Writing the Pine

HOW DARE YOU CHINA?!?

HOW DARE YOU try to vote Tracy McGrady into the All-Star game? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! A PERVERSION OF DEMOCRACY! What did that loser do to deserve an All-Star selection this year? Is it because your favorite countryman can’t play in the ASG and T-Mac’s on the same team? RIDICULOUS! He hasn’t played ALL year! In fact, [...]

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NBA Power 16 – Week 5

I know I missed last week’s power rankings but stupid life got in the way as I had to take my CPA exam.  I think I passed but we’ll see I guess.  Anyway, nobody wants to hear about that.  Let’s get right into it. 1. LOS ANGELES LAKERS (8), 13-3 – The Lakers currently hold the [...]

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NBA Power 16 – Week 3 – Crazy for Brandon Jennings

1. ATLANTA HAWKS (7), 8-2 – After defeating the Celtics on the road, the Hawks take over the top spot this week.  They have a difficult slate of games this week, however, as they face the Blazers, Heat, and Rockets.  Fortunately for them, they’re all home games.

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NBA Power 16 – Week 2

1. PHOENIX SUNS (9), 6-1 – Despite getting smoked by the Magic in Orlando, the Suns made up for it by beating the Celtics on the road.  Steve Nash is playing like an MVP and is shooting better from 3-point land than 2-point distance.  Are the Suns for real?  This week will be a good [...]

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NBA Power 16 – Week 1

Week 1 NBA Power Rankings & MVP/ROY Watch

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Not Another Kobe vs LeBron Article (But Sorry, Here’s Another One)

I might be a bit late to the party, but seeing how the Magic had to shoot 62% just to win one against the Lakers, I decided to take a stab at the Kobe vs. LeBron argument and what might have been. Let’s begin with the characteristic of Kobe that his supporters most often cite [...]

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The West Will Be Won by the Lakers

NBA fans have been blessed this season to have, in my opinion, the League’s four best teams left standing in the playoffs.  David Stern and company must be ecstatic given the amount of interest in this year’s playoffs demonstrated by the ratings spike in the earlier rounds, specifically the Celtics-Bulls series as well as the [...]

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