charles barkley

Revisiting The Barkley Rockets: Was He Worth It?

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As we are in the depths of the NBA off-season and waiting for a couple of big names to (maybe) be traded, I thought this would be a good time to review an old controversial big trade: The Rockets’ trade of Charles Barkley in the summer of 1996.  Houston traded two key young players (Sam Cassell and Robert Horry) for a 33-year old Barkley in a bid to squeeze another title out of the Hakeem Olajuwon/Clyde Drexler core.  The trade didn’t win Houston a title but was it a bad deal?  … [Read more...] about Revisiting The Barkley Rockets: Was He Worth It?

Revisiting Philly’s Roy Hinson/Brad Daugherty Trade

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What do you do when you are a GM and are underwhelmed by the options for the top pick?  For an object lesson on what not to do, let’s turn back time to the 1986 draft and talk about the dilemma faced by the 76ers.  This draft is best remembered for the tragic death of second pick Len Bias of a drug overdose the night after the draft.  That sad story has been well told but, before the draft, the big story was what Philly would do with the top overall pick.  Let’s review this … [Read more...] about Revisiting Philly’s Roy Hinson/Brad Daugherty Trade

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

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