Where to begin? The big trade? The sneaky trade? The balance of power shifting trade? The curious trade? The befuddling trade? The career ending trade? How about with Lebron? Why Lebron? Because isn’t everything really about Lebron when you get down to it? For two seasons teams across the league positioned themselves to acquire Lebron. [...]
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Yet Another 2011 NBA Trade Rant Leave a comment
3 From Deep Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6: The 2011 TradeCast Leave a comment
3 From Deep had some technical difficulties but Dax and Raz are back just in time for the second half of the season! And what better way to kick things off than big trade talk?! This week the fellas tackle the headline trades in New York and New Jersey, speculate on playoff realignment, weigh in [...]
The 3 From Deep Podcast: Special Edition Tradecast Leave a comment
In an unusual set of moves that required some stealthy behind-the-scenes maneuvering the Orlando Magic pulled off a pair of trades that changed the franchise overnight. What does the addition of Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson mean for the Magic’s playoff hopes? Will bringing Hedo back to play point-forward revive his career? What happens to [...]
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Paul Pierce Pops Big S*%t Leave a comment
Paul Pierce has always been clutch, always been a superstar in this league, but something that’s only beginning to emerge is the extent of his trash talking. Partly it’s because Kevin Garnett typically gets most of the attention. He’s loud and obnoxious, talk, cone headed, and distinctly dark. This season, though, it’s becoming apparent that [...]
The Post I’ve Been Meaning to Write Since Thanksgiving 1 comment
It’s 7 AM and I’m supposed to be working on my novel, but I’ve been feeling (3from) deep guilt so I’m writing a hoops post instead. One of these days I’m going to produce something substantial–the feature about the lockout that I’ve been threatening for the last few months for example. For now lists will [...]
The 3 From Deep Podcast: Are The Knicks For Real? Leave a comment
Amar’e looks as strong as he’s ever been and Raymond Felton is playing the best basketball of his career thus far, but what do the Knicks still need in order to prove they are a legitimate playoff squad? More size? More speed? A new coach? A deeper bench? All of the above? Tune in [...]
The 3 From Deep Podcast: Laker Slide Leave a comment
After inspiring 70 win talk a mere two weeks ago, the Lake Show has hit some recent snags. What’s going on? Is this current skid indicative of what’s in store? Should we realign our post-season scenarios? In this abbreviated episode the fellas talk all things Lakers and come to some surprising conclusions — albeit early [...]
24 Questions On the Eve of the King’s Return to Cleveland Leave a comment
Note: My buddy Mike Tillery formerly the editor of The Starting Five, the first sports blog I wrote for, asked a group of bloggers and journalists to answer 24 questions on the eve of Lebron’s return to Cleveland. After recording my podcasts with Raz, I stayed up late tonight answering some those questions. He’s going [...]
The 3 From Deep Podcast: Don’t Call Them Boring … Anymore Leave a comment
Popular NBA history brackets the ’90s Bulls and ’00s Lakers as the only two dynastic orders of note. But is that fair let alone accurate? Isn’t there one other team that HAS to be mentioned in serious debate about the best franchises over the last two decades? In this installment of the podcast the fellas [...]
Hopeful. Painful. Understandable. Inexcusable. That’s been the story of the Knicks past seven days. Last Sunday’s win against a quality playoff tested and superstar-led Denver squad gave the team and the city hope. The last-second loss to divisional leader and historical rival Boston was excruciating. Not only did New York come into the game on an [...]