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The July 2008 results are in…
Cuzoogle cracks the top 25 with a big jump to #18! Congrats to Cuzzy as I think we can all give a nod to the amazing work he’s done over this past month. We also made the jump into the top 25 which I’m sure comes as no surprise. (Hah, bout time!) Here are the March, April, May, and June results if you would like to compare any of the previous results or big jumps some of these blogs have made.
*Remember that tie-breakers are decided based upon a blog’s Technorati authority.
Enjoy!
Top 25 NBA Basketball Blog Rankings: July 2008
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| #1 | FreeDarko.com | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 34 |
| #2 | Celtic’s Blog | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| #3 | Hardwood Paroxysm | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| #4 | Basketbawful | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| #5 | TrueHoop | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| #6 | Need4Sheed | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| #7 | Detroit Bad Boys | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| #8 | Forum Blue and Gold | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| #9 | Odenized | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| #10 | Basketball Jones | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| #11 | Blog A Bull | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| #12 | Hoops Addict | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| #13 | Bullets Forever | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| #14 | Sactown Royalty | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| #15 | Blazers Edge | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| #16 | Lakers Blog | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| #17 | Hornets247 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| #18 | Cuzoogle | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| #19 | Golden State of Mind | 3 | 9 | 3 | lass="technorati">6 | 21 |
| #20 | 3 Shades of Blue | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| #21 | And One | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| #22 | Cavalier Attitude | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| #23 | Le Basketbawl | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| #24 | The Blow Torch | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| #25 | Jones on the NBA | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
Hey NBA, Pay your Bills!
Yessir! The Wynn in Las Vegas has filed suit against the NBA claiming it still owes them $50,000 from the All-Star weekend they held back in 2007. According to reports, the NBA owes for unpaid bills stemming from meetings and convention spaces used by the NBA, NBA Entertainment and Alonzo Mourning Charities.
Wasn’t the big argument last year that the NBA should have a team located in Vegas? Rubbing the Wynn the wrong way is probably not the best way to take on this task. And what the hell is Alonzo thinking? Maybe he should stop playing pool and drinking Tiger Gatorade and focus on his charities’ bills. It never looks good when a charity run by a ga-gillionaire isn’t paying its bills on time.
*UPDATE* and *CORRECTION*
The Wynn has just come out and removed the NBA from the lawsuit claiming that the only money owed is actually from Alonzo and his charity. “Wow” is all I can say at this point. Nice work Zo! At first I thought the $50,000 was split up between all parties and instead that was just your cheap ass not paying the bills.
Barkley, you Liar!
In a related note, Charles Barkley is also back on the gambling trail! He anted up for a charity poker event just a month or so after claiming his was done for “the next year or two.” The NBA is killin’ it on the strip! At least Barkley is doing it for charity purposes, but who knows where that could lead or what he’s doing away from this charity tourney while in Vegas.
What’s up everyone! I know that this post seems sort of “off topic” but it’s definitely one that many sports bloggers should look at if they aren’t already. The whole idea of monetizing your sports blogs has become a hot topic as of late and the Clickbooth CPA Network is one of the options you have out there.
Clickbooth is one of the major CPA networks that offers you all kinds of options to monetize a blog with. It gives you options for email programs, on-site publishing, and search engine marketing. (It is also there if you are looking to advertise your blog, but I wasn’t sure that any of us have budgets large enough to worry about advertising!)
Does this network mesh well with the sports world? I guess that is really for you to figure out for yourself. They aren’t offering programs for sporting goods stores just yet, but they do offer programs for Apple iPhones and video games which we all know fit well with sports fans.
I definitely use Clickbooth on another blog of mine that is geared towards making money with sports blogging and it has worked well at times for me. If you have any questions, shoot me an email or give them a shout.
This post was written by the half drunk, often belligerent, New York sports addict who goes by houroc over at sportfiends. He indulges in most of life’s guilty pleasures but never misses the games and still knows more about sports than you. You can check out more of his daily ramblings posts over there.
So the NBA draft was yesterday and despite the fact that many are calling this a very mediocre NBA draft, you really just never know. Don’t be one of those pathetic people who is sad that their favorite NBA squad is not in the draft lottery because this is the NBA. That means that top picks don’t always pan out and you can find some real gems with lower picks if you know what you’re doing.
With that said, lets look at some of the top NBA draft steals of all time. This list includes all of the top players in history who were drafted after the top 14 draft lottery picks and some of the losers who were picked before them. I bet you didn’t even know that these guys would turn out like they did.
