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Preseason: Hornets – Heat Thoughts and Observations

Observations of the preseason game at Miami and just some thoughts about the team overall.

October 5, 2015 · 5 Comments

The Handle Podcast – Chucky Brown: 9/28/15

NBA champion Chucky Brown joins me to talk about the different teams he has been on (Rockets, Spurs, Hornets), how his time in the CBA inspired him and relive some Jim Valvano memories.

September 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Handle Podcast – Steve Martin: 9/18/15

The legendary Charlotte Hornets announcer Steve Martin joins me to talk about Charlotte’s off-season moves, the outlook on the team’s future and to share his favorite Hornets memories from the past.

September 18, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Handle Podcast – Jim McIlvaine: 9/13/15

Jim McIlvaine joined me to talk both Xs and Os and fun stuff about the NBA of the 90s.

September 13, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Handle Podcast – Tracy Murray: 9/7/15

On the inaugural episode of The Handle podcast, Tracy Murray joins me to discuss his whole basketball career.

September 8, 2015 · 3 Comments

An Unnecessary Breakdown of the Shaky 15 Blocks by Shaq

This is probably the most dominant big man stat-line in recent basketball history (and by recent basketball history I mean, what we all mean in these cases, anything up to 1985-86 as provided by basketball-reference.com)…

August 19, 2015 · 9 Comments

Vintage NBA: Off-the-Backboard Set Plays

Some cool examples of NBA teams having set plays with off-the-backboard passes.

July 4, 2015 · 2 Comments

TNT Not Airing the Side-Line Interview with Gregg Popovich

The coach in question, of course, is Gregg Popovich who had an extra-grumpy series even for his standards by averaging 5.41 words per one question (65 words for 12 questions as question 13th and 14th weren’t aired).

May 3, 2015 · Leave a comment

Charlotte Hornets Season in Review, Part 2

Thanks to everybody who praised the first batch of reviews and took their time to give me a Twitter shout out or encouraged me personally. Here’s the remaining of Hornets … Continue reading

April 21, 2015 · Leave a comment

Season in Review: Lance Stephenson

It’s hard to tell why exactly it all went wrong. I mean, the fit of Stephenson on the Hornets roster is bad, however, no one else but Lance should be … Continue reading

April 21, 2015 · 1 Comment