From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Basketball.org Step-Brothers Welcome Baron Davis and Steve Nash to Santa Monica

July 31, 2008

Basketball.org, a team of step-brothers, would like to welcome Baron Davis and Steve Nash to Santa Monica.
As the Basketball.org home base, Santa Monica got to experience the parody of the movie “Step-Brothers” by Steve Nash and Baron Davis within the last couple of weeks.
While it is great to have Baron in LA now, he is [...]

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Bones Interviews Lebron James

July 31, 2008

Through the Princeton Hoops grapevine (Eben Harrel of Time -> Jon Berger -> Me) I came across a Time article on former Princeton Basketball player, Sean Gregory, aka “Bones”, and his Time.com video interview of Lebron James.
The interview highlights Lebron’s approach to the Beijing Olympics and his maturity this time around.  The mentality definitely seems [...]

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Your College Fantasy Come True

July 30, 2008

And nobody had to dress up like a police officer.
According to the Wall Street Journal, CBSSports.com appears to be the victor in a Supreme Court ruling which will allow the usage of NCAA player names for the purpose of fantasy. Sports. Uh, er, rotisserie. Whatever. Note that CBSSports.com also plans to include [...]

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Donaghy receives 15 months

July 30, 2008

I don’t know about everybody else, but I thought Tim Donaghy, the disgraced and corrupt NBA referee who was the central figure in a betting scheme involving NBA games, would get more than a 15 month sentence for his illegal activities.  It just doesn’t seem like enough to me.
Donaghy was in a position of trust, [...]

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Mascot Addiction Hurts Us All

July 30, 2008

Sometimes you look yourself in the mirror and say… I was born to wear this. And then you put on your furry head.
An article came out this week about Marc Taylor, the person who has portrayed Squatch, following the team to Oklahoma City (sidenote, if you ever want to piss off a big [...]

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Why there should be a Shot-Clock

July 29, 2008

I didn’t think it could happen. Not twice in my life. No way. Well it did. That’s right, another team held the ball at half-court and didn’t try and score.
A few years back (ok a number of years back), while i was playing in high school, we played a far inferior team. The one player [...]

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Top 10 Video Images in NBA History

July 29, 2008

I spent the last several years with the Seattle Mariners, among other things, trying to tell stories through videos. I always love Year in Review video pieces because I like to see what someone thinks represents the most recognizable images in a particular time frame.
So I started thinking, in a world where we wait for [...]

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More from Day 1 at Double Pump Best of Summer

July 29, 2008

Last night, I decided to take in a game between a Puerto Rican team and a young Los Angeles team. It turns out, I wasn’t alone as I was sitting next to every major college coach on the west coast from Ben Howland to Lorenzo Romar. Two guys who stood out and look for them [...]

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Day 1 at Double Pump Best of Summer

July 28, 2008

This entire week I am going to be heading over to the Pump Brothers Summer basketball tournament at Loyola Marymount University. I plan on giving you some insight on some of the top High School prospects in the country and offer some  observations from the tournament.
The first game I watched was between the Northwest Panthers [...]

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The Good and the Bad of AAU

July 25, 2008

Starting on Sunday, I am going to be heading over to the Pump Brothers AAU basketball tournament here in LA . I will cover some of the games for Basketball.org and offer some of my viewpoints from the tournament. I am excited to watch the games, check out the talent and see old friends.
I want to take this opportunity [...]

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