For other uses, see EGR (disambiguation).
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a NOx (nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide) reduction technique used in most gasoline and diesel engines. (EGR EGR Engineering
EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EGR Engineer
EGR Early Growth Response
EGR Extra Grace Required
EGR Enhanced Gas Recovery
EGR Embedded GPS Receiver
EGR Emergency Generator Room ) system on the engine to reduce Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx). This EGR-free approach avoids the inherent complexity of applying it to high-output engines and means that no compromise is made to serviceability. A further advantage is that no additional heat rejection is generated by the engine, avoiding both an installation cost and space impact.
Increased Uptime And Serviceability
The QSK95 is designed with more inherent reliability to ensure the highest possible uptime availability. The engine is configured to provide faster and easier servicing procedures, with simple access to all cooling, oil and fuel system maintenance points on the engine. Service intervals are a minimum 500 hours, with the option of much-extended oil change intervals available using the ELIMINATOR(TM) oil purification system, mounted on the engine.
The goal of a leak-free engine is achieved by premium "press-in-place" seals on all critical joints, such as flywheel housing, gear housing and oil pan-to-cylinder block. A special perimeter seal to the cylinder head guarantees that airborne debris cannot penetrate this important sealing interface.
Four standardized Cummins Electronic Control Modules (ECMs) provide a high level of processing power and memory to monitor, control and protect the engine systems. One ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management.
(2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. monitors each engine quadrant, with all four ECMs grouped together for easy access at the front of the engine in a protected cover. An easy interface provides access for full diagnostics.
About Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (USA), Cummins employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide and serves customers in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more than 600 company-owned and independent distributor locations and approximately 6,000 dealer locations. Cummins earned $1.0 billion on sales of $13.2 billion in 2010. Press releases can be found on the Web at cummins.com or cumminsengines.com. Follow Cummins on Twitter at http://twitter.com/cumminsengines and YouTube at http://youtube.com/cumminsengines.
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Jimmie Johnson on pole at Pocono
Updated: June 8, 2013, 5:34 PM ETAssociated Press
LONG POND, Pa. -- Rain has washed out Friday's Sprint Cup qualifying at Pocono Raceway.
Points leader Jimmie Johnson will automatically sit on the pole for the start of Sunday's 400-mile race.
It rained all day and cars never got on the track. There are only 43 entries for the race so no driver will miss the field.
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You can't let this consume you life if you want to keep people around. You can bring stuff up on occasion but don't let it define you unless you are doing more than just trying to convince people. If you want this movement to be your life then consider running office or getting involved locally so at least that way when you talk its not just you preaching but it will be about your actual life and what you know. This way people will be more likely to listen.
I pick my people all the time. If I can get to them I continue if I can't I move on. Learn to move on and if you want a friendship with this person focus on other areas that both of you can share and enjoy obviously discussions of politics between the two of you only brings one person out and that is you. You need to talk about and do things that brings out what she loves and what she has a passion for.
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Wild's Yeo mum on goaltender plans for G5
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Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesInspirational Minnesota goaltender Josh Harding left Game 4 on Tuesday favoring his leg.Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo is playing his team's goaltender situation close to his vest heading into Thursday's Game 5 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Yeo wouldn't disclose Wednesday who will be his starting or backup goaltenders for Game 5. It's unknown if Yeo is being coy out of necessity due to recent injuries to goaltenders Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding or he's hoping to catch the Blackhawks off guard.
Yeo said it was the latter while laughing about it during his media availability on Wednesday.
"We like to keep the other team guessing, so we're not only going to not tell them who are starting goaltender is, we're not going to tell them who our backup goaltender is either," said Yeo, whose team trails 3-1 in the series. "Really leave them in the dark."
The Wild have had a turbulent series in net. Backstrom suffered a lower-body injury during pregame warmups in the series opener and had to be replaced by Harding.
Harding was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the offseason and played in just five regular season games. He also had played in just one playoff period prior to this season.
Harding made 108 saves over the series' first three games and held the Blackhawks to two goals in a 2-1 overtime loss in Game 1 and a 3-2 overtime win in Game 3.
Harding started Game 4, but suffered an undisclosed injury during the first period and was replaced by Darcy Kuemper to begin the second period. Kuemper was recalled from the AHL recently due to Backstrom's injury.
Kuemper played in six games during the regular season this year and had not played in the playoffs previously.
Kuemper allowed two goals and made 16 saves in Tuesday's 3-0 loss to the Blackhawks in Game 4. Backstrom, who had been scratched before the game, suited up and sat on the bench during the third period. He would have been allowed to play if Kuemper had to leave the game due to an injury.
Yeo said Harding would travel with the team to Chicago.
