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Mirotic-Portis and NBA Teammate Fights

October 22, 2017 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

The Chicago Bulls were projected to have a tough season on the court. Right before the season, though, things got tougher. During an intense practice, Niko Mirotic and Bobby Portis got into a heated altercation and Portis broke Mirotic’s jaw with a punch. According to Peter Vecsey, Mirotic and Portis were talking trash in practice and “Mirotic shoved Portis twice, maybe three times. When Portis retaliated with a hard shove, Mirotic charged him. Portis put him down.” This account was … [Read more...] about Mirotic-Portis and NBA Teammate Fights

NBA Preview 2017-18

October 18, 2017 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

We are a day late but let’s talk NBA preview…The primary story angle has been that the season doesn’t matter and that we likely are headed for a fourth straight series between the Warriors and Cavs in the Finals. And that was before the most likely rival to the Cavs in the East lost one of its best players a few minutes into the season. It does seem that the consensus is correct and we are most likely headed for an unprecedented re-re-re-rematch in the Finals between Golden State and … [Read more...] about NBA Preview 2017-18

Can the Heat Match the ’93 Bulls?

April 21, 2014 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

The ’91 Bulls were a team that needed to win a championship. They were coming off consecutive Eastern Conference finals losses to the champion Pistons the previous 2 seasons. In Michael Jordan they had the league’s best scorer. While Jordan wasn’t the reigning MVP, going into the season he was considered at least the equal of the reigning MVP, Magic Johnson. What Johnson and Larry Bird had that Jordan didn’t was championships. At the time there were whispers that the Bulls couldn’t win a title … [Read more...] about Can the Heat Match the ’93 Bulls?

Hall Thoughts

September 17, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 4 Comments

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