How Good Were The ’08-09 Lakers?

As I watched the Lakers stroll through the NBA Finals I couldn’t help but wonder if they were actually all that good.  I couldn’t shake the feeling during the playoffs that the Lakers were a product of an injured Celtics team, a weak Western Conference, and LeBron James having a supporting cast comparable to that [...]

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NBA Nightcap – See You Next Year Edition

We’ve had some good times haven’t we old friend? I romanced you – you gave in, I wrote stuff – you say you read it. Now like any good high school relationship I feel it’s time we go our separate ways for the summer. Sure I’ll write you from time to time and maybe we [...]

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16th Anniversary of Suns-Bulls Triple OT Affair

The title says it all – 16 years ago today the Suns and Bulls played one of the greatest games in NBA Finals history.  The game was only the 2nd triple overtime game in Finals history – matching Game 5 of the 1976 Finals which also featured the Suns – then playing the Celtics.  Interestingly [...]

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NBA Nightcap – June 11th Edition

You know why you should never be allowed to access your eBay account while drunk on your birthday? Because you end up winning Kurt Warner signed mini-helmets for fifty bucks when you just think you’re making a bid that will probably be beaten. Yes I know that this seems like a very specific situation but [...]

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A List That Makes Me Think Jonathan Brandis Had the Right Idea

Zim and I have been furiously debating John Hollinger’s NBA Franchise Rankings for most of the day and we should both be able to add our two cents later tonight or tomorrow (let’s just say I’m not entirely certain the Career Sgt. has ever watched an Orlando Magic game that isn’t in the NBA Finals) [...]

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NBA Nightcap – June 9th Edition

If you haven’t seen the epic Mark-Paul Gosselaar/ Jimmy Fallon interview – in which MPG portrays his Saved by the Bell character Zack Morris – consider yourself as owing ol’ Scott Howard a favor. I have immense respect for anyone with the balls to revisit an old and beloved character. If you grew up with [...]

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NBA Nightcap – Birthday Edition

I’ll save a summary for a later date – but on Saturday night, most of the SoD gang hit the town to celebrate the birth of yours truly. I think we all learned a few lessons about ourselves but most of all we learned all about “Friend-jection.” What is Friend-jection you may ask? Stay tuned. [...]

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NBA Nightcap – June 4th Edition

Like an oasis in the desert – the Nightcap is back. I missed you. I really did. Now bring that sweet ass up to my place… Lakers 100 Magicians 75 – In their first Finals appearance since their 1995 sweep at the hands of the Rockets, the Magic started about as well as they finished. [...]

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Exploring the Shaq Trade Rumors

I love the NBA off-season. Whether it’s the draft, free agency, trade rumors, or summer league – I love it all. In fact last summer I made it a habit of watching games from the Orlando Summer League on my computer. I’m not sure what level of pathetic it is when you are watching Pacers-Heat [...]

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Happy Anniversary Oklahoma City Thunder!

In lieu of the Nightcap I’d like to pay tribute to a very special team celebrating a very special anniversary – that team is the Oklahoma City Thunder. 30 years ago today (June 1st), the Thunder (I believe then known as the Seattle Supersonics or something like that) won their first and only NBA Championship [...]

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