Don Nelson

Rick Carlisle: Can You Go Home Again?

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The Pacers recent hiring of Rick Carlisle as coach fascinates me.  By all accounts, he’s a pretty good coach and, divorced of any backstory, his hiring by the Pacers is totally rational.  He’s a seasoned professional on a team that has struggled to get the most out of relatively solid talent.  What interests me is the fact that Carlisle is a prodigal son returning to town. By way of quick backstory, Carlisle had an interesting prior reign in Indiana.  In 2003, he was hired … [Read more...] about Rick Carlisle: Can You Go Home Again?

The Webber/Nelson Feud Revisited

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James Harden’s recent unhappiness in Houston is likely taking them to the point where they will have to trade their megastar under duress.  This isn’t the first time a big star has held a franchise hostage and forced a trade that would likely get a below market return.  The situation gives me a little déjà vu regarding Chris Webber’s departure from Golden State.  The situations were materially different (Webber was much younger and was coming off of his rookie year) but the broad … [Read more...] about The Webber/Nelson Feud Revisited

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

A Farewell to Barnes

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This week, Matt Barnes officially announced his retirement from the NBA.  Barnes’ retirement announcement was his typical defiant self: “Love me or HATE ME, I DID IT MY WAY!"  Barnes wasn’t really a good enough player to merit our usual FAQ treatment but his career was unique enough to at least take the time to go through a few bullet points to review his memorable moments: -Barnes came out of nowhere:  Barnes wasn’t the biggest underdog in the world but his story is pretty nice.  Barnes went … [Read more...] about A Farewell to Barnes

Nellie Revisited

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It's only been about two months since Don Nelson stepped down as Maverick coach and retired.  At the time, I had wanted to go through his long and interesting career.  The hassles of everyday life prevented me from really going through Nellie's career at the time but I have regrouped am ready to go.  It isn't necessarily timely to be doing this now, with the playoffs raging and Nellie already fading into the background but a career as interesting as Nelson's is really something … [Read more...] about Nellie Revisited

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