1: "Why did Shaq sign with the Celtics?" Notice how that didn't read "Why did the Celtics sign Shaq?" I went through the seven stages of grief when the Celtics signed Shaq: shock and denial ("No!"); pain and guilt ("No!!!"); anger and bargaining ("NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"); depress...
The Cavs have seen the league’s second-biggest drop in turnover rate, averaging 0.7 fewer turnovers per 100 possessions when the league (as a whole) is averaging 1.2 more than it did last season. Fewer turnovers give them more opportunities to shoot, and shooting is what the Cavs have do...
An impressive offseason might not mean much in the grand scheme of things, but as a reminder, I did this exercise last year. The team that I thought had the best offseason a year ago did pretty well during the regular season and even better ...
Talks continued into the early fall, and Barry and Garnett had grown so comfortable with the idea of giving KG his own unique platform that Turner execs realized that this idea of an alternative show centered around amix of sports and pop culture would only work if Garnett agreed t...
Vea got his first tackle for loss of the season on Sunday. Good for him. He had four last year. He’s had some good production in other areas, and Vea is a tough matchup for most offensive linemen. It just doesn’t make sense why he can’t play more in a league where a couple...
"I understand. So did I. But they're not worth much anymore." "How much?" The dance goes back and forth for a couple of minutes. The shop owner just wants to tell the guy that if he wanted to get rid of the cards, he might as well use them for kindling. But he holds back ...
In the mind of one former Bucs guard, Ian Beckles, the reason why the Bucs are not playing this weekend can be summed up with the name of one player. Tristan Wirfs. Of course, Wirfs, the Bucs’ All-Pro right tackle, did not play last week because of an injury. He blew up his ...
You knew about all of that already, but lost in the shuffle was the work Tampa Bay did to retain the core of a defense that ranked fifth in DVOA a year ago. It managed to bring back tackle Ndamukong Suh and ends Jason Pierre-Paul and Shaq Barrett. The Bucs pressured opposing...
Let's finish up ranking the 32 NFL teams based on the work they did over the 2021 offseason. I did the bottom half of the league last week -- the teams that had the worst offseasons -- which means it's time for 1-16. This encapsulates bothf...