mvn.com - 3/26/2008
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The perception amongst many writers and fans that I talk to suggests that they believe that the best way to build a team is to take the best foreigner available because they are better shooters and all around players. What many people fail to realize is this, if the San Antonio Spurs finished second in the draft lottery in 1997, no one would be saying this. Instead of receiving a gift wrapped ...
Walsh out after embarrassing 4-game winning streak
serioussportsnewsnetwork.com 3/26/2008 — The Indiana Pacers have won four games in a row, and owners Herb and Mel Simon aren’t happy about it. Sitting just a game and a half out of the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference isn’t what the brothers had in mind when this season started. “Do you have any idea what this little ‘winning streak’ means for the franchise?
The Tale Behind the 76ers Surge to the Playoffs
theaddshow.com 3/26/2008 — 5-12 to begin the season doesn't leave much hope, and it showed as attendance fell off dramatically.
But the only people that never gave up were the players on this Sixers team.
People have doubted them all year and will continue to do so, even after wins against San Antonio, Detroit, Denver, and Boston.
That's fine with the Sixers. Oh, and they'll welcome you to their bandwagon anytime.
Knicks' international policy continues to ring hollow
nydailynews.com 3/26/2008 — At least in the Isiah Thomas Era, the Knicks maintain a ?'Basketball with Borders'' philosophy. Like the old World War II political group that opposed intervention in Europe, their drafts over the past three years have been strictly "America First.''