Archive for August, 2009

I took last Friday off again last week because of the lack of activity. Free agency right now reminds me of this Shoe Warehouse in Van Nuys that went out of business about six months ago. I went to eat at a restaurant next door and noticed they had a giant “Going Out of Business” sign. When I walked in there were maybe 150 boxes of shoes left. 30 of them were Nike Cortez in colors a clown would be too embarrassed to wear and the rest were shoes that I’d wear but either they didn’t have my size (13) [...]

Sadly, immediately after the 2009 draft finishes, most fans will begin pointing their attention to the class of 2010. A top many of those mock drafts you will find the name John Wall. Wall is widely considered to be the best incoming freshman this year and he has committed to play at Kentucky with John Calipari and his dribble drive offense. This is the same offense that crafted Derrick Rose into the player he is just one year earlier. What attracts so many basketball people to Wall is the explosion he brings from the point guard position as Jerry Stackhouse [...]

To continue on with some of the great debating that has been going on at Sir Charles in Charge, I threw out fifty hypothetical questions for you people to ponder and chew on for a little while. In no particular fashion, here they are… Who will end their career with more championship rings? Kevin Durant or Derrick Rose? Dwight Howard or LeBron James? Steve Nash or Jason Kidd? Chris Paul or Deron Williams? Brandon Roy or Chris Bosh? Which team will have more wins? 08-09 Cavaliers (66 wins) or 09-10 Cavaliers? 08-09 Knicks (32 wins) or 09-10 Knicks? 08-09 Hornets [...]

  Chuck doesn’t have time to recommend a six pack of links today, but here are four thick and juicy ones to get you through the weekend…  If you haven’t had a chance to weigh in on the worst general managers in the NBA, now is your chance    Sir Charles In Charge This blog does not represent the thoughts and opinions of Sir Charles Barkley…as far as you know    Hugging Harold Reynolds The grades are now in.  Sam Presti and David Kahn please come to the front of the classroom to get your report cards   Basketball Fiend Heads up gamers: the NBA 2K10 [...]

As always, here’s the weekly NBA transactions: Talk about a real slow week. A lot of waivings and signings. Of the notable being waived: Bruce Bowen from the Bucks and Mike Taylor from the Clippers. Of the notable signings: Well if you count backup center Ryan Hollins getting signed to the Timberwolves as notable, then there ya go. As for the rest, shouldn’t be too impactful. *************** In other news, if you had One Game to Win, who would you want D’ing Kobe on a final possession?   (Justin DeFeo is a co-lead blogger for Sir Charles in Charge. You can follow his [...]

  Last Thursday’s Tuurrible Ten examined the worst off-season decisions and this week’s list will look at the decision makers.  On Tuesday one of my colleagues wrote a thought provoking post about the five best GM’s in the league.  Something I found interesting about the post was that I could make a pretty good argument that two of the people on the list were actually in the bottom ten.   Otis Smith was one of the two, but I’m going to let him slide because of two factors: 1) the success achieved by the Orlando Magic last year and 2) the role luck played in Stan Van Gundy [...]

Has everyone seen the video of Steven Colbert on the today show?  Twatted, hilarious. Anyways, that video is just a precursor into what this post is all about. In yesterday’s news there were two stories that had negative implications to that of the social media giant, Twitter. While I do find stories about social media outlets somewhat interesting, I normally wouldn’t be inclined to write something about it, however, in this particular sector of life, the NBA has sort of been in the forefront. First there was Ric Bucher reporting (via Twitter of course) that ESPN is now putting a limit [...]

Before we get into this week’s edition of One Game To Win, I would just like to post the results of last weeks. If you missed it, last week’s question was – assuming you had one game to win and could choose any point guard to lead your team, who would you choose? Votes came in over my twitter, facebook and comments on the blog itself and they were slightly mixed. Chauncey Billups was the early favorite and the only other pg’s receiving multiple votes beside the actual winner were Steve Nash and Tony Parker. Billups, Nash and Parker are all [...]

Another slow few days in the NBA’s off-season resulted in me taking this past Friday off in hopes that there would be something to write about by Tuesday. As always, here are today’s Uncontested Shots, or should I say, things I was thinking about while reminiscing about the Sun Yue era and it’s premature ending. LO to stay in LA I guess it wasn’t really that slow while I was off. The Lakers and Lamar Odom finally came to an agreement that should see Odom finish is career as a Laker (or at least the remaining quality years of it). [...]

In the NBA good general managers are like Eminem fans at a Mariah Carey concert. Hard to find. Which is what makes the following five GMs so valuable. They do what few others can: consistently make good decisions and put their teams in a position to win on a regular basis. Their efforts are not well-publicized, but, behind the scenes, these five GMs are responsible for some of the most successful/up-and-coming teams in the league. Here, in my opinion, are the five most reliable GMs in the NBA: 1. R.C. Buford – San Antonio Spurs The gold standard of NBA [...]