Writing the Pine

I Got 5 On It – NBA Style

The 2009-2010 NBA season tips off tonight with quite possibly the best quartet of games you’ll find on any given day throughout the year.  The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers cut the ribbon on the season as they renew their rivalry after a year off last year.  Then, a refurbished Gilbert Arenas leads the revamped [...]

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Los Angeles Clippers 2009-2010 Season Preview

PROJECTED RECORD: 32-50 MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER: Baron Davis PLAYER TO WATCH: Blake Griffin STRENGTHS: Scoring (though stats won’t back that up) WEAKNESSES: Defense, Chemistry, Youth, Shot Selection, Coaching Last season was supposed to be a turning point for the Los Angeles Clippers. They signed hometown boy Baron Davis to a massive contract and drafted Eric Gordon, the high-scoring guard [...]

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VotD: Matthew Barnaby Previews Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals

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Kobe Will Baptize Dwight and the Magic Yet Again

Let me start off by saying that I’m surprised at myself as to how accurate my predictions and analysis in my previous article previewing the Western Conference Finals were. I should be out in some third world country, reading palms for a living. If you read it, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you [...]

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Doomsday for Superman and the Magic

Photo Credit: Tony Dejak/Associated Press The Eastern Conference Finals brings us a matchup of two teams on different paths. On one hand you have the Orlando Magic who won 59 games in the regular season, but struggled in the first round against a Philadelphia 76ers team that sent its two-headed puppy of Samuel Dalembert and Theo [...]

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