On December 27, I talked about NBA teams seeking lottery seedings and teams looking for a playoff berth. After three months of the season, it appears that it has become harder and harder to lose games in the NBA … really? ###
The analytic invasion taking place in the NBA will last awhile but, eventually, it will pass and here is part of the reason why. In one of Robert Caro’s (extraordinary) books on President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, is quoted as saying this about LBJ: “He […]
Today in the NBA we have “playoff teams” trying to win and, or so some say, “lottery teams” trying to lose. That, folks, is where we are and no one much seems to mind.###
When I was scouting for the Golden Sate Warriors, we drafted Monta Ellis out of [Jackson MS Lanier] high school [2nd round, 40th pick overall]. We thought, if wired right, he could become an excellent defensive player. In the Dallas-Phoenix game Saturday night, he guarded no one. Like most young […]
Tonight during the first half of the Chicago Bulls/Miami Heat game broadcast on TNT TV, these provocative words were uttered by game time analyst Reggie Miller: “Michael Beasley has never been coached hard”.
Really!