Everybody agrees that Greg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the league. Now he can lay claim to the league’s — if not the entire universe’s — best sense of humor. To briefly set the stage, The Big Nickname has gone on record of late being incredibly chappassed about the Spurs playing “hack-a-shaq”, [...]

2008-2009 NBA Preview It’s that time again. The glorious fall marking the end of the dark, sportsless time between the tour and the NBA season. Sure, there’s baseball and American football to watch, but I don’t. Last year Briefly, let’s review what I guessed last year: Individual Awards I guessed KG for MVP, which was [...]

Yesterday was such a great day in bizarre NBA news that I feel compelled to share with those of you who honestly don’t care. First up is a rare instance in which the NBA drops some grade-school science, invoking the “do over” rule: The Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat must replay the final 51.9 seconds [...]

It’s about time for the NBA season to start, and you all know what that means: mindless homer predictions that will never come true. Individual Awards MVP Kevin Garnett For the last few years the MVP has gone to the best player on the best regular-season team. The “best team” part of the whole thing [...]

So Kobe asked for a trade. No big surprise, nor will it be when the Lakers basically get nothing in return. If I may be so bold, I recommend that the front office gun for a deal with Chicago, trading Kobe for Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich and PJ Brown’s expiring contract. The money works, and [...]

I owe Pat a pitcher at Delerium. Let me know when you want to collect, Pat.

TNT announces the starters for the NBA all-star game tomorrow night. The results are usually predictable. Line up the players by shoe contract amount take the first two guards, forwards and one center from each conference and you’ve got your five for each side. A favorite pastime of both knowledgeable pundits and pointless homer fans [...]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that most people don’t read any sort of sports journalism for the writing. It’s usually all about the numbers and grasping at any opportunity to speculate about KG coming to LA or similar. The Clipper Blog, which I appreciate more and more with each article [...]

If the Clippers win the Pacific dividion for the 2006-2007 season, Pat owes me a pitcher at Delerium. If they do not, I owe Pat a pitcher. Further, if the Lakers and the Clippers meet in the 2007 playoffs, Pat owes me a pitcher at Delerium should the Clippers win and I owe pat a [...]