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Tourney thoughts, a little O.J. and the Lopez twins
I spent the weekend lounging around the Sports Guy Mansion, watching college basketball and waiting for the Milwaukee Bucks to contact me about their suddenly vacant GM job. You're...
Blog Entry | March 24, 2008Time to put the Trade Machine to work
...blaring from the loudspeakers.) "Wait a second, what's that? (Dramatic pause.) Good God, that's the Basketball Blog's music! That's Bill Simmons! He's back! He couldn't wait any longer! He...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2008Careful what you ask for, Mr. Marion
...a lesser team, or continue to do what he's doing on the second-best team in basketball. "Wow, that's interesting," he says thoughtfully, as if he's never entertained the prospect before. Marion...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2007Blazers don't deserve Bowie 2.0
...stupidly giving Randolph away. From Portland's viewpoint, what worried me was Oden wasn't entirely a basketball decision. Clearly, his gregarious personality played a huge role -- the Blazers even said so -- and when he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 13, 2007Are you ready for some basketball?
Good news for NBA junkies: Leading up to the 2007-08 season, ESPN Classic asked me to pick games for a limited seven-week run on Wednesday nights. So,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2007Time to fix the NBA playoffs
...2008 than the help he's getting right now. Here's the easy explanation: Anyone who understands basketball realized by the 10-minute mark of Game 2 that Cleveland was completely outclassed in this series...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2007We'll never forget LeBron's 48-Point Game
Around 8:15 p.m. on the West Coast, I called a buddy who works for the Celtics and left him the following message: "It's 91-91 and heading to overtim...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 01, 200720 reasons to heart Cavs-Pistons
My editors asked me to tackle the 20 most fascinating subplots from the Cavs-Pistons series as we head into Thursday night's crucial Game 5. Frankly, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2007Seven trade possibilities for Kobe
Well, it finally happened -- Black Mamba came out and demanded a trade from the Lakers. The proclamation happened during an interview on Stephen A. Sm...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2007Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing
...follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it's like the garage sale of basketball blogs. But before we get to that, I need to show you something: AL EAST STANDINGS TEAM...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2007One basketball nation, under Duncan
If you want to win a championship, Tim Duncan remains the best player in the league to accomplish that particular goal. We covered most of the reasons...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2007NellieBall isn't built for the long haul
...s really it. Take care of those pieces and you'll probably win the game. Well, the basketball playoffs are just as simple. If you made a list of the top five things that invariably...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 10, 2007A weekend with Oscar, Floyd and Roger
When we're shelling out $64.95 for an HD boxing pay-per-view, our ultimate hope is that the telecast won't end with everyone saying, "Crap, that wasn'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2007Nowitzki's career is on the clock
Dirk Nowitzki was outscored by Maurice Ager. Dirk Nowitzki didn't attempt a shot from closer than 13 feet. Dirk Nowitzki got dunked on by Matt Barnes....
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2007The power of the roar of the crowd
It's easy to discount the spiritual impact of basketball crowds if you haven't attended a playoff game with special fans before. There's no way...
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