Hoops and Other Pop Culture

The Wolves were 5-13 when I last complained about them.   They have since gone 6-9 (5-4 in their past 9).  Not that good, but better.  Of ...

www.basketball-reference.com , which is the greatest website ever invented, will allow you to search for players by age.  They define "...

http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-eligible-candidates-for-the-class-of-2017/ I will not pu...

Per www.basketball-reference.com , the greatest site in the world, it currently takes the following stats to be Top 75 on the combined NBA/A...

http://hoopramblings.blogspot.com/search?q=40000  shows the old list. LeBron is now at 41,631 total units and is #16, having passed Dan Is...

http://bkref.com/tiny/HLHJx So, you know -- Wilt, Michael, Magic, Oscar, Havlicek...............Fat Lever!!!!

The big fella. Love Unlimited Orchestra.  I enjoy singing this at karaoke. When I visited London, the street performers and I sang a ...

Tom Thibodeau has a 5 year deal to run all basketball operations of the Timberwolves.  He is not going away.  So far he has been far less su...

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/j-r-smith-will-pick-friendship-over-defense-every-time-031051968.html When the Cavs celebrate the 20th a...

When I was growing up, sometimes we would go to my dad's mom's house and have a huge meal.  My dad grew up in a tiny farm house in c...

http://bkref.com/tiny/5BKAw 3 of the 7 seasons with greater than 500 MP and over .29 WS/48 resulted in no title: 1) 1964 - Wilt drags a ...

http://bkref.com/tiny/gedFp Interesting note -- of the 29 guys to log 950+ MP, only 11 played on teams who won the NBA title.  18 were los...

http://cavaliersnation.com/2016/11/15/lebrons-camp-responds-phil-jacksons-comments-getting-special-treatment/?utm_content=buffer8cb06&ut...

http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/09/an-anti-mandate-for-Clinton Amazingly, she lost to a guy who 60% of voters stated was wholly unqualifie...

http://bkref.com/tiny/EgcmX Russ is at 41.7 Usage Rate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  41.7 .  That is simply insane.  In 2005-06, Kobe, in a display ...

The great fear I have, of course, is that Trump's undereducated wave of white males just explodes and shows up at the polls in their cam...

Three other highlights: 1) Opposing counsel is making some stupid cross-examination inquiry.  Something like, "Hey, didn't that R...

Just recently won a big verdict on behalf of my client.  Some trial highlights: 1) My client has to prove damages.  Put my client on the s...

http://www.schooltube.com/video/fcde4d15a9276c9a09d3/ See, in particular, about 2:25 in. "That's called a VEEEE-to...."

When I watch basketball, what I become most frustrated with is lack of effort.  I will at times stand up and yell at coaches or players ...