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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

Tyreke Evans and Lifetime Suspensions in the NBA

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Tyreke Evans has recently been suspended for two years for violating the NBA’s drug policy for use of a non-performance enhancement substance.  The perception of drug use of NBA players has changed quite a bit over the users.  It was a huge issue in the 1970s and 1980s when many articles speculated that hard drug use was a pervasive problem.  The perception and the NBA drug policy has evolved.  Initially, the NBA’s prime goal was to show the public that it would not tolerate drug use.  Over … [Read more...] about Tyreke Evans and Lifetime Suspensions in the NBA

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