Free Ballin’

I’m reconsidering the Iverson signing.  Maybe, since it came in the same week the Nets needlessly fired Lawrence Frank, the 76ers move immediately smelled of the same impatience and short-sightedness.  Maybe that isn’t the case; maybe they’re being savvy by admitting that what they started isn’t going to work, and smart to jump on a [...]

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I’d be thrilled if Allen Iverson signs with the 76ers because I’m a basketball fan, and because I’m not a 76ers fan.
AI is one of my favorite players ever and I love watching the guy on the court—as long as he doesn’t play for my team.  It’s nothing against AI and it doesn’t have anything [...]

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Continuing my NBA VIEW
Philadelphia 76ers:
Aw hell, I liked the Elton Brand signing.  Tells you what I know.  Well, really, it tells you what I knew.  Prime Brand would be a very solid match for this team.  I just wasn’t up on the latest dope on him—i.e. that I hadn’t paid attention to the Clippers for [...]

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I’m for the 3s, myself.  This trade is fun and Toronto’s half is amusing.  I won’t get into salaries because…I don’t feel it.  Suffice to say, they have comparably bad contracts: too big, too long.  So what’s worth discussing?
Toronto gets Evans: I find this amusing because it’s a deal to help facilitate Andrea Bargnani’s development.  [...]

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I’m not talking Eric Stoltz in Mask but Stuckey’s head is really quite big, big enough that they should put an asterisk next to his listed height. I noticed this while watching Detroit beat the Spurs, last night, and it made me think of the useful height discussion Jerry Krause unintentionally began, ten years [...]

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