April 2011
4 posts
3/29 Sean Grande, Frank Isola (Celtics & Knicks...
27 “phil jackson mocks things for a reason” - a tell. the celtics’ “our starting five have never been beaten in a playoff series (perk rondo pierce allen kg)” was mocked by phil, indicating it was probably true
1:09 FI: “when coaches arrive at the knicks, the organization will tell them ‘hey listen, don’t listen to this guy in the media, beware this...
March 2011
10 posts
3/21 Steve Kerr (NBA & NCAA)
10 the difference in quality of play of NBA and college is now SK: “so dramatic that i don’t even pay attention to it.” rookies coming into the league twenty years ago had complete post games and were ready to go. today, with only a few exceptions, players are coming in with incomplete games.
2630 another hint that this might be Kevin Garnett’s final season
31 Sacramento...
3/16 Cousin Sal, Joe House (NCAA)
2530 why aren’t there more good warm weather college basketball teams? (pac-10) shouldn’t it be harder to recruit in a crappy weather school like uconn?
3/15 Chad Millman, Mark Titus (March Madness)
15 wise guys bet against Calipari (Kentucky) if there is a hint of indecision bc they think he’s an undisciplined coach. great recruiter, collector of talent, but a roll-the-ball-out coach. same with Pitino (Louisville). if teams have time to prepare, they will defeat his team. (they also hate Bruce Pearl [Tennessee])
30 a “bet on” game is NOT a game you want to bet on....
3/14 Chad Ford (NCAA)
39 Jimmer Fredette is Stephen Curry: 30 foot range, not afraid. critics focus too much on things a player lacks, but if they have certain elite skills, they can find a place in the nba
3/11 Jackie MacMullan (Career, NBA)
8 lisa olson story
15 Reggie Lewis was the next great Celtic. Len Bias was the bridge. both died
17 Bob Ryan - “columns disguised as beat stories” - the best sportswriter ever
40 Kevin Garnett - South Carolina high school party jail nobody there for him story. shaped who he is and is wary about who to trust.
45 JM: “there are probably multiple players in the nba that are HIV...
3/9 Jalen Rose (Fab Five Documentary)
2330 “it wasn’t just about, oh, you’re the top basketball player in the state so now i’m going to do what i can to get next to you. 99.9% of the kids that ed martin was around to help influence, some of them never made it out of the hood, period, let alone make it to college, nba.”
27 fab five & jordan responsible for ushering in long shorts era in basketball....
3/8 Chris Nowinski (Concussions)
530 people have convinced themselves that muhammad ali has parkinsons, when in reality he might be the most “punch-drunk” of all
1130 soccer has the same rate of concussions as football
24 malcolm gladwell believes that once all the concussion research comes out, no parent will want their kid to play football, therefore killing the sport - going the way of boxing
3/7 Michael Smith (Mormon Culture, Late 80's...
16 “boston always drafted tall, and they drafted white” (smith drafted in 1989, 13th overall pick)
19 ppl always forget (celtic) reggie lewis was the guy who guarded michael jordan the best in that era. he also scored on him at will. MS: “how did you know that?!”
21 in that era, teams went out to dinner together, they conversed more with each other and with reporters....
2/28 William Goldman, Dan Silver (Oscars, Knicks)
10 talk about how movies “open” (opening weekend box office). by this definition, there is only one movie star today and that is Will Smith. every one of his movies open. DiCaprio no longer does, neither does Pachino or DeNiro. there are no female stars. the two biggest movie stars ever, __ and john wayne, wouldn’t be able to find work today. movies “do business” =...