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Thunder Struck!

Posted by Jared Conger on September 05, 2008
Jared Conger

‘Clay Bennett, chairman of the new Oklahoma City Thunder’
So OKC will be the Thunder this upcoming NBA season. Although I like the name “Thunder” doesn’t it sound like a WFL team, or a WNBA team? Furthermore, the logo looks a tad too feminine to me.
I understand we live in a time when “pink is the [...]

Who’s Your Sixth Man?

Posted by Jared Conger on August 27, 2008
Jared Conger

Recently the Utah Jazz Poll asked, “Who would you like to see as the Jazz Sixth Man?”
Overwhelmingly the public stated Kyle Korver. I can’t disagree with this completely, if you look around the league most teams have a good looking, SG/SF coming off of the bench to provide some scoring… wait, did I just call [...]

Player Selection: Old School vs. New

Posted by Jared Conger on August 26, 2008
Jared Conger

‘Eaton: Back in the day’ (NBAE/Getty Images)
Remember the old days? Gasoline was $0.89, there was an NBA franchise in Seattle, and they used to go 7-rounds deep in the NBA Draft.
The NBA discontinued this format in 1989 and went to the current format of 2-rounds and invitees to your summer leagues.
But which was better? Sure [...]

 
‘Darko Defense’ (AP Photo by Nikki Boertman)

There have been so many ramblings online about Darko Milicic as of late, and let me be the millionth to say: I’d like him here. What does he bring? Well he brings the classic thing you cannot teach, height; but he also brings a better than average defensive game, [...]

DREAM TEAM 2012: are you scared?

Posted by Jared Conger on August 21, 2008
Jared Conger

Looking forward to the next Olympiad to be held in London during the Summer of 2012, I can’t help but wonder - should we be afraid or will that team hold its own?
I guess some of the questions that are yet to be answered will include
- How much better will the world get?
- Who will [...]

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 [...]

Idea: Lets Go Shopping Overseas!

Posted by Jared Conger on August 16, 2008
Jared Conger

 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 [...]

3-Games I Wanna See!

Posted by Jared Conger on August 07, 2008
Jared Conger

 
‘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 [...]

Out of the Ashes; Into the Mud

Posted by Jared Conger on August 01, 2008
Jared Conger

‘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 [...]

Thoughts on a Summer League…

Posted by Jared Conger on July 23, 2008
Jared Conger

‘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 [...]

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