Tag: Steals

4 Saints picks ranked among best NFL draft steals of the decade

ESPN ranked four Saints picks among the best NFL draft steals of the decade, but only two of them are still in New Orleans | @DillySanders

There has been a lot of talk about the New Orleans Saints missing on first round draft picks or trading up too much, but while that has been happening they have been dominating the middle of the draft.

Matt Miller and Jordan Reid of ESPN recently put together a list of the 50 biggest NFL draft steals of the past decade, and the Saints made the list four different times.

Here are all of the Saints steals that made the list, in order that they appear and then some current Saints that weren’t drafted in New Orleans but still came into the league as steals:

NBA players keep falling for Jose Alvarado’s steal trick and NBA fans are so impressed

HOW DOES HE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS????

Man. Told y’all there were some perks to being short in the NBA. Absolutely nobody pays attention to you, even when it’s pretty clear that they should.

Pelicans’ guard Jose Alvarado just put another player in his bag with his steal trick. You’ve absolutely seen it by now because we told you about it before. He hides on the sideline, always lurking. Then? BOOM. You’re just forced into a turnover because you have no idea he’s coming.

You would think that NBA players playing the Pelicans would be on the lookout for this by now. But nope! Apparently not.

Alvarado got the Blazers on Wednesday night.

HOW DOES HE KEEP DOING THIS?!? The crowd even tries to warn Kris Dunn here with the ball and he still doesn’t recognize what’s happening.

This dude Alvarado has quite literally made this into a thing. The numbers behind it are kind of mind-boggling. I guess this is how you average 3.1 steals per 36 minutes, which is a pretty wild rate.

There’s even more. Per my FTW colleague Bryan Kalbrosky, Alvarado averages more “lost ball” steals per 36 minutes than anyone else in the NBA and is second in steals per 100 possessions with, at least, 300 minutes played.

Those are insane steal numbers. All because NBA players keep falling for, well, that. This dude is good. Real, real good.

Fans are just so impressed by this.

All-Time Gators Men’s Basketball Bio: Richard Glasper (1976-78)

Richard Glasper was a great guard on a very mediocre Florida squad in the mid-to-late 70s known for his elite vertical leap and quick hands.

Richard Glasper (1976-78) – Guard

Richard Glasper was a great guard on a very mediocre Florida squad in the mid-to-late 70s known for his elite vertical leap and quick hands.

Perhaps one of the greatest JUCO transfers in program history, he played in Gainesville for two seasons averaging double digits in points both years while setting a still-standing school career record for steals per game (1.83). He earned All-SEC honors in 1978 when he led the team in both steals and assists and his career average of 4.26 assists a game still stands as second-best in school history.

During the 1976-77 season, Glasper averaged 11.9 points per game making 53.5 percent of his shots, along with 2.1 rebounds; the following year, he averaged 13 points on 48.5 percent shooting from the field, along with 3.1 rebounds.

Despite Glasper’s innate athletic ability, his 6-foot frame limited his prospects in the professional ranks and he went undrafted after leaving school, never playing in the NBA.

LeBron James joins two of the best point guards ever as only three players on exclusive list

LeBron James joins two of the best point guards ever as only three players on exclusive list with 18,000 points, 9,000 assists and 2,000 steals.

LeBron James is now the third player in NBA history with 18,000 points, 9,000 assists and 2,000 steals. He joins John Stockton and Chris Paul as the only three players to have ever reached those combined numbers. LeBron had the points and assists heading into the Los Angeles Lakers loss to Houston but pushed past the 2,000 threshold in steals with two takeaways against the Rockets.

NBA History announced the accomplishment on Twitter after LeBron went for 18 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds. Stockton retired in 2003 at the age of 40. He averaged 13.1 points, 10.5 assists and 2.2 steals for his Hall of Fame career. The original Dream Team member is currently the NBA’s all-time assists leader with 15,086. CP3 is No. 7 on the all-time NBA assists list, one spot ahead of LeBron at No. 8.

After remaining among the top facilitators in the league throughout his career, LeBron has a great chance to lead the NBA in assists this season. At 10.8 dimes per contest, James is nearly two assists ahead of Trae Young who is currently second at nine per game. LeBron is also No. 11 in scoring at 25.1 and No. 22 in steals with 1.3.

The Lakers will now look to respond to the Houston small-ball loss on Saturday. That’s when LeBron and company will meet a Golden State Warriors squad who just acquired former No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins in a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that shipped out D’Angelo Russell.

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