Quentin Richardson traded for the fourth time this summer? Hilarious. At some point you have to imagine that GMs are just inquiring about Richardson for sh_ts and giggles. I mean, really, can Mark Blount help a team? Any team? No, no he can’t. He wouldn’t have started for Hickory High. Who knows, maybe Miami’s interest [...]
Quentin Richardson Makes Everyone Happy
August 14th, 2009 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Tags: dwayne wade·mark blount·miami heat·phoenix suns·quentin richardson·Trades
On Why the Phoenix Suns Deserve No Sympathy, Part Eleventy-Thousand
May 27th, 2009 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Bill Simmons posted a great email exchange he had with Malcolm Gladwell, in which they discuss the NBA’s deeply flawed (league-damaging) draft. Both make good (though imperfect) suggestions for how to improve it—I’ll write about how to fix NBA draft, in the near future—but at one point, Simmons, noting how the draft could be used [...]
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In Los Angeles, CA – Shaq Dominates, Using Techniques I Suggested to Him when We Non-Verbally Chatted the Other Night in the Suns’ Locker Room
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments · BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Shaq beat ‘em up proper, in Phoenix, last night, t0 my delight. At first, I wasn’t quite sure why his 45-point performance pleased me so; I had never been a huge Shaq fan, growing up–and I mean that. Some people say “not a huge fan” to indicate that they don’t like something or someone. I [...]
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In Charlotte, NC – Free Ballin’ Heads West
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments · ROAD WRITING
As this project has progressed, I’ve become a much more efficient traveler, able to arrange for housing without a great deal of difficulty, and getting from A to B at least a little faster than I did at the beginning of my trip. However, that learning curve left me a little behind my originally proposed [...]
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