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2nd-rounders who stood out at OSL 16 Jul 2013 | 09:31 pm
Peyton Siva played with poise and precision in Orlando. This past Friday, as the Las Vegas Summer League started it’s craziness, the one in Orlando quietly wrapped up. It’s natural to reflect on the ...
In defense of Detroit signing Josh Smith 11 Jul 2013 | 09:58 pm
Will Smith’s game ground the Pistons? Maybe not … Practically no one likes Detroit’s Josh Smith signing. The reasons are clear: Smith plays best when he’s playing power forward or center, the same p...
Quick Thoughts On the Chaos That Was the 2013 Draft 28 Jun 2013 | 11:51 pm
So, yea, last night was pretty crazy. I’m just now making sense of everything that went down. Here’s a short list of things that caught my attention. The Anthony Bennett, Sergey Karasev, Carrick F...
The NBA Draft according to Twitter 27 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
Their games have been sized up and broken down. They’ve been judged by their height, heart and even hand width. What the scouts and front offices haven’t dissected in-depth, however, is how the next ...
What does “One-and-done” rule really do? 27 Jun 2013 | 08:16 pm
Ben McLemore is one of many players coming out after one year. It’s been seven years since the NBA enacted the so-called “one-and-done” rule which prevents players from declaring for the NBA draft un...
The science of movement 26 Jun 2013 | 11:04 pm
In the waning moments of a Sweet Sixteen game this past March, Butler big man Andrew Smith received an inbounds pass and immediately scanned the court, desperate to make a play. As the seconds melted ...
Dwyane Wade’s defensive slide 14 Jun 2013 | 12:04 am
Dwyane Wade’s dropoff throughout the 2013 playoffs has been steep and sudden. Just a month and a half ago he was registering his seventh top-10 regular season PER in the last eight years. Now he’s be...
What if Monta Ellis didn’t shoot 3′s? 13 Jun 2013 | 07:16 pm
The goal posts moved on Monta Ellis. Since Ellis came into the league in 2005, NBA teams have put more emphasis on efficiency and less on per-game production. In the face of that changing barometer fo...
Dwyane Wade testing Erik Spoelstra’s faith 3 Jun 2013 | 10:12 pm
“I’ve been around that man for 10 years and when the competition is at its fiercest, Dwyane Wade steps up biggest.” — Erik Spoelstra as quoted in The New York Times Spoelstra’s faith in Dwyane Wade i...
Roy Hibbert: Human Bulldozer 30 May 2013 | 07:48 pm
Some notes on the video above. Stats: Hibbert is using every bit of his 7-2, 280 pound frame to grab 21 percent of the Pacers’ misses when he’s on the court. Hibbert converted 14 of those for putback...
