Below are the standings that were on USA Today’s NBA Power Rankings that were released on Monday August 18th 2008.
A few things come to mind:
1) this guy is high, the Jazz are at 12?!?
1b)This guy was eating paint chips; the 76ers, Blazers, Mavericks, and Magic are all rated ahead of the Jazz
2) Is this guy […]

 Recently, another Boozer-rumor came down the pike; he would consider going to Europe to play if the money was right. Should this upset us? Should this scare us? Does this sort of thing have the potential to dismantle the NBA? Or does this sort of thing open up the world to basketball even further?
Imagine if […]

 
‘Oden: Scheduled to School?’

With the NBA’s official release of the 2008-09 schedule, there are a few games that have really wet my whistle. Let me take a moment to step out of the Homer-Jazz-Box and toss some games out there that aren’t all Jazz oriented, but rather, Basketball related.
For one, I can’t wait to finally […]

‘Paul at the Peak?’ (Associated Press)
The NBA is a vastly different beast than the NFL; in the NFL parity is King and rules year in year out - though the best do win it all year in, year out.
In the NBA the only parody is at the 7th seed and 8th seed; and even then […]

‘Fesenko: Hands of Stone?’ (NBAE - Getty Images)
Here I sit at the annual Rocky Mountain Revue and that’s when it hits me like a ton of bricks: there are so many things you can count on during Summer League play.

Inconsistency - there is so much inconsistency in the refereeing, one set will be calling an […]

‘And then they were gone…’ (Terrence Vaccaro - NBAE/Getty Images)
Dear Seattle,
As a city you are one of my favorites, in fact I do enjoy you slightly more than my home town. As a sports town you have had a roller coaster ride with the Mariners, Seahawks, and Super Sonics hovering just below greatness at varying […]

‘Brady: A Team Mentality’ (Associated Press)
Gilbert Arenas did it; well maybe not as remarkable as he may believe.
Tom Brady did it. I think Peyton Manning did it.
And I’m pretty sure Stockton did it.
What did they do? They all signed contracts for less money so that the team could surround them with players they needed to […]

 
‘Fes: Ready for Primetime?’ (NBAE/Getty Images with Jazz.com)

With the 2008 Rocky Mountain Revue gearing up this Friday, I thought I should take some time to mention a few players from each team that may catch your eye, and the RMR MVP trophy.
Utah:
Morris Almond SG 6-6: after dropping some big games in the NBDL, this could […]

 
‘Brand: Part of a Power Shift?’ (Jesse Garrabrant - NBAE/Getty Images)
The Eastern Conference of the NBA; bleak, soft, poor talent level.
Well, no longer could these thoughts be construed as truths as big names move into the Eastern Conference. Just this week Elton Brand signed on to be a 76′er rejoining his buddy and former University […]

So here we are; that crux in time when not much is happening in the world of what I like to call “real sports” (real sports include the following: Basketball, Football, Hockey. But NOT baseball or golf).
Well as I was saying, not much is happening so what does one do to pass the time? Research. […]