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NBA Possesion Analysis Part 1: Best Offensive Player.

November 20th, 2007

As I look around the basketball blogosphere, read journalist evaluations, and listen to fan opinions – it seems to me that we are really lacking an understanding of what it takes to win basketball games, and as a result we lose focus of which stats we should really pay attention to. As far as I’m concerned, basketball is a game of possessions and opportunity cost.



Kobe’s Worth

November 6th, 2007

The Kobe debate today revolves not around his personality and moral ethics, but his ability on the court. Is Kobe Bryant really worth it?



Where Amazing Doesn’t Happen: Kobe

November 6th, 2007

Where Amazing Doesn’t Happen is a regular section which parodies the official NBA ad campaign running at the moment.



Denied! : “Bloggers just aren’t journalists” by Chris McCosky

November 5th, 2007

Denied! is a regular special feature that will see me take an article/action/story and let the culprit in question know exactly why they are wrong.
This week I will be targeting all-mighty journalist Chris McCosky from the Detroit News and his recent elitist article condemning (practically) all bloggers around the world. Essentially what he says is [...]



Open Letter to Gilbert Arenas

November 4th, 2007

Dear Gilbert,
I want to start off by letting you know I’ve been a big fan over the past couple of years. Your personality, attitude, outspoken demeanor, the underdog status, and your exciting style of play has resulted in millions of people declaring you as their favorite player, hero, icon – and I use to be [...]



Working Yourself Back Into Regular Season Form

October 28th, 2007

The NBA season is right around the corner and every sports fan with a hint of basketball in their blood is eager for the season to finally get underway. Over the past couple months we ‘witnessed’ a very dull NBA final, we had some big trades that went through and some that didn’t, we’ve had scandals, many comeback considerations, and much much more. However all of that will clear the way on Wednesday night for the season openers and real basketball headlines



NBA China Games: Orlando Magic - Cleveland Cavaliers

October 21st, 2007

The highly anticipated game between the Cavaliers and the Magic in Shanghai was due to start at 8pm in Qizhong Arena. I didn’t have a ticket to the game, but this was China in the end so I thought the black market was as or even more reliable than any ticketing agency that I would have gone to. As expected, scalpers were in the hundreds (I kid you not), and after being ambushed by a large group of them 100 meters from the arena, I finally decided to buy a ticket.



Mission Statement

October 9th, 2007

I must say, every year I find myself making some great predictions concerning the NBA. I predicted last season that the Golden State Warriors would beat Dallas in the first round way back in March (what many people deemed as the biggest upset in American sports history). While this makes me feel good inside, it [...]



Sports… It’s a Helluva Drug

September 12th, 2007

With the internet, increased media coverage, blogs and other new age trends towards the ultra-wired world we live in today – being a sports fan has changed tremendously over recent years. Sports fans back in the day were regarded as tech geeks do today, consistently awing randomers with their borderline obsessive/pathetic knowledge of their respective [...]



Sports: Not Just a Game

September 6th, 2007

It’s been a while since I have had the will to write another article. You see, the reason for this is that there’s been this topic on my mind I’ve been stuck on, and I feel unable to move past it. Usually my articles are strange, comical, and sometimes absurd– but right now, I feel [...]