the way he was attacking our bigs with that explosion. I remember looking at J-Kidd and GP going, "This is just unreal." It was the dunks, but it was more than the dunks. I'm 6-foot-8 ... at one point, I was checking him, and he shoots a jump shot...
Just 7.5 gamesseparate the 4th-place Nuggets and 12th-place Spurs, with a pair of generational bigs at polar ends of the spectrum and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer wedged in between, as the Lakers make a push. Joker Brilliance:Leading Denver to a 10-4 record since Jan. 1, Nikola...
After a productive 1958 campaign at Triple-A Phoenix -- featuring a .319 average and 61 extra-base hits -- the 21-year-old McCovey was deserving of an opportunity in the bigs by the start of '59. But with reigning NL Rookie of the Year Orlando Cepeda already manning first base, McCo...
(9-4 reach) and an improved all-around skill set and is back at the combine for the second time in three years. The Portuguese center has a great opportunity to put his disappointing 2019 combine performance behind him and remind NBA scouts why he was one of the most product...
After a productive 1958 campaign at Triple-A Phoenix -- featuring a .319 average and 61 extra-base hits -- the 21-year-old McCovey was deserving of an opportunity in the bigs by the start of '59. But with reigning NL Rookie of the Year Orlando Cepeda already manning first base, McCo...
I fell back on the same concepts that had gotten me to the bigs. That if you put in the work, and go harder than everybody else, and never give in, you can overcome any challenge. For my whole life, that was pretty much all I knew. My father was a police officer, and my mom...
So maybe this is how the post game will survive, not returning as it was but mutating. Maybe the evolution is just multifaceted. Maybe post play will become many things. Guards will deploy it as part of their arsenal, the way Jrue Holiday does today with the Bucks. Bigs will use it to...
McCullers enjoyed his best season yet in the bigs, posting a 13-5 record with a 3.16 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. Walks are a real problem for the right-hander, however, as he walked a league-high 76 batters during the campaign. McCullers has carried his impressive season into the playoffs. In ...
JT Realmuto Jason Castro Gary Sanchez Cameron Rupp Mike Zunino Derek Norris Despite the heavy usage in the Bigs, Nike catcher’s gear is scarcely available to non-pros. Brands compete for/compensate catchers to wear their gear because the position gets so much TV time. That makes MLB catcher...
scheme of things, 42 is just a mere blip in the lifetime of this planet and humanity in general. I’m not at all the same person I was even a decade ago, and yet in other ways, I am of that person, in a “realer” way, than ever. Back in my college days, while a ...