As a little aside before tonight’s San Antonio Spurs-Detroit Pistons contest, I wanted to remind our readers that surprising rookie Jonas Jerebko was a teammate of sort-of, kind-of Spurs project James Gist last season. In terms of production, they were both pretty good, although neither was terrific. That Free Darko book, the Macrophenomenal Basketball Almanac, [...]
48MoH readers have seen the name Bruno tossed about here and there. Bruno is a trusted friend firmly situated in France, where he is able to make all sorts of smart observations about the Spurs, the NBA, and their various relationships in the international basketball community. For the upcoming season we’ve asked a few friends [...]
It’s been a while. Let’s see if I remember how to do this. Despite the announcer’s bombastic 1st quarter prognostication that we had “all the makings of a classic,” this afternoon’s contest between Spain and France proved to be nothing of the sort. Spain pulled away by 10 at the end of the first and [...]
If you have the time, I suggest you take in this afternoon’s contest between France and Spain in the EuroBasket Quarterfinals, available live on ESPN360. France is undefeated so far but the tournament holds no tougher opponent than Spain. A victory today by France could make Les Bleus the new frontrunner. The key to that [...]
