It’s worth making a note, now that the Ultimate Fighter is halfway through the first round, that this season has featured the worst performance by any coach in the history of the franchise. Objective assessments presents that Rampage, as the only coach to open his first four matches without a win, is completely outmatched in terms of the team dynamic. In a pickup game of basketball, this kind of ass whupping is one where you reassess the teams and mix things up a little. Unfortunately, there’s
When people ask me for a Greg Oden story, I usually tell them the one from the ‘07 Rookie Photo Shoot. That was the year Oden was supposed to make his NBA debut before microfracture knee surgery delayed his rookie season for another calendar turn. At the time, we were still putting together our cover feature on Oden for Dime #35, and I was going to help get some extra quotes.“Do you love basketball?” I asked Oden. His answer was something along the lines of, “Yeah. I mean, I’ve been playing sinc
Wednesday, September 30th, starts another season for the Los Angeles Lakers. It is the start of training camp. This season is an opportunity to defend their championship. The one major change to their championship lineup is the loss of Trevor Ariza and the addition of Ron Artest. Much has been written about the comparison between Ariza and Artest. To Lakers fans, Trevor Ariza was a favourite. Fans and the basketball beat writers have made endless comparisons about the differences and the
In basketball, as in life, leadership often makes all the difference. Leaders motivate and conduct, but perhaps more importantly leaders must inspire. Good leadership inspires players to have confidence in the leader himself. It is only great leadership though that inspires players to have confidence in themselves. With that in mind it takes only one look at the Boston Celtics to recognize their true leader. Paul Pierce is their charger, Ray Allen is their calming influence, and Rajon Rondo th
Navneet Singh, 15 Sep : The towering Indian skipper Geethu Anna Jose’s first love was athletics. During her school days she excelled in track and field events. But despite winning sub junior titles in high jump, long jump and hurdles in the district Kottayam region, it was sheer irony she had to quit athletics. She recalls: “The facilities weren’t good in the school. An ordinary sand pit for high jump training was frightening, I didn’t see any future. So I switched to basketball.” For basketbal