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All Blacks flanker Adam Thomson's suspension means he will not be available for Saturday's clash with Italy © PA Photos
New Zealand flanker Adam Thomson has been handed a one-week suspension for his reckless use of the boot on Scotland's Alasdair Strokosch during their clash on Sunday.
The All Blacks' blindside was yellow carded in the second half of his side's comprehensive 51-22 victory at Murrayfield but subsequently cited for "stamping or trampling".
The judge ruled that the offence was on the lower end of the scale and as a result Thomson has been suspended until midnight on November 18. The suspension means he will not be available for the All Blacks latest tour outing against Italy in Rome on Saturday but he was not expected to feature in the game. He will be free to play in the All Blacks' subsequent matches against Wales and England.
The International Rugby Board's recommended sanctions for both stamping and trampling range from two weeks to one year with Thomson's ban reduced to one week on account of his conduct with comments from Strokosch also likely to have influenced the ruling.
"It certainly wasn't malicious. There was no damage done. He barely grazed (my head)," Strokosch said following the game. "I would say the yellow card's fine. I wouldn't take it any further. It wasn't a big deal."
However, Scotland coach Andy Robinson felt it was a red card offence. "You would think so," he said. "The touch judge had a very good view of it."
The ruling, that came on the same day that Australia's Rob Simmons was handed an eight-week ban for a tip tackle on France's Yannick Nyanga in their clash in Paris on Saturday night, was described by former England hooker Brian Moore as "ludicrously lenient" and he urged the IRB to investigate.
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Will NBA's New TV Deal Impact Boston Celtics' Future Plans with Rajon Rondo?
Long-term team planning in the NBA has always been a challenge, but now you can use another adjective to describe it: ambiguous.
For the Boston Celtics, that uncertainty looms from the potential changes the NBA's new TV rights deal will have on the salary cap. Any shifts in those numbers could have a major effect on how the team plans on handling Rajon Rondo's future, for this season and beyond.
Richard Sandomir of The New York Times first reported last week about the new TV deal, noting that Turner Sports and ESPN will pay an average of $2.7 billion a year to the NBA for nine seasons (starting in 2016-17) in exchange for retaining exclusive broadcast rights for the league.
The new deal will send league revenues skyrocketing over the second half of the decade. The NBA salary cap rises and declines based on league revenues.
With the NBA expected to more than double its current average yearly intake for TV rights starting in 2016, the league's salary-cap number could make a dramatic jump from the latest estimate of $66.5 million.
NBA salary-cap expert Larry Coon reported the NBA was projecting that cap figure for the 2015-16 season back in April.
Zach Lowe of Grantland explored just how significant that increase could be in a column last week:
The league right now projects a jump to $66.5 million for 2015-16, a modest rise pegged to the final year of that modest $930 million TV deal. If the new TV deal kicks in for the 2016-17 season just shy of $2 billion, the cap could exceed that same $14 million leap, all the way to around $80-plus million, in a single year.
Lowe also reported that the league is considering the option of smoothing, a process which would tie the new TV deal revenue partially to the 2015-16 season as well.
That scenario would lead to higher revenues—and a higher salary cap from the league's current $66.5 million projection—during the 2015-16 season, thus creating a more staggered rise to an $80-plus million salary-cap number in 2016.
The path the league elects to take in implementing any changes remains to be seen, but it is clear that many pending NBA free agents will be significantly impacted by this new TV deal when they hit the open market this summer.
Both teams and agents will be attempting to map out the value of each player in the midst of enormous shifts within the salary-cap landscape.
The most intriguing player to watch next summer, with these changes in mind, may very well be Rondo. In preparation for Rondo's looming free agency, I took a closer look at just how much of an impact, if any, the pending salary-cap changes might alter the Celtics' plans with their star point guard.
The value Rondo deserves in his next contract has always been a common topic of debate among league observers. The 28-year-old has amassed an impressive resume when healthy during his eight-year career, especially during the postseason when he helped carry the Celtics to deep playoff runs in 2010 to the NBA Finals and to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2012.
Those performances, combined with elite point guard numbers throughout his career, have made Rondo a four-time All-Star.
The Celtics captain said on the team's media day last Monday that this kind of production has made him worthy of receiving a max contract in his next deal, a suggestion that Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge didn't exactly dispute:
"I think a four-time All-Star by the time he's [28] years old would qualify for max based on what we've seen in the marketplace," Ainge said. "If I were Rajon and I were Rajon's agent, I would definitely say that. But since I'm negotiating against him, I'll withhold."
Knowing the effects the NBA's new TV deal is likely to have on player salaries, Rondo's camp should be in a better position to secure a max-level contract from the Celtics or another team in the league next summer.
That stance is contingent on the point guard performing at an elite level on the floor upon returning from a broken left hand which will sideline him until November.
Assuming Rondo is able to return to his peak form, the Celtics will likely be more compelled to bring their captain back for the long haul due to a variety of factors influenced by the TV deal.
