Archive for Sports & Games

2008 NBA Playoffs – First Round Preview

Apr 16, 2008 No Comments

The time has come for the most intense and entertaining annual 2 months in professional sports – the NBA playoffs. This year we have around 10 teams who could legitimately end up in the NBA finals! Drama is higher than its even been, hype is not something that we will need TNT and ESPN to fabricate, and its set to be the most entertaining Playoffs in recent memory. Let’s have a look at what’s on the agenda shall we?!

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Chris Paul no match for Kobe Bryant

Apr 14, 2008 No Comments

“As the minutes passed and both players displayed exactly what they had to offer on the grandstage – it was then that it became clear that this game would indeed seperate the two, but not exactly in the way everyone had envisioned.”

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MVP Fallacies

Mar 18, 2008 No Comments

Today I will list the most common fallacies that people make when talking, writing, and thinking about the MVP race.

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NBA Mid-Season Thoughts

Feb 11, 2008 No Comments

Thoughts and ramblings on the NBA season prior to the All-Star Break.

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Comparing Athletes Across Generations

Jan 08, 2008 No Comments

  Anyone seen Rocky Balboa, the (hopefully) final movie in the classic Rocky story played by Sylvester Stallone?It’s the one where the current generation boxing champion is pitted in a virtual match against longtime retired Rocky Balboa using a sophisticated program designed by ESPN (got to be Hollinger) to determine who is the best of all time. Well [...]

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Just Details

Dec 04, 2007 No Comments

Major announcement: the Predictions section got discontinued indefinitely for ‘undisclosable reasons’. Let’s just say that my rivalry with Reignman over at djod.co.uk got out of hand and the quality of my predictions suffered as a result. Perhaps one day I will find it in myself to resume my quest to beat Vegas.In its place will [...]

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21 Thoughts

Dec 03, 2007 No Comments

We are already 1/5th of the way into the season and there are so many things to talk about and think about. Here are 21 NBA thoughts that have occupied my brain recently.

1 – It seems like the number 1 unwritten rule of every NBA team is to immediately rush over to your teammate when they’ve fallen to the floor and help them back up.

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