It’ll be next summer at the World Championships before we really know (or maybe the 2008 Olympics), but the early indications are that USA Basketball may have learned some valuable lessons from the 2004 debacle in Athens. Case in point: The rape trial kept Kobe out of the last Olympics, but it appears the new […]
Archives for August 2005
Fast Break:
I swear, if the equipment doesn’t show up today to hook up my cable modem in the new house, I may kill someone. Dial-up is making me Jack Nicholson in “The Shining†crazy and angry. Sorry for those of you out there using dial-up, but high speed, once you have it you just can’t go […]
Are You Ready For Some Football?
No, I’m not changing the focus of this blog, but as a football fan (particularly college, especially one university that already has a great blog following it) I’m happy to see the season ready to get rolling again. Along those lines, if you like the statistical bent of this site then there are a couple […]
Thoughts Through A Hangover
I really don’t go out much on “school nights†anymore, but as last night was our anniversary my wife and I lined up a babysitter and we were off to splurge on a wine dinner at a fine restaurant. It was well worth it, great food (amazing seared ahi and steak courses) and plenty of […]
Fast Break
A few things worth talking about (besides the end of Six Feet Under, which has crushed my wife) on a Monday morning. • Aaron McKie is now a Laker. I’ve written about him before. I’m concerned about how well he can cover the quick point guards of the league, but he does fit what Phil […]
Wilt, 1962, Reviewed
There may be no more mythically intimidating player in the history of basketball than Wilt Chamberlain. And 1962 was the year of his most famed achievement, the 100 point game. That’s at the heart of a new book by Gary Pomerantz, who looks at Wilt in that year and in the context of those times. […]
Aaron McKie: A Quick Look
Which past-his-prime, tall guard being converted to the play point sounds better to you, Derek Anderson or Aaron McKie? According to the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers are looking at McKie, who just got set free in the formerly-Alan-Houston-rule-now-the-Jerome-Williams-rule cuts. Since he’s on the radar, let’s take a quick look at McKie. McKie played in […]
Light Reading
Longer post coming hopefully this afternoon, another trip down memory lane (but not to the good years), but in the short term, may I suggest some reading. The latest Carnival of the NBA is up at True Hoop (a site I try to check daily already). There’s a lot of good stories linked in the […]
Fast Break:
Things are moving slowly, and not just because I’m back on dial-up until the DSL gets hooked up at my new place later this week. Things are slow in Laker land with little action — even Eric Pincus has resorted to playing fantasy basketball with the Lakers. Commenter DC is frustrated and I think there […]
Worthwhile Reading
While I’m throwing my back out today moving furniture (and without internet access the rest of the weekend) here are some things worth reading: Eric Pincus has a story up at Hoopsworld about where the Lakers stand, the off-season moves made and looking at who’s left on the market — and it isn’t pretty: As […]