From the monthly archives:

December 2008

He’s Back

December 31, 2008

So the question is, what happens with Stephon next year? Does anyone takes a chance on bringing the talented but baggage heavy guard to their team next year – or is he just done?

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I just returned from Christmas up in Seattle (rain, snow, cold) to beautiful southern California (sunny and 70), it is good to be home…
Because of the inclement weather up in Seattle and the fact that I love basketball, I spent a good portion of my days on the couch watching pro and college basketball, after [...]

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2009 Dunk Contest: You Decide

December 27, 2008

An updated post can be found here for the dunk contest.
We are over one month and a half away from All-Star Weekend in Phoenix. Big deal, right? What does All-Star weekend mean these days?
I remember when All-Star weekend meant something and it had nothing to do with the game on Sunday night. All-Star weekend was [...]

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19’9” versus 20’9”

December 26, 2008

If you’ve been watching NCAA basketball this year it’s been hard not to notice the newly minted 20’9” men’s three-point line, if for no other reason than it looks strange on the floor – just outside the old distance (19’9”), not quite the same as the international distance (20’6”) and still a good ways from [...]

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Coach Lovelace and R-E-S-P-E-C-T

December 22, 2008

As I mentioned, Sunday night was the airing of the documentary A Woman Among Boys from ESPN. The film documents a woman, Ruth Lovelace, successfully coaching a boys high school basketball team in one of the worst neighborhoods in the country.
One of the main reasons her story is prolific is the fact that she is [...]

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A Woman Among Boys

December 19, 2008

On Sunday December 21st at 9 PM, ESPN will be airing its new documentary A Woman Among Boys on ESPN 2.
From ESPN:
A Woman Among Boys, directed and produced by award-winning filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill, is an inside look at a season led by the only woman coaching a boys’ team in New York [...]

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Meet Your Teammate, The Rim

December 18, 2008

For a guard or a big man going in for a running layup, it is extremely important to understand how to use the rim to your advantage.
Very few people use the rim effectively and I do not think it is taught often enough. That said, it is quit a simple lesson.
When attempting a layup against [...]

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Obama’s Basketball Cabinet

December 17, 2008

Most of you know by now that Arne Duncan was appointed Secretary of Education by President Elect Obama. What most of you probably do not know is that he is one heck of a basketball player.
In fact, the basketball team, I mean the cabinet that Obama has put together is quite formidable on the court. [...]

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Kevin McHale: NBA Firings Sign of the Times

December 16, 2008

In a direct response to my blog post yesterday, NBA Coaches Enter the Unemployment Line, GM of the Timberwolves Kevin McHale believes that the recent firings in the NBA is a sign of the times.
Ok, maybe McHale wasn’t directly responding to my post, but he does say the following and I am a blogger after [...]

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NBA Coaches Enter the Unemployment Line

December 15, 2008

Today is December 15th and so far in the NBA season (47 days if my math is correct) there have been 6 of 30 NBA head coaches who have gotten the axe or 20% of all NBA teams.
To me, that seems excessive.
I have never been a big component of using the coach as the scapegoat [...]