‘It’s Official: Dream Team Adds Deron’ (Ned Dishman - NBAE/Getty Images)

Should NBA players be happy that they are paid to play, or should they have the right to play to pay their dues in their country’s team uniform?
Recently Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, had this to say about the Olympics and the involvement of NBA […]

Okay, I talked about power in my last post, and the way that it can be used wisely or unwisely. An example of unwise use of power can be found in any media interview with Tracy or what is it?, Trace MaGerty. He’s feeling the power when he starts talking to reporters. […]

‘Air Mail’ (Andrew D. Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)
Does anyone else miss the Mailman? I’m talking the pre-balding postmaster. The one who patented the drive to the basket that was as much a glamour shot as it was (in Hot-Rod’s words) a “hamma’ dunk.”
During the twilight of his career, Karl softened. Rather than […]

‘Keeping them Focused’ (Doug Pensinger - NBAE/Getty Images)

The last two weeks have been quite a challenge for this florist turned blogger. It feels good to be back in the blogosphere; it’s even better to be back in the basketball world again. Because of the demands of my job in February, my ability to […]

‘No Love for Romney?’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Why not? Our beloved, future-hall-of-fame, no b.s. head coach as President of the United States of America. If that doesn’t quite sound right, how about if we change the title to “Head Coach of the United States of America”? I think it’s a brilliant […]

‘Happy New Year’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images) 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  and it comes none too soon for the Jazz!  Here’s hoping for some real change in the new year!
The celebration of the new year brings with it a sense of newness, a change in the status quo and a chance to start again.  Although the […]

 
‘Back to the Island?’

The Utah Jazz came back! Wednesday night at the Energy Solutions Arena, the crowd witnessed the return of our shipwrecked survivors: Gilligan-aka Ronnie Brewer, the Skipper too-aka Deron Williams, (cue the penny whistle) the Millionaire-aka Andrei Kirilenko, and his wife-might have been in the audience. The Movie Star (Carlos Boozer), […]

This isn’t really a post about the latest Jazz losses; although those losses are related to the topic of the post. After the Jazz loss to Portland, someone on a sports talk show said something to the effect of; the coaching staff can only teach, preach, (and perhaps beg), so much. After that, […]

Is it because I watched the San Antonio game on non-cable KJZZ that I didn’t hear the microphone-sporting Jerry Sloan at the San Antonio game? Or is it because someone came to their senses regarding putting microphones on coaches in the NBA? I’ve worked in and around collegiate and professional athletics, and my […]

‘The 110% Coach’ (Jed Jacobsohn - NBAE/Getty Images)

Offense is changing. Defense has changed. The game is evolving away from the way it was when the stoic icon began his coaching career, even more so from the time he began playing in the association.
In recent years, contract talks with the coach have been drawn out. Not […]