Category: NBA

NBA

An open letter to Ed Stefanski (or how to fix the Sixers experience)

Post author By Vin
Post date February 26, 2009
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Dear Ed,

Long time fan, first time season ticket holder here. I know you’ve got a lot of problems on your plate right now: the Sixers have been freefalling since the All-Star Break, your prize free agent acquisition (and $80M man) is sitting in street clothes, the team can’t play perimeter defense with under 30 seconds left, and the arena is half-empty (not half-full!) on most nights.

Now, I can’t help you with any of the first three issues (although I’m pretty sure trotting out Willie “9ppg” Green as our starting 2 guard isn’t helping anyone), but perhaps I can shed a little light on why nobody wants to go to the Sixers games. And while winning would fix everything, in lieu of winning, perhaps you can make the in-person experience just a little better so I don’t regret buying season tickets this year or have to beg someone to go with me on certain nights.

Tags complaints, Ed Stefanski, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

Chicago Bulls

Can a Rose grow in the Windy City

Post author By JustSports4u
Post date October 5, 2008
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Commissioner David Stern casually walks up to the microphone and announces “With the Number 1 pick in the 2008-09 draft, the Bull pick Derrick Rose, from the Memphis Tigers.”

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Seattle Supersonics

An Open Letter to Sonics Fans

Post author By TokenCanadian
Post date August 5, 2008
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By Scott Gilmour

Dear Seattle;

First off, we would like to officially welcome you to our hell. You see, our city is a charter member of that small fraternity of places that know what it’s like to lose their team. Actually, let us rephrase that: have their team ripped away from them under the watchful eye of a short, New York-living commissioner with a law degree. More than that, we felt that we should pull you aside for a man-to-man, city-to-city talk. The kind of talk that almost certainly has to take place in an old bar over a tall pint of beer.

Tags basketball, canada, david stern, gary bettman, hockey, ny jets, seattle, sonics, supersonics, winnipeg

NBA General

The NBA’s Best Kept Secret

Post author By UpandComing
Post date July 25, 2008
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Seven years ago, a scrawny, 19 year old Frenchman was selected with the final pick of the first round of the NBA Draft. The consensus reaction was simply one of confusion with some questions followed by a quick progression, completely dismissing it as yet another insignificant foreign gamble.

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Seattle Supersonics

The Name Game: What to Name The Team Formerly Known as the Sonics

Post author By djcfla1
Post date July 9, 2008
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Yesterday the verdict came in. The city of Seattle needed a payoff to allow the team to move to Oklahoma City. For $45 million up front and possibly $30 million later on the Seattle Sonics are no more. The previous owner is suing current owner Clay Bennett, saying he broke an agreement between the two to “make an honest effort” to work out a deal with the city of Seattle. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt. If the previous owner wanted the team to stay in Seattle he would have sold the team to someone not from Oklahoma City. Since there is no deal in writing this will be thrown out of court and Oklahoma City will enjoy NBA basketball in 2009.

Now as part of the agreement between Seattle and Bennett the green and white colors and the “Sonics” will stay in Seattle. So what should they name this “new” team?

Tags NBA, northwest division, oklahoma city, Seattle Supersonics

NBA General

The Sonics Are Gone…On Vacation?

Post author By djcfla1
Post date July 8, 2008
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By David J. Cohen

The Sonics were just sold by the city of Seattle for $75 million. Seattle fans are devastated about the loss of their 41 year long basketball stronghold. Many NBA experts and reporters will tell you Seattle is a basketball town that loves their Sonics. And while attendance was among the worst in the NBA last year they were packing the house competitively in most years before that. There was even an organization formed, called Save Our Sonics, that ultimately failed in its efforts to keep the team in Seattle. It’s been a great run but now Sonics fans will forever go sleepless in Seattle.

Or will they?

Tags david stern, Memphis Grizzlies, NBA, Seattle Supersonics

NBA General

2008 NBA Draft Grades: The Nerds- The Dropouts- And Everyone In Between

Post author By djcfla1
Post date July 3, 2008
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By David J. Cohen

Last night the draft proved to be as interesting as advertised. The mega deals didn’t go down during the draft but a mega move did take place afterwards. Now on to the report cards:

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NBA General

The Guru’s 2008 NBA Draft Review

Post author By TheGuru8700
Post date July 3, 2008
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Team By Team Breakdown of Draft Picks

After year two of the NBA’s “one-and-done” experiment, a new crop of kids will be collecting millions of dollars, having their name plastered across ugly overpriced shoes and either joining the list of draft busts or draft steals. Though this draft wasn’t as deep as drafts past, it still had a lot of quality players available. But, as they always do, NBA GM’s and big wigs will find a way to screw up the future of their franchise.

Here’s a report card of the winners and losers from Thursday night.

Tags 2008 draft, College, draft, NBA, nba draft, ncaa

NBA General

Is Jackson’s Coaching Legacy Tainted?

Post author By PHiCTiON
Post date July 2, 2008
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The Basketball Universe has been inclined to see Phil Jackson’s NBA coaching career as one of, if not the, greatest in NBA History. Fortunately, it just isn’t so. Although it may seem like he has an impeccable coaching philosophy that continuously leads his teams to the game’s grandest stage, the shroud of luck falls on to his legacy, and I am proud to say that I will be the one to make sense of it all!

Tags greatest coach, LA Lakers, phil jackson

New York Knicks

Memo To Donnie Walsh Discovered On How To Save New York Knicks

Post author By djcfla1
Post date June 25, 2008
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Now that Isiah Thomas has been outsourced in Europe the Knicks can get down to business. Below is the memo in its entirety.

Madison Square Garden
Two Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10121-0091

TO: Donnie Walsh, President of Basketball Operations

FROM:    Brendan Suhr, Director of Player Personnel
    Patrick McDonough, Director of Accounting
    David J. Cohen, NBA Basketball Consultant

DATE: June 3, 2008

SUBJECT: Saving the Organization

________________________

Tags donnie walsh, eddy curry, jamal crawford, jared jeffries, jerome james, NBA, ny knicks, stephon marbury, zack randolph