Category: NBA

  • Scott Skiles Frightened Draft Prospects And Small Animals

    Scott Skiles was an intense player. He set the record for most points in a single season at Michigan State while snorting coke and smoking weed between games. This furiosity continued during his coaching career, frightening top draft prospects like LaMarcus Aldridge and small animals. He Was an Instigator Long before Scott became coach Skiles,…

  • The Time the Liquor Warriors Beat the Heat By 35

    This is a story about a team on the come up, another on the decline, and a night out in South Beach Florida. It’s the time a hungover “We Believe” Liquor Warriors squad beat the Miami Heat by 35 in their own gym. Tragic Bronson Alert Not many remember Shaq’s last season in Miami and…

  • When Card Games Go Wrong: Jerry Stackhouse And Christian Laettner Edition

    Whether in a casino, on the block, or in an NBA locker room, card games have instigated more fights than a Karen in a department store. The Jerry Stackhouse and Christian Laettner edition of “When Card Games Go Wrong” features a plane ride, a gambling debt, and a black eye. Stack is Tougher Than A…

  • How the Clippers Ended Up Owning Larry Bird’s Draft Rights

    During one brief moment in the summer of 1978, the Buffalo Braves (now the LA Clippers) owned Larry Bird’s draft rights. How this highly improbable circumstance came to be involves a Hollywood mogul, some legal technicalities, and the only franchise swap in NBA history. This is the story. The Origin of Bird Rights A controversial…

  • Don’t Mess with The Dipper: The Time Mel Daniels Tried to Fight Wilt Chamberlain

    You had to be one tough SOB to willingly want to fight Wilt Chamberlain, who stood over 7 feet tall with a 7 foot 8 wingspan. Mel Daniels was this and a hell of a lot more and he wasn’t one to back down. This is the drama and comedy of their infamous 1974 skirmish.…

  • The Toronto Raptors’ Expansion Team Was Wild

    Every expansion team’s inaugural season is memorable for one reason or another. For some, it’s because they didn’t suck as much as initially expected. For others, it’s purely for nostalgia and record-keeping purposes. But for the Toronto Raptors, their 1995-96 expansion season was memorable for all the wrong reasons before the team ever played a…

  • Fines, Suspensions, and BS: The Isaiah Rider Era in Atlanta

    “It was the worst trade I was involved with in more than 30-some years in the NBA.” These are the infamous words of former Atlanta Hawks general manager Pete Babcock when asked about the summer 99′ deal that brought Isaiah Rider to the team. In theory, Rider was supposed to be the cornerstone of a…

  • How Billy “The Whopper” Paultz Got His Name

    Earning an impressive nickname is a right of passage in sports. The way Billy “The Whopper” Paultz got his name and what it stands for is legendary. What’s in a Name? From Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Watkins to Trajan “The Alaskan Assassin” Langdon, and most recently, Robert “The Timelord” Williams. There have been some memorable nicknames…

  • Charles Oakley and Jeff McInnis’ Love Triangle

    Athletes have been finding themselves in personal entanglements since the time of Marn Grook. Charles Oakley and Jeff McInnis are no different, after ending up in a love triangle with the same woman in the early 2000s. Laid up in the Shack If two guys end up throwing hands, the root cause is usually either…

  • Chris Morris: Chicks Dig Listening to Picasso

    How would you go about impressing a fine-looking female that caught your eye in a crowded bar? Perhaps you would try to make her laugh, tell her an interesting story, offer to buy her a drink? If you’re New Jersey Nets forward Chris Morris none of the above. You instead attempt to woo her with…