The center position in the “new” NBA is becoming obsolete. Wayne Embry coined that phrase, just the other night. Check it out … for he’s absolutely right on. Check my previous blog: “No Country for Old Men and No League for Big Men”.
It’s that time of the year in the NBA, folks. Injured players on bad teams are willing to admit they are not coming back (Kobe Bryant). We all knew that there was no need for Kobe to come back. Injured players on good teams are anxious to return (Eric Bledsoe). Bledsoe would have […]
Responding to an article by Keith Pompey last September in the Philadelphia Daily News, I said this: Evan Turner is a “Tweener,” a player who comes into the NBA with no true position. History informs us “Tweeners” are most effective on good teams when they can fulfill multiple roles. Evan Turner […]
The Suns have lost some games recently but everyone needs to take a deep breath, relax, and bask in the successes they’ve enjoyed. I thought back in October they could win 29 or 30 games; now they’ve won 33, and still have 25 games to go and are in the thick of the fight for […]
Erstwhile ASU standout and present-day NBA all-star James Harden was in town with the Houston Rockets to play the Phoenix Suns. Seeing him reminded me of a story about Michael Jordan. At the time he came into the league, it was said Dean Smith, Jordan’s college mentor at North Carolina, had done […]
Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns brought back Kevin Johnson to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of his playoff dunk over Houston Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon. But, speaking of anniversaries, there was none in New Orleans, a week ago, to recall the 50-year anniversary of a threatened player boycott at the 1964 All-Star game in […]
The “experts” are rating the NBA’s biggest draft busts. Just so you know, Harold Miner (Baby Jordan), selected 12th overall in 1992, was the top pick of the Miami Heat. Yes, Yours Truly was responsible for that pick. Also, not listed was William Bedford, the Phoenix Suns’ No. 1 pick in 1986 […]
I can’t help wondering why, during the NBA exhibition season, referees were calling walking and palming the ball regularly. How come — during the regular season – they’ve stopped enforcing those violations?
Friday night (Feb. 21), San Antonio, winding up its annual “rodeo trip,” came into Phoenix minus Tony Parker and was blown out, 106-85. After I stopped laughing, I asked myself why the Spurs were so tired. During the nine-game span, they had five days off during the All-Star break. Now, unless Pop […]
Just got back from a Press Conference in Norfolk,Virginia promoting “The Virginia Squires Reunion scheduled for May 1 and 2. Plans for the occasion include a basketball clinic for disadvantaged and military children on Thursday,conducted by 76ers legend,Wali Jones, followed by a VIP reception. On Friday,May 2,there will be a Virginia Squires […]