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  1. Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position: Deluxe Edition

    "Man. Sang, what is up with you?" asks my subconscious, which is weird because I always thought the subconscious wasn't supposed to make conscious statements. But still it continues, "You promised a weekly column and here you are, two weeks later...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 1 day ago 10 comments

  2. Top 3 NBA Players at Each Position : Week 2.5

    And I'm back, half a week later than I had promised since the last report. A lot of things have happened in the NBA since my last rankings, with some rising, some falling, and Mark Cuban being implicated in an insider trading fiasco...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 15 days ago 3 comments

  3. The Top Three NBA Players at Each Position: Week One

    I'm trying to start a regular weekly column with my personal picks of the top three NBA players at the five spots, as well as a rookie watch. This was partially inspired by ESPN's Awards Watch and my love of lists and categorization...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 27 days ago 7 comments

  4. Raptor's Opener : Musings, Rantings, Congratulations

    Well, the opener's come and gone and, thank Zeus, the Raptors managed to stifle the Elton's glorious, half-arena filled debut in Philly...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  5. Signs out of Toronto Raptors Training Camp are a GO!

    (Credit to Paul Jay of CBCSports.ca for the initial report) Well, the new season is around the corner and we all know what that means. Training camp! Or, more specifically, analyses of how our favourite teams are coming together for the upcoming season.

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 2 months ago 2 comments

  6. Toronto Raptors News: Nathan Jawai Unfit for Duty, Jamal Sampson Enlisted

    Whoops, wrong Sampson. News got out earlier today that recent Toronto draft pick Nathan Jawai was unceremoniously dumped from training camp practice on the grounds of a heart irregularity found during a cardio session...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 2 months ago 0 comments

  7. A Toronto Raptors Slump? Ways It Could Get Worse Than Last Year

    Let me preface this article by stating that these are purely potentialities, and are not predictions. The Toronto Raptors certainly had a busy offseason and coming off of that, their possible upside is certainly high...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 2 months ago 17 comments

  8. Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part Deux : The Walloping West!

    Well, about a month ago I wrote part one of my long running one part series analysing the offseason shaking and baking of the NBA. I also mentioned my upcoming impressions of the West for the following week...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 2 months ago 0 comments

  9. Analyses and Ratings for the 2008 NBA Offseason Part I : The Stupendous East!

    Well, I wouldn't exactly lavish the 2008 NBA offseason with unbecoming superlatives like "fantastic," "great," or "averagely mediocre," but I still think it deserves some of our, the real NBA fans, time...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 3 months ago 6 comments

  10. Phelps - Gate? Olympic Athlete Swims but not Seen

    Michael Phelps wowed millions of Olympic viewers by winning his seventh gold medal by no more than one one-hundredth of a second during the 100 metre butterfly earlier this evening over Milorad Cavic...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 3 months ago 2 comments

  11. Late Night Predictions for the Early Morning USA-Spain Matchup.

    The Spanish squad came into the Olympics the world champions, and yet they've been delegated to relative obscurity by the hurricane that is the United States 'Redeem' team...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 3 months ago 0 comments

  12. Mike D'Antoni in New York with Knicks—Like Oil in Water

    Mike D'Antoni. New York Knicks. I don't understand it. It boggles my mind. If you haven't been keeping up with league news, or just came back from a coma five minutes ago, Mike D'Antoni ...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about 6 months ago 3 comments

  13. How Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya Didn't Save Boxing

    I'm not the biggest boxing aficionado in my neck of the woods, but I've always been fascinated by the sport. It triggers something primal in me—the idea of two gladiators stepping into the ring to go toe-to-toe, mano-a-mano...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 11 comments

  14. No Miracle: Golden State Warriors Finish off Nowitzki, Mavericks

    It's not a miracle. Calling it a miracle would imply that the Golden State Warriors' first-round victory over the Dallas Mavericks defied natural law—that it was a fluke, an anomaly...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 16 comments

  15. In Defense of Daisuke Matsuzaka

    51 million dollars. Let me repeat that: 51 million dollars. The figure has become legend in some baseball circles. For those not in the know, that's how much money the Boston Red Sox paid for the opportunity to offer Daisuke Matsuzaka a contract

    Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 6 comments

  16. Toronto Raptors Fairytale: How Cinderalla Choked

    47-35. Nobody believed it could happen. Not the analysts, not the fans, maybe not even the players. An improvement over last year's dismal performance was guaranteed (how could it have ...

    Written by Sang Nguyen about about 1 year ago 8 comments