Title: NBA Playoff Preview
Date: April 18, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I teamed up with three other writers to preview the NBA’s opening round series, as well as provide predictions for the entire playoffs.
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Title: The NBA and the Internet
Date: April 17, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at how the NBA’s use of the internet was superior to other sports in terms of leveraging the brand and reaching new fans. MLB has since caught up with their online content, but the NBA is still 1A. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: The Wire and the MVP Race
Date: April 15, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This is one of my favorite articles I’ve written. Bill Simmons himself even more or less stole the concept for an article later on. Anyway, instead of looking at the NBA MVP race in the usual frame of reference, I made each contender a character from The Wire and broke things down from that perspective.
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Title: Potential NBA Finals Match-Ups
Date: April 10, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the most intriguing potential NBA Finals match-ups. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: Southeast Division Recap
Date: April 8, 2008
Original Source: About.com
Synopsis: After branching out from The ODC to Hoops Addict, I also got hooked up doing weekly Southeast Division reviews for About.com. Why? Because the site is USA Today affiliated, and because I had a connection with the editor and he needed someone on short notice. It only lasted a few weeks of the season and into the summer, and the links are now lost (About.com doesn’t keep archives of previous seasons’ weekly division reviews, because apparently nobody cares what the Wizards’ outlook was in late March of 2008, go figure), but luckily I have backups and can recover the text.
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Title: The Unsung International Game
Date: April 5, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: As part of a Carnival of the NBA on Unsung Players, I instead took a look at the international basketball scene as an under-appreciated whole.
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Title: The Eighth ODC Podcast
Date: April 4, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. For the eighth installment, my friend Trev became the first two-time guest, and we spoke on the NBA, the Final Four, and fan-hood in general.
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Title: A Diamond in the East’s 5-8 Seeds?
Date: April 3, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the bottom half of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, analyzing if there were any potential upsets looming. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: Developing the D-League
Date: March 27, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the NBA’s Developmental League, and how it could grow from a business and basketball standpoint to continue to serve its purpose as a viable feeder system for the NBA. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: Southeast Division Recap
Date: March 26, 2008
Original Source: About.com
Synopsis: After branching out from The ODC to Hoops Addict, I also got hooked up doing weekly Southeast Division reviews for About.com. Why? Because the site is USA Today affiliated, and because I had a connection with the editor and he needed someone on short notice. It only lasted a few weeks of the season and into the summer, and the links are now lost (About.com doesn’t keep archives of previous seasons’ weekly division reviews, because apparently nobody cares what the Wizards’ outlook was in late March of 2008, go figure), but luckily I have backups and can recover the text.
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