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The Shove Heard Around the World: Fortson v. Colangelo

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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, 2003, the Mavericks lost to the Suns in a blowout, 121-90.  With about three minutes left in an already decided game, Phoenix’s Zarko Cabarkapa drove to the rim for a dunk when Dallas forward and rebounding monster Danny Fortson shoved Cabarkapa who landed on his … [Read more...] about The Shove Heard Around the World: Fortson v. Colangelo

A Lookback at Butch Carter v. Marcus Camby

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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 fateful day in late April 2000, when the Knicks were about to play the Raptors in the first round of the NBA playoffs.  Raptors head coach Butch Carter filed a defamation suit against former Raptor and then-current Knick Marcus Camby claiming that Camby had … [Read more...] about A Lookback at Butch Carter v. Marcus Camby

Breaking Down the Harden Deal

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How do you wrap your head around this recent James Harden trade?  This epically large trade was as follows: Nets get: James Harden from Rockets, 2024 second-round pick from Cavs Rockets get: Caris Levert, Rodions Kurucs, three first-round picks (2022, 2024, and 2026) from Nets, and four options to swap first round-pick with the Nets; Dante Exum and 2022 first-round pick (Milwaukee’s) from Cavaliers Cavaliers get: Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, and rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov from … [Read more...] about Breaking Down the Harden Deal

The Webber/Nelson Feud Revisited

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James Harden’s recent unhappiness in Houston is likely taking them to the point where they will have to trade their megastar under duress.  This isn’t the first time a big star has held a franchise hostage and forced a trade that would likely get a below market return.  The situation gives me a little déjà vu regarding Chris Webber’s departure from Golden State.  The situations were materially different (Webber was much younger and was coming off of his rookie year) but the broad … [Read more...] about The Webber/Nelson Feud Revisited

LaMelo and Bad Rookie Debuts

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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” and, ergo, he is possibly a pending bust.  That sounds pretty rash but Ball’s goose egg did get me wondering about rookie debuts.  Was LaMelo’s performance the worst debut of a top 3 lottery pick?  How often do top picks have scoreless debuts?  What, if anything, can we … [Read more...] about LaMelo and Bad Rookie Debuts

NBA Preview 2020-21: A Quick Review

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Well, that was fast!  Part of me is not ready for more basketball but, let’s be honest, having no break from watching NBA games is preferable to watching reruns and various other available entertainment fare.  The NBA looks mostly similar to the league we were left with a few months ago.  Since the new season is upon on so quickly, we are going to do some abbreviated previews/predictions.  Eastern Conference 1. Milwaukee Bucks 2. Miami Heat 3. Philadelphia … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2020-21: A Quick Review

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