Star University of Kansas freshman has taken his lumps early on this season while other fab frosh like Kentucky’s Julius Randle, Duke’s Jabari Parker, and fellow Jayhawk Joel Embiid have made an instant impact this season. But at presstime, Wiggins was averaging 16 ppg and 6.3 boards, not to shabby for an 18 year old [...]
January 14, 2014
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Anything involving the legendary Michael Jordan, especially when it comes to memorabilia, can be a high ticket item at auction. Just before Christmas, an autographed pair of Air Jordans worn by Mike during his now famous “flu game” during the 1997 NBA Finals, sold for an estimated $104,765 at an auction. Just last month, someone [...]
January 13, 2014
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We’re back. After a brief—okay, not so brief—holiday hiatus, your favorite version of NBA Power Rankings written by a left-handed someone named Dan with an affinity for em dashes is back. Try to curb your enthusiasm, as I only packed enough adult diapers for myself. Anyway, a lot has happened since we’ve been gone. Russell [...]
January 8, 2014
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One of the hottest high school prospects in the country right now is sharpshooting junior guard Luke Kennard. The 6’5 and 1805lb native of Franklin, Ohio is a Top 25 ranked player in the 2015 Class with numerous high major offers from elite schools like Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and of [...]
January 6, 2014
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Addition by subtraction. Depletion by addition. That’s been the NBA’s prevailing theme this season. So many teams aren’t where they’re supposed to be. And I mean so many. Can anyone explain the Phoenix Suns, lottery-dwellers of 2012-13? Though they added Eric Bledsoe, they traded away Marcin Gortat and Jared Dudley. Now they’re among the Western [...]
December 18, 2013
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