Players

December 7, 2010 – Allen Moll Many predicted prior to the season beginning that Philadelphia 76ers swingman Andre Iguodala, after getting some valuable experience playing overseas in Turkey, was primed for a break-out season and in teaming with #2 overall pick Evan Turner, helping lead the Sixers back to the Playoffs. Some even predicted that [...]

November 24, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Maybe i’m too old school, or maybe I am just too big of a fan to bear the thought of sitting through another NBA player lockout and having the NBA on hold once again. But regardless of the reasons, I wish the players and the owners would just [...]

October 1, 2010 – Allen Moll In 2006, the NBA thought that they had figured out how to attempt to keep young players in the collegiate ranks a few more seasons before allowing them to come to play in the professional ranks. In a collective bargaining agreement, the practice of drafting high school players became [...]

August 3, 2010 – Allen Moll With Lebron James’ and Chris Bosh’s recent defections from the teams that drafted them to the supposed promised land of South Beach, to play alongside Dwyane Wade on the Heat, many fans have already annointed the trio of All Stars as the favorites to win not only the 2011 [...]

July 28, 2010 – Allen Moll In a move that just makes sense, the US Basketball Writers Association, who annually hand out an award to the best Freshman player during each NCAA season, has decided to name the prestigious award after former Oklahoma stand-out Wayman Tisdale. Why not, since Tisdale was once the first freshman [...]

August 30, 2008 – Dr. Dime It must be so hard to age as an ex-professional athlete. Hell, it’s hard for anyone to get older and adjust to the changes with your body that lead to a deterioration in athletic abilities. I’m only the ripe old age of 28, yet my game is already changing [...]

July 30, 2008 – Dr. Dime Given my deep love for the game of basketball, I think that 90% of the players in the NBA are actually overpaid. Especially the ones that are in it for the money and not for the love of the game or for the thrill of the win. Every single [...]

June 27, 2008 – Dr. Dime Well there were very few surprises at the top end of this year’s draft. Almost every mock draft board I reviewed had some combination of Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, and O.J. Mayo as the Top 3 picks, most mock’s having that specific order. What came next was surely a [...]