Hoops and Other Pop Culture

I have these spread out throughout my Blog, but so you have it in one spot: 1. Michael Jordan 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ...

With Wiggy's recent scoring and shooting tear, his advanced stats are slowly improving.  His Net Rating is now only -6 (Ortg 108, DRtg 1...

There were some criteria imposed.  First, the game had to be in the www.basketball-reference.com database.  Second, the game had to be in a...

As we have inaugurated a man who is clearly unqualified for the job, and who has demonstrated no desire or ability to learn the job, and wh...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/giant-alligator-caught-video-nature-reserve-44806143?cid=social_twitter_abcn Jesus.  This animal is 20+ fe...

I used to coach town-team "traveling basketball" and AAU basketball, both for boys and girls.  We would have long practices before...

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...