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Quick Thoughts Russ/Duarte Edition

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1. Westbrook Traded Again:  The biggest trade of draft day was the Lakers flipping Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwelll-Pope, their 22nd pick (who ended up being Isaiah Jackson, who was, in turn, traded to the Pacers for Aaron Holiday) for Russell Westbrook (and two future second-rounders).  My initial reaction was to wonder how a ball dominant point guard who is a shaky shooter would mesh with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. I also questioned why the Lakers would … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts Russ/Duarte Edition

SI’s 1996-97 Fearless Predictions Revisited

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In March 2020, while we were just starting this long pandemic, I resolved to do more deep dives on NBA history stuff.  The first result was an article revisiting Sports Illustrated’s Hank Hersch “10 Fearless Predictions” for the 1995-96 NBA season.  The goal wasn’t to critique the predictions.  Really, the goal was to capture that moment in time and what people were thinking at the time and what we see now with the benefit of hindsight.  These predictions were obviously meant … [Read more...] about SI’s 1996-97 Fearless Predictions Revisited

LaMelo and Bad Rookie Debuts

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One of the happenings from the first week of the NBA season was the execrable debut of LaMelo Ball (0-5 from the field and no points).  The NBA web is in a tizzy about Ball noting that he “looked lost” and, ergo, he is possibly a pending bust.  That sounds pretty rash but Ball’s goose egg did get me wondering about rookie debuts.  Was LaMelo’s performance the worst debut of a top 3 lottery pick?  How often do top picks have scoreless debuts?  What, if anything, can we … [Read more...] about LaMelo and Bad Rookie Debuts

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

The Asterisk Spurs Revisited

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This year's NBA Finals are close to ending and it looks like, for the first time since 1999, the Spurs will be the champs.  Since this will be the Spurs second title it bears stepping back and comparing it to the first title.  It's funny that fours years have passed, but it seems like the Spurs first title came and left with little reflection.  The main thing the 1998-99 Spurs were remembered for were winning the shortened lockout season (it was only 50 games long as opposed to the usual 82 … [Read more...] about The Asterisk Spurs Revisited

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