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The 2003 NBA All-Star Game was an embarrassment. If you watched it, you cucked Michael Jordan. You are guilty by association. By watching it, I too cucked Michael Jordan. And I didn't enjoy it one bit. The whole event was a prolonged Michael Jordan love-in. As it was…
- Richie Frahm has not been signed since his performance with the Dallas Mavericks summer league team. I watched all of those Mavericks VSL games, and Frahm - a shooter - often chose not to shoot, which seemed wrong on a team clearly auditioning shooters. Other things that…
- Gerald Fitch was unsigned until very recently, as he joined the Turkish team Kepez BLD Antalya only last week. Antalya are currently second to last in the Turkish league, and Fitch arrives as the replacement for leading scorer and former Magic training camp invitee, Torell Martin ,…
I hated the appointment of Steve Kerr as the Phoenix Suns General Manager. Hated it. I loved Steve Kerr as a player even if I did miss his best years, but I didn't like his writing much, and he ruined my entire NBA Live 2006 experience with his…
- Semih Erden - recipient of the funniest NBA forum thread title that I've ever seen, "Semih Erden is finally in the NBA" - never left Turkey. In his fourth year with Fenerbache, Erden is averaging 9.9 points and 4.5 rebounds in Turkish league play, along with 6.7…
- Bryant Dunston is in South Korea, averaging 17.6 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks for a team called Mobis Phoebus. Dunston doesn't have any great chance of making the NBA, but after watching the entire Lakers summer league - in which an extremely backcourt-heavy roster started Dunston…
Hello droogs. A while ago, I wrote this: [I]t's time for a new rule - no more Chris Crawford updates on this website. Not unless there's ever anything to actually report, like if he commits a murder or becomes King of Poland or something. (from "Where Are They…
- Carlos Delfino is still with Khimki in Russia, despite the rumours of a return to the Raptors ramping up a bit after Toronto dumped Hassan Adams off to the Clippers a fortnight ago. However, while these rumours may not be unfounded, they sure are illogical. Let me…
- Michael Curry is now the Detroit Pistons head coach. You knew this already, but an obsessive-compulsive love of consistency made me say this anyway. - JamesOn Curry signed with Pau Orthez in France, but left before the season started. I don't know why, but he hasn't…
- I have no idea where Keon Clark is, specifically. - Milone Clark averages 4.8 points and 3.4 rebounds for the Sioux Falls Skyforce . I openly admit to knowing basically nothing about Milone Clark, but, as a player who has never put up good numbers at…
- Zarko Cabarkapa has not been signed since being let go by the Golden State Warriors about 18 months ago, at the end of the 2006/07 season. Zarko had not played that whole season, either, meaning that his last professional basketball game came nearly three years ago in…
- Maurice Carter's last sighting was back in 2005, when he averaged 14.5 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Indiana Pacers' summer league team. He was only 28 at that time, having played in the NBA only the season before, and yet it seems he hasn't played anywhere…
Sports Illustrated: Blazers threaten to sue anyone who signs Darius Miles. "Team Presidents and General Managers, "The Portland Trail Blazers are aware that certain teams may be contemplating signing Darius Miles to a contract for the purpose of adversely impacting the Portland Trail Blazers Salary Cap and tax…
- Cedric Bozeman is playing for the Anaheim Arsenal in the D-League, where he averages 17.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists, where he plays the off-guard to Tierre Brown's point. (Brown averages 14.4 points and 4.6 assists.) But the best Cedric Bozeman news of all is that…
A lot of people are called Brown, I've noticed. How fascinating. - Dee Brown started the year with the Wizards , but was then waived when it emerged that he wasn't the answer to Washington's pretty severe outside shooting problems. He then went to a Suns mini-camp,…
- Joseph Blair is averaging 8.2 points and 8.0 rebounds for Spartak St Petersburg, while also shooting 43% from the free throw line. So maybe Blair's scouting report on himself on his website wasn't too off-message. Joseph also wrote a New Year's message, for us, his fans. You…
- Esteban Batista was recently released by Maccabi Tel-Aviv by mutual consent, after barely playing for their new coach, Pini Gershon. His playing time was so sparse that he wasn't even travelling with the team towards the end of his stay. Batista quickly became Nenad Krstic's targeted replacement…
- Malick Badiane was an exciting thing for Houston Rockets fans for a few years. They could pretend that his underwhelming numbers in less-than-stellar European leagues were not as important as the idea of having a seven-foot young, athletic, defensive minded centre, who could grow into some weird…
- Rafael Araujo is sadly out of basketball right now. He's unsigned. He's unwanted. He's unloved. Commitment-free. Homeless. A nomadic vagabond living off the land, maybe. But this is just one tale to tell. There are thousands of children like this all over BYU. Please. End poverty now.…