When Shaq Attacks!

By PHiCTiON, Section NBA
Posted on Sat Jul 05 2008 at 3:25 PM EST
More on: Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Rap (all tags)

"Kobe, tell me how my a** tastes?"  This is something you think you'd hear from a Boston fan during game 6 of the NBA Finals.  Alas, it was our old, over-sized, over-hyped, under-skilled friend Shaquille O'Neal.

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

By djcfla1, Section NBA
Posted on Thu Jul 03 2008 at 8:35 AM EST
More on: NBA, 2008 NBA Draft, NBA Draft (all tags)

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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Brandon Jennings Poised to Destroy NBA-College One Year Rule

By djcfla1, Section NBA
Posted on Thu Jul 03 2008 at 8:35 AM EST
More on: NBA, NCAA, College Basketball, David Stern (all tags)

A few years ago NBA Commissioner David Stern and NCAA President Myles Brand came together and established the one year rule, which states that an incoming NBA player must be out of high school for at least one year prior to the draft. The rule was stated as a move to lead high school players into college to help them mature and get an education. In reality it was a financially driven move by both sides. NBA owners could see these anointed high school prodigies for at least a year in college to help weed out the busts. Meanwhile big conference college programs could essentially rent these players out for at least a season and reap huge profits and program notoriety. It was a win-win situation and there has been talk of expanding the rule to two years out of college.

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The Guru's 2008 NBA Draft Review

By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
Posted on Thu Jul 03 2008 at 1:00 AM EST
More on: NBA, NBA Draft, 2008 Draft, College, NCAA, Draft (all tags)

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.

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Is Jackson's Coaching Legacy Tainted?

By PHiCTiON, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Jul 02 2008 at 11:14 PM EST
More on: Phil Jackson, Greatest Coach, L.A. Lakers (all tags)

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!

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

By djcfla1, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Jun 25 2008 at 10:46 PM EST
More on: NBA, New York Knicks, Donnie Walsh, Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Jared Jeffries, Jerome James, Eddy Curry, Zack Randolph (all tags)

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

________________________

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Detroit Pistons "Dynasty" Flips Over, Sees Philadelphia Eagles in Mirror

By djcfla1, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Jun 25 2008 at 10:43 PM EST
More on: NBA, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia Eagles, 2008 NBA Playoffs, Joe Dumars, Flip Saunders, Larry Brown, Rick Carlisle, Avery Johnson (all tags)

The Pistons just finished their 6th straight Eastern Conference finals and for the 3rd straight year they find themselves on the outside looking in. They are the dynasty that isn't; the team with the great run that was just short of greatness. Now everyone wonders if this is the end of the journey.

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Season Of Certain Uncertainty

By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
Posted on Wed Jun 25 2008 at 10:37 PM EST
More on: NBA Playoffs, NBA (all tags)

2008 NBA Playoff Preview

The knockdown, drag out fight that has been the NBA regular season has finally come to a close and all the participants, battered and disheveled, are ready to scrape their way to the summit to claim the Larry O'Brien trophy.

Okay, that sums up the Western conference but what about the East?

(That was too easy...)

But seriously, this NBA season has been one of the best that I been able to watch.  And because of my love for football, I usually dismiss the round ball action until after New Year's, but this season slapped you in the face all year long.

Mega-blockbuster, franchise changing trades, unrealistic turnarounds, the tightest MVP race in history, and some of the coolest-turned-annoying promotional commercials I've ever seen (I hear that "Where amazing happens" piano music in my sleep).

While no one in their most insane and eccentric state of mind could have predicted Boston going all "We're the real Celtics again" on the league, Mitch Kupchak hi-jacking Pau from the Grizz, CP3 looking like the Big O reincarnate, Shaq turning Phoenix, Arizona into the latest site for his 24-hour fitness club chain, or Kobe playing nice; the upcoming playoffs will be even more unpredictable.

So with all of the questions swirling around this weekend's playoff kickoff, I picked out 15 of the most pressing ones and answered them.

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Breaking Down the NBA Draft

By Trevor, Section NBA
Posted on Mon Jun 23 2008 at 12:47 PM EST
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by Trevor Freeman

It has been awhile since I have sat down and penned an article about basketball.  Too long in fact.  However with the NBA Draft upon us, I stayed home all day Sunday to write about one of my favorite events.  With my Internet humming and a couple Yuenglings serving as steroids for the side of my brain that needs to be energetic and alive, I got a chance to submit my mock draft.  

In my opinion, the NBA Draft is the most underrated sports spectacle of the year.  It combines college and pro.  Newfound Millionaires getting dappered up and occasionally looking very uncomfortable in a suit (see Adam Morrison).  Very, very, tall men hunching down to say hello to David Stern.  Every couple years we get the "lone man in the Green Room" spectacle that is always riveting or the second round pick storming out of the crowd to say hello to a startled Assistant Commissioner.  All in all it is an experience that is always unforgettable.  With that being said and without further ado.........David Stern steps to the podium.......

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The Convoluted Picture that is the 2008 NBA Draft

By djcfla1, Section NBA
Posted on Thu Jun 19 2008 at 12:22 PM EST
More on: NBA, NBA Draft, 2008 NBA Draft, Basketball (all tags)

By David J. Cohen

The NBA draft is extremely crucial toward building success and ultimately championships. Every team is one great pick away from possible glory. However, this year the draft shook out in an order that hurts many of the teams. If trades don't happen early and often a lot of square pegs could find themselves in round holes. Here is a mock draft rundown of what the teams should do, and then what I think they will end up doing if they are picking at their respective spots.

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