Allen Moll

February 2, 2011 – Allen Moll When healthy, New Orleans’ stand-out point guard Chris Paul is arguably the NBA’s best floor general. While some may argue that Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, or even Tony Parker are on par with Paul, I contend that CP3 belongs on the top of the heap when it [...]

February 1, 2011 – Allen Moll Surely if any NBA player would ever wish that they could hop into a hot tub time machine and turn the clock back 10 years, it would have to be Vince Carter. Ok, maybe T-Mac or Grant Hill would join him. But seriously, back in 2001, Vince was on [...]

February 1, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s become standard procedure nowadays to start teaching the game of basketball to our youngsters as early as possible if they want to get a leg up on the competition and someday be playing for their school team. Seemingly these players, or hoops phenoms as they now are being [...]

January 31, 2011 – Allen Moll Halftime shows during NBA games are getting way to intense. Long gone are the days of Chinese contortionists spinning plates or bearing witness to the amazing human Slinky show. What ever happened to doing the “Wave” or the ever popular “Kiss Cam?” That’s way to tame for 2011. Now [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll Many of you probably don’t remember the 6‘11 and 265 lb Brazilian double-double machine, known as “Baby”, taken as the #8 selection by the Toronto Raptors in the 2004 NBA Draft, but his name is Rafael Araujo. It’s ok, I didn’t either, especially since he played in only 139 NBA [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll For those of you who don’t already know, Earl Boykins has the distinction of being the 2nd shortest player in NBA history, right behind former Hornets standout Mugsey Bogues(5’3). The diminutive guard measures out at a miniscule 5’5 and weighs only 135 lbs but he doesn’t let his size [...]

January 27, 2011 – Allen Moll When all is said and done and Boston Celtics great Paul Pierce finally does hang it up sometime in the future, there’s no doubting that his #34 jersey will join the many other Celtic greats like Bill Russell, John Havlicek, and Larry Bird up in the rafters at TD [...]

January 26, 2011 – Allen Moll Sometimes team mascots just want some love too. Surely many mascots get tired of being the happy-go-lucky fun-loving cartoon character whose main job is to fire up the crowd during home games by doing something cheesy like the age old “wave” or the more conventional, yet boring raise the [...]

January 25, 2011 – Allen Moll James Madison University senior guard Dawn Evans is the nation’s leading scorer with a gaudy 25.3 ppg average. She also is battling a rare kidney disease called Focal Segmental Glomerularscierosis(FSGS) that disrupts the filtering system in her kidneys. Even at only 75% of her former energy level, Evans, who [...]

January 25, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA season now roughly at the midway point, we are starting to get a better glimpse of just which rookies will be players going forward. After all the college season lasts approximately 30-40 games if you consider post-season play. Right about now is when these players muscles [...]