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The awfulness that is the Sacramento Kings transition defense
In the grand scheme of things, the Sacramento Kings’ transition defense is a piece of the puzzle in terms of what has persisted over the franchise in the last few years. The Kings have been...
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Brandon Knight's expedition
Image courtesy of Brandon Knight/Twitter . It seems like eons ago that Brandon Knight was part of the Brandon Jennings trade that landed the former Kentucky point guard with the Milwaukee Bucks. Knight had previously...
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Austin Rivers is getting better ... slowly
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The New Orleans Pelicans have been terrible for a while now in the faint hopes of retaining their protected first-round pick they traded away to Philadelphia. They're 10-22 since...
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Chicago Bulls keep plugging away
Image courtesy of Shinya Suzuki/Flickr . In reality we should've expected a return to the mean for the Chicago Bulls, a team who plugs away with the efficiency of German engineering. They're 17-8 since the...
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Washington Wizards, analytics, and some NBA data dumping
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Admittedly as the title suggests, the principle of this column will be more so a rant on analytics/huge data dump than some of my earlier pieces that involved such...
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Memphis Grizzlies: A Revival of the Grit and Grind
Image courtesy of Sean Davis/Flickr . As we approached 2014, the Memphis Grizzlies were nearing a code red for their season, the hopes of another playoff run dissipating. They were 13-17 with a NetRtg of...
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The Brooklyn Nets' recent resurgence
Image courtesy of Maxim Pierre/Flickr . I'm not writing this column because my Editor-in-Chief is in fact a Brooklyn Nets diehard, but after the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors offered up a thrilling finish that...
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Gordon Hayward and the Alpha Dog
Image courtesy of Gordon Hayward/Twitter . We've all been there at one point in our lives while playing basketball. It's a feeling that one doesn't exactly clamor about, and though pride and adrenaline kick in...
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The Minnesota Timberwolves and their crunch time woes
Image courtesy of Joe Bielawa/Flickr . Two weeks ago I wrote my first column for Baller Mind Frame, on the Minnesota Timberwolves and their makeup as a squad . I was rather bullish on their...
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The Spunky Toronto Raptors
Image courtesy of Benson Kua/Flickr . The Toronto Raptors are 10-4 since the trade that sent Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Patrick Patterson, Chuck Hayes, Greivis Vazquez and John Salmons. Wins...
