For whatever reason, basketball arguments of the “Who’s Better?” ilk get especially heated when it comes to point guards. Maybe it’s because the PG is as close to the quarterback as you can get in basketball, and QB’s are a permanent source of debate. Maybe it’s because PG’s can be so diverse in their styles — attacking, patient, score-first, pass-first — that everybody has their own opinion of what makes a great one. Maybe it’s because PG’s are often the shortest guys on the floor and the closest to “normal person” size, so we most identify with them. Read More »

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 »

Yesterday’s “Where are they now?” post on Troy Bell generated a lot of discussion of our favorite has-beens. We saw all sorts of names: Dajuan Wagner, Scotty Thurman, Harold Miner and even David Benoit. So we’re going to do what we can to dig up information and catch you up to speed on everyone.

One name I saw come up that really struck a chord with me was Omar Cook. Read More »