[If you came here looking for Part 2 of "Five Stats The NBA Should Keep", I apologize. KnickerBlogger.Net's Official Trade Deadline Specialist, David Crockett, had an opinion that he urgently needed to share with everyone before the trade deadline. If pre-emptive scheduling angers you, David is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of [...]
1. Double Team Assists (DTA) Shaq gets the ball in the low post, so the opposition sends an extra player to defend him. O’Neal passes it out to Wade who is met by a rotating defender. Wade passes it to a wide open Eddie Jones, who drains the jumper without any defensive pressure. Eddie gets [...]
With my right arm busy patting myself on the back for predicting Iverson as the ASG MVP and my left arm busy shoveling snow, there’ll be no column today. So maybe somebody else will have plenty of stuff for you to read, or maybe you spend this holiday reflecting on some of the great achievements [...]
EASTG *Allen Iverson G *LeBron James F *Grant Hill F *Vince Carter C *Shaquille O’Neal F Antawn Jamison F Ben Wallace G Dwyane Wade G Gilbert Arenas F Jermaine O’Neal F Paul Pierce C Zydrunas IlgauskasShaq – None of the West’s centers other than Yao matchup physically against the Big Diesel. Working against Shaq is [...]
If there is anything I enjoy most, it’s setting people straight when they’ve been misinformed. So let’s remove any doubt from the following facts: * Man Walked on the Moon* Dinosaurs Walked the Earth (the first two are for Carl Everett)* Sylvia Browne has no special powers (unless you think convincing people you have special [...]
A few weeks ago, I added a link for comments to my webpage to get some feedback from my readers. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. At that time I was blogging in a vacuum, only getting feedback by email, and for the most part people won’t email you unless: * You really really [...]
If they keep this up, ESPN is going to have to change their name to ESPMN. The “M” would stand for Moneyball, for the controversial book that chronicled the stat-centric Oakland Athletics front office. Today Moneyball is synonymous with any type of sports statistical analysis. For years Rob Neyer has been the main attraction of [...]