The first of those is a financial component. As I mentioned earlier, all NBA teams will be dealing with more salary-cap room than anticipated in future seasons, perhaps as early as 2015.
That means a potential max-level contract offered by Boston to Rondo, which would be worth a bit over $107 million over five years (based on next year's $66.5 million salary-cap projection), won't put as much of a dent in the team's salary-cap room for future seasons as had been anticipated.
In fact, that kind of a contract for Rondo may be viewed as somewhat of a bargain later in the decade, when the salary cap jumps to over $80 million per season and max salaries for stars also see considerable jumps.
Crucial from a team-building perspective for the Celtics front office, however, is that the franchise would still have plenty of cap room to spend in free agency, even after potentially handing Rondo a $20-plus million annual salary.
They would have enough cash to try to lure another prominent player or two and have them team up with Rondo and other parts of the team's young core to take the Celtics to the next level.
That line of thinking leads us to the other main reason the TV deal could increase the chances Boston keeps Rondo. The Celtics won't be the only team benefiting from additional salary-cap space in future seasons; other teams will also have plenty to spend, and this fact will lead to increased competition for free agents on the open market.
That factor may also limit Boston's trade market for Rondo if it explores moving him this season. Why would most teams give up assets for a player they can conceivably sign as a free agent with their added cap size?
The extra cap space will create a more aggressive marketplace overall in free agency, increasing the importance of appealing to any prized free agent with the lure of winning and a formidable supporting cast.
As the Celtics enter the next stage of their rebuild, landing top-flight free agents is the team's best hope of developing into a contender once again. If Rondo is not in the fold for future seasons, the challenge of landing these types of players becomes tougher for Ainge.
The painful truth is that the rest of the Celtics roster doesn't exactly inspire the kind of confidence in future success that someone like Rondo, with his strong postseason track record, would.
The other wild card in play here for Boston's plan with Rondo is the possibility that he will want to explore a short-term contract as a result of the TV deal. LeBron James pursued this strategy last summer, signing a two-year contract with a player option that will guarantee he can become a free agent in 2016-17 when the biggest jump in salary is expected.
If Rondo wants to benefit from the raised max-salary levels (35 percent of the salary cap for players with 10-plus years of experience, according to the NBA's collective bargaining agreement), he could seek a short-term contract that would give him the opportunity to become a free agent in the summer of 2016.
That strategy would maximize Rondo's potential earnings but may be considered somewhat risky for a player with a significant injury history in recent years.
The bottom line is, beyond all of these variables, Rondo's play on the floor this season still remains the biggest factor in his next contract and if the Celtics will be willing to pay a high price in future seasons.
The new TV deal will provide an opportunity for Rondo to earn a bigger deal, but the truth is, Rondo still has to prove he is worthy of it.
The Celtics still have not seen their longtime starting point guard play minutes while healthy under Brad Stevens. Even though Rondo suited up for 30 games last season, there were plenty of telltale signs that he was not in peak form in his return to the hardwood in January 2013.
Sure, there were glimpses of strong play from Rondo, but reduced minutes, an inability to play both games in a back-to-back and a career-low mark in field-goal percentage (.403 percent) demonstrated that Rondo had still not fully recovered from ACL surgery.
Ainge admitted these realities when discussing Rondo's preparation for this season:
"[Rondo] was motivated [this summer] because he didn't play very well last year, to his standards coming off the knee injury," Ainge said. "He doesn't like not to be good. He doesn't like not being considered one of the best point guards in the game. That's what drove him to hard work this summer."
Rondo already had plenty to play for over the next six months, but if the point guard can return to his All-Star ways this season, the NBA's new TV deal made the odds of the 28-year-old landing a lucrative deal with the Celtics just a bit better.
All quotes were obtained firsthand by the author at Celtics media sessions.
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Russell Westbrook, Scott Brooks Talk Impact of Kevin Durant Injury on PG's Role
The Oklahoma City Thunder are Russell Westbrook's team now. Kevin Durant's Jones fracture in his right foot is expected to keep him out no less than six weeks, leaving Westbrook with the temporary keys to his own kingdom.
So, what does this all mean for the polarizing point guard's role? Not all that much, according to Thunder head coach Scott Brooks and the man himself.
"It's not about me. It's about our team. I can't win games by myself. I can't do anything by myself," Westbrook told ESPN.com's Royce Young on Monday. "I kind of want to take the attention off me and put it more on the team. Everybody keeps asking what I'm going to do and how I'm going to change. I think it's more about our team and what we can do."
Durant, the reigning NBA MVP, was diagnosed with the foot fracture Saturday. He is still considering a course of treatment—mostly related to whether or not he has surgery—but similar injuries have kept players out between six and eight weeks in the past, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said in a statement.
