Last season, Ryan invited me and 22 other basketbloggers and hoops fans to some UFC action. No, we didn’t step into The Octagon and beat the daylights out of each other. We played Ultimate Fantasy Commissioner, NBA.com’s first attempt at the traditional format of fantasy hoops. While some of us enjoyed it, most were decidedly [...]
Summer Rounds
With the sweltering summer heat rolling around, news around the NBA has slowed down. So, we’ve decided to spice things up with a little roundtable, featuring some of the HoopsAddict regulars. Today’s focus: We’re looking at the Raptors’ Summer Moves.
Gagandeep Gandhi
Ryan McNeill
Jeff Wong
Kinnon Yee
Q1: With the addition of Jason Kapono and Carlos Delfino this [...]
Interview With Brian McCormick
I’m stoked to post another interview with Brian McCormick who is the writer of the book “Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development.” His book was a huge resource to me last season while I was coaching and when I found out that he was releasing a second edition this summer I wanted [...]
Inside the Steve Nash Charity Classic with HoopsAddict.com
Just days after unveiling his brand new state-of-the-art fitness facility in downtown Vancouver, Phoenix Suns point guard and Victoria, BC native Steve Nash saw fit to gather a group of friends and showcase their talents in front of a city thirsting for any form of quality basketball they could get their hands on.
Joining the former [...]
Man ‘Bout the City
Chris Bosh was at the FC Game. Then, he made a quick trip to head down to the MMVAs and do another appearance.
He’ll probably be back for Carribana, if the Vegas Summer League doesn’t interfere too much.
Oh yeah, he posted another podcast. (Released a few weeks ago.)
If you haven’t heard his first podcast, I highly [...]
Using Basketball To Unite Northern Ireland
Have you ever had friends try to tell you that basketball’s just a game? If you watch this video clip on Peace Players International with that friend then neither of you will ever think of basketball as just a game ever again. This powerful clip provides an overview of the war between the Protestants and [...]
NBA Summer League Recap: Wizards 79, Bucks 67
First and foremost, let me apologize to my hoop heads for not hitting you off with summer fresh scented NBA action from Sin City. My boss, (we’ll call him Mr. Spacely) has been hating big time on the whole web surfing-at-the-office thing, saying how back in his day, they blogged on stone tablets and threw [...]
NBA Summer League Notes
In the run-up to the draft, I talked about one point guard generally omitted from draft day discussions. I said he was a better shooter than Mike Conley, Jr. as good or better defender, and exhibited more heart than Conley because, unlike Conley, he was the primary-mover of his college team’s run through the regular [...]
FIBA U19 WC: A Quick Look At The Preliminary Round
The FIBA U19 WC preliminary round ended last Saturday, and as everyone expected, teams like France, Spain, and the United States dominated the field winning all of its games. The Eighth Finals round starts today with 12 teams battling for 8 spots in the quarter finals and upcoming stars such as Andrew Ogilvy, Michael Beasley, [...]
Interview With VCU Head Coach Anthony Grant
Thanks to 5 Star Hoops I was able to record an interview with Virginia Commonwealth’s head coach Anthony Grant. Coach Grant honed his skills as a key assistant to Billy Donovan at Marshall and Florida in helping to build their programs toward the back-to-back championship and this past season led the VCU Rams to the [...]