Quick Thoughts

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1.    Celtic Revival: It's a pretty fun time to be a Boston sports fan and the Celtics are no small part of the fun right now.  Obviously, adding Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has helped.  Not often is a team able to bring in so many big names in a short period.  Here's the short list and how it turned out: -Wilt/Baylor/West Lakers: The Lakers brought Wilt in for 1969-70 season to put them over the top after a painful seven-game Finals loss in 1967-68.  At that time, Wilt (age … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

A Few Things We Learned This First Week

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Although the season has just begun, there are, with apologies to certain former U.S. president, a few truths that have become self-evident.  Here are five very early season stories that created some buzz, at least within this author’s mind. 1. The Celtics are really that good With Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce leading the way the Celtics leap to a 3-0 start and a ridiculous 16.3 margin of victory per game.  Assuming health, this team is clearly for real.  But with just … [Read more...] about A Few Things We Learned This First Week

NBA Preview 2007-08: Most Improved Player

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Who wins the Most Improved Players award? Typically it’s scorers. The winner has usually upped his scoring average by at least 7 PPG to the high teens or low 20s. The winner also tends to be a younger player, in his 2nd or 3rd season. Team success and position played have little to do with who wins this award. This award has been somewhat of a surprise the last 3 seasons, with few experts having spotted winners Simmons, Diaw and Ellis. Any player whose season has a “whoa, where did … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2007-08: Most Improved Player

NBA Preview 2007-08: Rookie of the Year

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This award usually goes to the top scoring rookie, regardless of team record or how valuable a player the rookie is. Before I get into any individual players, I want to mention that I believe this will be one of the great draft classes ever. Even without Oden the group is loaded with talented players. I’m also guessing we’ll see more good players coming out of round 2 than in any draft since 1986. Sometime in January there will be articles appearing on-line and in magazines touting … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2007-08: Rookie of the Year

Q&A With Kyle Wright and “The NBA Top to Bottom”

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The following is a question/answer session I recently conducted with journalist Kyle Wright.  Kyle just wrote, "The NBA Top to Bottom", a fascinating new book where he ranks every single NBA team in history.  For any casual fan or even an NBA buff, there is sufficient amount of data to digest and have fun with.  Kyle was nice enough to sit down and talk with us for a few moments about his book, his methodology, and some of the interesting issues raised: -Why don't you tell … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kyle Wright and “The NBA Top to Bottom”

NBA Preview 2007-08: Western Conference

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The projected records are based on projected minutes and production from projected starters for each team. Those numbers are then calculated into points and a record. Some of these will be wildly wrong. Some I don’t even agree with, but I’m putting them out there and we’ll see what happens. In general this system tends to overrate the veteran teams and underrate the younger teams. For that reason if your team falls into one of those categories, take this all with a grain of … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2007-08: Western Conference

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