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Friday, Jan 8

Importance of Good Board Scores (Version 2010)

In the last 26 seasons (1983-84 to 2008-09), only four teams have made the NBA Finals with a negative rebounding margin for the regular season:'86-87 Celtics (-0.1 rpg) 99-'00 Pacers (-1.6 rpg)- In the last 26 years, every NBA champion besides the two Rockets' title teams has had at least a +...

Monday, Dec 28

NBA All-Decade 2000s: The Underachievers

DALLAS MAVERICKS Here are the overall regular-season records of the five winningest teams of the decade, for the seasons stretching from 1999-2000 through 2008-09:SAS 576-244 .702 DAL 548-272 .668 LAL 530-290 .646 DET 497-323 .606

Tuesday, Dec 22

Setting the Record Straight on Tim Donaghy's 60 Minutes Interview

A key piece of information offered in the 60 Minutes story to support the claim that Donaghy did not let his bets affect his officiating was this: Donaghy once ejected Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich during the first quarter of a game in which he had bet on San Antonio.

Wednesday, Dec 16

Early Look At The 2010 FIBA Worlds Field

Group A: Argentina; Serbia; Germany; Australia; Angola; Jordan Group B: USA; Slovenia; Brazil; Croatia; Iran; Tunisia Group C: Greece; Turkey; Russia; Puerto Rico; China; Ivory Coast Group D: Spain; Lithuania; France; Canada; New Zealand; Lebanon TIER I (The Main Contenders):

Friday, Nov 13

What Will The NBA's Next Wave of International Players Look Like?

One of the defining characteristics of the NBA in the 2000s was the unprecedented impact of international players on the league. There were first-ever MVPs from Europe (Dirk Nowitzki) and Canada (Steve Nash), a first-ever European Finals MVP (Tony Parker), plus players who played big r...

Sunday, Oct 25

TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Preview:10 NBA Questions for the 2010s

The most fascinating player to watch will be Kobe Bryant, as he often is. At age 31, he has already played 948 regular-season games plus another 175 playoff games. Other markets of watch include Sacramento and Milwaukee, which have arena concerns, and New Orleans and Indiana, small market...

Wednesday, Aug 26

Eurobasket 2009: Qualifying Round Tuesday

Tony Parker played only 21 minutes but still managed to score 12 pts. Portland's Nic Batum helped with eight points, mostly coming on baseline drives. Boris Diaw did his usual disappearing act after having a good game prior--0 pts & 5 TOs for Diaw. Diaw seemed to be floating around in his o...

Thursday, Apr 16

Two Shots

Nov. 6: Brandon Roy lofts a miracle 30-footer that gives Portland a 101-99 win over Houston in OT: Apr. 15: Last night, Michael Finley comes off of a Tim Duncan back screen and buries a contested three to send the game vs. New Orleans into OT, a game the Spurs would eventually win 105-98:

Thursday, Feb 5

Hoops TV Week: Feb 5-11

Lakers-Celtics, Kobe-LeBron, Carolina-Duke. Quite a week. 6 p.m.: NBA - Lakers vs. Celtics (Christmas 2008), NBA TV Re-airing of the Christmas Day battle, an outstanding game of regular-season basketball. 8 p.m.: NBA - Lakers at Celtics, TNT Let's get it on.

Tuesday, Jan 27

Importance of Good Board Scores (Part II)

In the last 25 seasons (1983-84 to 2007-08), only three teams have made the NBA finals with a negative rebounding margin for the regular season: In the last 25 years, every NBA champion besides the two Rockets' title teams has had at least a +1 rebound per game margin in the regular season.

Tuesday, Oct 28

2008-09 NBA Predictions

WEST 1. L.A. Lakers 2. Utah 3. New Orleans 4. Houston 5. San Antonio 6. Portland 7. Dallas 8. Phoenix First Round: Lakers over Suns, Spurs over Rockets, Hornets over Blazers, Jazz over Mavs Conf. Semis: Lakers over Spurs, Hornets over Jazz Conf. Finals: Lakers over Hornets

Wednesday, Jun 25

Mal Gladwell's NBA "Mismatch Problem" Problem

Chad Ford published the results of the 2007 combine on ESPN.com (Insider) last year. Jordan Farmar Randy Foye Brandon Roy Rudy Gay Tyrus Thomas Rodney Carney J.J. RedickAll but Thomas and Redick appear to be very good-to-excellent value picks.

Thursday, Jun 5

'08 Finals Preview--BOS vs. LAL

Posey & Pierce are the best options on Kobe, though can't see either guy making Kobe work for his looks like Bowen. Bowen would often look to funnel Kobe to Duncan, and you can't fault the effort--Bowen & Duncan were in position to challenge many of Kobe's attempts--Kobe was just to...

Thursday, May 22

'08 Western Conf. Finals Preview

lt;b>Lakers (1) vs. Spurs (3):</b><br />Easily the toughest defensive squad the Lakers have faced after going vs. two middling def. teams in the first two rounds. On the other hand, this is the toughest offensive team the Spurs have faced so far.<br /><br />The...