Goose Gossage’s Wonderful Rant, Uncensored

 

What Rich (Goose) Gossage, Hall of Fame pitcher, said in last week’s tirade about the state of baseball might easily apply to the so-called “analytics” in basketball. “The game is becoming a freaking joke,” he said, “because of the nerds who are running it. I’ll tell you what has happened, these guys played rotisserie baseball […]

By |2016-03-16T02:37:47-07:00March 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

How Far Has Scouting Come In 60 years?

Thanks to Mr. Research, we have a memory from Marty Blake, the late, longtime NBA director of scouting:

“Years ago, nobody scouted. We didn’t have the funds. My first trip scouting in ’54, I paid my own way by bus to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri to see AL BIANCHI, who later became an NBA player […]

By |2016-03-14T14:42:42-07:00March 14th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Making Points In The NBA

Thanks to Mr. Research, we have this — in 1965-1966, my last season as a player, teams averaged a shade over 115 points a game. I mean, EVERY team in the league. Of course, that was without three-point scoring. NBA teams today are averaging 102.3 ppg. Why do you think that is? Could it be, […]

By |2016-03-06T17:40:41-07:00March 6th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

THIS PHOENIX IS NOT RISING

After the Suns lost to the Brooklyn Nets – a franchise-worst 8th straight home loss — the Arizona Republic suggested the “losing effort has become expected and fans in a sparse crowd validated it by not booing.” Really? How about fans just staying away from a record-tying 13th consecutive setback?

While on the Suns, Alex Len […]

By |2016-02-28T17:31:17-07:00February 28th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

PHOENIX IS A PRODUCT OF FANTASY THINKING

1. Not making a contractual commitment to Goran Dragic, and letting him hang for a year, thinking he wouldn’t get sideways, was fantasy.

2.  The signing of Isiah Thomas and the notion  you could play three Point Guards, keep them happy and not getting your team sideways was utter fantasy.

3. Signing Eric Bledsoe to a long-term contract […]

By |2016-02-24T04:09:17-07:00February 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

THE SUNS’ TRADE

The Suns finally dealt Markieff Morris to Washington http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1843/markieff-morris for a protected first-round pick and some cap relief. The two players sent from the Wizards were Kris Humphries, whose intellectual caliber led him to marry a Kardashian, and DeJuan Blair, probably the only man in history to somehow play without an anterior cruciate ligament in EITHER […]

By |2016-02-24T03:49:35-07:00February 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

NBA All-Star ‘Game’

:

In the ever-dimming past, NBA All-Star games were competitive events. They were important to players and coaches because winning the game meant a few more dollars. Not so today. Last night, the 196 to 173 event/show was entertainment for the sponsors and a chance for owners to mingle with the stars and be in the […]

By |2016-02-18T04:47:30-07:00February 18th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Hack-A-Shaq

Adam Silver, commissioner of the NBA, during All-Star weekend announced there will be no rule change regarding the “Hack-A-Shaq” controversy. After surveying fans, and conversing with network partners and, of course, the GMs and owners, Silver seems unsure of how to proceed. He says he’s concerned about players jumping on a player’s back during a […]

By |2016-02-17T05:11:50-07:00February 17th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

John MacLeod

Did you know? The last Phoenix coach to win more games in a subsequent season than in his first year was … John MacLeod.The winningest years of subsequent Suns’ head coaches Cotton Fitzsimmons, Paul Westphal, Danny Ainge, Scott Skiles, Frank Johnson, Mike D’Antoni, Alvin Gentry, and Jeff Hornacek all came in their first full season […]

By |2017-03-17T16:51:02-07:00February 17th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Title

Go to Top