Larry Brown Sports
Brown Bag it, Baby
Whether you are among LeBron James‘ now seemingly loyal few, or air mailing your old “23” jersey to Cleveland to be thrown on the bonfire, there’s no doubt that King James has come under some, I’ll say, deserved …
That’s what some people on twitter are thinking about Commissioner David Stern, given the way he announced Chicago’s selection of French Guiana player Kevin Seraphin in the first round of the NBA Draft. Other people think Stern was …
Ralph Nader was well ahead of the curve, jumping all over the officiating for Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals in 2002 — the series brought into question by Tim Donaghy (least we suspect). He sent a letter to David Stern following that …
Let’s see, the NHL hit up Europe, the NFL went to London and wants to go to Germany, baseball’s venturing to China, and now the NBA is considering franchises in Europe. Per Ian Thomsen at SI (to whom Stern likely dropped the test …
I was pretty incensed when the NBA was talking about fining Mark Cuban because of what he said about Michael Finley. To me, it just seemed like they were going entirely overboard. Well, this latest story, that the Sonics co-owner will be fined …
They don’t bother me one bit. Of course I’m not the one selling advertising on my multi-million dollar finals TV deal, but still. I’m really just sick and tired of hearing about how the NBA finals ratings are down. That …
Back to the way it used to be — one ping pong ball for all teams that failed to make the playoffs. Look, I fully believe the NBA needs to amend the system in order to correct the problem of having teams intentionally tank games at the end of …
See, he’s not a dumb man, just a practical one. Not unlike many others, I argued that the NBA needed to change the Leaving the Bench Rule so that in the future, stars like Amare won’t be suspended when they didn’t involve themselves …
Yesterday I said that Robert Horry’s cheap shot on Steve Nash was a genius move. Why? Because I knew it would result in an automatic one-game suspension for both Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw, tilting the balance in favor of San Antonio. …
When I posted a few days ago asking why the Jazz and Heat were considered the No. 4 seeds in their respective conferences, despite having inferior records to the teams who were seeded 5th, and despite not enjoying the home court advantage typically …
OK, I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time, but it’s still worth mentioning now that Houston and Utah is 3-2 Rockets, with each game being won on home court. The other series this affected was Miami/Chicago, but we all know how …