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Year: 2008
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If your team didn't agree to an extension with its starlet young player this past offseason - such as is the case with the Atlanta duo of Josh Childress and Josh Smith , the Chicago duo of Luol Deng and Ben Gordon , amongst others - then you've…
Andrei Fetisov is the ultimate "who the hell". A draft choice by the Bucks back in the dark ages of 1994, Andrei never made it to the NBA. Given that he's now 36 years old and retired, the dream is probably dead. Still, the Bucks do still own…
Do you ever stop and think about that time that Mark Madsen shot seven three-pointers in an overtime game, when Minnesota and Memphis had the most blatant tank-off that history has ever seen? No, nor did I. That is, not until this morning, when I woke up thinking…
A lot of people (four) have either e-mailed me about this or asked me about it on t'internet in recent days, about when players have to sign with a new team by in order to be eligible for the playoffs. Apparently there's some confusion on the issue, particularly…
It's nearly the new year, so that makes it time to do something that's nearly interesting. The "Where Are They Now?" series of posts - which last year landed me at least two job offers - are hereby making a spectacular return right here, in exactly the place…
In my season preview of the Orlando Magic , written back in October and located here , I wrote something that looks a bit stupid in hindsight. At this point, I'd quite like to try and weasel my way out most of it. The following are some quotes…