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John Stockton played his 1,204th and final NBA game on April 16, 2003 in Sacramento, California. He was checked out of the game, received a standing ovation from the visiting crowd, and quietly retired. There was no press conference, no farewell tour, no season long distraction or speculation as to what John would do after […]
With all of the NBA’s marquee free-agents now under contracts with their new teams (I am not counting the possibility of a Russell Westbrook trade), the table is now set on what stands to be one of the most exciting NBA seasons ever. We have never seen an NBA off-season where so many difference-making stars […]
I have been fly fishing for almost five years now. I’ll never forget my first fish that got away. It was on the upper Provo River near the Murdoch Basin turnoff. Fishing streamers was still new to me and I had fairly light tippet on with my Muddler Minnow. I was casting my line straight […]
Obsession I played and watched basketball all the time. We had a full-court just outside of our house and I had dreams of one day playing for the hometown Utah Jazz. We watched all of the games. My ball went with me most places, I even slept with it. Before my Sophomore year, I set […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love this Utah Jazz team, but I think there will be some changes. Your three pillars are Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, and Rudy Gobert. They set the culture and are the core. But, what beyond that? I thought Ricky Rubio had a relatively good series. I couldn’t have expected better. […]
Donovan Mitchell is now averaging 23.6 points per game, just ahead of Kyrie Irving for 17th in the league in scoring. None of the top 25 scorers are as inexperienced as the Jazz’s rising star. Just exactly how big of a steal was Donovan Mitchell when the Jazz snagged him 13th overall in last year’s […]
The NBA season has reached its halfway mark and the league has some players that are HOT and some that are NOT. HOT: James Harden With his recent scoring tear, James Harden has pushed his scoring average to 33.9 points per game. If Harden can maintain this pace, he will join Kobe Bryant (once) and […]
Dear Mr. Lindsay, I know, I know. I’m sure you read the headline, saw Jimmer’s name, and immediately and emotionally reacted in one of a few ways: “I totally agree!” If this was your reaction, you’ve been hanging out with BYU fans, read my reasoning first before you call your friends. I know they’ve been […]
October basketball is in the books. NBA teams have now each played between six and nine games and here’s what we have learned so far. Steph Curry In the first nine games of the season, Curry is averaging 33.0 points on an effective field goal percentage of 70.1! The year Steph took home his unanimous […]
The NBA season tips off tonight as the Celtics take on the Sixers and the Thunder take on the defending champ Warriors. The wait for NBA basketball is finally over. Before the season starts, it’s always fun making predictions about what’s going to happen in the next 8 months. Here are a few of my […]
With NBA preseason now underway, fans around the league have high hopes for their teams. Some teams made a splash with off-season trades and signings (Lakers, Warriors, Rockets, Thunder), while others will rely on internal growth and health of their players (Jazz, Sixers, Celtics, Nuggets). Last year’s doormats will hope that their shiny, new draft […]
The NBA is soaring in popularity right now. It seems to be making all of the right moves with regards to social issues like gender, social injustice, and race. The NBA has taken the lead among professional leagues with regard to acceptance and progress in areas the NFL and MLB have struggled. Lebron James, the […]
Thursday night, Lebron James continued to play at a legendary level by posting his record-tying eighth 40-point game in these Playoffs with his masterful 51-point-8-rebound-8-assist Game 1 in this year’s NBA Finals. Facebook and Twitter feeds have been flooded with the never-ending debate of whether Lebron has overtaken Michael Jordan as the GOAT, the greatest […]
I recently saw a stat that identified Ben Simmons as just the second player (Oscar Robertson was the first) to accumulate 1,000 points, 600 assists, and 600 rebounds as a rookie, an impressive accomplishment for sure. However, Robertson did have 900 more points than Simmons, was third in the NBA in scoring and led the […]
The Mitchell vs. Simmons Rookie of the Year debate is coming to a head. When the season started, most experts agreed that this was a particularly deep and talented rookie class, but Simmons was widely viewed as a lock to win the award. Mitchell was an afterthought as the 13th overall pick. Now, as we […]