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Where Have You Gone Allen Iverson?
I now know how people felt when Mickey Mantle retired from baseball. How comic book fans felt when Doomsday killed Superman. How wrestling fans felt when Hogan turned to nWo. It’s the same as how I feel when I think about the Allen Iverson situation in the NBA. It’s as though Hogan (the NBA) came [...]
Continue reading...Throwback to the ’80s
Monday, July 6, 2009
Will we see these two form a powerhouse of their own in 2010? Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images With the Ron Artest and Rasheed Wallace signings, the basketball universe once again revolves around the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. And while that thought conjures up memories of NBA basketball in the 80’s and the intense rivalry that [...]
Continue reading...SHAQ JOINS KING JAMES IN CLEVELAND
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wow. After months of speculation that Shaquille O’Neal would be headed to Cleveland, it’s now finally official. The Diesel, the Big Aristotle, the big Shaqtus, is actually joining LeBron James and his kingdom. Phoenix got Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic back in return (so pretty much nobody). You know, a few years back it seemed [...]
Continue reading...NBA DRAFT SPECTACULAR – Who Every Team SHOULD Take
Monday, June 22, 2009
Seth Wenig/AP The NBA Draft is this Thursday and there are numerous mock drafts out there speculating on who every team will take. Well, I’m gonna take a little different spin on it and decide who every team should draft. It’s basically if I was GM for every team, who I would take or what I’d [...]
Continue reading...Most Valuable Ads and DWYANE WADE SHOULD HOST SNL
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Every year the NBA Playoffs brings out the best the League has to offer; the best players, the best coaches, and overall the best basketball of the season. But the NBA Playoffs also bring something else: the best basketball advertising campaigns of the year. This year was no different. Some of the most creative minds [...]
Continue reading...The Show Be Kobe: Kobe and Phil’s Legacy
Monday, June 15, 2009
Photo Credit: Chris Carlson/AP Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for winning the franchise’s 15th NBA Championship. This marks b’s fourth title reign and a milestone tenth championship for Phil Jackson. First off, this title for Phil should end any discussion about who the greatest coach in NBA history is. And while critics will attest his [...]
Continue reading...Not Another Kobe vs LeBron Article (But Sorry, Here’s Another One)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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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