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Hey! Whatever Happened To: Carlos Rogers

By Brian Taylor This one goes out to all my Raptor fans out there! Born in Detroit, Michigan, Carlos Rogers would become one of the cornerstones of Toronto’s new NBA team. In his college days at Tennessee State, the tall, lanky center would average somewhere around 23 points and almost 3 blocks per game. At 6’11”, Carlos [...]

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DVD Review: “With This Rock”

By Ryan McNeill This weekend I was fortunate enough to watch the basketball documentary “With This Rock.” This DVD is an independent release and doesn’t have the same flash or production as ESPN’s “Through the Fire” or the ‘90’s classic “Hoop Dreams” but it does an excellent job capturing the politics and corruption involved with basketball [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To: Rex Chapman

By Brian Taylor When Larry Bird came into the league in the early 80’s, he was coming into an NBA that had been dominated mostly by African-American players. Sure, you had your Jeff Rulands, and your Bobby Jones’, but Larry would take control, and it was inevitable. When the 80’s were ushered out and the 90’s [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To: Tim Hardaway

By Brian Taylor Back in the day on Sega Genesis, one of my favorite games was “Bulls vs. Lakers and the NBA Playoffs”. It wasn’t as detailed as today’s NBA Live franchise, but was a little more fun, because all the All-Stars had their own signature moves. Jordan had his “Air Reverse”, Larry had his “Fadeaway [...]

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Hoops Addict Podcast: Joe Newman Interview

Welcome to the inaugural Hoops Addict Podcast! We are kicking off this Podcast with a great interview with Joe Newman who is the CEO of the new ABA. We have Joe on the show to talk about his vision for the ABA, some of the rules for his league that are different than that NBA [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To: Vernon Maxwell

By Brian Taylor November 19th, 2004. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past year and a half, you probably remember the above day being a red-letter date in basketball history. It goes right up there with Rudy T being knocked senseless by the Lakers’ Kermit Washington. It was the day NBA fanaticism and players crossed [...]

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