Much is being made over the “predicament” the Lakers find themselves in, regarding how they will construct a team around LeBron James, and the newly acquired Anthony Davis (EDIT: Not anymore !). Thanks to an “accounting error” made by the front office, the Lakers now find themselves in a cap space bind. They now findContinue reading “GM Hat: Lakeshow”
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Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Wings/Guards
Going to mash these two groups together as there are virtually going to be no realistic options for the Pistons to take at PG at 15. So it’s really just combo guards and wings and a couple of the guys could be classified as either so let’s just smash them all together. Also the PistonsContinue reading “Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Wings/Guards”
Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Forwards
This section invariably will be much more brief. The Pistons best player is Blake Griffin, and while his decline is coming sooner than later, he just had one of his best seasons in quite some time. Behind Blake is Thon Maker, a long, high moor project who the Pistons are still trying to figure out.Continue reading “Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Forwards”
Detroit Pistons NBA Draft Preview: The Prologue
Mired in mediocrity. That pretty much sums up the current existence of being a Piston fan (a Lion, Tiger, and Red Wing fan too but I digress). Once the excitment of the respective offseason dies down,I’ll wax poetically about how terrible it is to be stuck in that hopeless middle. Too bad to be aContinue reading “Detroit Pistons NBA Draft Preview: The Prologue”
Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Centers
*I hate using “positions” as the NBA has grown out of that but it’s easier for this blog’s current purposes to use the archaic labeling systems* The Pistons have worked out a lot of bigs. My secret hope is that this is because they realize they just cannot be paying Andre Drummond 50 million perContinue reading “Detroit Pistons 2019 Draft Preview: Centers”
Lions State of the Roster – 2019 NFL Draft Outlook (Offense)
Time to take a look at the Lions as they get ready for the 2019 NFL Draft. Bob Quinn and company have done a solid job in 2019 Free Agency (more on that in a later post) and are actually in a solid roster position, where they do not have to abjectly reach for need. Continue reading “Lions State of the Roster – 2019 NFL Draft Outlook (Offense)”
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2018 NBA Mock Draft (Lottery)
The 2018 NBA Draft is here ! This means, it’s the end of Mock Draft season. This is a time when a lot of insiders try to read the tea leaves, wade through the smokescreens and prognosticate the upcoming Draft. It’s important to know the caveats of my mock, as all mock drafts are notContinue reading “2018 NBA Mock Draft (Lottery)”
How to KEEP LeBron Vol. 3 – Cavs Edition
The Grousbeck brothers & Stephen Pagliuca. Joseph Lacob. Tilman Fertitta. Peter Holt. Chances are, you have NO idea who any of those people are without Googling them. You know who they are ? They are the (majority) owners of the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs, respectively. You don’t knowContinue reading “How to KEEP LeBron Vol. 3 – Cavs Edition”
How To Get LeBron Vol. 2 – Lakers Edition
In the 31 years between 1980 and 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers played in the NBA Finals 16 times. Out of those 16 attempts, they captured the NBA Championship 10 times. That means in any given year for a little over 3 decades, that season had a 50% chance of ending with the Lakers winningContinue reading “How To Get LeBron Vol. 2 – Lakers Edition”
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