10. Rajon Rondo (21st Overall, 2006 Phoenix Suns) – You may be wondering why this guy is on the list. It’s very simple, he’s a champion. When you are the floor general on a championship squad like the Celtics, as long you don’t mess it up then your in the clear but Rondo did more than just not mess it up, he played pretty damn well for a young gun. In game 2 he had 16 assists and in the clinching game 6 he had 6 steals, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 21 points to help the Celtics to the blow out win over the Lakers. Not too shabby young fella.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Mouhamed Sene, Patrick O’Bryant, Hilton Armstrong
9. Manu Ginobili (2nd round, 57th overall, 1999 San Antonio Spurs) – Despite that fact that he is often accused of being a serial flopper (which he is), you’ll be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t love to have this scrappy Argentine on their team. The Spurs got away with highway robbery by getting him 57th overall in 1999. Since adding him to the team, they’ve won 3 championships. He has also won gold with his native Argentina and despite the fact that he’s getting older and he is coming off the bench (why??), he set personal records in points per game, assists per game, rebounds per game, 3 point field goal percentage and free throw percentage on his way to winning the Sixth Man of the Year award.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Jonathan Bender, Trajan Langdon, Aleksandar Radojevi?
8. Tony Parker (28th overall, 2001 San Antonio Spurs) – The second Spur on our list is the Spurs point guard Tony Parker. This three time champion has career averages 16 ppg, 5.5 apg, and 3.1 rpg. Not ridiculous but he is a great floor general for the Spurs. He is a tremendous slasher and seems to always be able to get to the rim. Without him, there’s no way they would’ve won all the championships they did and I’m sure Jason Kidd still has nightmares about getting owned by a younger Tony Parker en route to his first championship. Besides all that though, he pulled this chick. That alone should be enough to get him on the list.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Steven Hunter, DeSagana Diop, Rodney White
7. Shawn Kemp (17th overall, 1989 Seattle SuperSonics) – Before being riddled by all sorts of legal issues, this guy was a superstar for the Sonics. Together with his PIC Gary Payton this high flyer led the Sonics to a team record 64 wins in the 1995-96 season and a trip to the NBA finals. They faced off against the 72 win Bulls that season and well… you know what happened.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Stacey King, Randy White, Tom Hammonds
6. Dennis Rodman (2nd round, 27th overall, 1986 Detroit Pistons) – In his day, Dennis Rodman was like a rich mans Ben Wallace. Year in and year out he led the league in rebounding. He won 5 championships over the course of his career as well being known as one of the leagues top defenders. The only reason he wasn’t ranked higher was because I still have recurring nightmares of him in a wedding dress. I wake up in cold sweats. Very traumatizing.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Mark Alarie, Harold Pressley, Brad Sellers
5. Steve Nash (15th overall, 1996 Phoenix Suns) – It took Steve Nash two trips to Phoenix but he finally seemed to have found his niche in 2005 when he was named the NBA MVP. Steve Nash is the closest thing we have today to John Stockton. He is deadly with the pick and roll, a sharpshooter from the 3 point line and the free throw line, and he always seems to make the right decisions. If only Mark Cuban had resigned him instead of letting him go to Phoenix, maybe they wouldn’t get beat so bad in the playoffs every season.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Erick Dampier, Todd Fuller, Vitaly Potapenko
4. Nate Archibald (2nd round, 19th overall, 1970 Cincinnati Royals) – Nate Archibald was one of the NBA’s all time great point guards. He is the only player ever to lead the league in both points per game and assists per game in the same season. In that crazy season he averaged 34.0 points per game and 11.4 assists per game. He won the MVP award that season. He also helped lead the Celtics to one of their many championships in 1981.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Jimmy Collins, George E. Johnson, Jim Ard
3. George Gervin (3rd Round, 40th overall, 1974 San Antonio Spurs) – George Gervin was known as the Iceman back in the day because his demeanor on the court was so cool. He had a swagger about him that was unmatched at the time and he was considered one the best guards of all time. He set numerous scoring records for guards (that would later be broken by Michael Jordan). He was also known for being one of the first guys to use the finger roll to perfection. He was known for shooting finger rolls from as far away as the free throw line.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Len Elmore, John Shumate, Glenn McDonald
2. John Stockton (16th overall, 1984 Utah Jazz) – John Stockton was as tough as they come despite being a small guy in a mountain of men, he wore the daisy duke short shorts long after everyone else stopped, and was the best point guard ever in my opinion period. He is the record holder for career assists and career steals and it’s not even close. He was a 10 time all star, 2 time NBA finalist and a 2 time all NBA first team player. He was the ultimate floor general.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Melvin Turpin, Lancaster Gordon, Leon Wood
1. Michael Jordan (3rd overall, 1984 Chicago Bulls) – Ok so I know I am cheating on this one because MJ was picked in the lottery but even so, he was still the biggest steal of all time. I won’t waste your time by telling you all of his accomplishments, if you don’t know by now you have no business reading this article. In the 1984 draft he was the 3rd pick. The Houston Rockets took future hall of famer Hakeem Olajuwon so you can’t knock them, even though I wonder if they would’ve changed their pick if they knew how everything panned out. The Portland Trail Blazers took Sam Bowie with the second pick leaving Michael Jordan on the board to fall right into the Bulls lap. This is quite possibly the worst pick in the history of sports. Bowie averaged 10.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.78 blocks per game and Michael Jordan won five NBA MVP Awards and winning six NBA Championships. Enough said.
