Category Archives: Basketball

Five Things I’ve Thought This Week

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Duncan

1. Brendan McCullum should not be putting out a book 2. This Tour de France has a reasonable chance of being one of the best ever. 3. I don’t think I’ve anticipated a non-All Blacks game of international rugby as … Continue reading →

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DeadCast: Balls! 23 feat. ‘The Decision, The All Blacks, The Warriors and The Tour de France

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Duncan

Duncan Aaron talk about The All Blacks humiliation of The ‘Boks over the weekend, The revival of the Warriors, ‘The Decision’, The way this Tour de France is shaping up as a classic with many more to come… And that’s … Continue reading →

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CHANGE

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Henry

This decade: The Lakers are going to fade, and then the Thunder will take over the West. The Thunder will be the Anti-Heat, the Cool. The narrative: Good vs Evil, Ambition vs Ego, Organic vs Processed, Basketball vs Fame, Homemade … Continue reading →

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The Summer of 2010: Ill Informed Predictions

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Duncan

One of the earliest DeadBall posts, over 18 months ago, was Henry’s advance look at a scenario right on top of us right now: the battle for LeBron, and his only slightly less talented friends Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade. … Continue reading →

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Shut Up And Jam!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Aaron

Heading into last weekend, it seemed the NBA Playoff Marathon was lurching toward the tedium of two chest-thumping juggernauts slugging it out for more prized jewellery; the competitions most decorated club pitted against their most decorated coach. Paul Pierce didn’t … Continue reading →

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Sunny Side Up

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Duncan

The men above have a combined age of 73, comfortably past pensionable in any nation on this earth, and well past the time when most sportsmen have become figureheads or locker room guys or whatever. Instead this Suns team is … Continue reading →

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Art vs Basketball

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Duncan

I’ve been reading the above book lately, and while I don’t generally make a habit of getting involved with subtitles like Essays on Art & Democracy, I might have to start now, because the following paragraph struck me so solidly … Continue reading →

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Fear the Deer

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Henry

Anyone notice that Milwaukee quietly took the lead in the series against the Hawks? You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video – Henry

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Fear the Deer

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Henry

Any notice that the Milwaukee Bucks have quietly tied the series against the Hawks? You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video – Henry

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I Can’t Hate the Lakers

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Duncan

Note: due to continued f*** ups with their much-advertised, little-supported International League Pass broadband system (which has pretty much shut down since the playoffs arrived, happily), I’ve only watched the two ESPN games so far. So frustrating. I can heartily … Continue reading →

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