Category Archives: On the NBA

Mixed Notes

I haven’t seen mention of this anywhere – I was watching ESPNNEWS the other day and caught the tail end of an interview with Ric Bucher where he said, in response to the question of why we were seeing such outrageous contracts for marginal players, that there might be a thinking among the owners that [...]

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Where we stand…

…pretty much exactly where we stood before this entire ordeal even began.  The only thing that’s changed is that the press is just now catching onto what Morey already knew.

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Ford on Bosh and other thoughts on free agency

Earlier this month, SB Nation launched regional projects in 20 different markets, with Houston being one of them.  It’s an innovative approach to local coverage, aggregating onto one page editorialized content for each team from the market.  SB Nation Houston is managed by thedreamshake’s Tom Martin. On behalf of SB Nation Houston, 1560 The Game’s [...]

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LA Lakers capture NBA title; On Ron Artest post-modern surrealism and Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett legacy

The world as we knew it just fourteen hours ago will never again be the same.  Ron Artest (of ‘Malice at the Palace’ infamy) won the LA Lakers the NBA championship.  It still has not completely sunk in.  First, let me preemptively preface by saying that no, this outcome does not bear Rockets regret.  Of [...]

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Game 7

I will go ahead and pick Lakers by 9.  I had picked the Celtics to win this series, but I can’t see them beating LA without Perkins as he is such an integral part of what they want to do defensively.  I don’t trust Rasheed to stop hoisting 3′s and give them anything positive, and [...]

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