nba musings: ka-booooom!

NBA Finals Game 2
Lakers v. Magic 101-96/OT

Kaboom. That is the sound of the Orlando Magic’s balloon of hope deflating.
Rotations. A word Stan Van Gundy likes to play loose and fast with. I admire rotation adjustments. They’re critical to success. But, at some point, you really can’t be playing every combination of guards on your roster. [...]

new name

I’m changing my username and the name of my blog from “inanemusings” to “nbamusings”. Not a big change, but I like it better. I signed up for a domain alias so this site will show up both here and there, so it should be a seemless transition. I know it can be annoying updating links and whatnot [...]

nba musings: die by the 3

NBA Finals Game 1
Lakers v. Magic 100-75
This game was a classic “die by the 3″ game. The Lakers defense was part of it, but the Magic also missed a ton of wide open shots. Simply put, the Magic are who we thought they were. The key to me was how the Lakers controlled Dwight. When Dwight [...]

nba musings: i’ve seen the future without the nba and it is bleak

Random NBA thoughts in no particular order:
This stretch between Sunday and Wednesday with no NBA has been brutal. I don’t know what I’m going to do during the off-season this year. It’s going to be long and painful. Sigh. Thankfully tonight, ESPN Classic is airing Game 4 of last year’s finals. I still can’t believe [...]

nba musings: rick astley has gone fishing

Playoffs Game 6
Magic v. Cavs 103-90
By now, I don’t know what there is left to say about LeBron James and his lack of sportsmanship. He’s been picked clean really and is now just a pile of bones laying by the roadside. I feel like talking about it though, so lets just pretend we haven’t already heard everything there is [...]

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