Category Archives: Danny
Stat of the Month: Stars win Championships Edition
Since one year after the award was first awarded in 1956, only five teams have ever won an NBA Championship without a player who won or would win a regular-season MVP award. Those teams: 1975 Golden State Warriors- Ric Barry … Continue reading
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John Hollinger and the perils of fatally flawed analysis
Let me clear this up off the bat: I am a big Hollinger fan (for the most part). That said, I have had some more serious problems with his work as he has upped his column load- it appears that … Continue reading
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Vegan Fish Tacos First 2009 NBA Mock Draft and Draft Board
To those of you who are used to the format, welcome back. For those who are not familiar with how I do draft work, here’s … Continue reading
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One hell of a stat- Stars Win Championships edition
I was having trouble falling asleep, so I looked this up: The last time a team other than the Pistons won an NBA Championship without having a player who had previously won a regular season MVP award was the 1981 … Continue reading
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Devin Harris trade, revisited
Thanks to being in law school and having finals over the past few weeks, I have not had the chance to tackle a few issues that have stuck in my craw since the start of the playoffs. The first of … Continue reading
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Because I’m deathly afraid someone is going to post this first (NBA Draft Lottery)
I’ve had the idea for how the NBA should handle the lottery for a little while now, but have waited to write it up because I’m busy (law school finals) and because this blog does not have enough visibility right … Continue reading
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My nickname for Stephen Strasburg
Assuming he gets drafted by the Nationals, his nickname should be “The Majority Whip“
Probably the single dumbest paragraph of Bill Simmons’ career
Here’s what he wrote: 93. Chris Anderson If the Birdman doesn’t win “Comeback Player of the Year” for (a) bouncing back from a drug violation so seedy that they wouldn’t even tell us what happened, and (b) giving Denver superior bench … Continue reading
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Quite possibly the greatest thing ever
Gotta give credit here to the source: A guy on clutchfans Again, here’s the source.
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An open letter to ESPN
During the excellent BS Report podcast with John Walsh, Bill Simmons and John discuss the backlash for ESPN, but what was surprising to me was how little self-awareness there was in the dicussion, particularly considering Bill is one of the … Continue reading
