Ric Bucher

Ric Bucher

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Ric Bucher joined ESPN in January 1999 as a San Francisco-based senior writer covering professional basketball for ESPN The Magazine, and as an NBA reporter for SportsCenter and NBA 2Night. Bucher also contributes to ESPN.com.

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How does one "stop" Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony?

Stephen Jackson of the Golden State Warriors

So, Game 5 of Lakers vs. Nuggets. Let's break this down --- Option 1 is LA wins in LA, closes it out in Denver; Option 2 is Denver steals one, goes ho...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

NBA Draft Lottery Done: Time for Bandwagon-Hopping

Ted Bauer, via other people

...because they're in the West, but if they use No. 3 right, they could contend -- Ric Bucher even says so; (2) this is the current Memphis Grizzlies depth chart; if you add Ricky...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 20, 2009

So, about the last time the Clippers had the No. 1 pick

Ted Bauer, via YouTube

...ESPN The Magazine feature on Clippers owner Donald Sterling dropping on the Interwebs, complete with a Ric Bucher projection of the Clips next year, No. 1 pick in hand. As for the last time...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 20, 2009

Quick Thursday NBA Link No. 2: Sixers, Magic, and Christmas Music

Ted Bauer, via YouTube

...to you. Now, if you're craving truly real analysis of the series and you value Ric Bucher (who doesn't), go here. Enjoy it all

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...home isn't really good for business. Who knew? In the current issue of The Mag, Ric Bucher notes that Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf told John Paxson earlier this year that to trade for...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2009

Barbershop 2

Ric Bucher and Chris Palmer

Buzzing The Posteason

Story | Conversation | April 13, 2009

The Week That Was ... All Dressed in Love

Ted Bauer

...this, which is cool: what's the best commercial Tiger Woods has ever been in? (4) Ric Bucher on how the OKC Thunder will become a playoff team in 2010. (5) Hey, are the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009

In This Issue: The Rise ... of the Thunder?

Ric Bucher

...it: Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook? Lottery pick? Cap space? See what we're saying? Ric Bucher is all over this: read this article he wrote for the April 20 issue of ESPN...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2009

Mag Writers Roundtable: Size Matters

Jeff Bradley, Ric Bucher, David Fleming and E.J. Hradek

Bruins captain Zdeno Chara has Boston seriously thinking Stanley Cup for the first time in 37 years (a thought we explore by the numbers in the latest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2009

The Brent Barry Ticket Experiment: Morgan Metoyer and Carl Landry

Ric Bucher and Brent Barry

(Ed's Note: The Brent Barry Ticket Experiment didn't die, it simply ran into technical difficulties. Proving that NBA players deal with the same issue...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009

The role you were born to play

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

As NBA teams gear up for the playoffs, they'll look to these four types of role-players.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009

Fatheads: What athletes need one of these things?

Various Sports Observers, via Ted Bauer

...have a fathead in the four major US team sports: NFL | NBA | NHL | MLB THE NBA RIC BUCHER, SENIOR WRITER, ESPN THE MAGAZINE: Za Za Pachulia: because he has, literally, the biggest melon in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009

In this Issue: NBA Insider

Mag.com Staff

...no matter where they are in the country, they stick to their hometown time. Senior writer Ric Bucher explains more in the latest issue of The Mag. IN THE ZONE

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 04, 2009

In This Issue: NBA Economics

Mag.com

...the money. While the league oddly calls this a sign of strength, in the current issue, Ric Bucher draws it out a little further. For a look at how this affects the free agency...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2009

This Just In

Ric Bucher

The economic downturn has turned the NBA into a league of dollars, not sense.

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2009