What’s The Deal With Blogs?

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Sparked by emailed questions and conversations with people in the business of NBA information, I’m using the All-Star Break to look at some bigger picture questions about NBA blogging. Today the post talks about the growth of NBA blogs and why people are reading them — and a lot more of you are reading them. Tomorrow, the topic will be credibility of blogs and how NBA teams are dealing with ... [link]

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Monday Bullets
Published 2/18/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... a thug, like he's a bad dude,' teammate Chauncey Billups said. 'That couldn't be further from the truth about Rasheed. He's nowhere near a thug. He's a family man. Once he steps outside that rectangle, he's totally different, totally different. But that's cool. That's kind of the way he wants y'all to think. He don't really care what y'all really say or think about him. As long as the people that love him and know him know who he is, that's all he really cares about." Some thoughts about basketball blogs. Ira Winderman of the ...

Daily Dump: IU A Total Mess, Worst Dunks Ever, Kimbo, Women Think Sex and Heidi Named Sexiest
Published 2/18/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... by 9 a.m. Please have your link in by 7 a.m. at the latest. Tell your friends, enemies, mother, girlfriend and mailman. All we ask is to add us to your blog roll or drop a link for us here and there. Today’s Dump: Indiana University: Censorship that’s all for you! [The Meaningful Collateral] The 22 Worst Dunks - Ever* [on205th.com] What’s The Deal With NBA Blogs?  ...

BLINK Away the All-Star Hangover
Published 2/18/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... . If nothing else, they've got their dreams. Beautiful, man, just beautiful. *Tear* Kurt gets his Jerry Seinfeld on and asks, " What's the deal with blogs? " (It's quite the insightful piece, this one.) Let no one say Passion and Pride wasn't ...

Buzzer Beaters
Published 2/24/2008 by Connor at Hoops Addict
... * One of my favourite blogs, Forum Blue & Gold, recently ran a mini-series on “Blogs, Credibility and the NBA.” Whether you’re a blogger or just a basketball fan Kurt provides some great insight into how blogs are changing the way fans are getting information and insight into their favourite teams and players. Click on the links to read part one and ...

ETB’s Scribes of the NBA Interview Series - Kurt of Forum Blue and Gold
Published 8/15/2008 by Andrew Thell at Empty the Bench
... walk, the answer to that question changed. I think it would be Lamar Odom, so he can give me the scoop on his Entourage cameo, plus he just seems like a good, grounded guy who has learned a lot from some tragedies at a young age. Recommended Reading at Forum Blue & Gold: - Bynum’s Deal - Are we tough enough? - Team USA, Free Agency, and Other Stuff… - Talking Schedule (And Other Stuff) - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer = The Lakers - What’s The Deal With Blogs? More ETB’s Scribes of the NBA Interview Series: - J.E. Skeets of ...

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