Review

Ty Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge Revisited

February 14, 2010 by Ed Weiland 8 Comments

These two players will always be linked and compared. They play the same position, came into the league through the same draft and were dealt for each other the night of that draft. While Aldridge was chosen before Thomas, most stat guys like me felt Thomas had the much better future at the time. This was my bottom line opinions of the two players going into the draft: Thomas: The draft is weak, but I believe Tyrus Thomas is the best player available and the one player who has the best … [Read more...] about Ty Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge Revisited

Attendance Review

July 23, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 2 Comments

As we slog through the non-basketball portion of the year, we like to shift gears and look at different subjects. Something that had interested me is the NBA's standing in terms of economics and popularity. Based upon the reports that the NBA salary cap will be lowered the next few seasons, it seems pretty clear that the NBA revenues are not growing. I was wondering whether this dip in revenues was reflected in attendance. Thanks to Basketball-Reference.com we have some readily accessible … [Read more...] about Attendance Review