The college basketball season is officially underway, so let the salavating over this young crop of freshmen begin. Next year’s draft class is already being touted as one of the best in the last few decades, as freshmen Andrew Wiggins (Kansas), Jabari Parker (Duke) and Julius Randle (Kentucky) should all be millionaires a year from [...]
November 12, 2013
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NCAA
Just about everybody on Earth feels as if Michael Jordan pushed off on Bryon Russell at the conclusion of game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Everybody except Michael Jordan, I’m sure. And just for the record, Russell’s former teammate John Stockton thinks so too. Stockton recently spoke to Sports Illustrated about all things Jazz, [...]
November 11, 2013
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Rumors
Don’t look now, but University of Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins may have some stiff competition, when it comes to the #1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. It’s super early, but Kentucky freshman Julius Randle, who has been favorably compared to Lebron James, looked every bit the player that numerous NBA teams are already [...]
November 11, 2013
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There have been some significant injuries to some key players already this season. Not an overwhelming number, but enough to throw a wrinkle in the plans of some teams. The Denver Nuggets now realize what this means. They will be without the services of JaVale McGee for the forseable future after the big man was diagnosed [...]
November 11, 2013
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Rumors
About this time last season, All Star and 2 time NBA Champion Andrew Bynum was still in the honeymoon stage with his new team, the Philadelphia 76ers. He was being touted as the 2nd best big man in the Association, behind Dwight Howard of course, and was supposed to help bring the floundering Sixers franchise [...]
November 11, 2013
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Offbeat
Derrick Rose hasn’t exactly set the world on fire in his return, but that’s no cause for concern. The Knicks will have to be without Tyson Chandler for possibly up to two months. Can they survive? And how about all of these Lakers games on national TV with a roster that doesn’t jump out at [...]
November 11, 2013
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Podcast
Right about now, I imagine Mark Jackson is blushing. David Lee, too. Andre Iguodala and Andrew Bogut should also be giggling. Stephen Curry, injured or not, might be chuckling as well. Gregg Popovich, the San Antonio Spurs coach who offers up compliments about once a decade, said the Golden State Warriors are for real, according [...]
November 11, 2013
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