Thar She Blows!

Wow, for those who felt the lack of any real NBA news over the last 5 and a half months, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few hardcore basketball junkies overdosed on what came out the last few days. Among the news are two rescinded trades of Chris Paul, New York adding the best center [...]

2011 NBA Draft Report Card!

TORONTO: Exceeds Expectations 5. Jonas Valanciunas It’s deja vu all over again. Last year, a team above them unexpectedly took an athletic defensive power forward which resulted in a higher ranked big man unexpectedly falling to the Raptors. Colangelo and the Raptors brass probably can’t believe their luck. I was afraid they might still take Knight, [...]

Trades, Trades and More Trades!

It says something about me that my three favourite times of the year, in the NBA, are the Playoffs, the Draft and just before the trade deadline. It’s like Christmas three times a year, but my bank account doesn’t get drained by it. Like my offseason grades, I’m going to look at each team and [...]

At Least It’s A Moral Victory

After the first quarter shellacking delivered by the Lakers, I thought we might be in for a boring route, but just like against Utah, the bench came in and turned things around. In fact, this reminds me a lot of last season when the team would be down double digits after the first quarter in [...]

At Least You’re Not Andy Rautins

Okay, maybe sitting on the bench of an NBA team getting paid lots of money isn’t such a bad thing, but imagine if all your family came to watch you in your first NBA game and all you could do is wave to them from the bench? As for the game, despite losing 98-93 to [...]

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