April 2009

The Exportation of Jeremy Tyler

April 30, 2009

Jeremy Tyler, hailed by many as the best big man prospects to come along since Tyson Chandler and Greg Oden, has decided to forgo his senior year to play professionally. Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a big deal. Many collegiate basketball players leave school early to pursue their pro aspirations now-a-days. In fact, of players taken [...]

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4th Quarter

April 29, 2009

As a fan, what I want most in officiating is consistency from the beginning to end of the game. Call it the same independent of the situation, or where the game is being played.

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Paul Pierce, Overrated

April 21, 2009

First, I want to apologize for the lack of posts lately. We have been extremely busy on some other projects and just have not had the time to work on posting our thoughts on what is going on in the basketball world. If you have a chance, check out our Lahaina.com website. It is a [...]

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John Wall

April 17, 2009

George posted a review of the Nike Hoop Summit 2009 yesterday which included his impressions of one of the top prospects in the class of 2009 – John Wall.  Much is being made of the fact that he has yet to commit to a school, which for a highly touted prospect is somewhat unusual this [...]

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Nike Hoop Summit 2009

April 16, 2009

This weekend I watched the Nike Hoop Summit All-Star Game 2009. Usually I avoid all-star games like the plague. There is usually no intensity, except on the offensive end of the floor.  No defense.  No real caring who wins and loses.  They just bug me.  I guess it’s the basketball purity in me. However, this [...]

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2009 NBA Mock Lottery

April 13, 2009

The NCAA champion has been crowned and the NBA regular season is just a few games away from coming to an end.  So, at this time of year I’m always wondering how the upcoming crop of draft candidates will help the prospective teams in the lottery and, perhaps, how a few maybe able to affect [...]

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Marvin Webster

April 9, 2009

It’s the summer of  1975.  David Thompson, from North Carolina State, the best college player in the land, is drafted with the first pick by the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.  The third pick in the draft was Marvin Webster of Morgan State, also by the Hawks.  The NBA is shocked when both these players sign with [...]

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Big East. Failure or Success?

April 8, 2009

On my way to the airport last night, to catch a “red eye” flight to Minneapolis, I listened to a couple of guys discussing “March Madness” on a rather famous radio network.  Michigan State and North Carolina had just defeated the last two remaining Big East teams, UConn and Villanova.  One guy in particular was [...]

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UNC – “One Shining Moment”

April 7, 2009

As we all know, last night the UNC Tarheels won the 2009 NCAA Men’s basketball championship. To many, their win came as no surprise and the Tarheels were hands down the best team in the tournament. From the beginning of the year, even with their slight hiccups, they had the most talent in the nation [...]

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Bennett and Calipari. Two Diverse Psyches

April 2, 2009

Over the past couple of days there have been two major coaching changes in college basketball involving two fine coaches.  Tony Bennett left Washington State to go to Virginia, and John Calipari left Memphis to go to Kentucky.  I find it to be interesting how different these two men are, not only in their completely diverse coaching [...]

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