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Posted in Boston Celtics, General, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets on Jul 31st, 2007
The rumors of a Kevin Garnett trade for 5, count ’em, 5 Celtics are making the rounds. It’s a little premature to comment on this, since nothing’s been formally laid out, but if this pans out, Celtics GM Ainge has put a lot of chips on the craps table with this. You’ve got a 2-year […]
Posted in Detroit Pistons, General on Jul 29th, 2007
Rodney Stuckey came out of the Vegas Summer League evoking memories of a more senior Pistons guard; Chauncey Billups. Chauncey and Rodney were tagged as “combo” guards coming in as rookies. I assume the Pistons want to develop him from a combo guard into a full time point. Chauncey made the same adjustment before finding […]
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2007
I’m not sure how it got to this point. Maybe it was Ali’s powerful self-promotion and important civil rights stance that began the process of moving sports away from organizations into the realm of the individual. Maybe Phil Knight and Michael Jordan finished the job. Whatever the origin, some paradigm shift has taken place in […]
Posted in General, International on Jul 29th, 2007
III. The Coverage. The coverage for the team of NBA players is the same every single year (for some reason there is another international tournament every year) and it is as annoying and damaging every year. It always starts with extreme optimism. The team of NBA superstars is announced. The Press drools over all the […]
Posted in Denver Nuggets, General, Philadelphia 76ers on Jul 28th, 2007
By Gov Daswani In the midst of its 2006-2007 campaign, the NBA and its millions of fans took a blistering halt as it witnessed one of its most exciting and breathtaking players demand a trade from his once beloved Philadelphia 76ers. After an entire decade with the celebrated franchise, Allen Iverson could no longer handle […]
Posted in General, Houston Rockets on Jul 27th, 2007
By Kendrick Co First and foremost, let me start by saying that although the jury is still out on whether Rockets new GM Darryl Morey knows what he’s doing, I want to be one of the first to give him credit for being able to at least do something with the roster within a short […]
Posted in Atlanta Hawks, General on Jul 27th, 2007
While, basketball fans of today are marveling over the next 14 year old phenoms, they forget about a forgotten star from the past. Bob Pettit had humble beginnings after being cut from the varsity basketball team at Baton Rouge High School during both his Freshman and Sophomore year. However, during his senior year he led […]
Posted in General, International on Jul 27th, 2007
II. The Rules. FIBA rules are different than NBA rules. Its the trapezoidal lane, goaltending rules, foul rules, traveling rules, 3 point distance (and for the purposes of this entry we’ll pretend that FIBA refs don’t have it out for NBA players). The adjustment to these rules, though minor and intellectually simple, have an adverse […]
Posted in General, Los Angeles Lakers on Jul 26th, 2007
Kobe Bryant is probably trying to soak every bit of enjoyment he can from playing with Team USA. That’s because he’s looking at returning to basically the same Lakers team he’s been stuck with the last couple of years. You know, that team that Kobe said needed “serious changes” after he and the Lakers were […]
Posted in General, International on Jul 26th, 2007
This is my first post in a still to be numbered series on my loathe of FIBA – or more specifically, why I hate the NBA’s participation in FIBA. FIBA puts an extra and unnecessary strain on player’s bodies causing their NBA performances the following year to suffer. Take, for example: Joe Johnson , who […]
