Outside The NBA

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PURE JOY. Wednesday, January 13, 2010 was a phenomenal night in the NBA. (more…)

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I let myself down last night, failing to keep my eyes open after the Boston/San Antonio game tipped off. Apparently you shouldn’t go for late-afternoon/early-evening drinks with co-workers when you haven’t slept properly in weeks. After waking up on my couch at 12:00 AM with freaking hockey on the TV, lesson learned. I’m not going to compound this failure with a failure to complete the third BfB, though, so bear with me as I sort through last night’s action despite missing the majority of it live. (more…)

I knew I would like this book. I first heard about it on TrueHoop, where Henry Abbott made it sound very interesting. I can’t get enough of the types of insights Abbott posted there, so I knew there was a chance I would love this book, maybe even put it on the level of FreeDarko’s Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac. At that point, though, I still didn’t exactly know what I was getting into. After reading Chris Ballard’s The Art Of a Beautiful Game, I can’t say I’ve ever enjoyed a basketball book more than this one. (more…)