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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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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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High School Basketball

March 13, 2009

Wednesday, I went to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 3A Boys and Girls State Basketball Championships being played in the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. It’s the old fashioned type of tourney with16 teams having qualified through various regionals in order to get to the State Tourney. The Tacoma Dome is a big building….they can play [...]

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Stick To Defensive Fundamentals at the End of a Game

December 8, 2008

One of the most memorable lessons George taught me in High School was how to play defense at the end of a game. His exact rules or explanation may differ, but my interpretation was basically to stick to your normal defensive fundamental strategy on the final play of the game. There is a reason that [...]

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Smart plays, dumb plays

June 2, 2008

Waiting for the non-existent NBA playoff games to come on this weekend, got me thinking about game five of the Lakers and Spurs series. Specifically, I was remembering the poor plays, by both teams, in the final minute of play. First of all, Kobe Bryant took a contested quick shot when the Lakers should have [...]

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