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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: (4100 words in story) Full Story By djcfla1, Section NBA
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. (1451 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
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. (1 comment, 3238 words in story) Full Story By djcfla1, Section NBA
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 TO: Donnie Walsh, President of Basketball Operations
FROM: Brendan Suhr, Director of Player Personnel DATE: June 3, 2008 SUBJECT: Saving the Organization
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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. (1 comment, 2143 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
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. (3129 words in story) Full Story By djcfla1, Section NBA
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. (5018 words in story) Full Story By TheGuru8700, Section NBA
The Guru Predicts The 2008 NBA Draft Lottery The ping-pong balls are done bouncing and the Association has once again found a way to make all the conspiracy theorists, like myself, concoct new assumptions about its self-serving manipulation. But far be it from me to ever question Mr. Stern or the integrity of his league, you know the league with the betting refs, the painfully predictable games, and the one that once employed Tom Tolbert; that league. But I digress. The next crop of "one-and-dones" is ready to start collecting millions of dollars while trying to avoid the ranks of Kwame Brown, Darius Miles, and Michael Olowokandi. But unlike the aforementioned busts, this next generation of kids can at least say they know what a college gym looks like. I still think the NBA should extend the age limit rule to two years removed from high school, forcing these kids to actually take notes in class instead of doodling sketches of their first ugly, over-priced shoe. There I go getting off topic again... Here's how I think June's lottery will shake out: (1 comment, 1898 words in story) Full Story By djcfla1, Section NBA
By David J. Cohen The Bulls lucked into another great draft spot. They've made a habit of this since MJ left the building. History shows that the Bulls have the luckiest ping pong ball in the draft lottery of late when it comes to getting high draft picks: (1396 words in story) Full Story By kroberts, Section NBA
One off game. That's all it was, right? Yeah, sure. Until game two rolled around and Lebron's already suspect perimeter game was exposed for all the world to see. Sure, he's the most exciting player in the NBA, that is, if you haven't already jumped on the Chris Paul bandwagon, but dear God, are we seriously going to overlook this? Are we for real, in all our skeptical wisdom as fans and writers, going to look past a 19% shooting effort and 17 turnovers in two straight games? And not just any two games. We're talking two straight games in the second round of the playoffs. You know, the series that, if you were to win it, you're suddenly four wins away from the NBA Finals. I mean, I hate to say it, but isn't this kind of all sorts of hilarious? Bare with me folks, but I'm going to go out on a limb here. Despite what Stephen A. Smith (the A stands for something other than his parents intended) and others want you to believe, Lebron "King" James, is in full choke mode. (3 comments, 697 words in story) Full Story
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