Quick Thoughts

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1.   Kobe’s Pain: The big story of the last few days is the unfortunate Achilles tear suffered by Kobe Bryant at the end of his Friday game against the Lakers.  The injury raised a few questions to examine.  Let’s take a look and see if we can answer them. -Does this injury end the Lakers’ season? Well the Lakers are in the driver seat to make the eight seed still if they win their remaining games two games.  Kobe’s presence would’ve given the Lakers a puncher’s shot of upsetting the Spurs … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

NBA Draft 2013: Top 60 Post Tournament

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Normally the Post-tournament Top 60 is pretty close to what my final top 60 will look like. This year I’m not sure that will be the case. Things have changed so much during the year and look like they’ll continue to do so. The tournament was a good one that provided a lot of surprises. The strength of the draft remains the center position. There are a lot of promising centers in this draft. It’s a diverse group of young, veteran, defensive-minded and offensive-minded. None are perfect, but … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Top 60 Post Tournament

2013 NCAA Tournament Preview and Predictions

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Going into the 2013 NCAA tournament I find myself fairly certain of one thing. That is Louisville and Florida playing in the championship game. I cannot remember ever feeling as confident in a tournament pick as I have in picking these two teams to meet in the 2013 championship. Predicting all the stuff that happens in the process of getting to that point is a little more difficult, but I make the effort. I look for a few things when trying to predict the tournament winner. The first and most … [Read more...] about 2013 NCAA Tournament Preview and Predictions

Draft 2013: Top 60 Pre-Tournament Edition

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The passing of Jerry Buss last month brought to mind one of the things that made the Lakers great during his reign. Great teams draft potential superstars. I can think of three examples where the Buss Lakers went outside the box during the draft. The Lakers drafted Vlade Divac at #26 in 1989 when foreign players were viewed skeptically. Kobe Bryant was one of the great bargains ever at #13 in 1996 when drafting HS players was a new thing. In 2005 the Lakers drafted Andrew Bynum at #10, because … [Read more...] about Draft 2013: Top 60 Pre-Tournament Edition

NBA Draft 2013: Top 60

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The 2013 draft is shaping up as a pretty good draft overall. The strength is centers, which is a great thing as the NBA is in a perpetual shortage of quality big men. It also means the draft is going to be top heavy in big men, because they’re more valuable players. The draft will be similar to 2012 in that there is one guy who stands out, followed by a muddled group starting at #2. Like last year the top guy is a freshman center playing for Kentucky. The important thing is that while Anthony … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Top 60

Transactional Analysis: The Gay Trade

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Like the Thunder trading James Harden, Memphis found that the new CBA luxury tax penalties cost prohibitive and they therefore decide to unload Rudy Gay.   The calculus is more complex than just luxury tax considerations.  I imagine the Grizz had to ask themselves several questions before reaching this conclusion.  Let’s run though the analysis and see if we agree with logic train: (a) What would the outcome be of just leaving the Grizz roster intact? Memphis had a tougher call than most … [Read more...] about Transactional Analysis: The Gay Trade

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