The Outside World The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - Truehoop's Henry Abbott got a chance to appear on ESPN's Sports Nation, talking about Kobe "Captain Crunch" Bryant and the MVP race. - Wednesday night may have been the last NBA game in Sacramento. Chris Webber is doing what he can to keep the … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 4/15/11
NBA Anti-Awards: Final Edition
By Ian Levy (This post originally appeared at Hickory-High) With the regular season now in our rear-view mirror, bloggers and basketball writers will be posting their choices for winners of the NBA's postseason awards. Earlier this year, in a bout of malaise and general curmudgeonliness I created a handful of awards for some of the worst and most discouraging achievements … [Read more...] about NBA Anti-Awards: Final Edition
The Outside World – 4/8/11
The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - Tyreke Evans now owns Gary Neal's eternal soul. - People have been complaining about Dwight Howard, pushing the 10 second limit at the free throw line, all season. Last night he received a technical foul for taking more than the allotted time. That's his 18th … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 4/8/11
The Most Important, Valuable, Irreplaceable, Memorable and Statistically Remarkable Player
By Ian Levy - This post first appeared at Hickory-High.com Debate over the naming of this season's MVP has grown increasingly active and contentious over the past few weeks. Opinions have been flying in from every direction. Arguments have been made for Derrick Rose, against Derrick Rose, and for Dwight Howard. Even Kevin Love, Kyle Lowry and Russell Westbrook have had their … [Read more...] about The Most Important, Valuable, Irreplaceable, Memorable and Statistically Remarkable Player
The Outside World – 3/25/11
The Outside World is a weekly recap of the best basketball writing and analysis the internet has to offer. - If you'd like to learn more about some the available advanced statistics available to measure defense, let me give you a tour, using Corey Brewer as our guinea pig. - Not everyone loves March Madness. You'll hear few complaints about extra basketball on TV, but … [Read more...] about The Outside World – 3/25/11