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Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Jamaal Wilkes


One of the smoothest, steadiest and most productive forwards to ever play in the NBA (he possessed a deadly accurate jump shot from the corner that Hall of Fame Laker announcer Chick Hearn dubbed the “20 foot layup”) Jamaal “Smooth as Silk” Wilkes won championships at the scholastic, collegiate and professional levels. Wilkes was anContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Jamaal Wilkes”

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Kareem Abdul Jabbar


There were times when Kareem was not easy to root for. There was the time Dr.J posterized in a all star game, there was the time when Kareem turned thug and broken his hand punching Milwaukee center Kent Benson in the face. But there was no denying that Kareem was one of the greatest playersContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Kareem Abdul Jabbar”

Both Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are curious about Jason Kidd’s coaching hire


I have been vocal in the past about certain former players getting head coaching jobs and other that don’t. Think of Jason Kidd for and Patrick Ewing. A month after retiring Kidd becomes the Nets head coach while Ewing an assistant coach for at least 10 years hasn’t had a chance to be a headContinue reading “Both Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are curious about Jason Kidd’s coaching hire”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Says Oscar Robertson Was Better Than LeBron James and Michael Jordan


by Nicholas Goss As a six-time NBA champion and one of the greatest players ever to walk on a court, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is among the most well-respected men in the basketball community. One of the most intense basketball debates involves the subject of who’s the best player in league history, with two of the bestContinue reading “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Says Oscar Robertson Was Better Than LeBron James and Michael Jordan”