Without Durant, who has led the NBA in scoring four of the past five years, much of the scoring burden is expected to be placed on Westbrook.
The situation runs parallel to the one Durant was placed in last season, when Westbrook missed most of the first half while recovering from multiple knee surgeries. Durant responded to his co-star's absence with an offensive tour de force, most memorably averaging 35.9 points per game in the month of January. Westbrook's absence in many ways allowed Durant to take that final leap and knock LeBron James off the MVP perch he's owned for most of the last half-decade.
But where some believe Westbrook's injury unleashed Durant, the verb takes an entirely different connotation with the enigmatic guard.
Westbrook, himself a three-time All-Star and one of the NBA's 10 best players, is also one of its most highly critiqued. His shot selection ranges from free-wheeling to utterly befuddling, his whirling dervish playmaking from captivating and awe-inspiring to cringe-worthy. As John Schuhmann of NBA.com pointed out on Twitter, Westbrook shot 35 times in the 41 minutes he played without Durant last season.
A possibly months-long Durant absence left some wondering if Westbrook would succumb to his worst impulses. While we're still a little more than two weeks away from the Thunder's season-opening tilt with the Portland Trail Blazers to see their plan in action, Brooks and Westbrook have gone out of their way to downplay the latter's responsibility.
"We're not asking Russell to be a 35-point scorer," Brooks said, per Young. "Obviously, he's going to be a scorer because he can, and he does that at a high level. There will be games he might have 20, there will be games he'll have 30, but there will also be some games where he has 15. He just has to continue to lead like he has been and that's good enough.
"Everybody has to step up. It's not one guy. You're not going to replace Kevin with one guy. It's the team getting better as a group is what I'm looking to replace him with."
Words aren't the only reason for optimism, either. Grantland's Zach Lowe made the astute point Monday that lineups featuring Westbrook without Durant outscored their opponents by 9.5 points per 100 possessions in 2012-13. That would have been nearly a point and a half better than the Spurs' rate from last season, per NBA.com.
The point being: Russell Westbrook can play. His and Durant's constant pairing was more about Brooks' desire to keep them together than an indictment on Westbrook.
The Thunder are going to be worse without Durant, but to pretend they'll be some unmitigated disaster ignores the remaining talent on the roster. In Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City still has two of the league's 20 best players and a supporting cast that held water without Westbrook last season.
Plus, Westbrook's role is going to change. Public bluster or not, Westbrook will be blowing away his career scoring average by the time Durant returns.
He's the only player in Oklahoma City's projected starting lineup—assuming Brooks replaces Durant with a wing over Reggie Jackson—who can create an open look for himself. Westbrook, Durant and Jackson were the only three regular rotation players who were assisted on less than 60 percent of their field goals, per NBA.com.
Broken possessions are going to be a way of life without Durant. In most of those cases, it'll be up to Westbrook or Jackson to use their off-the-dribble skills to make something happen. If Westbrook's role truly doesn't change—if, say, he's averaging numbers right along with his career averages—then the Thunder are in trouble.
Oklahoma City needs Westbrook and Brooks to say the things they are now. In reality, they'll need Westbrook to step up the way Durant did in his stead a year ago.
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Bradley Beal Injury Impact: 'John Wall Has Got to Be a Better Leader'
The Washington Wizards will be without shooting guard Bradley Beal for up to two months after the young star was forced to have surgery to repair his wrist. Can John Wall and the rest of the Wizards step up in Beal's absence?
J. Michael of CSN Washington joins Stephen Nelson to give his take in the video above.
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Predicting Zach LaVine's Impact for Minnesota Timberwolves This Season
The Minnesota Timberwolves' Zach LaVine has the potential to be a future All-Star, but what can fans expect from the 19-year-old in his rookie season?
LaVine was taken with the 13th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. His college numbers weren't amazing, but his athleticism and ability to shoot from long range were enough for the Wolves to take him in the first round.
As a freshman at UCLA, he only averaged 9.4 points and 1.8 assists per game, but he managed to shoot an impressive 37.5 percent from beyond the arc.
His struggles in college were mostly due to his inability to score in isolation and his inability to run a successful pick-and-roll. Matt Kamalsky of DraftExpress had a similar opinion:
Using 9.7 possessions per-game, he ranks as the lowest usage player in this group, and as the least efficient scorer in both one-on-one and pick and roll situations. On the positive side, LaVine's athleticism shows here, as 32.1% of his possessions came in transition, more than any other player, and while he scored an above average 1.148 points per-catch and shoot jump shot, the team drafting him probably won't be overly concerned with how he looked on paper this past season as focused as they'll be on putting him in position to reach his lofty potential a few years from now.
