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Hypothetical Blazers-Bucks Trade Makes Sense For Both Teams 5 Jun 2012 | 03:16 am
Been a long time since I wrote anything here, but I haven’t forgotten my roots. Over at my Brew Hoop, Frank Madden has been sharing some discussions he had with Dave Deckard of Blazer’s Edge regardin...
Apparently Green Bay can’t support the Packers 3 Nov 2011 | 07:45 am
I’ve long taken issue with the work of the Wages of Wins Network, mostly in the form of twitter jabs or snide comments in the stuff I write. While the work being done on those sites is admirable, and ...
What the heck are the Bucks gonna do in the 2011 NBA Draft? 23 Jun 2011 | 02:00 pm
I can’t believe the volume of rumors flying around the Milwaukee Bucks right now. They were supposed to do something at the trade deadline–they sat still. They weren’t supposed to be in this lottery, ...
Are trust issues an issue in Miami? 5 Jun 2011 | 03:00 am
By popular account, the Lakers got obliterated in the playoffs this year because their defense fell apart, their stars didn’t perform at star levels, and because they had no trust in each other. Those...
Andrew Bogut – The Logo 1 Jun 2011 | 03:08 am
I’m getting to this a few days late because I was up north near Antigo, WI, where the internet is tougher to find than a clean major conference college football program. Akis Yerocostas, who writes th...
Let’s stop acting like the Miami Heat set out to destroy basketball 26 May 2011 | 03:00 am
I don’t remember if I made a true “prediction” at the beginning of the year regarding the success the Miami Heat would enjoy this year. Between the two extremes of: “they’re going to steamroll the ent...
Pythagoras Loves Basketball: 2010-2011 Season – What’s luck got to do with it? 12 May 2011 | 02:50 am
Things didn’t turn out as expected in Milwaukee. It’s difficult to predict a team losing 267 player-games to injury. It’s crazy to expect the shooting percentages of an entire team to crash down to ne...
After that, can the Lakers really “reload?” 10 May 2011 | 03:17 am
The big guns don’t rebuild, they reload. So goes the saying–a bit of conventional basketball wisdom that definitely counts the Los Angeles Lakers among those big guns. Until just yesterday, it was s...
A Different Kind of Disappointment 26 Mar 2011 | 09:20 am
I’ve been a fan of Wisconsin Basketball longer than I’ve been a fan of most anything else. Back when I was drinking milk out of little paper cartons and going outside to play between math and reading,...
Brandon Jennings and a decidedly irresponsible argument 2 Feb 2011 | 03:44 pm
Value seems like the buzzword of the hour. The focus on ascribing some definitive number to every part of a team’s construction and performance has become measurable, visible in the databases filled w...
