I know the big NBA stories of the summer have broken down vaguely thus, in order of importance: LeBron and Kevin Love join forces with Kyrie Irving in Cleveland, Paul George is out for the season, Chris Bosh stays in Miami, Derrick Rose is kept on Team USA’s final roster despite being clearly outplayed by […] READ MORE
Author: Alex Kirschenbaum
This Is Not An Exit: How The Pacers Can Use The Paul George Injury To Their Advantage
Tough 2014 in Indiana Let’s face it: 2014 has been almost as bad a year thus far for the Indiana Pacers franchise as 2004, year of The Malice. After posting a fantastic 40-12 record before the All-Star break (a 76.9% win percentage), Indiana swooned to a 16-14 record the rest of the way (a 53.33% […] READ MORE
Doomed To Die: The New NBA Eastern Conference
The LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Lance Stephenson free agency decisions have created a kind of futile parity in the NBA Eastern Conference: the door to the Finals is wide open, but there is absolutely nobody in the East capable of winning the title. It’s an uncomfortable place to be in for a lot of these […] READ MORE
Potential Tectonic Shifts: Breaking Down The Wild And Woolly Beast That Is The NBA Offseason
So here we are. It’s the 8th of July, and as everything stands right now, we NBA fans are perched on the precipice of a potential avalanche of frenetic free agent activity. The landscape of the league could be undergoing some tectonic shifts over the next several days. All that will be taken into account, too, as […] READ MORE
Re-Ranking The 2003 NBA Draft Lottery
The 2014 NBA Draft on Thursday, the 26th, has been trumpeted as the “Best Draft Since 2003, Or At Least Since 2007.” In anticipation of this, here is an ultimate 2003 NBA draft lottery re-ranking, picks 1-13. I sincerely hope you’re ready for the knowledge that I’m about to drop on you. 1. Cleveland Cavaliers: LeBron James […] READ MORE
