Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
Drew Gooden was neither waived nor traded this week. Therefore, for all that fuss about his 'novel' contract , nothing actually happened with it. Now, he's just a plain old expiring. - Curtis Borchardt Borchardt left Spain for the French league this summer, but he did so…
Gilbert Arenas was suspended indefinitely today, where "indefinitely" is implied to mean "for the rest of the season at least." I don't really have an opinion on that, apart from to state the obvious. Which I won't do. But here's one thing to note; the financial repercussions of…
The Jazz signed Sundiata Gaines today. They needed an extra guard, and Sundiata was one of the best the D-League has to offer. For the Idaho Stampede this year, he was averaging 23.9 points, 6.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals, and no matter how much those numbers…
I was going to write a separate post to describe ways that the Hornets can avoid the luxury tax without trading away David West or anyone important, but I've decided that I won't. Here's a shorthand version: 1) On trade deadline day, trade Hilton Armstrong and $1.1 million…
For what it's worth, the Marko Jaric buyout was completed very quietly on Christmas Eve, and he's now a fully fledged member of Real Madrid. He put up 12/8/5 on debut, playing 41 minutes. In a 40 minute game. Not bad. (There was overtime.) - Brandon Armstrong…
- Kenny Anderson Anderson has not played since the 2005-06 season. His NBA career ended the year before, when he split the 2004/05 season between the Hawks and the Clippers , and after being waived by L.A. in March 2005, a ten-month wait ensued. Anderson then joined legendary…
- Akin Akingbala Akingbala came out of nowhere to be a decent rebounder and defender for Clemson in his senior season, and was a training camp invite of the Celtics in 2006 as a result. After that he went to the D-League for a bit, and has spent…
The Where Are They Now series of posts started out by accident, yet they've become the most enjoyable part of the website. They seem to be fun for you to read, and they're definitely fun for me to write, so now that Christmas time has passed and new…
Continuing the whereabouts round-ups of all recent NBA drafts, this is the fourth instalment of the series. The first three: 1994 1995 1996 As always, if the player in question is still in the NBA, I'll probably write some rant that in some way relates to them in…
For no reason other than an itching craving to scratch my own Where Are They Now itch - I can't really start the 2009 series of posts until all leagues are underway, which will be about another six weeks - I have decided to revisit the whereabouts of…
For those who missed my Tweets on the subject, I wrote a guest post at the San Antonio Spurs blog 48 Minutes Of Hell , talking about the Spurs finances and Brian Cook and stuff like that. Please go and read it. Also, if you own a good…
It's been roughly two months since summer league started, and most of the players involved have been rehomed now. The following is a list of where everybody currently is, or where they might be going. This list gets a bit long, so if you want to just skip…
It's been roughly two months since summer league started, and most of the players involved have been rehomed now. The following is a list of where everybody currently is, or where they might be going. This list gets a bit long, so if you want to just skip…
ElUniversal.com: Marinos De Anzoategui signo ex estrella de la NBA Vincenzo Panadero. Marinos reiniciará sus entrenamientos mañana en la noche. La franquicia aguarda por el ala-pivot Héctor Romero, quien está en fase de rehabilitación por un desgarro en el muslo derecho. Será sometido a una ecografía y dependiendo…
The look back at the compelling protagonists of the 1996 NBA Draft will be coming up soon, as soon as I can find 13 available hours in which to write it. Until them, I bring you a quasi-update from the 1994 edition. In that post, I wrote this…
- 1st pick: Smilin' Joe Smith (Golden State) - Joe Smith still has lots to give. He has more good play left in him, lots of love in his heart, and endless toothy smiles that can change the dynamic of an entire room. I like Joe Smith, even…
If you're hardcore, you'll probably remember the name of that random second-round draft pick your team made back in 1999. And if you're really hardcore, you might even care about him enough to spend 30 seconds reading up on where he is and what he does now. Well,…
Those of you who like fringe NBA players may have enjoyed the series of updates recently about the Chinese Basketball Association. Any league that saw Olumide Oyedeji average nearly 20/20 can peak the interest of any of us. Players like playing in China; the exposure isn't huge and…
Back on the 25th February, the "Where Are They Now?" series of post things that make up about 95% of this site's interesting content included an entry on former Louisville and Miami Heat centre, David Padgett . The entry is quoted as follows: David Padgett went to training…
I love to read when I'm on the toilet. Love it. Can barely go without it, in fact. Unfortunately, I don't own many books. So I tend to read the same ones over and over again. True to form, I am currently mid-way through a repeat reading of…
This will be the last instalment for this season of this series of posts, one which has gone on forever and seen more than a couple of jokes be repeated. It has come to its rightful end, ending as it does with the human conversation killer, Eurelijus Zukauskas.…
- Donell Williams is a training camp signing of the Clippers in 2007 who hasn't done anything of note before or since. A 28-year-old 6'3 guard, Williams spent his first two collegiate years at West Los Angeles Community College, before transferring to Fayetteville State for his final two…
The following people are all called Williams. - Ajani Williams hasn't played anywhere since scoring one point in two preseason games for the Atlanta Hawks in 2005. Probably not even Hawks fans remember this. That's how insignificant Williams's impact on the NBA landscape was. (No offence intended…
- Robert Whaley barely played in the D-League last year, averaging 4.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game for the L.A. D-Fenders , and he has not signed anywhere this season. He also barely played in 2006/07, spending his time between the ABA, the Dominican Republic and Iran.…
- Charlie Ward retired in 2004, and briefly became an assistant coach with the Rockets . However, he left that gig, and has instead found a place and a job that caters to his three biggest passions in life; basketball, American football, and Christianity. Ward is now the…