Archive for January, 2009

Robert Rowell is in charge of the Golden State Warriors. He has made that awkwardly clear over the last six months. I don’t have a problem with a non-basketball man running a basketball team; if I owned a professional franchise I would hire a business man to run it, not an ex-athlete. Rowell also made [...]

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At the halfway point of the season, the Warriors are 12-29. Well done, guys. So without further ado, on to the 9th annual midseason player evaluations:
Azubuike: Has turned himself into a nice rotation player. Doesn’t look to do much other than score, but he’s a good shooter and a good finisher at the bucket.
Belinelli: Finally [...]

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OW: Thanks for taking the time. I know this is probably a pretty crazy time.
CM: No problem.
OW: What can you say about the team and your involvement in where they are going?
CM: Well, first of all, nobody is happy with being 12-29. Especially after making the playoffs and then winning 48 games. We’ve just had [...]

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The player: James Harden, a 6′5″ 218 lb. sophomore guard.
The game: Oregon Ducks (6-9) @ Arizona State Sun Devils (13-2.)
The result: Arizona St. 76 Oregon 58.
Harden, a consensus top-5 pick if he declares for the 2009 NBA draft, came into the game averaging 23.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists.
What he did [...]

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Jamal Crawfor set an NBA record last night. Congratulations are in order, right?
Well, maybe not, but it is a pretty special and unbelievable record. Crawfor played 60 minutes and committed 0 fouls. That is the most minutes an NBA player has ever played in a single game without committing a foul.
That’s 5 full quarters without [...]

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