Arvydas Sabonis

Revisiting SI’s 1995-96 Fearless NBA Predictions

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Having time off from everything give us time to mess around with random things that pique our interest.   Digging deeper into old NBA stories fits that bill.  With the NBA season in hiatus, I thought we could re-examine some old seasons/issues and try to have some fun that way.   Today, I randomly ran across an NBA preview for the 1995-96 season from Sports Illustrated.  The thing that caught my eyes was an article by Hank Hersch entitled, “10 Fearless Predictions,” that took some guesses on … [Read more...] about Revisiting SI’s 1995-96 Fearless NBA Predictions

Andre Ingram and the Oldest NBA Rookies

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To round out the season, the Lakers have just signed 32-year old rookie Andre Ingram.  Ingram hardly fits the profile of a future NBA player.  He has played in the NBDL/D-League/G-League since 2007-08 and never scored more than 13.0 ppg in that role.  He is a great shooter (.464% from three in his G-League career and .475% this year).   It would be nice if Ingram could parlay this cameo into an actual NBA gig next year but it doesn’t seem likely.  What interested me more, though, was where … [Read more...] about Andre Ingram and the Oldest NBA Rookies

Studying the Mega Blowouts

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Thursday night, the Hornets drubbed the Grizzlies by 61 points.  This marked the sixth time in the NBA history that there has been a margin of greater than 60 points (and the first time since 1997-98).  While one wouldn’t expect any NBA team to lose by 60, if you had to pick a likely candidate to suffer a mega blowout, the Grizz fit the bill.  They are tied as the worst team in the NBA (the Suns have same record but a much worse SRS), playing on the road, late in a lost season, and without most … [Read more...] about Studying the Mega Blowouts

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