Tag Archives: NBA

A story about EA considering shoving ads into its AAA games led me to remember a time when you could buy an EA game and own it without ads. That gave rise to other memories.

Testing whether six degrees of NBA All Star Game teammate separation from LeBron James takes us to one of the 24 original NBA All Stars from the 1951 game.

I compare the offensive and defensive ratings of the last 51 NBA champions to the league average in their years to see if it is true that “defense wins championships.”

I look back on the 2004 NBA Finals wherein the Detroit Pistons upset the Los Angeles Lakers and examine whether the Lakers should have been favored.

I use the 2004 NBA Finals to pin down precisely when I received my copy of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, 20 years ago.

A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers.

The strange story of how a poorly thought out 1997 trade by a 14-68 team for a 35-year old power forward led to said team losing the #2 pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.

In a 20-year retrospective, I offer my opinion on whether the Detroit Pistons should have drafted Carmelo Anthony with the second pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.

Was an NBA player who was born in an overseas U.S. territory born “overseas” as the word is commonly understood?

What do debates about impeaching POTUS and the untucked jersey of former NBA All Star Roy Hibbert have in common?

On the brief NBA career of Shawn Respert – who secretly played through treatment for stomach cancer

〜Before coming out of retirement, consider why you retired in the first place〜