FREE AGENCY
Just before all the Free Agents signings in the NBA, a friend and an ardent NBA fan said “the NBA in the summer is more exciting than the regular season”. Hello.
July 2017
NBA SUMMER LEAGUE
The NBA Summer League recently ended with a few things self evident; Lonzo Ball has a chance to be a special player and his Daddy is no dummy. His son has not played one NBA regular season game and he is already a household word. One TV Analyst said it was the “golden age of […]
WINNING IN THE NBA
With the absences of urgency in Phoenix and most of the NBA, Eric Bledsoe, after seven years of pro- basketball has decided he wants to win. Yup, that was what was reported in the Arizona Republic, Monday, July 24,2017. Playing sports, I thought you always tried to win , guess he didn’t get that message […]
June 2017
Rookie of the Year
The “Process” servers are up in arms in Philly. Neither Dario Saric or Joel Enbiid, poster boys, for the “Process” won the “Rookie of the Year”.
Malcolm Brogdon from the Milwaukee Bucks is the “Rookie of the Year” and rightly so. He played 76 games, his team had a winning record and his team made the […]
Phil Jackson
If you want to get fired and you know you are going to get paid anyway, Jackson just wrote the New York Times best seller.
The D-Backs
Unless you have experienced it, it is not something you see very often in sports. Once you see it, you never forget it. You can tell the D-Backs have it. They are a happy bunch, they play hard, like each other, and they enjoy playing and going to the park every day. You can’t put […]
Josh Jackson’s Baseball Debut
I bet no one thought that Josh Jackson would almost throw the D-Backs ceremonial first pitch into the dugout. But that’s what happens when kids growing up play only but basketball all year round.
2017 NBA Draft – Take Aways
As expected, many of the 18, 19 year olds much to the delight of the Analytics went early. Also, as expected the 76er’s took Markelle Fultz # 1, the Lakers used the unofficial “territorial pick” and took Lonzo Ball #2. The Celtics took Jason Tatum, #3 and Josh Jackson was the #4 pick by the […]
More 2017 NBA Draft
This little tidbit from radio and TV talk show host, Tony Kornheiser; what do Markelle Fultz and Ben Simmons both #1 NBA draft picks have in common?
Answer: both their college coaches were fired.
Drum roll: my 2017 sleeper draft picks are: Josh Hart, Villanova and Ike Anigbogu, UCLA. Note, Ike being a freshmen and with limited […]
Analytic NBA Draft Fantasies
The analytic draft ” circle jerk” ends tomorrow in Brooklyn, New York, where the 2017 NBA College Draft will take place. To think that 18 and 19 year old kids with one or two years of college ball are going to come into the NBA and be an immediate impact player is delusional. But, it […]