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One of the side stories of the new season is dispute brewing between the Grizzlies and Allen Iverson.  Iverson, has left the team for personal reasons but there are reports circulating that he has left because he was unhappy to be coming off the bench and that he may not be coming back.  It's a somewhat bizarre scenario.  As a practical matter, AI's leaving the Grizz is much ado about nothing.  The Grizz are a bad team with or without him.  But Iverson's personality and his career … [Read more...] about AI and Going Out on Your Own Terms

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Roy Tarpley's NBA career has been closed for 14 years and his subsequent lawsuit against the NBA was also recently closed.  What is forgotten was how great a player Tarpley was when he was healthy.  I thought we could take a look back at Tarpley and his lawsuit against the NBA and see what exactly happened before, during, and after Tarpley's fall from the NBA and see if a re-examination now yields some new perspective. The College Years Tarpley started out as a center at college with … [Read more...] about The Roy Tarpley Saga

Hey all.  As you can see, we've gone ahead and moved Hoops Analyst into the 21st century.  Though still a work in progress, we think you'll enjoy the new site much more than the old.  We've added the ability to leave comments, which should add a whole new dimension to our posts and foster a little more discussion with our readers.  Currently, we only have a few of the most recent posts up here, but we will be providing a way to archive the articles from the old site very soon.  Please leave some … [Read more...] about The New Hoops Analyst

In the last few weeks, the NBA has lost a few interesting characters.  The particularly untimely passing was of Wayman Tisdale, the former power forward, who had a decent NBA career after a storied college career.  I was actually pretty surprised to see so many nice articles about Tisdale, whose pro career was not great.  The near consensus of all the stories I saw was that Tisdale was a great and affable guy, a talented musician, and decent pro (and a great collegian).  I thought I'd take a … [Read more...] about Re-Considering Wayman