From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Bender the Philanthropist

August 30, 2008

After a few sad articles and news, I thought I would lighten it up a bit and talk about a player who lost his career to a knee injury…But, seriously, there is light at the end of this dark blog.
Jonathan Bender was selected 5th by the Toronto Raptors in the 1999 NBA draft. He was 18 [...]

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More on Tizzy

August 29, 2008

I meant to tell this story about Wayman Tisdale yesterday, and I ended up forgetting.  This story will give a little insight into Wayman and his personality.
About 40 games into his rookie season I called a timeout late in a tied up game, to set up a last shot play for Wayman.  I had scouted Wayman [...]

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Duckworth and Tisdale

August 27, 2008

In the past couple of days there have been a couple of sad stories relating to retired NBA players.  First was the story about the untimely death of Kevin Duckworth, of which Jaime wrote.  I knew Kevin a little bit, about how an opposing coach gets to know players on other teams.  Kevin was a [...]

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Wayman Tisdale more than a Basketball Player

August 27, 2008

A couple years back my mom was in her office and heard a song on the radio that she liked and asked the receptionist who it was.  “Oh this is Wayman Tisdale, he’s absolutely my favorite musician.”  My mom proceeded to tell her how nice a guy he is, having known him during his Indiana [...]

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Kevin Duckworth dead at 44

August 26, 2008

In much sadder news, former Portland TrailBlazer Kevin Duckworth past away yesterday at the age of 44 years old. According to the associated press, he died on a trip to the Oregon coast to host a free basketball clinic. The cause of death was yet to be determined.
For those of you who do not remember Duckworth, he [...]

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The NBA and Foreign Policy

August 20, 2008

Hamed Ehadadi. Does that mean anything to you? Does it ring a bell? No, this site did not turn into a breaking news blog, and, no, Ehadadi is not the newest member of Al Queda to be captured by the brave men and women of our Armed Forces.
Hamed Ehadadi is the 7-2 center for the [...]

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Monta Ellis the Boxer?

August 19, 2008

I can hear the Rocky theme music blasting in a Northern California gym. “Dahna nah dahna nah…” Punching and speed bags being beaten and 80’s slightly homo-erotic jump roping drills being done. Who is in the gym? Is it Apollo Creed? Mr. T? Ivan Drago?
Nope, it is the new starting PG for the Golden St. [...]

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Update: Mark Eaton Lives; Freezer For Sale

August 19, 2008

From the ticker… One seed Truth & DNA Univ. routs 16-seed Backwoods Georgia Institute of Lying.
Much like Holy Cross, the duo from Georgia gave DNA as much of a fight as they could, but, ultimately, the world has learned that David did not have Goliath in his freezer.

After the famed press conference to announce the [...]

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T-Wolves release new Uniforms

August 18, 2008

The Minnesota Timberwolves are entering their 20th season in the NBA and have released their brand new uniforms for the upcoming 2008-09 season.  According to NBA.com, the new look was designed in part by the team, addidas and the NBA.
Since the T-Wolves will be horrific yet again this year, I wouldn’t anitcipate them being on [...]

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U.S. sticks to gameplan crushes Germany

August 18, 2008

The United States continued its destruction of the Olympic games by destroying Zie Germans 106-57. Oddly enough, the game might not have been as close as the score indictates. The US man-handled Nowitizki and company from the start and they didn’t have a shot.
I must say that I have been very pleased in how they [...]

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