ONE: It’s that time of year where every man and his dog starts doing NBA team previews for the upcoming season. It’s a fun time, because no matter how bad your team is, you can still convince yourself that with a bit of luck you’ll be in the playoffs. You can use words like “potential” [...]

ONE: Rest assured, this blog is not moving exclusively to weekly Sunday Six Packs. I’m back from my overseas trip from Manila and what a crazy last couple of days it has been. Woke up Friday morning at 10am, worked for half a day, jumped on a flight to Singapore, bought some duty free shit, [...]

ONE: Charley Rosen at Fox Sports wrote a piece during the week on young centers in the NBA, titled “Why there’s a shortage of quality big men“. In it he touches on Andrew Bogut and offers the following assessment: “Bogut is perhaps the most savvy of the young bigs and also possesses very good hands. [...]

I’m in the Philippines at the moment for work, and I woke up this morning to find a photo of Robert Horry and Vlade Divac on the front page of the newspaper. A little weird, yes, but as I said last year (exactly one year ago) this country loves their basketball. I took it as [...]

ONE: By now most of you have probably heard about the Lebron James dunk saga, but if not, here’s a quick recap. During a pick up game at a Skills Academy Lebron was running earlier in the week, a young fella by the name of Jordan Crawford came down the lane and dunked on the [...]

ONE: Quite a few big trades/signings during the last week, so lets kick it off with the first major one: the three-team deal that sent Richard Jefferson to the Spurs. In a basketball talent sense, the Spurs lost practically nothing in this trade and gained quite a great deal. Thomas was a serviceable but aging [...]

image via nbamusings.com
ONE: Thought I’d start with a smattering of post Game 4 links highlighting what a roller-coaster of emotions these Finals have been:
- Third Quarter Collapse feels the pain
- Forum Blue and Gold is still buzzing
- The Orlando Sentinel blames Nelson’s return (me too!)
- Silver Screen and Roll writes 3,500 words to stick up [...]

(AP Photo/John Raoux)
ONE: Congratulations to the Orlando Magic on making the NBA Finals. I don’t care what anyone says, the Magic thoroughly deserved this and earned it the hard way. They were pushed by the Sixers after falling in an 0-1 hole, they knocked out the defending champs in Game 7 in Boston, they withstood [...]

ONE: Firstly some news regarding our Aussie draft prospects. Joe Ingles recently worked out for the Bucks, while the Hawks are showing some interest in Patty Mills. Also appears Patty may be heading to the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy, to try to improve his draft stock. These three links via JR On Fire.
TWO: BlazersEdge [...]

It’s been a while since the last Six Pack, mostly due to my USA travels, but with a lot happening in the world of basketball both abroad and at home, I thought it was about time to crack open a few.
ONE: The state of NBL basketball continues to be in turmoil. Several people (including current [...]