Published: June 23, 2007
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Over the past few months a lot of quality articles have been posted that you may have missed if your new to this blog. If your looking for you Draft Fix, check out these articles:
Eric Satterwhite writes one of the most read and respected Mock Drafts on the ‘net
Jeff Wong recently posted an extensive interview [...]
Published: June 20, 2007
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At the conclusion of every NBA season, the media carnival comes to town, but this county fair has only one ride, the “coaching carousel”.
In the next few weeks, you’ll see Larry Brown, a Van Gundy, and some other guys’ names spinning around, waiting to get scooped up by a team. What you’ll see often however, [...]
Published: June 19, 2007
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By Ryan McNeill
While reading through Michael Litos book “Cinderella: Inside the Rise of Mid-Major College Basketball” this winter something that stuck out was when he talked about a group called “Villa Seven Consortium.” What is this group and why should you care? Well, the basic premise behind this group is that it allows the athletic [...]
Published: June 14, 2007
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With all the hoopla surrounding the Rolls Royce Silver Spurs’ dismantling of King James’ Chevy Cavaliers, Ryan posted some pure comedic gold a few days ago when he found a pic of Michael Dickerson’s basketball board game.
Never mind the fact that nobody plays board games anymore, it was Michael Dickerson, on the cover of a [...]
Published: June 11, 2007
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I just received an email from David over at Quicken Loans Marketing letting me know about a You Tube clip where “George Vlosich, self-proclaimed ‘world’s greatest etch-a-sketch artist,’ took five hours to etch LeBron James and the entire process is sped up into three pretty interesting minutes. You can see every line George makes and [...]
Published: June 11, 2007
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Today at school one of my students brought me a game from their house called Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball and I wanted to share this blast from the past.
What is this game? Well, according to the box Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball is:
A game of strategy… speed… action… that’s Michael D’s Crunchtime!
Roll the dice, move your [...]
Published: June 8, 2007
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The moment we’ve all (read: David Stern) been waiting for came and went last night, as the Cavs and Spurs opened up a multi-act drama on the NBA’s biggest stage, with Team Fundamental taking round one, by 9.
Where do I begin with this one? Well, the main thing everyone wanted to see was whether the [...]
Published: June 6, 2007
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With NBA Armageddon (aka the Finals) getting underway by the Riverwalk in Texas, I harkened back to (actually, I just remembered), some of the great role players San Antone has had over the years.
As I was telling one of my boys the other day, the Spurs, for over a decade now, has been a “money [...]
Published: June 6, 2007
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This winter I had the chance to read “Ball Don’t Lie” by Matt de la Pena and it instantly become one of my favourite books. The development of Sticky was so riveting that I found myself staying up past midnight reading it because I couldn’t put the book down and I found myself rooting him [...]
Published: May 30, 2007
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In the annals of NBA playoff history, most remember the high profile matchups towards the month of June, more so than the early round, 4-games-to-one whoopings. Every once in a blue moon, you get something in the first round that gets you hype for the whole ride (i.e. this year’s Warriors, who should play in [...]