Oh, there’s one more thing that could boost Rose’s candidacy immensely: His narrative. The identity of Hall voters from year to year is a closely held list, but one thing most people have in common is an appreciation for a good story. Rose’s, with its ups and downs and resiliency,...
Pritchard had even more pep in his step a couple of hours later, when the pingpong digits delivered him a dreamy choice between Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. (This was before the off-road portion of Pritchard’s freeway-to-the-top career.) Pritchard walked out of that building a front off...
The Portland Trail Blazers weren’t blessed by winning the prize of the first draft pick in 2007 and choosing Greg Oden. The Washington Wizards won the lottery and took Kwame Brown in 2001; had they stayed in their expected position, they might have gotten Pau Gasol instead.1 That’s not ...
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Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks: We had a good plan in the second half. We had some adjustments and put some pressure on him for sure. O'Connell: When we were able to get to two scores ... I just knew it was possible just because the momentum we were building. ... ...
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we don't have a good measure for injury-proneness either --Curtis Borchardt,Brandan WrightandGreg Oden, take a bow.But more particularly, in back testing this year's Draft Rater, it's become obvious where it succeeds and where it falters. To wit:•One-and-done gives it trouble...
maybe just because they’re both Canadian. But Wiggins was thought of as a guy who was going to be a plus defender, and he’s been pretty darn terrible instead. If Barrett’s a good defender, though, you start getting into a whole different set of comps, more along the lines of Jimm...