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The Need for Coaches and Hoops in an Industry of Youth

January 16, 2012

Sports are industries that rely on youth. Professional and Amateur athletes peak in their late 20′s, when most industry professionals are only beginning to learn the ropes of their industry. When you look at a professional basketball team and its development programs, the average age range is probably 5-30. However, if you look at say [...]

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NCPA Study: Right Data, Wrong Conclusions

October 2, 2011
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I just browsed through the recent NCPA (National College Players Association) study “The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport“, which has gotten a lot of attention in the press. In general, the study looked at the value of a student-athlete and offers some suggestions for improving the system. Most of the press went [...]

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Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks

July 9, 2011
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Better late than never. Congratulations to the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks!

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Bulls Make Mistake and Sign Noah to a $60 Million Contract

October 8, 2010
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I can envision it now. After about a month or so into the NBA season, and the GM of the Chicago Bulls, John Paxson, is riding in his car blasting some Brittany Spears, “Ooops I did it again!” The song so fitting to Paxson’s career as the GM of the Chicago Bulls. In mid-July of [...]

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Five foreign born players poised for a breakout NBA season after the 2010 World championships

September 23, 2010
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Nicolas Batum: The high flying Frenchmen is the mainstay in the Trailblazers starting lineup. He is a big reason why the team isn’t looking for perimeter help, despite key subtractions to the Portland roster including Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster, as well as the numerous trade requests from Rudy Fernandez. Though Batum is usually touted [...]

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USA Baketball rolls as “B Team” takes care of Business

September 22, 2010
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The FIBA World Championships are “a JV tournament compared to the Olympics.” At least that’s what Pardon The Interruption’s Tony Kornheiser thinks. He said so on the 9/13/10 episode of the popular ESPN show which he co-hosts alongside Michael Wilbon. And who can blame him. In the past, American hoops fans have associated success on [...]

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Miami Three-Heat

July 20, 2010
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The dust has settled. Free agency is coming to an end and summer league is over. The shock waves of Bosh, James and Wade teaming up in South Beach have been felt for weeks now and have become old news. That is what happens when we live in a twitter-universe where athletes have the power [...]

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2010 NBA Mock Draft (1-14)

June 22, 2010
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Alright the season is over and now begins the much anticipated NBA summer of 2010. It all starts off with the NBA draft which kicks off tomorrow night. Here is where we see GMs make their money, and promising NBA hopefuls either become superstars or busts — see Michael Olowakandi. Below, I have outlined a [...]

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Game 7, Lakers vs. Celtics

June 17, 2010
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Game 7. Game 7′s are what you dreamed about as kid playing hoops in your driveway, and later in life, what you dream about to go watch with your buddies in a bar. Everybody loves a game 7, and I believe this game 7 will go down as one of the greatest. What we have [...]

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Celtics Pick Up the Tempo in Game 2

June 7, 2010
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Prior to game 2 of the NBA Finals, Doc Rivers talked about not making drastic adjustments to their Finals’ game plan. The tape from Game 1 didn’t lie and it was pretty simple for what the C’s needed to do in Game 2–more energy, more aggressiveness and push the tempo. The Celtics did just that [...]

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