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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Summer Forecast: West standings

ESPN.com

How will the 15 teams in the West stack up in 2009-10? Our 53 panelists predict their records.

Story | Conversation | September 01, 2009

NBA Offseason Buzz: Trail Blazers

John Hollinger & Ric Bucher, ESPN Insider

Insider continues its NBA Offseason Buzz series with a look at the Portland Trail Blazers. John Hollinger examines a player who is trending up and another on the way down, while Ric Bucher shines the spotlight on a key player as the season approaches.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 31, 2009

Summer Forecast: Team Turnaround

Which team will turn it around in the coming season? Our experts make their summer predictions.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Summer Forecast: Best newcomer

Who will be the best newcomer in the coming season? Our experts make their summer predictions.

Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009

Bulls go for Rose over Beasley in NBA draft; Mayo, Love swap places

ESPN.com news services

The Chicago Bulls will pick Memphis point guard Derrick Rose with the first pick in the NBA draft Thursday night.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2008

Source: Ex-Blazer Frye to Phoenix

ESPN.com news services

Free agent forward Channing Fyre agreed to terms with the Phoenix Suns today a source close to the process told ESPN.com.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009

Sources: Turkoglu, Blazers agree

Henry Abbott, ESPN.com

Hedo Turkoglu has reached an agreement in principle to become a Portland Trail Blazer, according to sources.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009

The best stories of the 2009 NBA draft

ESPN Insider

Big news of Tuesday night, covered everywhere on ESPN.com: The Washington Wizards and Minnesota Timberwolves made a swap, and Minnesota very well coul...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2009

Draft-buzz roundup: What we're hearing

ESPN.com

Which prospects do teams like? Are any trades brewing? Here's what we're hearing.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009

Five things we know -- well, kinda

ESPN Insider

This is from ESPN The Magazine senior writer Ric Bucher's Twitter account at the end of last week: "These 6 days are among my most...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2009

Grant takes charge of Parkinson's battle

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

The news that he has young onset Parkinson's set longtime NBA forward Brian Grant back at first; but after conversations with Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali's family, he's facing the disease head-on.

Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009

Penn promoted in Blazers' front office

ESPN.com

Trail Blazers assistant general manager Tom Penn on Monday took his name out of the running for the Wolves GM job after receiving a promotion from the Blazers that convinced him to stay, ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher reports.

Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009

Insider Intel: 3 for all

Kevin Pelton, Basketball Prospectus

In the first round of the playoffs, teams are knocking down 3-pointers at a remarkably high rate. And the hottest shooters keep advancing to the next round.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | April 30, 2009

The All-Hunger Team

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

These folks aren't the only single-minded souls in the league, but they're the best of the obsessed.

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2009

Insider Intel: Countering Yao

Ric Bucher, ESPN The Magazine

The Rockets surprised the Blazers by using Yao Ming in an atypical fashion in Game 1. How will the Blazers counter on D in Game 2?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | April 21, 2009