LaVine was drafted as a point guard, but due to his size (6'5″) and struggles in the passing game, he may be better suited on the wing. LaVine's athleticism and catch-and-shoot ability are prototypical attributes for any successful 2-guard.
It's also worth noting that the Timberwolves already have Ricky Rubio, Mo Williams and J.J. Barea as point guards.
LaVine's biggest strength is clearly his athletic ability. This summer, LaVine showcased his elite leaping abilities with a Twitter dunk contest:
just accepted @GRIII challenge at the @PaniniAmerica shoot and now challenge @22wiggins to beat this! https://t.co/KBw6hO0Y11 #hoopsrookie
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) August 3, 2014
Even though LaVine may be an exciting prospect, his game is still way too raw to make an immediate impact. As seen in the infograph below, he was very inefficient in the Las Vegas Summer League (stats courtesy of NBA.com).
He was able to score over 15 points per game, but his poor shooting percentage and high turnover rate proved his offensive immaturity.
LaVine also struggled in the Wolves' first preseason game versus the Indiana Pacers. The rookie shot 2-of-9 from the field and had as many turnovers as he did points: five.
Fans can expect similar numbers from LaVine during the regular season. With several guards on the roster, it'll be tough for LaVine to get on the floor.
According to ESPN, the Timberwolves depth chart has LaVine as the third-string shooting guard. This could be misleading, because players such as Shabazz Muhammad and Corey Brewer have been known to play the 2-guard spot as well.
With the roster presently constructed, it will be hard for LaVine to average over 10 minutes per game.
He also struggles on defense due to his thin frame. His skinniness allowed players to bulldoze past him and get into the paint with ease. Fortunately, LaVine is only 19 years old, which means he still has plenty of time to bulk up to a more typical NBA weight.
If he can mature both on offense and defense, he could find a small spot in the Wolves' rotation. LaVine has all of the potential to be an NBA stud, but right now, he is nothing more than a mere bench player who could occasionally receive spot minutes.
Projected 2014-15 Season Stat Line
All stats are courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com, unless otherwise noted.
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3 Under-the-Radar Additions That Can Impact the 2014-15 Season
The Miami Heat enter a new era this upcoming season.
Gone is the best player in the world, LeBron James. Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade return, except now they'll be depended upon to be the faces of the franchise, rather than LeBron's sidekicks. Familiar faces such as Mario Chalmers, Norris Cole and Chris Andersen will be looked to for stability. Additions like Luol Deng, Danny Granger and Josh McRoberts will be expected to offset the departure of 'The King.'
While a lot has been made of the Heat recovering from the loss of a four-time MVP, much of the attention has been placed on the franchise cogs—Bosh and Wade. Pressure is not only facing the likes of the 'Big Two,' but their supporting cast—the returning core from the championship years and the new additions from free agency and the 2014 NBA Draft.
Much pressure has been placed on the aforementioned groups, but there is one group of players that won't be facing any pressure this upcoming season—let's call them the "under-the-radar"
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Major Impact of NBA Reportedly Increasing Salary Cap
You no longer have to worry about finding a place to watch NBA action for the next decade.
Even though the world knew a television deal was coming for the league, the number itself was still enough to induce some slack-jawed reactions. Per Richard Sandomir of The New York Times, the NBA agreed to a new deal with ESPN and TNT that will secure broadcasting rights for the next nine years and pay the Association $24 billion.
Twenty-four billion dollars.
It's a huge number, and one that is going to lead to huge salary-cap changes in the coming years. Of course, as of now there's no telling exactly how high the cap is going to rise, as Grantland's Zach Lowe makes clear by breaking down one of the many potential options:
"Smoothing" is a popular word now around the league. There is no way to avoid some shock to the cap figure at some point, but there are ways to ease the trauma. The league and its TV partners, the same partners as under the old deal, could agree to make 2015-16 sort of a hybrid year, at some price point between the old $930 million and the new $2 billion–plus. That would raise revenues more than anticipated for 2015-16, and thus raise the cap beyond the current $66.5 million projection.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has already gone on the record saying that he would prefer a gradual increase—there's that concept of smoothing, again—rather than a one-year mega-leap that fundamentally changes almost everything about NBA contracts all at once.
"We have a meeting later this afternoon to gauge their interest in creating a smoothing effect," the commissioner told reporters at a news conference. "I mean, they will get their 51 percent (of basketball-related income) no matter what, it's just a question of how it comes in in terms of the cap."
No matter what the exact numbers are—and we likely won't know for quite a while—the salary cap is going to rise. That much is inevitable, and we aren't talking about some statistically insignificant rise.
The ramifications of this deal are bound to be massive and will lead to quite a few changes in how contracts work and are viewed throughout the next portion of the NBA's increasingly lengthy and complicated history.
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NBA Rookies Who Could Make Impact on Playoff-Bound Teams
Playoff-bound NBA teams aren't always above needing help from fledglings.