Notable Scrubs picked before him: Sam Bowie
So what have we learned today? A high pick doesn’t necessarily mean that your team will come away with a great player and it’s the same vice versa. If your team has good scouts and is a little lucky, they may come away with some gold in the draft. Good luck!!
They did again! The Portland Trail Blazers came into the draft without a lot of noise and left making all kinds of racket. This would be the 3rd year in a row that the NBA Draft was owned by this up and coming franchise from the northwest. They may not have made the playoffs since 2003, but those days will soon be over as they added yet another remarkable piece to what should be a future dynasty to watch out for.
So what did they do?
They started the night with the 13th overall pick in a draft that really only had 10-11 players worth much. From there, they waited and waited all the while knowing what they were about to do. Yes, swindle another team for basically nothing while snatching up what appears to be a future star in the league.
After Indiana drafted Jerryd Bayless 11th overall, some questions came out that with TJ Ford also on his way, that Tinsley may be on the outs. Little did anyone know that the Blazers had most likely orchestrated Indiana’s draft choice into a trade almost immediately after Portland picked up Brandon Rush at #13.
In the deal the Blazers receive Ike Diogu and of course, Jerryd Bayless while they only have to send Brandon Rush, a “bust” in Jarrett Jack, and a “who cares” type of player in Josh McRoberts.
Jerryd Bayless will fill up the point for the Blazers and likely make an immediate impact that I’m not sure anyone else in the draft could have. Their smoke signals on DJ Augustin worked well as no one in the entire NBA figured Bayless was on their radar. In fact, Bayless said himself that Portland didn’t even work him out and was surprised by the deal.
As a guy living in Portland, I’m not surprised. Welcome Jerryd! You can thank Kevin Pritchard for getting you out of that midwest garbage can. (Yeah that was harsh, but it pretty much is right now.)
Please welcome this list of ways to guarantee that if drafted into the NBA, would make you into a surefire bust!
1. Grow a pornstache.
2. Then tear your ACL without anyone touching you.
3. Become white and get drafted #1 overall.
4. Carry handguns with you on road trips and hide them in pillow cases.
5. Find a barber that will give you this haircut.
6. Have a top notch NBA blog named after your pathetic career.
7. Gain weight…gain a lot of weight.
8. Ride a motorcycle and then wreck it into a telephone pole.
9. Better yet, just play the point at Duke.
10. Drive this car and love strip clubs.
11. Have a solid nickname like “Big Country” that includes a flat top.
12. Play college ball at the University of Oregon.
13. Get drafted by Isiah Thomas.
14. Come from Hartford.
15. Grow to 7′6″ and set the record for number of times being posterized.
16. Wear ridiculous bow-tied suits on draft day and pick fights with “Big” Ben Wallace.
17. Follow the work ethic of Kwame Brown.
18. Put on an amazing NCAA tourney performance without having any real skill.
19. Become the most hated college basketball player of the last decade.
20. Demand to be moved from your draft city because it’s lacking Asians.
21. Change your last name to Olowokandi.
22. Play a total of 71 games in your first 3 years.
23. Get lots of tattoos.
24. And wear a pony tail.
25. Get drafted #2 overall by the Portland TrailBlazers in 1984.
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