They couldn’t be more worlds apart. One sport is played by lean, leaping giants, throwing a round ball into a small hoop with five-man teams running end-to-end on shiny wooden floor boards. The other is played by tough, rugged warriors trying to kick an impossible egg-shaped ball over a grass paddock 180 meters long through [...]

The ‘92 vs ‘07 USA Team Face-Off
Part I: The Guards
Part II: The Forwards
The Centers
Patrick Ewing and David Robinson are two guys whose NBA careers will probably be defined by the words “choke” and “failure” more than anything else. Note: before reading any further please take note that I’m a harsh critic of both these players [...]

Greg Oden won’t be Rookie of the Year for 2007-2008. He won’t be in the Rookie All-Star game, he won’t be named to the All-Rookie Team, and Portland won’t make the playoffs. But it doesn’t stop there.
Listen to Robd as he states his case for why Greg Oden’s knee surgery will be more than a one-year [...]

“Of all the people I play against, the only one I truly fear is Larry Bird”
- Magic Johnson

The Dyanasty Feature looks at the best teams over the past 30 years.
Check out Parts I, II and III.

#4 The Bird Celtics
Years: 1979-1990
Titles: 3 (’81, ’84, ’86)
The Boston Celtics were the powerhouse Eastern Conference team of the [...]

We had a look at the ’92 vs ‘07 duel at the guard positions in Part I. Time to move on to the forwards…
Small Forward
If I’m being lenient I’m putting Bird, Pippen, Mullin, Laettner, Melo, Lebron and Tayshaun all in this category. But Melo starts at the 4 for the Dream Team so he’s [...]

See parts two and three
A lot has been written about how this current USA Men’s Basketball Team is following in the footsteps of the original all-conquering Dream Team of 1992. The first resemblance is obvious: they’re winning. Unlike the last couple of USA Basketball Teams this one is winning and already has a gold medal. [...]

This clip has been around on YouTube for a while but it just caught my eye recently. This is Thunder Dan Majerle at his crazy best. This is why he’s a legend of the game. This is why T.I.M thinks he’s the greatest player of all time (ok maybe not). I think what Mike Wilbon [...]