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My name is John McDown, and I am not really a writer for sport as much as I just love to put my thoughts into form about basketball. I don't write about any other sports. I am an absolute basketball junkie, to the point where people make fun of me and I have to shrug it off. I have been involved with organized hoops since I was in 4th grade, and it's been non-stop ever since. My basketball career stopped sometime after my freshman year in junior college when my admiration for watching and disecting the game became greater than my will to play competitive ball. So now I play pick-up, then come home and watch games, and write about it. I get my fill this way.

I am originally from Irvine, California and I lived there the majority of my life. I moved to Oklahoma for family reasons when I was 21 years old, and now I'm going to school at the University of Central Oklahoma studying Business Administration. I want to make a lot of money one day so I can get a 60 inch television and watch all the games I want in high-definition.

My all-time favorite team is the Chicago Bulls, because they started me in basketball when I was a youngster, and I stuck with them. Jordan did that for a lot of people, but not a lot of those folks stuck with the Bulls. I did. Maybe I shouldn't have though, because they are terrible. I also love the Lakers because I'm from southern California so it' a given, and Kobe is one of my favorite players ever. Tim Duncan is my favorite player of all-time, so naturally I find myself rooting for the Spurs a great deal.

John's Recent Articles

Boston Celtics: Move over, KG! Paul Pierce is the Team's Real MVP

Published about 1 year ago
837 reads 0 comments

Memo to LeBron James: Get Down on the Block Already!

Published about 1 year ago
1,129 reads 3 comments

Wake Up! The NBA Has Never Seen an Era This Good

Published about 1 year ago
790 reads 12 comments

Lakers: The Real Reason Kobe Bryant Is the NBA MVP

Published about 1 year ago
1,410 reads 12 comments

John Writes About

NBA (4),
Opinion (3),
Los Angeles (3),
NBA MVP (2),
NBA Atlantic (2),
Riverside (2),
Boston Celtics (2),
Boston (2)

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Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant
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Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs
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by Dave
about 1 year ago

Good deal, where your experience definitely shows. Glad you brought it to Bleacher Report. Looking forward to more great analysis.
by Dave
about 1 year ago

John -

Just wanted to let you know that your article on the NBA got republished on FoxSports.com as part of a new partnership we have with them, that we're getting ready to announce.

Check it out:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8121598/NBA-is-the-best-it's-ever-been

Not bad for your 2nd article!

Keep up the great work,

Dave

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