Allen Moll

June 4, 2010 – Allen Moll Ever since the original pairing of Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon created a seemingly insurmountable wall of defense on the early 1980’s Houston Rockets squads, coaches and scouts on every level of basketball have been searching for their own updated version of the “Twin Towers.” For a time in [...]

June 3, 2010 – Allen Moll Two seasons ago, the LA Lakers were manhandled by the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Kobe, Gasol, Odom, and Co. buckled under the intense physical play of Celtics defenders as Boston exerted their will on LA, on their way to winning an all-time NBA best 17th league title. [...]

June 2, 2010 – Allen Moll With the Denver Nuggets already on vacation after an early exit in this year’s NBA Playoffs, their super 6th man JR Smith decided to head to Houston, Texas to help out longtime friend, Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young. Young convinced Smith earlier in the year to participate in his [...]

June 1, 2010 – Allen Moll Last Thursday, newly appointed Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doug Collins, met with his new team’s current best player Andre Iguodala in Los Angeles for a 2 hour pow-wow to discuss the athletic SF/SG’s future under what will be the player’s 5th head coach in 6 seasons. Collins was in town [...]

May 31, 2010 – Allen Moll Now that the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals are over, and the Boston Celtics are moving on in an attempt to win their 2nd title in 3 seasons, they will have nearly a week to recuperate from one of the more physical playoff series’ in recent memory. The grudge match [...]

May 30, 2010 – Allen Moll If it wasn’t bad enough that Kobe Bryant was once again sticking it to the Phoenix Suns to the tune of a 37 point and 6 rebound gem which could be described as nothing less than dominating, the “Black Mamba” decided in the heat of the moment to let [...]

May 28, 2010 – Allen Moll The immensely talented Class of 2010 recruiting class coming out of HS is poised to be make a splash in the college ranks next season. A number of players have the potential to be walking human highlight reels from day one like Kansas recruit Josh Selby, who won this [...]

May 28, 2010 – Allen Moll In virtually any other year, Evan Turner, who was named the 2010 NCAA Player of the Year, would have been selected #1 overall in the NBA Draft. While some argue that this year’s probable #1 pick John Wall has a higher ceiling as far as potential, Turner has the [...]

May 26, 2010 – Allen Moll It didn’t take new St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin long to make a splash on the recruiting front as he landed his first top tier recruit in Dwayne Polee, who is universally known as “Class of 2010’s Best Dunker.” Lavin, only 6 weeks removed from his sweet gig [...]

May 25, 2010 – Allen Moll Nearly one year ago to the day, the Philadelphia 76ers introduced former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan as the franchise’s 22nd head coach. He brought a promise of a pledge of dedication to defense and a totally new offensive system(Princeton Offense) to a team which had won 41 games and [...]