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The NBA's Best: By The Numbers, Part 1

A fellow Bleacher Report contributor recently invited me to read an article he wrote concerning a tradition he has recently initiated to celebrate each of his son's birthdays...

Written by Gaz V about 6 months ago 333 reads 9 comments
The NBA's Best: By Height

We’ve all read articles that talk about the best players of all time, the best players to ever play a certain position, the best players to never win a championship, the best players to ...

Written by Gaz V about 8 months ago 1,298 reads 30 comments
Play of Perkins Powers the Pursuit of Perfection

With a record-breaking 27-2 start to this NBA season, the Boston Celtics have arguably improved as a team since last year's championship run...

Written by Gaz V about 11 months ago 173 reads 10 comments
Is Mr. Clutch Losing His Touch?

For the second night in a row, the Los Angeles Lakers—a team frequently labeled the “best team” in the Western Conference—had possession of the ball, time on the clock, ...

Written by Gaz V about 11 months ago 626 reads 71 comments
Do Kobe and Company Need Viagra To Avoid Going Soft?

In the process of being humiliated in last year's Finals against the Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers were commonly criticized for being too soft on the defensive end...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 548 reads 16 comments
Green Machine Ready To Roll

The Boston Celtics currently sit atop the Eastern Conference, having played more games than any other team in the NBA. With nine victories from 11 starts, Boston has thus far won two more games than the hapless Washington Wizards have even played...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 251 reads 7 comments
If Kobe Is Mr. Clutch, Then Who Is Paul Pierce?

I read an article here on Bleacher Report a little over a week ago in which the author claimed that Kobe Bryant should rightly be considered Mr. Clutch, based on his recent fourth-quarter performance against the Nuggets...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 746 reads 16 comments
Is the NBA's East the New Beast?

It was a common criticism of the Celtics last year to suggest that they owed their spectacular regular season record, in part, to the relative weakness of the competition they faced in the Eastern ...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 165 reads 1 comments
Team USA Basketball: Yet Another Dream Team Versus Redeem Team Article

I think it's great that the play of the so-called Redeem Team has brought so much joy to so many people. At the same time, too many commentators seem to be downplaying the achievements of the ...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 1,176 reads 2 comments
Exclusive: Cadel Evans Cheats His Way To Tour De France Victory

Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Indurain, Armstrong. To even casual cycling fans, these are household names. Each of these riders achieved fame by conquering cycling’s penultimate event: the Tour de France...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 1,016 reads 5 comments
Achieving Celtics Immortality: Will No. 5 Hang From The Rafters?

A close friend and I were joking the other day that the Celtics cannot afford to retire too many more jersey numbers without creating the need to start using three digit numbers. Paul Pierce's No...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 482 reads 22 comments
Who Cares? The NBA Cares, That's Who! Part 1

In this, the first of two articles on how the 'NBA Cares', I look at some specific ways in which the organization and its personnel live up to its current slogan. I hope you enjoy it. The NBA Cares for the Global Economy Michael Jordan...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 968 reads 7 comments
Andrew Bynum: Will He be Crushed by the Weight of Expectation?

In the aftermath of the Lakers’ latest capitulation to the Celtics in the NBA Finals, many within the Los Angeles sports community have suggested that having Andrew Bynum in uniform would have reversed the outcome of the series...

Written by Gaz V about about 1 year ago 1,302 reads 14 comments

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Gaz V Article Archive

The NBA's Best: By The Numbers, Part 1

The NBA's Best: By Height

Play of Perkins Powers the Pursuit of Perfection

Is Mr. Clutch Losing His Touch?

Do Kobe and Company Need Viagra To Avoid Going Soft?

Green Machine Ready To Roll

If Kobe Is Mr. Clutch, Then Who Is Paul Pierce?

Is the NBA's East the New Beast?

Team USA Basketball: Yet Another Dream Team Versus Redeem Team Article

Exclusive: Cadel Evans Cheats His Way To Tour De France Victory

Achieving Celtics Immortality: Will No. 5 Hang From The Rafters?

Who Cares? The NBA Cares, That's Who! Part 1

Andrew Bynum: Will He be Crushed by the Weight of Expectation?

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