Fabricio Oberto has retired from the NBA due to a recurring heart condition. 48MoH regulars Tim Varner and Jesse Blanchard wish Oberto well with a brief assessment of his game. We welcome our readers to share your assessment of Fabricio Oberto-even if you simply want to poke fun at the ridiculous rubber band he liked [...]
On the rare night this preseason in which the San Antonio Spurs newest starting center was not among the team’s leading scorers, DeJuan Blair’s impact was still felt in last night’s 108-85 victory over Caja Caja Laboral, leading the way to the Spurs 18 rebound advantage. For the Spanish League team making it’s way through [...]
The NBA playoffs open up with the San Antonio Spurs in their lowest playoff seeding of the Tim Duncan Era. But to understand why the Spurs are not discouraged about opening on the road in Dallas, instead of the friendly confines of the AT&T Center, there must first be an understanding of their philosophy. San [...]
The Spurs beat the Celtics on the boards 55-32. A plus 23 rebounding edge is usually enough to secure a victory, but not last night, and not against the Celtics. The Spurs may have won the rebounding battle, but they lost in every other phase of play. The Celtics controlled the game from the outset. [...]
Some of the most interesting questions facing the coaching staff this season revolve around our big men. The frontcourt has depth and a diversity of skill sets. Figuring out how to organize that depth will be a challenge, although a far more pleasant challenge than figuring how to navigate last season’s lack thereof. One of [...]
The always provocative Wendell Berry is good at digging for disease, never becoming arrested at the surface, staring at symptoms. He wants to get beneath all that. In a thoughtful Harper’s piece dated May, 2008 -Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits-Berry takes on the disease of limitlessness. Early last year, Berry was responding to the [...]
Ole is running a short but fun interview with Fabricio Oberto, newest member of the Washington Wizards. The most important take away from the article is that Oberto is fully recovered from the atrial fibrillation which caused him to miss games last season. The fun stuff is a portrait of Fabricio as a tourist, his [...]