Some of them are, for the record. The day Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers entrusts pressing responsibility to a rookie is also the same day Boris Diaw stops walking his dogs while riding a Segway.
Other situations—sincere apologies to C.J. Wilcox—aren't as hopeless. Sometimes, teams with postseason and championship aspirations play rookies. Sometimes, they start rookies.
Our big reveals will rest heavily on the following logic: Certain rookies are just too good or promising to sit. There may not be an obvious need for them to log extensive minutes, but their skill sets complement their respective team's system and on-court culture, and subsequently they cannot be ignored.
To be flat-out honest, it's necessary in other instances. If a team—however prominent—is especially thin at one position or needs dire assistance on one end of the floor, it will be forced to experiment with combinations and players it wouldn't otherwise use. Think (spoiler alert) Chicago Bulls and their anemic offense.
Collegiate and overseas performances will matter as well, though not as much. It's all about immediacy here. Needs vs. possession. Supply vs. demand. All that good stuff.
Leave the lottery-pick-stalking gear at home, folks (unless you're Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns or Bulls fans). It's high time we lay some dap upon neophytes who have stumbled into winning situations.
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Could LeBron James Ever Surpass Michael Jordan's Cultural Impact?
LeBron James may one day become the cash-stacking, trend-setting pan-media mogul Michael Jordan is. But if he ever reaches that level, he'll owe a debt to the man who blazed the trail.
That's because the basketball-player-as-business-icon game, driven by the commodification of cool and the sale of sneakers, is still one dominated by the man himself.
James: Trying His Best
According to Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes.com, James makes an estimated $20 million per year from Nike. His signature shoes accounted for approximately $300 million in sales in 2013, making them the most lucrative of any active player's specific kicks.
His equity in Beats headphones earned him a reported $30 million when Apple bought the company. He's a pitch man for McDonald's and a ubiquitous presence in television ads for Samsung. He also collects loads of cash from endorsements in Asia that include Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins.
A partnership with Fenway Sports Management netted James part ownership of Liverpool FC, which is among the most popular clubs in parts of the world outside the U.K.—especially Asia.
All told, Forbes estimates James has made $326 million in endorsements since coming into the league as a teenage phenom, including $72.3 million last season. He collected more than $50 million in each of the past two years, and his year-over-year earnings have increased consistently since 2003-04.
Chump change.
Jordan: Still Dominating
That $300 million in sales of James' signature shoe sounds impressive…until you learn Jordan brand apparel did $2.25 billion in the same year, according to another report from Badenhausen. Jordan didn't collect more than a fraction of that number, but he still made an estimated $90 million last year (20 percent more than James without an NBA salary).
And for Jordan, being a cultural icon isn't solely about the money, though James will almost certainly have to become MJ's rival in finance before we consider him equal in sphere of influence.
Jordan's legend (and it is a legend, by the way, which is another reason LeBron has so far to go to catch him; James is merely human at this point) is about more than cash. It's about creating a brand, cultivating cool.
When Jordan signed a $500,000 deal with Nike in 1984 for a signature shoe, the NBA did everything it could to stop him. It banned his shoes and fined him $5,000 in every game he wore them.
Combining his business sense with his inborn defiance, Jordan rocked them anyway. And Nike picked up the tab on the fines.
That's a cool move. Jordan flouted the rules. He stood up to the power structure, which, viewed in context with his otherwise very uncontroversial public life (he deliberately avoided stances on touchy political issues), seems shocking in retrospect.
It's hard to know if Jordan benefited from such a guerrilla start to his life in business, but it's worth noting that he triumphed in a market that was far harder to navigate than the one James exists in today. Now, instead of banning shoes, the league pushes Kia Optimas out onto the court for Blake Griffin to jump over in dunk contests.
Jordan taught a reluctant NBA that the best way to market itself was through individual players, but he had to fight to do it. And you'd have to assume he'll continue to fight for his market primacy.
All the cash Jordan makes is one thing, but his continued recognizability and approval make it tough to imagine James overtaking him.
Per Badenhausen: "Jordan's Q score, which gauges awareness and popularity, has been tops among sports fans every year since 1991. His 25 million Facebook fans are 43 percent more than any other U.S. athlete."
The fact that MJ is more recognizable and popular than James right now, despite the fact that His Airness hasn't done the thing that initially made him famous for over a decade, is remarkable. In fact, it makes it difficult to imagine LeBron ever surpassing Jordan in that regard.
To do so, James would have to become significantly more popular than he is right now, which seems almost impossible.
A New World
Jordan built his empire in the pre-Internet age, which makes his rise that much more astounding. At the same time, James understands how the world has shrunk, and he's been better than Jordan at utilizing social media and technology to grow his brand in avenues MJ never considered.
