In the last few weeks, the NBA has lost a few interesting characters. The particularly untimely passing was of Wayman Tisdale, the former power forward, who had a decent NBA career after a storied college career. I was actually pretty…
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NBA All-Time Rankings, 2008-09 Update
One of our favorite exercises is trying to place the most recent happenings to NBA history. In order to help us in that regard, Kyle Wright, who wrote the excellent book “NBA From Top to Bottom” has passed on his…
NCAA Tourney Preview
In picking the NCAA tournament winner, and the final four teams, one important factor has stood out in recent years. Teams with the best big men do well. Not the big men who win college POY awards, but the big…
Top Heavy NBA
Most believe that NBA title contention is likely limited to Boston, Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Lakers. I was just checking out Basketball-Reference’s cool playoff probability reports, which essentially confirm all of our hunches on this point. As of right…
Quick Thoughts
1. The Things We Say: We’re not too interested about what’s going on this All-Star Weekend. We don’t loath the show but frankly it’s just not that much of a priority for us. That being said, the NBA All-Star weekend…