Free Ballin’

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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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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It’s never been adequately explained why the Memphis Grizzlies are still called the Grizzlies, when they clearly should be the Memphis Blues.  That name was available for years and now it might be too late.  The Memphis Blues of the World Basketball Association Exposure League emerged in 2008.  But who knows?  In this economy, what [...]

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Among the Trailblazers, Rockets, and Thunder, two will make the playoffs.  San Antonio will knock one of them off.  Fortunately, I think it’s the Trailblazers who are most likely lotto bound.  They’ve had a cupcake schedule and without Oden they’re a bubble team.  The Rockets and Thunder have faced some real competition thus far, and [...]

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HOUSTON ROCKETS:
Is there any doubt that the Rockets are going to set a record for taking charges?  Well, of course there has to be some doubt, unless you know where one can find charges-drawn stats, current and historical; I don’t.  Whatever the case, drawing charges is clearly a huge part of their defensive strategy, and [...]

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I like the Rockets’ new point-guard tandem of Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry quite a bit, for numerous reasons, most of which you can find at any other basketball site that reported this trade, so I won’t go into all the “what this means to the Rockets” stuff.  I will just comment on Brian Cook, [...]

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