0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/8/2015
It’s not new for athletes (or coaches) to reconsider where they’ll play, but it’s not exactly commonplace for an athlete to very purposefully and intentionally take a long time to make a decision; announce said decision; and then encounter serious doubts a few days later. This is what we have in the engrossing — but […]
0 comments by Bart D on 7/7/2015
Find us on Twitter @CrossoverNBA The NBA does a good job with free agency. In fact, the NBA has done a good job with off-season stuff being captivating enough to be the only other league aside from the NFL that gets any really notable run for any of its events nationally when not in-season. In […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley
Sean Woodley is joined by CC writer Joe Manganiello to provide a full-scale breakdown their favorite and least favorite moves of the first week of free agency before answering a few listener questions. Listen at the Soundcloud link below and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes!
0 comments by Bart D on 7/6/2015
Follow us on Twitter @CrossoverNBA We all knew a few of them growing up. Odds are, you know a few of them now too. They’re the folks that crave some sort of drama, controversy, and say things like, “I try to avoid it, but it finds me.” It’s a mildly rough way to live, it’d […]
Does Steve Kerr have what it takes to keep Golden State in place as an annual Western Conference contender?
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/5/2015
The Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder share a number of similarities. Some of them exist independent of other machinations and movements in the larger theater of the NBA. Some similarities are more particular to this offseason and the aftermath of NBA free agency. Several of these connections are explored here. In this piece, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
In the wake of the free-agent frenzy we witnessed over this Fourth of July weekend — the Houston Rockets’ red glare at the San Antonio Spurs, the Woj bombs bursting in air — it’s worth noting both the similarities and differences between two of the top contenders in the 2015-2016 Western Conference. The Spurs are […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
One of the bigger surprises of the 2015 NBA Draft was the fall of Justise Winslow, and the Miami Heat couldn’t have been happier about it. Rumored to go as high as No. 5 overall, Mario Hezonja, Willie Cauley-Stein, Emmanuel Mudiay, Stanley Johnson and Frank Kaminsky were all called before Winslow after the Knicks selected […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/4/2015
The Phoenix Suns have existed since the late 1960s. They are, like the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League, a professional sports team with a lengthy history but no world championships. A lot has to go wrong over nearly a half a century for a team to miss out on a title at […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 7/3/2015
Straight from the Mad Men era, in 1960, singer Brenda Lee said the words DeAndre Jordan carried inside himself these past few weeks: What is free agency, in any sport, other than a very public revelation of a basic emotional reality? Like politicians, athletes also carry the Brenda Lee verse as their personal anthem: “I […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley on 7/2/2015
Earlier this week when the news broke that LaMarcus Aldridge was going to meet with the Toronto Raptors as part of his free agency tour, it was easy to scoff at the notion that he would actually consider a pitch from such an off-the-board organization. Toronto, a perenially anonymous franchise playing in an outpost city […]
0 comments by Sean Woodley
In the seventh and final part of CC – The Podcast’s Off-season Preview series, Sean Woodley is joined by Joe Manganiello to chat about the Clippers pivotal off-season and Tony Xypteras stops by to discuss the Denver Nuggets. Listen at the Soundcloud link below, subscribe on iTunes and stay tuned for all sorts of free […]
0 comments by John Cannon
Trust. It’s an important part of any relationship, whether between people, corporate partners, or a company and its customers. Falling into that last category would be the relationship between a sports team and the people who follow, care about, and ultimately fund the team. I’m sure there were basketball fans around the country who were […]
0 comments by Bart D
Hit us up on Twitter @CrossoverNBA The 2015 NBA free agent pool was a little polluted or at worst, someone tinkled in the deep end and didn’t tell anyone. If it was missing one thing in particular, it was a host of “go get it” guys. The Indiana Pacers may have just scored the best […]
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0 comments by Joe Mags
San Antonio pulled way out in front of the LaMarcus Aldridge sweepstakes before most people had eaten lunch on the East Coast Wednesday. It’s something we all expected. The Spurs quickly came to terms with Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, then agreed to trade Tiago Splitter to a willing participant (San Antonio’s lil bro, Atlanta) in order to […]
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman
That was a lot to take in. The first full day of NBA free agency was a 24-hour festival of pure lunacy. Here’s a look back at some of the transactions. LOLakers Ok, I’m not starting off with non moves, and as a New York Knicks fan, I shouldn’t laugh at other teams, but this […]
