Two months and 13 days from the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain, nearly all of the world is fixated on the soccer World Cup in Brazil. Last week, Brazil opened the FIFA World Cup with a victory over Croatia. Tuesday, the host nation took on a feisty Mexico team, the result was less joyous for the home crowd, though plenty entertaining for impartial soccer fans. After the game ended in a scoreless tie, led by a spectacular showing from Mexico
There are many tragedies in life that many hope to never have to experience. One of the saddest realities in life is that of a parent outliving their child. There are also many things—evil, terrible things—that no one should ever have to bear in life. The worst of which, perhaps for a parent, is harm inflicted on their child at the hands of a criminal—whether verbal, physical or sexual abuse or even abduction or death. The burden of knowing that your child suffered such
We’re moving out of the doldrums of the NBA calendar. Just nine more days of September, and then we get to October, when we’ll actually have real basketball games to dissect. [Read more…]
Forget small ball. The NBA’s best team plays bully ball. The Memphis Grizzlies don’t have a fleet of sharpshooters standing on the arc. They don’t have a stretch 4. They don’t have a dual point guard backcourt. Heck, their shooting guard can’t even shoot. [Read more…]
Yesterday, Kent posted the results of our Elimination Roto Draft (and here is part II), a 20-team league with a wonderful quirk that Jeff, Kent and I are all members of. This is my first year in Elimination Roto for basketball but I’ve participated in a similar baseball league. The format imposes a couple of unusual constraints on drafting, but generally the lessons we can draw from this draft are similar to those for normal roto drafts. I wanted to draw three
The Brooklyn Nets have made quite a splash over the summer of 2012. They made the big move out of New Jersey and re-signed Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Kris Humphries. They also acquired Joe Johnson (without giving up MarShon Brooks) and Mirza Teletovic, along with a slew of other moves that have significantly improved the quality of the team. One would think the team has done enough at this point, but as you will see below, they are continuing
As August ends and calendars are flipped to September, it dawns on you: NBA training camps will open in a few weeks. Although the Summer of 2012 will ultimately be remembered for when the Los Angeles Lakers somehow managed to acquire two of the top prizes on the market, there are still quite a few free agents that could ultimately be the difference between your favorite team making a trip to the postseason or anxiously awaiting the results of the draft
While everyone was watching the clock strike 12 on Jeremy Lin on Tuesday night, the bell also tolled for the end of this year’s amnesty period. Teams had until midnight Tuesday to use the amnesty clause – a one-time provision delineated in the new CBA that provides immediate relief from both the salary cap and the luxury tax – and both the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers beat the buzzer, making late decisions to let go of Chris Andersen and