Free Ballin’

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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My friend Mark read my Oden post the other day and opined that Oden has a higher upside than Howard, but that it’s not likely Oden will ever even match Howard, much less surpass him.  That sounds about right to me.
Oden blocks way more shots than Dwight Howard, but fouls way more often.  And the [...]

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People are too concerned about the accuracy of their sports predictions.  Predicting what you feel most likely to occur is a perfectly reasonable thing to do if you’re a necessarily disinterested party, like a journalist, or have a stake in the outcome, like degenerate gamblers.  But otherwise, the only benefit of being right is say, [...]

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If the Orlando Magic weren’t hooking me up—media/concourse tickets for Friday’s Magic/Hawks game—I’d let forth some bile about Florida, from the utter indifference of Miami Heat non-fans, to the outrageous prices of Ferrari rentals in Miami Beach.  $3,000 a day?  What do they think I’m made of money?  (Yes, I checked.  Figured, you know, maybe [...]

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The Hornets weren’t quite as responsive to my press credentials/tickets inquiries as Dallas and San Antonio were so…well, that’s probably not fair. I sent an email to one of their PR staff on 11/25 and received an understandable “Who the hell are you?” the next day.  I intended to respond that day, when I [...]

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