Every day The700Level.com runs a feature called “Today in Philly Sports History.” Today’s feature looks back at this date in 1984 when Dr. J and Larry Bird basically tried to kill each other at the Boston Garden.

The700Level sets the stage: Read More »

Tom Izzo has built himself nothing short of a dynasty in his time at Michigan State. It’s no secret, but the Spartans are built top to bottom again this year. From reigning Big Ten POY, Kalin Lucas, to future NBA check collectors Delvon Roe and Durrell Summers, Sparty is looking good. Read More »

How far things have come since 1998…

These days, the business of basketball is good for the Portland Trail Blazers. However, not too long ago, the City of Roses tagged their only pro sports team by another name: the Jail Blazers.

The era of the Jail Blazers is an interesting and lengthy time period, through which it extends from J.R. Rider’s heyday, until really 2005. Whereas, the Blazers had been branded with this label for a while, I chose to further examine Burnside’s best from ’01 through the ’04 season. Read More »

These days, John Paxson is mostly known for his front office work with the Chicago Bulls as former General Manager the previous six seasons and current Vice Pres. of Basketball Operations. But the sharpshooter from Dayton, Ohio is one of the best pure shooters to come of his generation. Read More »

When I was 12, I got the video NBA Superstars 2 as part of my Sports Illustarted subscription. It was a great highlight tape and I kept it until my VCR gave out. This Chris Mullin/Tim Hardaway mix was one of my favorite music videos on the tape. Aside from this tight Wrecks N Effects track in the background, it’s got some great footage of Hardaway crossing people up and Mullin actually dunking.

While everyone talks about Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury and Mark Price when they discuss Georgia Tech point guards, they shouldn’t leave out Travis Best. The McDonald’s All-American nicknamed “The Springfield Rifle” was a high school phenom and beast at G-Tech, finishing as one of only two ACC players to score over 2,000 points and tally over 600 assists in a career. While his success never quite translated to the next level, Best found his niche as one of the best backup point guards in the League. Still playing overseas, I’d take him as my backup PG any day.

With the last free agents still looking for teams, there’s one guy that always comes to mind: Latrell Sprewell. Walking away from the game at a time when he could have still held his own on any of the NBA’s 30 teams, Spree decided it was time to hang it up. I bet there are still teams that would sign the guy, even if he just turned 39.

Sometimes you forget how good Shawn Kemp was. This will make you remember.

With the Miami Heat recently deciding to retire Tim Hardaway’s #10 on next season’s opening night, we’ve been talking about Tim Bug in the office today…