Who wins the Most Improved Players award? Typically it’s scorers. The winner has usually upped his scoring average by at least 7 PPG to the high teens or low 20s. The winner also tends to be a younger player, in…
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Q&A With Kyle Wright and “The NBA Top to Bottom”
The following is a question/answer session I recently conducted with journalist Kyle Wright. Kyle just wrote, “The NBA Top to Bottom”, a fascinating new book where he ranks every single NBA team in history. For any casual fan or even…
Playoff Droughts
Last season Golden State ended a 13-year postseason drought in spectacular fashion. The Warriors broke an even longer streak by getting to the second round for the first time since 1990-91 when RUN TMC shocked David Robinson’s Spurs. I thought…
A Little More on GP
Usually when a Hall of Fame level player retires, we like to do a comprehensive write up of his career. Clearly, Gary Payton falls into that category. In Payton’s case, we already gave him that treatment back in 2004 when…
Knicks Lit
With the FIBA championships ending and the transaction wire grinding to a halt, the only show in the NBA is happening in downtown Manhattan, where Isiah Thomas and the Knicks are in a dogfight with former employee Anucha Browne Sanders…