BY: ALEX BOGACH
At this point, considering the fact that the NBA’s most hated team and God’s favorite quarterback are the most polarizing topics in sports, this is a column made in page view heaven. It’s probably good for site traffic when your column format is: What does Extremely Polarizing Quarterback have to do with Extremely Polarizing Basketball Team. Continue reading
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BY: ALEX BOGACH
I’ve always opposed people who believe strongly in the NBA and its sinister conspiracy plots. One of the most famous theories is that the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged. The theory’s momentum is based around the 1985 lottery when the Knicks won the first pick to get Patrick Ewing. Back then, when all non-playoff teams had equal chance at the top pick, David Stern would play BINGO by selecting envelopes out of a round rolling bin, calling out the teams one at the time. People believe that to ensure the Knicks got Ewing, Stern froze the Knicks envelope and just had to pick the cold envelope last. An even more convincing theory is that the Knicks’ envelope had a bend on one of its corners—which if you watch the YouTube video is pretty eye-opening. Continue reading
BY: ALEX BOGACH
I’m going to write this very slowly to make sure that by the time this gets posted it will still be relevant. With the way things are going so far, I wouldn’t be stunned to see Chris Paul in New York, Tyson Chandler back with the Mavericks and LeBron taking his talents to Beskitas.
I expected this week was going to be wild. I expected it to be jam packed with player movement—and not just any player movement—but perhaps star-studded player movement, including Chris Paul and Dwight Howard. Continue reading
BY: ALEX BOGACH
How do the Raptors escape the bottomless pits of the NBA’s basement? Are we in the worst situation in the league? Is there any hope?
Fear not, young Raptor fans, I’m here to tell you the Raptors are in the perfect opportunity to become a championship contender. With Dwight Howard and Chris Paul teaming up with all the other good players in the NBA, I know what you’re feeling. You’re frustrated. I’m here to answer your questions. Continue reading
BY: ALEX BOGACH
The last thing you want to become is the Miami Heat. I’m not talking about having Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on your team—every NBA fan should want that. But rather, I’m talking about the Heat’s decisions for retired jerseys.
A retired jersey number immortalizes a player for a fanbase forever. It places that player and number into an entirely different stratosphere of adoration. By retiring a jersey, you’re saying that when your kids start coming to see your favourite NBA team, you want them to look up at the rafters and be able to automatically acknowledge that those people revolutionized their team. It’s the Mount Rushmore of any franchise. Your founding fathers. Continue reading
BY: ALEX BOGACH
We can learn something great from Rip Hamilton about power and control. To break it down quickly, the players get 57 percent of all basketball related income (BRI) and the owners want it somewhere south of 50 percent. The union has offered 53 percent, which the owners currently are not willing to accept.
Say what you want about greed, but it’s a billion dollar industry and making money is all relative. At the end of the day, someone’s going to make this money so it’s not wrong for the players and owners to fight about it. It would be foolish for the players to pull back and cede to the owners to not seem selfish, because then the owners will just make more money. Continue reading