Toronto Raptors, ( 36-14)… A+. The Raptors lost the best player in the NBA, (Kawhi Leonard), and haven’t missed a beat. Despite numerous injuries and players missing games, Toronto hasn’t missed a beat. Kyle Lowry, […]
Growing up in the late 1980’s and 1990’s the NBA had a plethora of Dynasties: The”Showtime” Lakers, with Magic Johnson, won 5 NBA Titles. The Boston Celtics, with Larry Bird, won 3 Championships. The Detroit […]
#30) Oklahoma City Thunder: Over the past few years the OKC Thunder have traded or didn’t resign Kevin Durant, James Harden, Victor Oladipo, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Domantas Sabonis and Enes Kanter. This team will […]
By: Jeffrey Newholm Former Buck Jabari Parker has signed a two year, $40 million contract with the Chicago Bulls, with the second year a team option. The move is a mild risk for Chicago, and […]
By: Jeffrey Newholm Between lucky socks, UFO sightings, and alleged Grizz wins, people believe in some pretty strange things. A great parody of such beliefs comes from the TV special “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie […]
Perhaps the most curious tendency of Man is to claim to want something very badly, only to quickly ask for more shortly after getting it. The Indians won 22 games in a row this year, […]
By: Jeffrey Newholm Many a wise man have doubted if life has any lasting meaning or, instead, is just a succession of meaningless suffering. King Solomon declared that “All is Vanity”. Pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer […]
By: Julio Olmo “…I saw the Eastern Conference Finals and we ( the Lakers ) knew Michael was going to bring it…and Boy! Did he bring it!”, Magic Johnson Those were Magic Johnson’s exact words […]
If the 2017 Eastern Conference Playoffs were a movie, they would be Friday Night Lights and the Cleveland Cavaliers would be the legendary high school team, Dallas Carter. In 1988, Dallas Carter had one of […]
In the 2002 movie Signs, Merrill, played by Joaquin Phoenix is commenting on his minor-league baseball career. He set the record for the longest home run. He also had more strikeouts than any two players […]
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