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Anonymous Eagle Jumps On The Jeremy Lin Bandwagon
If you've been paying attention to basketball in general over the last week, you've probably heard about the story of Harvard graduate and current member of the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin. The little used guard got a chance for his first career start for Mike D'Antoni last Saturday and has quickly...
The NBA Needs To Change The D-League's Name
The NBA Development League's name has become a bit misleading as of late, a fact many were apt to point out this week as names from yesteryear like Marcus Banks and Rafer Alston joined the league already containing such luminaries as Antoine Walker, Antonio Daniels and Mikki Moore. There are...
Is a WMLS Needed?
With the U.S. Women's National Team currently competing in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament in Canada, a thought came to my mind: with the struggles currently taking place for the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, might a launch of a WMLS, connected to and perhaps even run...
Philadelphia 76ers: Five Statistical Nuggets
1. Long Two Pointers: Long two pointers are the most inefficient shot in basketball. The Sixers lead the league in forcing opponents to take jumpers from 16-23 feet at 26.2 attempts per game, in which they convert at a 32% rate. Unfortunately, the Sixers are fifth in the NBA in shooting long twos...
Keeping Up With the Rest of the West: One Month In
To help you keep track of the events and injuries in the NBA during this lockout-shortened season, I will be writing weekly, starting now, to let you know how the Clippers compare with other teams in the West. We are one month into a young NBA season that sees the Los Angeles Clippers in the...
FTHT Draft Results: A Jambalaya of Remnant Recaps
*in my best Frank Sinatra impersonation* And now, the end is near And I present the final recaps The FakeTeams Hoops Tournament It's been a blast, saying what happened The draft, we have gone through Which teams did what, and why they did them But now, we finish up, with the teams that...
FTHT Draft Results: Jeff Andriesse / Justin Kendall
So initially, I had planned to get these team-by-team testimonies of the FakeTeams Hoops Tournament members done by New Year's Day. But then I got preoccupied by stuff, and things, and whatchmacallits, and do-dads and a bunch of other holiday-related nonsense, which is why I've been a little slow...
Stilt No More: Dwight Breaks a Wilt Free-Throw Record
Dwight Howard shot 39 free-throws on Thursday, breaking a single-game record that had been held by Wilt Chamberlain for nearly 50 years. Chamberlain once attempted 34 foul shots in a game on February 22, 1962 -- just a couple weeks before his absurd 100-point outing against the New York Knicks....
Vote for Marquette In the NBA All Star Game!
Wesley Matthews makes his first appearance on the NBA All-Star Game ballot this year, joining perennial All-Star and fellow former Golden Eagle Dwyane Wade. Matthews' 15.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game have helped propel the Portland Trailblazers to a 6-2 start, their best since 1999-2000. He's...
FTHT Draft Results: Ken Gayton/Dennis Velasco
Fourth verse, same as the first. In today's edition, Ken Gayton of BlogDudes.com tells us what he thought about his drafted team in the FakeTeams Hoops Tournament of Supreme Importance ZOMG! Gayton and his cohort Dennis Velasco -- who's written for The Basketball Jones, True Hoop, ESPN, SI,...
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