I cannot believe I am witnessing a championship-caliber franchise self destruct before my eyes. After failing to land Chris Paul in a trade with the New Orleans Hornets in which commissioner David Stern rejected (thanks to some bullying by Cleveland… Read More ›
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Dan Gilbert and Other Small Market NBA Owners Need to Shut the Hell Up
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. He and other small market NBA owners bitched and complained to Commissioner David Stern over a three-team trade that would have sent Chris Paul to… Read More ›
To the NBA: Way to Come to Your Senses Fellas!
Well whaddaya know, there will be an NBA season after all. The NBA owners and its players association came to a tentative collective bargaining agreement Saturday morning in an attempt to save the 2011-2012 season. While it is not official… Read More ›
NBA: It’s Been Nice Knowing You
The NBA Players Association reject the latest proposal from the owners, and is moving towards decertification. All I have is one thing to say to the NBA: it’s been real. If the NBA thought the fan backlash to the 1999… Read More ›
Gumbel Wrong in Slavery Comparison
I was going back and forth in deciding whether to offer an opinion on Bryant Gumbel calling NBA Commissioner David Stern a “plantation overseer” on HBO’s “Real Sports”. By the way, Gumbel took things a step further in referring to… Read More ›
NBA Is Committing Suicide
It’s official: the NBA will lose some regular season games to the lockout. How it’s gotten to this point is multi-prong, which can be summarized in two categories: the owners and the players. Owners The owners want several concessions from… Read More ›