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NBA Contraction: Ranking All 30 Teams in Likeliness of Removal From League
January 11th, 2011
In all of the talks about there being a lockout and about the league trying every possible solution to make this all work out, one of the words being tossed around is, "contraction." The removal of certain teams from the league all together in order to make the costs lower, ...
2008 NBA Draft Re-Do: Who Is More Proven Today Than Two Years Ago?
December 24th, 2010
The 2008 Draft was filled with a lot of promise. There was an exceptional amount of murmur over who was going to be picked first overall: Derrick Rose, or Michael Beasley. People were also very excited to see the player that they had followed since high school, OJ Mayo, finally ...
25 First-Time Candidates Who Could Be In The 2011 NBA All-Star Game
December 18th, 2010
Every year when the All-Star Teams are announced, and a select group of players will play in an exhibition game as the greatest players in the world, there are a few new faces, people that have not been in this position before, and players having the best years of their ...
David Kahn’s Biggest Problem: Assembling Players, Not a Team
September 5th, 2010
In the rebuilding stages of the Minnesota Timberwolves, David Kahn has received a lot of criticism for the way he's constructed the Timberwolves franchise.
What he's been putting together seems more like a jumbled mess than a team.
The problem is, he's only acquiring players, not a team.
If you think of some ...
Minnesota Timberwolves Enter Carmelo Anthony Trade Talks
August 31st, 2010
As it has been reported so many times in the news in the past few weeks, Carmelo Anthony wants out of Denver, and into a better squad. What is most shocking about this is the Yahoo! Sports report that listed New Jersey, Sacramento, and Minnesota as his top potential destinations.
I ...
Future NBA Stars: The All-Under-Three-Years-Experience Team
August 31st, 2010
In the past few years, we've had some oddly mixed standout players. In 2007, the rookie of the year was the second pick. In 2008 and 2009, the second pick was a draft bust. Last year was the draft of the point guard. There have been several star players selected in ...
NBA Rumors: Rebuilding Denver With Trade Options for ‘Other’ Nuggets
August 29th, 2010
After Miami's huge offseason, many players in the NBA want similar situations. The biggest suitor is Denver's Carmelo Anthony, who now wants to be traded out of Denver and into a miracle situation like King James and company.
But that leaves Denver in quite the pickle. At 26, Melo is one ...
Trade Talk: Categorizing Each NBA Team By Need
August 26th, 2010
Not too long ago, Indiana, Houston, New Orleans, and New Jersey made a four team deal that really made sense for all sides.Just a few months earlier, Sacramento and Houston swapped Kevin Martin and Carl Landry in a deal that made sense for both squads.For people thinking of making hypothetical ...
10 NBA Teams Staying Steady
August 16th, 2010
Professional sports always see constant shakeups. Teams get better, then they get worse, then better, then worse. The No. 1 teams are only No. 1 for so long, before they hand it off to new teams.This year, we saw some shakeups in the NBA surrounding the high class free agents. ...
The Top 10 NBA Teams Going Downhill
August 15th, 2010
Professional sports always see constant shakeups. Teams get better, then they get worse, then better then worse. The No. 1 teams are only No. 1 for so long, before they hand it off to new teams.This year, we saw some shakeups in the NBA surrounding the high class free agents. ...