The 1995 All-Star game led to two of the oddest picks, in retrospect, in All-Star history, Dana Barros and Tyrone Hill. Barros was a 27-year old 5’11 three-point specialist. Hill was a generic starting power forward. How did two average(ish)…
Chris Finch, David Vanterpool and NBA Coach Hiring Trends
When Minnesota fired Ryan Saunders last week, they immediately hired Chris Finch, an assistant coach with the Raptors. The move caused some controversy because the T-Wolves passed over Saunders’ associate head coach David Vanterpool, who is Black, for Finch, who…
NBA 2020-21 Awards So Far
As we approach the halfway point of the season, I thought this would be good time to do awards picks for the season that has been so far. Granted a lot could change but let’s jump in and take a…
Quick Thoughts
1. All-Star Game A Mistake?: It looks like we will have an NBA All-Star game this year even though the pandemic has made things more complicated. Even in the best of the times, the All-Star game was of dubious utility…
The Shove Heard Around the World: Fortson v. Colangelo
Last week, we looked at Butch Carter’s weird defamation lawsuit against Marcus Camby. Well, it ain’t the only weird NBA defamation lawsuit! Today, we’ll look at the litigious aftermath of a hard foul a few years later. On November 26,…
A Lookback at Butch Carter v. Marcus Camby
The First Amendment has been getting a work out recently. The number of high profile defamation suits seems larger than ever. All these lawsuits took my mind to the NBA and defamation. Specifically, the lawsuit I remember that came one…