Dont know if this was posted back in the day but it is a well reasoned article on the George/Kawhi trade.

Might be of interest to some of you.

Might be interesting to some of you

A wonderful podcast on fandom.
A good game--whether it's a pro football playoff, or a family showdown on the kitchen table--can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. This hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert wonder why we get so invested in something so trivial. What is it about games that make them feel so pivotal?

Game fixing, doping, money laundry and spying? OY!

Dont know if it has been posted before, but here it is.

Some mocks have JaJuan Johnson going to the Spurs in next week's draft. Now we all know that the Spurs will do whatever hasnt been suggested in any of the mock drafts but still. This is a nice profile on Johnson from sbnation's Purdue blog. Besides JaJuan and DeJuan could dominate the league for decades!

An article in SBNATIONS WVU blog.

"It was an interesting week in the NBA. Not really, but it helps to say things like that when you want people to read your stuff. The reality is, no one reads these introductory paragraphs. We all just glance through the lists and nod knowingly and occasionally shake our fists with impunity at the computer screen..."

TIME DRAIN ALERT: Long articles!
A fairly long article regarding finances in the NBA posted about 2 months ago in Sham. About a month later he posted this addendum:
Addendum to the Xavier Henry thing

where you can find this:

"As the initial post stated, Memphis were not being entirely pioneering here. There was a small amount of precedent, both from Ty Lawson's situation above and from the San Antonio Spurs:

A fifth player joined the less-than-120% club this year; Spurs draft pick and England frontline seamer James Anderson. After about a month of negotiations, San Antonio eventually signed Anderson to a contract that pays a maximum of 120% of the scale in the first year, but only 115% in the second year, and 117% in the third (fourth year salaries are calculated as a percentage of the third), all years of which contained more significant performance incentives than usual. This is the kind of thing Memphis are accused of being doing, if not an even more extreme example. Furthermore, this now means that three of the five players to have received less than the full 120% have been Spurs picks. They've actually gone through with the deed Memphis stand accused of trying, and they've done so on an annual basis. In the cases of [Ian] Mahinmi and [George] Hill, San Antonio could invoke the "no one else was drafting you that high, so live with it" excuse. Not so with Anderson. San Antonio have better leverage, given their strength as a franchise and the fact they aren't doing it with lottery picks, yet it is the same practice."

Just thought it is interesting how Memphis got scorned for attempting this while San Antonio were doing it for the past few years without drawing much attention. The original articles have all the details.

Maybe he can be the extra big man that some of the people in PTR want?

Manu dominates the top 5 defenses and the bottom 5 defenses.

Veteran free agent swingman Michael Finley has decided to join the Boston Celtics and will sign over the next few days, an NBA source told Yahoo! Sports.

Finley is expected to sign the prorated veteran minimum in "the next day or so," the source said.

That didn't take long.

olf gets giddy.

Very interesting analysis of the play by play of Hairston and Mahinmi in the Houston game. What I find most surprising is Mahinmi's ability to defend the p&r. Its a clear weakness so far for us. Im starting to think the Spurs are hesitant to play him more because they dont want to increase his value for this year's free agency.

I would feel more comfortable if he gives it an extended rest.

Spurs working to help accommodate Roger Mason with a trade, agent Mark Bartelstein tells Y! Minutes down, wants to play. Spurs cool with it.

The Spurs have been the second worst team for the last two weeks according to Dean Oliver's four factors second only to Sacramento.

Sorry guys. I cannot translate right now. Manu is certainly not satisfied with the way he has played so far this season. Also, at this point he is not sure if he will be with the team next season or if he will play for Argentina in the next international tournament.