Perhaps that's the secret. Perhaps James will find more ways to reach his fans, to influence culture.
He's already got his own app, and he's diving into television production, with two shows set to premiere this year. In terms of multimedia, James is already ahead of Jordan—even if he's still being actively influenced by him.
"I'm really excited about helping develop Becoming and bringing this kind of program to kids," James said in a statement, via ESPN.com. "Sports and athletes were my inspiration growing up. It was the stories about Michael Jordan, Deion Sanders and Allen Iverson that kept me dreaming. When I learned that they had some of the same struggles and challenges I did, it made everything seem possible."
Younger fans (if not this generation, then the next) may not relate to Jordan the same way they will to LeBron—especially if the latter is making his way into their smartphones and TV sets. At some point, MJ will become the guy whose logo is on a pair of shoes, and it's even possible some especially young fans won't even realize Jordan once played.
Ask a bunch of 15-year-olds whose likeness is on the NBA logo (it's Jerry West, kids), and you're likely to get far more shrugged shoulders than you would from a group of 30-year-olds. The same thing could happen here.
If Jordan is just a guy with a cigar on a golf course to young fans, maybe he's not as cool as someone still winning titles on the court and setting trends everywhere else. Then again, there are plenty of brands that maintain influence and cultural ubiquity long after their namesakes have faded away. Maybe Jordan is Levi Strauss or James Barclay.
Who knows?
Getting by Giving
James is in his prime, on TV, playing hoops, pitching products and capitalizing on his popularity. He's everywhere.
Jordan is in full icon mode. You don't see him often, and he's becoming a bit more withdrawn (a cool guy move if ever there was one) as he ages. He sits back and smirks at the world while James sprints up to smile and shake its hand.
His days of changing things are over. He already pioneered the shaved head, the longer shorts, the endless string of chill-inducing commercials.
James has yet to put those kinds of stamps on the game and its fans.
But he has an opportunity to do something Jordan never did. He can use his social conscience to make an impact through charity.
That's not to say Jordan wasn't concerned with effecting change outside of his own bank account and reputation. But it's hard to ignore the way James has made giving back a priority.
Per Sam Amick of USA Today, James explained:
I'm 11 years in, (and) I feel like I'm in a great place as far as my professional career and I feel like as far as off the court, that's the more meaningful thing for me. I believe my calling is much higher than basketball, and I will continue to use that tool to continue to inspire because it has helped out a lot.
We've never heard anything like that from Jordan.
If James ever reaches MJ's level of fame and influence, this is how he'll do it: with a far more human touch.
Homage to the Master
LeBron's public-relations missteps (The Decision, principally) have made him more eager to please, while Jordan never had to make amends during his career. Playing at a time when the media wasn't salivating for schadenfreude certainly helped.
Jordan commodified cool, but he did it with a complicit press that ate it up and rarely tried to tear it down.
Nobody stays on top forever, and James is definitely making progress toward Jordan's throne as an icon. If the young gun ever catches the old dog, he'll owe his predecessor a great deal.
Because even if James eventually does it better, Jordan did it first.
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NBA Rookies 2014: Top Stars Who Will Have Biggest Immediate Impact
The highly-touted 2014 NBA draft class had two standout blue-chip prospects in Andrew Wiggins of Kansas and Duke's Jabari Parker. Those two figure to be franchise-changing players, but both still have a lot to prove at the professional level.
While it's reasonable to expect both Wiggins and Parker will have moments of brilliance and strong overall 2014-15 seasons, they won't be the only ones making an immediate impression on the Association landscape.
Here is a closer look at how Parker and Wiggins fit in with their respective teams, along with another lottery pick who figures to loom large in year one.
Jabari Parker, PF/SF, Milwaukee Bucks
Parker is the likeliest starter among all rookies, so he figures to make the biggest splash of all of them.
Capable of playing the 3 or 4, Bucks coach Jason Kidd can deploy Parker at either position and have success. That depends on how exactly Kidd wants to utilize the unique talents of "Greek Freak" Giannis Antetokounmpo.
From the sounds of what Parker says, he will be a stretch 4 more often than not, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Charles F. Gardner:
As of right now I'm more comfortable with the 4 position. That's where I played previously, before getting drafted, at Duke. I played a lot of 4. Even in high school. I know this is a different level.
But in coach's style of play, it's more a stretch 4. That's where I like to play my game, even though I like to post up a little. Just being on the perimeter, setting screens and popping, that's what we've been doing so far. That's what coach Kidd has been anticipating me playing that role.
As reported by Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy, the 6'11″ Antetokounmpo is actually adjusting to a new role as a point guard. There are few better coaches to learn the position from than Kidd, a sensational NBA floor general in his heyday.
