As the 2009 NBA playoffs wrapped up, fans began pondering about life without basketball – if only for a few months. Luckily with emergence of social media and the overwhelming NBA presence on these platforms there has been no “off-season”. Fans went straight from playoffs to mock drafts, to free agent frenzy to what I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘NBA Observations’
July 22, 2009
Raptor Report: Heels on the Airwaves
I haven’t had a chance to put out my thoughts on the Jarrett Jack signing but plan to get to that sometime today. I did though, get a chance to be a guest on the Fan590 last night to talk about the Raptors.
Firstly, I would like to thank Zack Cooper (@ZCooperstown) for having me as [...]
July 16, 2009
Raptor Rant – Never Underestimate an Athletes Will to Win (Race to 50K)
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These are the dog days of summer when it comes to the NBA. You are trying to get excited about next season and summer league ball just isn’t cutting it.
Enter twitter…
I joined twitter about a year ago (@Nat77) and used it primarily to connect with other sports bloggers and fans. It was different [...]
July 15, 2009
Heyyyy Wooorrrrld! Dwight Howard owns shirts with sleeves
While most people were getting some shut eye last night, Dwight Howard decided he wanted to chat with the fans and fired up UStream. He had just arrived in LA, settled into his hotel room and turned on his computer (no Playboy mansion for the man). After some technical difficulties – which prompted him to [...]
July 13, 2009
Free Agency – Match me if you Can
Jarrett Jack: The Raptors addressed a major need earlier in the week by announcing the signing of Hedo Turkoglu but they didn’t stop there. Word came out over the weekend that the team has signed Jarrett Jack of the Indiana Pacers to an offer sheet for 4 years $20M. Though they have Jose Calderon signed [...]
