Hardwood Paroxysm

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Donuts: 'Showing Off' And 'Rubbing In' Edition
Published 4/12/2009 at DallasBasketball.com
... It’s Time To Make The Easter Donuts! We do it with notes big (Mavs-at-New Orleans analysis), medium (guess who Dirk just passed on the all-time NBA scoring list?) and small (I’m on the ESPN 103.3 Radio pregame show today at 10:20, readying for the noon tipoff … and then on TV tonight, on The 33’s “Inside Sports at 9:30): DONUT 1: Boy, if we think Dirk Nowitzki carries too much of a load, has too little help, deserves to be surrounded by better teammates. …. What about poor little Baby Eyes ? When Chris Paul isn’t on the floor – which fortunately for New Orleans isn’t very ...

Thursday Bolts - 4.9.09
Published 4/9/2009 by Royce at Daily Thunder.com
... Interesting note from Hardwood Paroxysm: “So Griffin’s going pro. Surprise surprise. Now the fun part begins. There’s a widespread assumption that he’ll go #1. I’m not so sure. Look at the teams at the top of the lottery. The Kings have Shock and Hawes and need something to undo the horror that is Udrih’s contract. Plus if they don’t take Rubio, Tom Ziller will hold shiva. Now, Tom told me that when you’re a team that wins 17 games, you take the BPA approach. But you have pieces to build around there. I’m not certain if Griffin is the direction they want to head.” ...

Say goodbye to Hollywood...Elvis has left the building
Published 4/6/2009 by Phoenix Stan at Bright Side Of The Sun
... Ok, obviously I am being tongue in check mostly directed at Matt Moore from Hardwood Paraoxysm. Matt and I have a running thing this year about Shaq and Nash. He thinks I am too hard on Steve and should be more appreciative of what's he's done for the Suns and I think Matt's all too willing to ignore Shaq's accomplishments this year simply because he hates Steve Kerr for bringing him here. ...

Say goodbye to Hollywood…Elvis has left the building
Published 4/6/2009 by Bright Side of The Sun at Fanster.com
... Ok, obviously I am being tongue in check mostly directed at Matt Moore from Hardwood Paraoxysm. Matt and I have a running thing this year about Shaq and Nash. He thinks I am too hard on Steve and should be more appreciative of what's he's done for the Suns and I think Matt's all too willing to ignore Shaq's accomplishments this year simply because he hates Steve Kerr for bringing him here. ...

Best. Commercial. Ever. (HT: Matt Moore)
Published 4/5/2009 by JakeTheSnake at Bullets Forever
... Best. Commercial. Ever. (HT: Matt Moore)

Game to pay attention to: Magic vs. Heat
Published 3/30/2009 by Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie
... (Matt Moore pointed this out earlier in the year; the Heat have seemed to be giving up the same amount of points per 100 and allowing the same amount per 100 all year. Also, Matt, I do read my emails; it just takes a while, sometimes.) ...

The Internet Broke
Published 3/29/2009 by Rob Mahoney at The Two Man Game
... Apologies to anyone popping by yesterday afternoon, during last night’s game, or sometime this morning; some issue with the server made this site (and Hardwood Paroxysm, for any double-dippers) inaccessible. But I’ve bought a new hamster, buried the old one, and told little Billy that he’s crazy — it’s always been that fat and the spots have been there the whole time. ...

Isiah Thomas
Published 3/26/2009 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation
So, Matt Moore from Hardwood Paroxysm sent an eMail to me and Kevin Arnovitz this morning. We just want you to know that if there's any truth to the Isiah rumors, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Even though it would be really, really funny. Seriously, though. Thoughts and prayers. Just what I wanted - pity from the other bloggers. Rather than write 3000 words on the idea of Isiah Thomas being considered for a job with the Clippers, I realized that my feelings were easily enough ...

Analysis-Free Postings RE: the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Vol. 3
Published 3/19/2009 by Devine at this is the city line.
... that put my sadger on 100, thousand, trillion in his excellent “Morning Bell” posts at ...

25 Things I Learned at MIT
Published 3/13/2009 at ESPN.com - TrueHoop
... 14. Mike Zarren of the Celtics hammered a key point: That being really smart is not nearly enough. He thinks the key skill for a stat person to have is excellent communication skills -- because without it the ideas won't get across to those who need to learn them. Zarren has generally worked alone on Celtic stats stuff, but recently hired David Sparks, who previously wrote for a TrueHoop Network blog, Hardwood Paroxysm. ...

