All-Gunner Team?…. I Don’t Accept That

John Hollinger unveiled his first “All-Gunner” team, which list the league’s worst gunners and ball hogs. On the list was my own home team’s gunner, Al Harrington. In having watched the New York Knicks all season long, I don’t feel as if Harrington belonged on the list. In fact, I know he doesn’t belong on [...]

KnicksDigest: Jacked Up Shooter?

You all know John Hollinger is like my favorite basketball writer ever, right? Well, if you didn’t, now you know. That said, I was reading his piece on the NBA “All-Gunner” team, and to my surprise, our own Al Harrington made the squad. Read More… You all know John Hollinger is like my favorite basketball [...]

Hollinger’s College PER Rankings & Why They’re Useful

The other day, John Hollinger released his new college player-efficiency-rankings (PER). For those of you who aren’t familiar with PER, it is a statistical analysis of a player’s efficiency as represented by one’s scoring, rebounding, passing, turnovers and various shooting percentages.For a long time now, PER has been debated and debunked by those who find [...]

Hollinger: Mavs are Pretenders; TSW: Mavs are Contenders

My man John Hollinger of ESPN.com completely disagrees with my assertion that the Dallas Mavericks are legitimate Western Conference contenders this season. Hollinger’s argument against the Mavericks being legitimate threats is that the Mavericks have essentially won a bunch of close games during their 8-1 streak. During this streak, the Mavs have won their games [...]

Hollinger Doesn’t Really Like the Mavs Trade for Butler, Haywood

John Hollinger of ESPN.com does not seem as impressed with the Dallas Mavericks most recent trade that brought Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to the Big D, in exchange for Drew Gooden and Josh Howard. I couldn’t disagree with him more, but here is some of his analysis on the situation: …The deal [...]

ESPN.com: Oklahoma City Thunder Headed for Postseason

My man John Hollinger is at it again, breaking down the not so obvious and coming to a conclusion that many people have failed to consider throughout the entirety of the NBA basketball season. In a piece on ESPN.com, Hollinger declares that the Oklahoma City Thunder are going to make the playoffs. Obviously, most people [...]

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