Title: A New Path for Those on the NBA Bubble
Date: March 13, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Looking at the non-standard career path of heading to Europe to hone one’s game before returning to the NBA, like what the Raptors’ Anthony Parker has done.
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Title: Bryan Colangelo’s Architectural Flaw
Date: March 13, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: Most of my work from Hoops Addict has since been lost from a server change-over they undertook, though I was lucky to find my backups. This article was a look at how most of Bryan Colangelo’s teams fair poorly in terms of rebounding differential, a potentially fatal flaw in his design plans for the Raptors.
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Title: OJ Mayo, The New Juice at USC
Date: March 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: A profile of USC’s NBA prospect guard OJ Mayo in advance of March Madness. I remain a big fan.
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Title: Kobe Bryant, Hate It or Love It
Date: March 11, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: As part of a Carnival of the NBA (Kobe Bryant Blog Day Edition), I took a look at both poles of Black Mamba’s polarizing iconoclast.
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Title: Supportless in Seattle
Date: March 10, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: After the semi-success of The ODC, thanks to Trev and Ryan McNeill I was able to branch out and began writing for Hoops Addict as well. Most of my work from there has since been lost from a server change-over they undertook, though I was lucky to find my backups. This article was a pleae for the basketball world to stop underrating Kevin Durant (that seems like a long time ago, no?).
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Title: Delfino – Stay or Go?
Date: March 6, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Carlos Delfino had performed well to date, but would it make sense for the Raptors to keep him in the mix for future seasons?
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Title: Sifting Through the Cap
Date: March 6, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: After the semi-success of The ODC, thanks to Trev and Ryan McNeill I was able to branch out and began writing for Hoops Addict as well. Most of my work from there has since been lost from a server change-over they undertook, though I was lucky to find my backups. This article was a look ahead to the 2008 offseason and the cap situations around the NBA.
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Title: The History of the Finger Wag
Date: March 4, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: It may seem odd to call one of my own articles “famous,” but if I was going to, this would be the one. Thanks to Dikembe’s Finger Wag being nominated (and going far) in Ball Don’t Lie’s “things we love about basketball madness tournament,” it ended up with a lot of link-love and cleared the 100,000 view mark. It is a mock-umentary style piece about Dikembe and how the Finger Wag came to be.
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Title: The Third ODC Podcast
Date: February 29, 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. Trev joined my to discuss the NBA and the state of Hip Hop.
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Title: The Second ODC Podcast
Date: February 22, 2008
Original Source: N/A
Synopsis: The audio for this one is mysteriously, and probably thankfully, missing. The link also no longer works. But I thought I should make record of it’s existence so the Podcast counts don’t skip the number two, leaving everyone to question my counting abilities.
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