To Speculate Or Not to Speculate
Should that even be the question? How about “to watch the games or not to watch the games?” Like the Hornets themselves, I’m not originally from New Orleans. That means, I loved the NBA before I...
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There is No Point to This Post
Except to say I am inordinately entertained by this picture from last night’s Celtics/Magic Game 2: Vince Carter was Kung Fu Fighting! I am pretty sure this is from the end of the game when Pierce...
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Media for Dummies
There’s a lot of buzz as free agency begins about this trade or that signing or this or that rumor. There’s also a lot of criticism of jumping-the-gun-scoops foiled by second-thinking, changes of...
View ArticleYou Buy It, You Don’t Break It.
So far, the popular reaction to the Hornets’ takeover seems to be that if when the NBA buys the Hornets, the management’s hands will be tied and the team will be in terrible bind, akin to a torrential...
View ArticleStern is a Genius
If you were in the middle of a public relations war with a powerful union, and had thus far failed to convince the public at large that your claims about NBA teams losing money was true, what would you...
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Hornets Pre-Game Prayer Violates NBA Rules and Good Sense
The New Orleans Hornets are currently one of two teams (the Oklahoma Thunder being the other) that start each game with an Arena-wide, pre-game prayer. This strange occurrence is a hybrid of religious...
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Gray Smash!!!
For those of you who don’t know it, I have an irrational dislike of Kurt Thomas. As Mr. Thomas has aged (he’s now 38), he’s often been used as a center, instead of his natural position, power...
View ArticleWe Were Right And You Were Wrong
Guess what Monty Williams and Dell Demps? Give Marcus Thornton 41 minutes a game and he might just drop 42 for ya. On 13-20 shooting. On 4-7 from deep. Maybe the young guard who’s so explosive and...
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Narrative Me This
Two teams, putting nine months of grind, exhaustive hours of coaching, film, and analysis, with rote dedication to mastering what some call a game, culminating in a determined fight to prove your team...
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Decoding the NBA Litigation and Why it Still Matters
Representatives of the NBA players proclaimed that they hoped for a summary judgment in their federal litigation within sixty days of filing suit. The Owners claimed the players turning to litigation...
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