The more I think about it, I don’t think Toronto’s that badly off. I like this Turk trade for them a lot. And it’s not like they’re in a good position now, and they’re not at the great position NJ is in, scrap it with a franchise guy on the roster and start over, but [...]
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Toronto Saves Itself – Achieves Mediocrity
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
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Magic Words
July 11th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
If LeBron had just a normal press conference and said “Cleveland is my home; but it’s time for me to leave home,” I don’t think they would be burning his effigy all over Ohio.
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LeBron Should Avoid the Low Post
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
All this talk through the years that LeBron should develop a low-post game is utter hogwash. And the idea that he needs a secondary scorer in the post is nonsense as well. The singular common trait of championship teams is high volume scoring at the rim. Really, that’s it; that’s the only thread. And among [...]
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For the Record: Celtics in 5
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
That’s assuming continuity of current health conditions. It’s a fun personnel match-up, with each team holding a huge match-up advantage on the other team: 1. For Celtics – Rondo will eat Fisher alive on both ends of the floor 2. For Lakers – Allen can’t guard Artest, so Pierce has to do it., leaving Kobe [...]
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NBA Officiating: the Definitive Solution
May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
I just wrote an email that I’m sending to Henry Abbott and Bill Simmons. In the email, I provide them (and now you) with the definitive solution to the sucky NBA officiating. I’m posting it here in epistolary form, not because I’m too lazy to re-format; it’s just how I roll. ************* SOLUTION TO NBA [...]
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Commentary on Henry Abbott’s Commentary of David Stern’s Claims
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Henry Abbott’s assessment of David Stern’s comments is clear and thoughtful. Abbott and I also have the same problem with David Stern’s statements: Stern says the league is great shape in all respects and yet somehow the teams will lose around $400 million this year. One comment Abbott made caught my attention: “What’s a fair [...]
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David Stern Press Conference – Comment on Revenue and Expenditures
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Stern spent the first few minutes of the press conference talking about how well the league had been doing – which he always does – especially internationally – which he always always always does. The whole world is embracing the NBA, yadda yadda. He even said that the Association’s revenue hadn’t been hit as hard [...]
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Why Amar’e Stoudemire Staying With The Suns This Season Is Key, In Brief
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
If Amar’e Stoudemire goes to Cleveland, it would seemingly increase the chances that LeBron will stay in Cleveland. And who wants that? I mean, I know a guy from Columbus Ohio, but other than him, who wants that? If Amar’e sticks in Phoenix, he’ll be pissed, LeBron will be pissed, Wade will be pissed, and [...]
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Caught Between Laughing and Growling
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Reading Chad Ford is loads of fun. When he isn’t bubbling over with absurd suggestions, he’s getting other people to do it. It’s too bad I read Ford’s post in TrueHoop yesterday after I wrote about NBA teams’ salary cap incontinence, because I could have just quoted from the article, in which Ford writes: A [...]
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Luis Scola, Larry Hughes, and the Summer of ’05 – Part I
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Most Rockets fans I chat with these days take it as a given that the Rockets will make every effort to re-sign Luis Scola this summer. Now, as much as I like Scola, I don’t see why the Rockets would commit significant money or years to Scola when Carl Landry is going into the last [...]
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