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And For Their Next Trick: The Orlando Magic’s Offseason Moves in Spider Graphs
The Orlando Magic have made perhaps the most dramatic offseason moves out of the East’s elite teams. They replaced two of their starters, bringing in Vince Carter and Brandon Bass to start in place of the departed Courtney Lee and Hedo Turkoglu. But does it make them a better team? Spider Graphs can give us an idea.
Are You an NBA Has-Been? Then This Offseason Is For You
The NBA’s 2009 offseason has seen movement of some of the NBA’s most dynamic, influential, and franchise-changing players.
If you’re stuck in 2001, that is.
Clippers To End Lakers’ LA Playoff Monopoly in 2010
Nineteen wins in 2008-09. Playoffs in 2009-10. It’s a bold prediction, especially for the Los Angeles Clippers. But if they’re ever going to shrug off twenty-five years of Clipperdom and enter the exclusive world of NBA relevance, now is the best chance they’ve had in a while. Why They’re In The Clippers had a talented [...]
With All the Big-Name Dealing, This NBA Offseason’s Got a Baseball Feeling
Basketball is a coach’s sport, and baseball is a manager’s sport. It’s not an absolute, of course, as coaches and managers play a significant role in both sports. But the coach gets the credit for winning in basketball, whereas in baseball the manager may be more deserving. On a much greater level than in the [...]
Charging vs. Blocking Fouls
The distinction between a charging and a blocking foul has probably caused more argument than all other forms of fouls, combined. This article tries to clear it up, or at least make it way more complicated.
How Is LeBron James Affected by the NBA’s New Salary Cap Figure?
The bad news about the salary cap made quite a splash. But not all of it was justified, especially when it comes to the future of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James. In case you missed it, the 2009-2010 salary cap figure is $57.7 million, down from $58.68 million last year. The luxury tax level dropped [...]
Cleveland Cavaliers Nab Anthony Parker: Really, It’s a Big Deal
The Cleveland Cavaliers finally did the one thing they needed to do in free agency this year. They got Anthony Parker. The Cavaliers and Parker have agreed to terms, though a contract hasn’t yet been signed. Parker will receive a portion of Cleveland’s mid-level exception for likely two or three years. He wasn’t necessarily the [...]
The Richard Jefferson Deal Makes the San Antonio Spurs Human Again
For 10 years, the San Antonio Spurs have been breaking all the rules. Not NBA rules, of course—in all reality they’ve been fully rule-abiding. But for 10 years, the Spurs’ organization has been run unlike any other organization in the league and built a decade of dominance in ways so improbable and impractical they violate [...]
If NBA Teams Aren’t Getting Better This Offseason, They’re Getting Worse
There’s never been a “holding steady” in sports. If you’re not busy getting better, you’re busy getting worse—because everyone else is getting better. Never has that been more true than in this NBA offseason. The teams that have gotten better come quickly to mind—Cleveland, San Antonio, Orlando—and the teams getting decidedly worse come just as [...]
It’s Official: I’m Breaking Up With Mo Williams
I really, really tried to like Mo Williams this year. Everybody said he could be that piece, that Scottie Pippen that LeBron James needs so badly. He’d be the key to the vicious inside-outside game, with LeBron at the hub. And, of course, he’d be the support needed for James to bring home a championship. [...]
