By Joe Mags After months of speculation, then weeks of deliberation, LeBron James is coming home. Pickinsplinters will be looking into the impact of The Decision 2.0 all week long. Follow our coverage using the hashtag #LeBronToClev. After wasting hours of each summer day refreshing my Twitter feed and watching talking heads banter about why LeBron James could go here … [Read more...] about #LeBronToClev: The Letter
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Spurs Just Keep Winning
Why San Antonio is already the summer’s big winner. By: Joe Mags If San Antonio keeps making the best moves in basketball, but nobody seems to care, it totally still happened. Quietly, remaining true to one of the strongest virtues of the much-applauded San Antonio Spurs infrastructure, the team announced on Wednesday that basketball’s best head coach Gregg Popovich is … [Read more...] about Spurs Just Keep Winning
Holy Cross to face Pittsburgh on December 23
Courtesy of GoHolyCross.com WORCESTER, Mass. — Holy Cross and the University of Pittsburgh will meet in men’s basketball this season, as announced by Holy Cross director of athletics Nathan Pine. The game between the Crusaders and the Panthers will be played at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh on Dec. 23, 2014. “We are looking forward to playing Pittsburgh this … [Read more...] about Holy Cross to face Pittsburgh on December 23
LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part One)
How a couple free agent signings impact the entire landscape of the NBA By: Joe Mags The entire basketball universe is waiting for two men to decide where they will be playing next season. Meanwhile, every other free agent and most other basketball business is on hold. I took the time this weekend - well, it was less about me taking the time and more attempting to sanely sort … [Read more...] about LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part One)
Second-tier free agents Stephenson, Hayward sitting on gold mine
With the Heatles unofficially off the market, teams with cap space must turn their attention, and wallets, toward second-tier talents. By: Joe Mags To all of our displeasure, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are most likely returning to Miami in some sort of organized, pyramid pay-scale fashion. How dull. If Miami’s Big Three re-ups in South Beach suddenly Carmelo … [Read more...] about Second-tier free agents Stephenson, Hayward sitting on gold mine