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One of my favorite old "Sportscenter" segments was their "Fact or Fiction" segment where an NBA/NFL/MLB/etc. analyst would give you his opinion on a subjective matter as if it were truly fact or fiction. I enjoyed this segment because most of the time analysts gave wholly appropriate and logical reasoning behind their opinions. However, this segment also ran during the Sean Salisbury era so hearing his innate opinions ...

This time one year ago, many draft pundits were deploring the weakness of the 2009 NBA Draft. I was among them. Despite my man crush on Ricky Rubio, I thought the 2009 Draft was full of maybes and that there were no sure things at the top of the draft. In my 2009 Draft Guide, I found myself looking ahead to the 2010 Draft more than concentrating on the draft at hand. One ...

I spent the period between the end of the NBA Conference Finals and the beginning of the Finals degrading anyone who thought the 2010 Finals would have any semblance of similarity to the 2008 Finals. In fact, degrading might be too nice of a word. I thought it was completely idiotic—so much so, that I wrote an article scoffing at the notion. There were, in my mind, only two similarities: The team ...

True rivalries are by far the greatest aspect of sports for fans.  Not last-second buzzer beaters, not Cinderella stories, or even championships. Rivalries.  Rivalries are everlasting.  Rivalries create excitement for even the most mundane contest.  Rivalries turn rational businessmen into petulant children when their side loses.  Rivalries create tall-tales you tell to bore your children and grandchildren with:  You wax poetic about the pageantry, the greatest game, the greatest players, and the greatest ...

Kobe Bryant is the single most polarizing NBA player of this generation. He is both globally loved and loathed.  Laker fans jump to his defense when they hear any disparaging word, while his detractors relish in every single one of his failures.  Bryant is either a fierce warrior who drives his team to victory or a selfish dictator who saps the confidence from his teammates. It just depends who you ask. He is ...

We have all spent the last two days hearing (ad nauseam) about LeBron James and his decision to stay in Cleveland or leave for "greener" pastures.  Every talking head and ESPN analyst, with the exception of Skip Bayless, seemingly agrees that LeBron's decision completely alters the NBA axis for the next decade.  Well, like Bayless, I disagree. I disagree not because I hate everything ...