Dirty Lakers?
Published 3/10/2009 at The No-Look Pass
Because the L.A. Lakers aren't really well-liked (people acknowledge they're good but they're not well-liked) outside of L.A., people are jumping on the Lakers as cheap-shot artists. Or dirty. I think the description of the Twitter feed from Hardwood Paroxysm said it best... reckless. But people are basing this on two plays that happened (one last night that really triggered this conversation). The first one was Andrew Bynum making that foul on Gerald Wallace. It wasn't even that hard of a foul and it was more of the lines on Bynum making a move ...

10 Point Plan for (Re)Building a Sports Franchise
Published 3/6/2009 by David Arnott at Rufus on Fire
... and try to find the right formula -- if the answer is no, then plan to rebuild. Don't fake it--really do the analytics and be brutally honest. Once you have your answer, develop the game plan to try to REALLY win a championship. Always run away from experts that say, "We are just one player away." Recognize there is no easy and fast systemic fix. It will be a bumpy ride--have confidence in the plan--"trust and verify: the progress -- but don't deviate from the plan." H/T: HP ...

Exclusive Wikio Sports Blog Rankings
Published 3/4/2009 at 3 Shades of Blue
Occasionally, we are presented with some opportunities to give you something exclusively, whether it be an interview from a member of the front office (check back on Thursday for one of those) or the basketball community, or even something more unique, such as what we have today. As in the past, we have been allowed to show you the newest Wikio sports blog rankings exclusively before they get posted later this week. 3 Shades of Blue has managed to move up from #84 last month to #68 this month. ...

The Austin Toros had their first game of the post-Pops era last night. They won, I presume, only...
Published 2/27/2009 by Ridiculous Scott at Ridiculous Upside
... The Austin Toros had their first game of the post-Pops era last night. They won, I presume, only because coach Quin Snyder sang to them pre-game. My, what a WONDERFUL voice. Via Matt at HP via Rock M. Nation ...

Wilco: Ashes of American Flags Trailer
Published 2/27/2009 by Brinson at Brahsome - Care To Get Nice?
Is there anything more awesome than a dad rock DVD? I say hell no. For serious though, you know we love Wilco and we don’t care what you think, you damn kids! Muzzle of Bees gives us this awesome trailer for the Ashes of American Flags DVD. MoB also says the track listing is as follows (with a release date of April 18):Ashes of American Flags, Side with the Seeds, Handshake Drugs, The Late Greats, Kingpin, Wishful Thinking, Impossible Germany, Via Chicago, Shot in the Arm, Monday, You are my Face, Heavy Metal Drummer, War on War There are ...

Question of the day.
Published 2/26/2009 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Question of the day. Now that Tiger Woods has been eliminated, will you still watch the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship? ( polls ) Published by Paulsen at 6:22 PM [image] Labels: Question of the day Question of the day. Now that Tiger Woods has been eliminated, will you still watch the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship? ( polls ) View the entire comment thread. blog comments powered by Disqus Older Post Home Breaking news. The Rocky Mountain News will publish its final ...

The NBA trade deadline is a favorite of hoops fans. It’s the time when contenders, unanimous and c...
Published 2/19/2009 by wyn at Canis Hoopus
... I did an article for Hardwood Paroxysm today on the history of the trade deadline. There's also a link over there to my full salary spreadsheets for the league. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. ...

Bill Simmons Isn't a Kobe Hater, But He's Wrong About a Few Things
Published 2/11/2009 by Nate Jones (noreply@blogger.com) at JONES ON THE NBA
Take a look at Bill Simmons’ latest column for ESPN the Magazine. Tired of people on the internets calling him a Kobe hater, Simmons provides evidence that he believes proves that he is definitely not a Kobe hater. I agree with most of the article, but I took offense with one portion of it. Take a look at what he says ...

The Fundamentals
Published 2/8/2009 by Brandon Hoffman at BallerBlogger.com
... And by the way, in the games when Amare is focused and is playing hard his shots attempts go up. The ball does in fact find energy and Amare himself refuses to be denied and he forces the issue. The correlation between his shot attempts and the system isn’t simply on the coach calling plays for him. Its about Amare deciding to put his head down and attack versus turning down those opportunities. When you’ve watched Amare for as long as we have in Phoenix, you can see the difference.” Hardwood Paroxysm : “This is a guy who was being ...

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