1. Westbrook Traded Again: The biggest trade of draft day was the Lakers flipping Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwelll-Pope, their 22nd pick (who ended up being Isaiah Jackson, who was, in turn, traded to the Pacers for Aaron Holiday)…
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SI’s 1996-97 Fearless Predictions Revisited
In March 2020, while we were just starting this long pandemic, I resolved to do more deep dives on NBA history stuff. The first result was an article revisiting Sports Illustrated’s Hank Hersch “10 Fearless Predictions” for the 1995-96 NBA…
LaMelo and Bad Rookie Debuts
One of the happenings from the first week of the NBA season was the execrable debut of LaMelo Ball (0-5 from the field and no points). The NBA web is in a tizzy about Ball noting that he “looked lost”…
Hall Thoughts
The news of the week has been the induction of Michael Jordan, David Robinson, and John Stockton into the Hall of Fame. While there really isn’t too much to actually say about the fact that they are now in the…