Writing the Pine

Better Late Than Never…Memphis Grizzlies 2009-2010 Season Preview

PROJECTED RECORD: 30-52 MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER: OJ Mayo PLAYER TO WATCH: Allen Iverson STRENGTHS: Youth, Athleticism, Scoring WEAKNESSES: Youth, Defense Before Allen Iverson was a Grizzly, the “veteran leader” on the team was Zach Randolph. If that doesn’t give you a good idea of the predicament the Memphis Grizzlies have put themselves in, I really don’t know what [...]

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The First Annual Writing the Pine NBA Draft Awards!

Welcome to the First Annual Writing the Pine NBA Draft Awards.  We’ll be giving out a few awards today to both teams and individual players.  I know the draft was a few days ago but I couldn’t watch it as it unfolded because I was playing in a friend’s work basketball league so I had [...]

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NBA DRAFT SPECTACULAR – Who Every Team SHOULD Take

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 [...]

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