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When LeBron James was an 18-year-old NBA rookie, he averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in 39.5 minutes per game. It was by far the worst season of his career -- by the time he was an NBA "sophomore" he was well on his way to putting u...

The Afternoon Links are (intermittently) back, and they are exactly what they say they are. Some days will bring more than others. This is the offseason, after all. If you have a link you'd like included, your best bet is to hit me on Twitter. You ca...

Dwyane Wade's relationship with IU coach Tom Crean is well-established. Crean coached Wade during his breakout seasons at Marquette from 2001 to 2003, the latter of which included a run to the Final Four and a junior season that established Wade as a...

Thomas Robinson's summer just keeps getting better. The KU forward dominated for large stretches at the Chicago Nike Skills Camps in June against some of the best forwards in the country; he flashed the kind of athleticism and rebounding ability that...

Last year, I was watching a late-season Ohio State game with my buddy Paul. Paul, like myself and many in our demographic, is a college basketball shorts enthusiast. Paul was impressed by the subtle changes in OSU's uniforms from one year to the next...

It's fun to blame LeBron James for things. The sporting summer's utter lack of self-awareness and perspective? Blame LeBron. A free-agent fracas that annoyingly consumed our worlds for several months? Blame LeBron. An NBA whose stars must now consoli...

Hey, remember Tom Izzo? Who almost left his hero-for-life gig at Michigan State for a potential opportunity to coach LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers? Izzo's decision already looked like the smart one. After all, he never received any assu...

This year's big college-to-NBA coaching possibilities have centered on John Calipari and then, much more seriously, Tom Izzo. Calipari's connection to the Chicago Bulls (or anywhere LeBron James was going) was always just a rumor, while Izzo's potent...