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1.    Dream Team?: Well the FIBA Americas tourney has come and went and, as anticipated, the United States dominated the proceedings.  Of course, the margin of error is so slim in these international proceedings that you can't assume a win in the 2008 Olympics.  Still, the team did seem to have a nice balance to it.  As to whether this team could take the original 1992 squad, I'm agnostic on the subject.  What I am more interested in is how a coach sorts out these types of All-Star … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Southeast Division

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Continuing our tour of All-Rookie teams, we head to the newly created Southeast Division, where 60% of the teams didn't exist before 1988.  Let's take a look at what they've produced.... -Atlanta Hawks: People tend to forget that the Hawks are an original NBA franchise with some illustrious history.  For the purposes of our inquiry, however, that history pretty much stopped by the mid-1970s.  The Hawks have had scads of great rookies before that time.  Since then...not so much.  … [Read more...] about All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Southeast Division

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1.    FIBA Things: So far the FIBA Americas really haven't gone down with much surprise but here are some things to note: -The US is obviously the best team again and its margins of victory have been ridiculous  Still, you can't take these three blow outs to mean that the US has extended the gap against Spain and the other medal contenders for the Olympics.  Before today's win over Brazil by 37, the US has played Canada, the Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.  None of these teams … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

NBA Transactions 7/28-8/17

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Boston Celtics 8/9    Sign Eddie House and Scot Pollard The Celtics now turn to adding some degree of depth to the roster.  House should help as a shooter off the bench.  As an aside, I'm not quite sure why the Celtics are toying with an older Reggie Miller when he highly unlikely to be better than House at this point.  I suppose Miller can't hurt but this is much ado about very little. As for Pollard,  I don't expect too much.  Pollard was once a very nice backup center but … [Read more...] about NBA Transactions 7/28-8/17

All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Central Division

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Continuing with our examinations of each franchise's top rookies of All-Time, here is the Central: -Chicago Bulls: The Bulls have two Rookies of the Year in their franchise history and they are doozies.  Elton Brand was great in 1999-00 and one can only wonder where the Bulls would be the last few years if they would've kept him.  The other is some guy named Michael Jordan in 1984-85.  With the shooting guard slot and power forward locked up, can we find any other decent rookies … [Read more...] about All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Central Division

All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Atlantic Division

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Each summer as NBA activity slows to a crawl (referee controversies and Kevin Garnett trades notwithstanding) we like to get a little more reflective and some historical perspective-type series.  This summer I thought we'd go over the All-Time All-Rookie squad for each franchise.  Hopefully, we'll see how many useful rookies each franchise produced and, also, find out about a few players who didn't quite develop after good starts.  For ground rules, our teams will be limited to NBA … [Read more...] about All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Atlantic Division

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