NBA Preview 2009-10: Atlantic Division

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We're only weeks away from another exciting NBA season.  We thought this would be a good time to get going with a division-by-division preview and see what we have to expect.  Sure, predictions are fraught with issues.  Facts (and rosters) will change between now and April 2010, which will render some of what we see moot (think Billups, Chauncey and Detroit Pistons last year) but doesn't mean it isn't fun to chew up what we have so far.  As a fun bonus, we'll give you our All-Decade starting … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2009-10: Atlantic Division

Quick Thoughts

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I know it's exciting that training camps are open and players are playing actual basketball but actual news is quite hard to come by.  We'll have full NBA previews coming in the next few weeks but we thought we'd tide you over with a little bit of basketball talk.  We often associate a particular position with a particular player (i.e. Magic Johnson at the point in the 1980s or Michael Jordan at shooting guard forever).  We were wondering whether our mental associations comport with the stats.  … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part III

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Phoenix Suns  7/13    Signed Channing Frye 7/20    Signed Steve Nash to a two-year contract extension 9/15    Waived Sasha Pavlovic  As we mentioned in the Dallas comments last week, point guards tend not to age well.  On the bright side, most of the ones who have aged well have done so in recent years, a good indicator for Nash.  Indeed, despite all the talk of Nash's durability years ago, he hasn't missed more than 12 games in a season since 1999-00.  The stat line has gone down a … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part III

Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part II

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Golden State Warriors  7/27    Waived Jermareo Davidson 7/30    Traded Marco Belinelli to Toronto for Devean George and cash 9/2      Signed Mikki Moore 9/15    NBA fines Stephen Jackson $25,000 for making public statements detrimental to the NBA  On the surface, Belinelli for George is a "who cares" type of trade.  Their salaries are pretty close but Belinelli is young and potentially useful as a designated shooter, while George is the definition of filler.  It's not clear why … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part II

Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part I

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Atlanta Hawks 7/13    Re-signed Mike Bibby and Zaza Pachulia 7/14    Traded rights to David Andersen to Houston for a second-round draft pick, cash, and future considerations 8/7      Re-signed Marvin Williams 8/25    Signed Joe Smith 9/2      Signed Jason Collins That was somewhat unexpected.  Not only did the Hawks bring back most of their role players but they did it at a pretty cheap price.  Of course, the Hawks had already made the decision not to overpay for their … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/10-9/22 Part I

Hall Thoughts

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The news of the week has been the induction of Michael Jordan, David Robinson, and John Stockton into the Hall of Fame.  While there really isn't too much to actually say about the fact that they are now in the Hall but I thought we could quickly look at the issues of the day and throw in our two cents: -MJ's Speech:  Apparently Jordan's speech has been a bit of a hot button issue.  I didn't watch the whole thing but, from what I saw, the theme of the speech was basically that MJ talked about … [Read more...] about Hall Thoughts

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