Kidd had to adjust as coach of the Brooklyn Nets last year by placing Paul Pierce at the 4 in a smaller lineup when center Brook Lopez went down with an injury early in the season. The move brought the Nets from the brink of implosion to a hard-nosed playoff team.
The climate in Brooklyn brought the ultimate pressure on Kidd, as the team's roster was built on a championship-or-bust mentality. Key contributors like Parker and Antetokounmpo are still teenagers, so Kidd can mix and match to get a feel for how to best play with his intriguing, youthful nucleus.
With his stellar shooting range, underrated athleticism and back-to-the-basket game, Parker has a pro-ready arsenal of moves on offense on a team that desperately needs scoring. The skill set he has at power forward will be a mismatch for most opponents.
Julius Randle, PF, Los Angeles Lakers
The one-year wunderkind who helped lead Kentucky to the NCAA title game has room to make his presence felt in the NBA right away.
A strong value at No. 7 overall in the draft, Randle has all the tools to be an offensive force with his face-up game, array of post moves and strong finishing ability around the rim. Chris Geeter McGee of TWC SportsNet expects big things from the ex-Wildcat:
The tenacity Randle has as a rebounder and his level of hustle will also bode well for logging minutes.
Only aging veteran Carlos Boozer is clearly ahead of Randle at the power forward position, so the opportunity to crack the rotation—even the starting five, eventually—should be ripe.
Randle can handle the ball exceptionally well for his size, so he could see some time at the 3 when L.A. goes to a bigger lineup. That would create serious matchup problems, provided Randle pulls his weight on defense.
Benefiting from Boozer at his position as a mentor, a hopefully healthy Steve Nash as a rock-solid staple to run the offense and the legendary competitiveness of Kobe Bryant, the climate is ideal for Randle to thrive as a Laker in 2014-15.
Andrew Wiggins, SF/SG, Minnesota Timberwolves
If he is placed as a 2-guard, Wiggins will begin the year behind incumbent starter Kevin Martin.
Wiggins has the best shot of any rookies to become a premier defender, since his quickness and length allow him to guard any perimeter position. Getting him on the floor will be a priority to make Minnesota more competitive, so Wiggins may wind up starting at small forward over Corey Brewer.
It's reasonable to see Minnesota's season playing out a certain way.
The Timberwolves are still at least a year or two away from contention in a deep Western Conference. Presuming the going is tough in the beginning, coach Flip Saunders will want to expedite the development process by playing his young prospects more.
That could actually benefit Minnesota in the immediate future, too. Ricky Rubio running the point will create numerous easy-bucket opportunities with his flashy, pinpoint passing, which is where Wiggins and fellow first-rounder Zach LaVine are at their best right now.
ESPN's Chris Palmer has high praise for the dazzling duo:
Athleticism doesn't translate to substance. Rather, it's usually a commentary on how raw a particular player is. That's to be expected at this beginning phase of Wiggins' career anyway.
The knock on the No. 1 overall pick of the draft is his jumper. How that develops will determine just how dangerous Wiggins is as a scorer. Some critics argue he isn't assertive or aggressive enough to be the cornerstone of an NBA franchise, either.
After the Cleveland Cavaliers traded him away to Minnesota in the blockbuster Kevin Love deal, Wiggins should already have a chip on his shoulder to prove himself, in spite of his gaudy draft status. It could accelerate Wiggins' seemingly inevitable path to NBA stardom.
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Former 5-Star Recruits Who'll Impact 2014-15 CBB Season After Gaining Experience
Much has been written about the 5-star college basketball recruits in the 2014 and 2015 classes, but it's the former 5-star talents like Sam Dekker and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson who will have the biggest impact on the 2014-15 season.
Jahlil Okafor may be the top player in this year's class of freshmen, but where would Duke be this season without Rasheed Sulaimon? Kentucky is adding four 5-star players to this year's roster, but is the veteran leadership of Alex Poythress and Aaron Harrison even more important?
There are a total of 33 players still on college basketball rosters who were classified as 5-star recruits between 2010 and 2013. The top 20 are ranked by considering how much their team's national championship hopes would be negatively impacted if news suddenly broke that the player was unable to compete this season.
Before getting into the top 20, though, we've also outlined why the other 13 former 5-star players didn't make the cut.
Thirteen is a lot of honorable mentions, but it would hardly be fair to ignore anyone who qualified as a candidate.
Recruiting information on the following slides courtesy of 247Sports.com. Other statistics courtesy of Sports-Reference.com and KenPom.com (subscription required).
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Thanks Alyssa. Coming home from the hospital AGAIN with him stuggling so to eat had me a mess last week. He seemed to really turn a corner for the better on Saturday night, eating his first real meal in almost two weeks without any crying/screaming etc. Sunday was also a much better day of drinking and eating, so for the first time I have hope that the healing has actually begun and we may be moving out of all of this mess.
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