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Hoops Addict Podcast: NBA Draft Preview

Hoops Addict Podcast: NBA Draft Preview

By Brian Taylor • on June 24, 2007

With the NBA Draft going down this week D-Wil and I took some time to chat about how we feel the first round will shake out. We break down possible picks for every selection based on specific team needs, we talked about some sleeper picks and we broke down some players that are being over [...]

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Your NBA Draft Fix

Your NBA Draft Fix

By Brian Taylor • on June 23, 2007

Over the past few months a lot of quality articles have been posted that you may have missed if your new to this blog. If your looking for you Draft Fix, check out these articles:

Eric Satterwhite writes one of the most read and respected Mock Drafts on the ‘net
Jeff Wong recently posted an extensive interview [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To Reggie Theus?

Hey! Whatever Happened To Reggie Theus?

By Brian Taylor • on June 20, 2007

At the conclusion of every NBA season, the media carnival comes to town, but this county fair has only one ride, the “coaching carousel”.
In the next few weeks, you’ll see Larry Brown, a Van Gundy, and some other guys’ names spinning around, waiting to get scooped up by a team. What you’ll see often however, [...]

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Villa Seven Consortium

Villa Seven Consortium

By Brian Taylor • on June 19, 2007

By Ryan McNeill
While reading through Michael Litos book “Cinderella: Inside the Rise of Mid-Major College Basketball” this winter something that stuck out was when he talked about a group called “Villa Seven Consortium.” What is this group and why should you care? Well, the basic premise behind this group is that it allows the athletic [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To Michael Dickerson?

Hey! Whatever Happened To Michael Dickerson?

By Brian Taylor • on June 14, 2007

With all the hoopla surrounding the Rolls Royce Silver Spurs’ dismantling of King James’ Chevy Cavaliers, Ryan posted some pure comedic gold a few days ago when he found a pic of Michael Dickerson’s basketball board game.
Never mind the fact that nobody plays board games anymore, it was Michael Dickerson, on the cover of a [...]

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Lebron James Etch A Sketch

Lebron James Etch A Sketch

By Brian Taylor • on June 11, 2007

I just received an email from David over at Quicken Loans Marketing letting me know about a You Tube clip where “George Vlosich, self-proclaimed ‘world’s greatest etch-a-sketch artist,’ took five hours to etch LeBron James and the entire process is sped up into three pretty interesting minutes. You can see every line George makes and [...]

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Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball

Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball

By Brian Taylor • on June 11, 2007

Today at school one of my students brought me a game from their house called Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball and I wanted to share this blast from the past.
What is this game? Well, according to the box Michael Dickerson’s Crunchtime Basketball is:

A game of strategy… speed… action… that’s Michael D’s Crunchtime!
Roll the dice, move your [...]

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NBA Finals: Spurs 85, Cavaliers 76

The moment we’ve all (read: David Stern) been waiting for came and went last night, as the Cavs and Spurs opened up a multi-act drama on the NBA’s biggest stage, with Team Fundamental taking round one, by 9.
Where do I begin with this one? Well, the main thing everyone wanted to see was whether the [...]

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Hey! Whatever Happened To Steve Smith?

With NBA Armageddon (aka the Finals) getting underway by the Riverwalk in Texas, I harkened back to (actually, I just remembered), some of the great role players San Antone has had over the years.
As I was telling one of my boys the other day, the Spurs, for over a decade now, has been a “money [...]

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Ball Don’t Lie

This winter I had the chance to read “Ball Don’t Lie” by Matt de la Pena and it instantly become one of my favourite books. The development of Sticky was so riveting that I found myself staying up past midnight reading it because I couldn’t put the book down and I found myself rooting him [...]

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