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How Did We Get Here? A Review of 1990s NBA Free Agency

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In about one week, NBA free agency will be upon us.  We are already being deluged with rumors, innuendo, and recruiting anecdotes.  This year, there are some huge names on the block, notably Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, and Jimmy Butler.  We are hearing stories about Irving buying a home in New Jersey (where he is from), as proof that he’s locked into the Nets.  Durant is even more of a mystery, with his serious injury, his spats in Golden State, and the desperation of the Knicks … [Read more...] about How Did We Get Here? A Review of 1990s NBA Free Agency

Tyreke Evans and Lifetime Suspensions in the NBA

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Tyreke Evans has recently been suspended for two years for violating the NBA’s drug policy for use of a non-performance enhancement substance.  The perception of drug use of NBA players has changed quite a bit over the users.  It was a huge issue in the 1970s and 1980s when many articles speculated that hard drug use was a pervasive problem.  The perception and the NBA drug policy has evolved.  Initially, the NBA’s prime goal was to show the public that it would not tolerate drug use.  Over … [Read more...] about Tyreke Evans and Lifetime Suspensions in the NBA

2018-19 NBA Playoffs: Predictions

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Another Golden State-centric playoffs is upon us and the major question is the same: can anyone beat GS?  This has been the question every year since 2015-16 and, with the exception of a Draymond Green groin kick, the answer has been no.  Some odds makers certainly seem to think there is not much chance.  But how challenged has GS really been these last few years?  Let’s review the Warriors’ playoff runs in and how they dealt with their toughest competition during that … [Read more...] about 2018-19 NBA Playoffs: Predictions

Why Isn’t T-Hard In The Hall?

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Recently, Tim Hardaway gave an interview to HoopsHype where he asserted that he hasn’t been voted into the Hall of Fame for non-basketball reasons: “the reason I'm not in is because of what I said in 2007 about gay people. That's why I'm not in right now, and I understand it. I hurt a lot of people's feelings and it came off the wrong way and it was really bad of me to say that.”  Hardaway was appropriately conciliatory about his past comments and seems to accept that basis for not getting into … [Read more...] about Why Isn’t T-Hard In The Hall?

NCAA Tourney NBA Style

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In the honor of the start of the NCAA tourney, we thought we could take a brief look at the All-Time starting five for each of the 68 tourney teams, ranked by their NBA career accomplishments.  A few prleims: -We know it is sort of antithetical to rank by NBA career when college accomplishment can be very different than NBA accomplishment (see, for example, Christian Laettner versus Kyrie Irving at and after Duke). -In putting together a team, if two players are close, college … [Read more...] about NCAA Tourney NBA Style

NCAA Tourney NBA Style

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In the honor of the start of the NCAA tourney, we thought we could take a brief look at the All-Time starting five for each of the 68 tourney teams, ranked by their NBA career accomplishments.  A few prleims: -We know it is sort of antithetical to rank by NBA career when college accomplishment can be very different than NBA accomplishment (see, for example, Christian Laettner versus Kyrie Irving at and after Duke). -In putting together a team, if two players are close, college … [Read more...] about NCAA Tourney NBA Style

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