Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Tracy McGrady

The NBA is filled with stories of High School kids who make the jump to the NBA without going to College. Moses Malone, Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Bill Willoughby, Darryl Dawkins and Tracy McGrady. McGrady was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the 1997 NBA draft. He teamed up in 1998 with cousin

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Ben Wallace

Welcome to this week’s Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday. This week we are spotlighting the rough and rugged Power forward Ben Wallace. Wallace signed with the Washington Bullets (later Wizards) as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …Shawn Kemp

Sometimes potential is a word that few can live up to, or in some cases just leave you wondering what if ? Kemp is the what if? What if he played hard everynight? What if he came to play with desire and showed up in shape? What if substance abuse wasn’t a factor in his

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …Horace Grant

This week’s Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday is about the underrated underappreciated but important member on the basketball team…the Power forward so for this week Smallthoughts”Old School Tuesday will highlight 3 under appreciated and underrated but important players to their teams…Horace Grant, Buck Williams and Charles Oakley. First we are going to spotlight Horace Grant. He

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Nick Anderson

In the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Magic faced the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, who had recently returned from an aborted baseball career wearing the number 45 instead of his famous number 23. At the end of Game One, Anderson famously stripped Jordan from behind, leading to the game-winning basket for the Magic. He later

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Rony Seikaly

Rony Seikaly wasn’t the most spectacular but was solid and held his own in the pros. Considered one of the top college players from Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program, Seikaly’s stellar offense and defense placed him among the school’s all-time leaders in rebounds, points and blocks while earning several nationally recognized awards and honors. His

This was Insane…

In case you missed it check out this dunk by the Orlando magic’s Aaron Gordon insane…

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Grant Hill

fore injuries took it’s toll, Grant Hill was mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the greatest players in the league at their time. Oh he was that good. Touted as one of the best players in Duke history, many went as far as to say that he was one

Jason Richardson Retires After a High Flying Career

Jason Richardson has decided to retire from the NBA after a 14 year career full of high flying dunks. Best known for his between the legs dunk and the reverse dunk in the slam dunk competition, Richardson had a career scoring average of 17.1 points per game. He announced his retirement on Instagram…” Today is

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Shaquille O’Neal

  The Orlando Magic drafted O’Neal with the 1st overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. During that summer, prior to moving to Orlando, he spent a significant amount of time in Los Angeles under the tutelage of Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. O’Neal was named the Player of the Week in his first week in