TAG: Ed Davis

College / Nov 11, 2009 / 10:00 am

Matty D’s Top 25 College Basketball Preview (3: North Carolina)

That’s right, the college hoops season is here and you know what that means: it’s time to unleash the mother effing fury! For the past seven months, I’ve been bottling up a vicious mixture of excitement and rage, just waiting for the moment to release my emotions onto the rest of the world. Well that time has come. Your boy Matty D is back to give you a look at the top teams in the country and to separate the champs from the chumps. Read More »

College / Oct 27, 2009 / 9:00 am

Pass The Mic: Two Sophomores Ready to Lead

When we posted about our intern search, we heard from all sorts of people. But one person that stood out from the pack was Lucas Shapiro. An avid Dime reader and basketball fanatic who even has his own NBA blog, while Lucas would love to intern, he is only 16 years old and lives in Boston. Last week the young buck put the rest of the world on to Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg. Back by popular demand, here are two sophomores ready to lead. Read More »

College, NBA / Sep 2, 2009 / 2:52 pm

5 power forwards to watch for 2009-10

After putting together the modified Top-50 list of players from ‘08-09, I had about 50 leftovers who just missed the cut. And from that, there could’ve been a whole sub-category titled “Wait ‘Til Next Year.”

We’ve gone over the point guards, centers, two-guards and small forwards. Now here are five power forwards who look the most ready to crack the 2010 Top-10 with their performances next season: Read More »

Smack / Aug 26, 2009 / 5:58 am

Isiah can’t avoid controversy, and Chalmers speaks on Mike Beasley

The bad ol' days

Here we were, glad to see Isiah Thomas handling everything perfectly so far in his tenure at Florida International — even going above and beyond in recruiting — and then the reminder comes along that scandal (even if it’s silly) just seems to follow Isiah around like that jheri curl aroma followed A.C. Green for so many years … Here’s the story: FIU was scheduled to play in the early-season Coaches vs. Cancer tournament, and initially believed their first opponent would be Ohio State. But then they found out the tourney schedule had been changed, and OSU was replaced with North Carolina. Now FIU is pissed, and threatening to pull out of the tourney. Read More »

College, NBA / Apr 7, 2009 / 1:28 pm

UNC’s Best Future Pro

UNC's Wayne Ellington

ESPN’s Chad Ford ranks five of UNC’s studs in the Top 60 players in June’s NBA Draft. And ironically, the one who he said is a Top 5 talent, 6-10 lefty freshman Ed Davis, already said that he wants to return to Chapel Hill. But even if Davis is the most attractive prospect coming out of UNC this year, is he the best future pro? Read More »

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