Peter,

Alright, maybe I went a little too far calling your integrity into question, I'll admit that. But the fact of the matter is that you posted the same exact article twice. It's literally the same article minus "grades". That's like me posting one of my more popular articles (let's say, the "Coaches Ratings" I did last week) tomorrow and taking away the grades and putting it in a "Standard Article" format as opposed to slideshow, and it gets me another two-three thousand reads.

If your editor asked you to post the same article again, then that's a bad error on their part. But if it were me I would have said "Hey but I already posted this". If you did that and they still said to do it, then that's on them and BR. Otherwise you can't blame me for asking if you're just doing it for extra reads and to up your stats a bit.

As a Featured Columnist myself, I know how rough a lot of the readers can be. I often do my best to support fellow FC's and give them the benefit of the doubt. But factual errors are really inexcusable (the Ford part is bad, really bad), as opposed to just stating your opinion and having somebody disagree with it, fair game.

Hope this clears thing up. As said I overstepped my bounds a bit but I truly hope you just didn't post the same article twice just to up your stats. Because to me, you're no better than a Ricky Davis or Bob Sura padding for a triple double :).

- Dan

429 days ago

Nathaniel, thanks for the edits. Much appreciated!

432 days ago

Fair enough.

I don't see how the Nuggets trade was terrible. They got the most they could have gotten for Melo most likely, IMO. But in hindsight, Karl probably deserves a higher spot.

The Nuggets just seem to be one of those teams that should bust out any year but they continually under-perform and don't go the distance. I'm not sure whether it's coaching or the players not being focused, but that team should've atleast made it to the Finals once in the last 6-7 years, no?

Just my opinion, but I definitely like seeing what others think. Thanks for reading again, and thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

439 days ago

I have Karl at #14. I was not trying to be disrespectful. And I stand by my Tibs pick. He has transformed that team into a title contender, whereas before with Vinny they were merely an intriguing first-round opponent that never put up a serious fight. Obviously, I love Doc as well, but there were rumors swirling around in 2006 that he was tanking in hopes of getting a high draft pick. I don't know if that's true or not, but I know many sources and media outlets snatched up on that theory. The Celtics lost in the second round last year and are finally starting to come around. The Bulls lost in the Conference Finals last year and currently have the best record in the league. Tibs doesn't have a "Big Three". If Tibs had Rose "gift wrapped" to him, then what was Ainge assembling the "Big Three" through the trades he, not Doc, made, mean then?

As said, I stand by my case. I admire both coaches tremendously, each has their flaws, just like I as a writer do. But in terms of saying Tibs is a slightly better coach than Doc, I think I have a defensible argument.

440 days ago