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Posts tagged "basketball"

Baseball, the least strategic and least explosive, an anomaly of sports

I’m going to take a break from the breaking down the Bulls / Timberwolves game.   If you didn’t see it, imagine that you did see it, think what would have likely happened in a game where a team on pace to win 60 games plays a team on pace to win 20 games.  ... Read more »
By DougThonus,
March 31, 2011 at 6:35 am
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Derrick Rose plays the hero against Spain

Per Kc Johnson: MADRID — Kevin Durant scored 25 points and made two crucial late blocks Sunday as the United States hung on for an 86-85 victory over Spain in a warmup match for the world championship. Durant blocked shots from Ricky Rubio and Rudy Fernandez after Derrick Rose had put the Americans ahead with... Read more »
By DougThonus,
August 23, 2010 at 8:48 am
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Book Review: The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives

The Assist the story of Charleston High School coach Jack O’Brien and his quest to save kids from street life through basketball.   Charleston resides in Boston, a school filled primarily with ghetto kids struggling with the typical problems you’d expect, violence, drugs, street life, etc..  The first half of the book is magnificent as... Read more »
By DougThonus,
September 23, 2009 at 2:50 pm
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Book Review: Second Coming by Sam Smith

Sam’s most remembered for the incredible book “the Jordan Rules”, but he wrote a second book detailing Jordan’s comeback from baseball into basketball.   After reading it, you get the feeling he really wished he had waited another year or two to write it. The book only covers the 94/95 season in which the Bulls were... Read more »
By DougThonus,
September 5, 2009 at 11:17 am
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Book Review: The Big O

This week’s book on the train was the autobiography of Oscar Robertson.   Robertson has always been one of the players who’s most intrigued me.   His stats are legendary making me wonder if he was significantly underrated as a player.   If you ask Oscar, the answer is yes. It’s interesting reading this book, Bob Love’s book... Read more »
By DougThonus,
September 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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Basketball books reviews with a Bulls fan bias

Hooray August!   The only month of the year where there’s absolutely nothing going on in the NBA which makes it the perfect time to address one of the questions I frequently get in my mailbox.   What basketball books would you recommend?    Before getting to the list, let me also post this request.   I’m constantly looking... Read more »
By DougThonus,
August 1, 2009 at 8:03 am
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