What We Learned: The 2015 NBA Draft
Moving past wrong predictions, we now need to save Frank Kaminsky from the NBA graveyard known as Charlotte.… Read More What We Learned: The 2015 NBA Draft
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Project Re-Build: Revisiting My Plan For The Los Angeles Lakers
With tomorrow night’s NBA draft, the new era of Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball begins. What is it going to look like?… Read More Project Re-Build: Revisiting My Plan For The Los Angeles Lakers
Radio J-Dub, Volume 11 – The Cleveland Cavaliers Deserve a Parade
Read this while playing the opening theme to the movie “Major League” in your head. We’re rolling through the Cleveland to the lake, and part of that means taking a hard look at what the Cleveland Cavaliers accomplished in this post-season run. The city of Cleveland should throw a parade for the Cavaliers, because win… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 11 – The Cleveland Cavaliers Deserve a Parade
Radio J-Dub, Volume 10 – Instant Replay In Baseball Needs A Fix and The Ever-Changing Narrative on LeBron James
We’ve said before that June is usually a slow month for sports, but J-Dub is on another rant. This time, he’s all over how the sports media in this country can’t decide how they want to portray LeBron James and how the focus and standards for the use of instant replay in baseball is in… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 10 – Instant Replay In Baseball Needs A Fix and The Ever-Changing Narrative on LeBron James
Radio J-Dub, Volume 9 – J-Dub Gets the “Summertime Blues”
Follow along as J-Dub goes on a disjointed,” Larry King”-style rant covering everything from American Pharoah, Serena Williams, and why Michael Jordan isn’t the greatest basketball player ever.… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 9 – J-Dub Gets the “Summertime Blues”
Radio J-Dub, Volume 6- Good “Bad” Coaches and Dave Hakstol Hits The City of Brotherly Love
There’s so much in today’s episode it had to be done in two segments. The first harkens back to a lot of material from the Dubsism archives. We get glimpses into why there’s a Dubsy award named for Gene Mauch, what J-Dub really means when he talks about good “bad” coaches, the old Dubscast series,… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 6- Good “Bad” Coaches and Dave Hakstol Hits The City of Brotherly Love
Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 72 – The “Soul Man” Edition
You have to think back to the 1980’s for this one. That was the decade which first brought us North Carolina Tar Heel and Cleveland Cavalier center Brad Daugherty before he became ESPN’s NASCAR expert. If you think going from the NBA to NASCAR is an odd transformation, it can’t be any worse than Daugherty’s… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 72 – The “Soul Man” Edition
Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 71 – The “Did I Do That?” Edition
Now that the Knicks have bought out A’mare Stoudamire’s contract, and now that he seems to be headed for Dallas, its time for somebody in the Lone Star state to load up on Steve Urkel jokes. For our full series of Doppelgangers, you can see the most recent entries here, or the archived versions here.
Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 70 – Oddly Enough, It’s About “That 70’s Show”
Since tonight marks the beginning of the NBA’s All-Star weekend, it only makes sense that we should feature a guy making his first All-Star game. The TV relationship between Ashton Kutcher and Mila “Jackie Burkhardt” Kunis on “That 70’s Show” eventually became an exercise in real-life bumping of fuzzy parts. However, this doesn’t work in… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 70 – Oddly Enough, It’s About “That 70’s Show”
The Deep Six: Terrible Sports Ideas Which Thankfully Haven’t Happened Yet
by J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Ideas are the very fabric of innovation. While that line sounds awfully deep for a silly-ass sports blog, it is nonetheless painfully true. Without ideas, as a race we humans would have nothing to do and would spend even more time masturbating. Take we writers of this piece for example.… Read More The Deep Six: Terrible Sports Ideas Which Thankfully Haven’t Happened Yet
The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
15) The College Football Play-off and the ESPN-ization of Bowl Games There are two words to describe how we got this four-team playoff to determine the college football national champion. Television Money Don’t even try to deny that. Sure, you can point out that we really aren’t adding any games with this play-off, which is… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
It’s become a tradition here at Dubsism to bring in the New Year by taking a look back the old one. Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the… Read More The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
Could Donald Sterling Win A Lawsuit Against the NBA?
On Monday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has handed Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling a lifetime ban from the NBA, along with issuing the maximum allowable fine of $2.5 million. Silver also said that we will ask the NBA owners to essentially kick Sterling out of the league. Since then, there have been lots of… Read More Could Donald Sterling Win A Lawsuit Against the NBA?
RIP Dr. Jack Ramsay
To me, Jack Ramsay will always be the man who got me interested in basketball, and at the time he did it, that was a tall order. Those of you under 30 don’t remember what a time of malaise the late 1970’s were for the NBA. There was such parity in the league that the… Read More RIP Dr. Jack Ramsay
The Donald Sterling Situation Has Exposed Doc Rivers As Either An Idiot Or A Hypocrite
The other day, I did a podcast on this Donald Sterling situation, and one of the things I mentioned in that show is that when it hits the media, racism does a wonderful job of exposing stupidity, both for the jag-off who says the racist comment and invariably for somebody who gets their hand forced… Read More The Donald Sterling Situation Has Exposed Doc Rivers As Either An Idiot Or A Hypocrite
Radio J-Dub, Volume 4 – Donald Sterling Strikes Again
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a never-ending well-spring for bloggers because he just can’t help sticking both feet in his mouth. Once again, he’s done so, and once again, the issue is race. In this episode, J-Dub proposes a unique solution to the problem; one that would be awesome, but won’t happen. You… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 4 – Donald Sterling Strikes Again
The Fifth Annual Dubsy Awards
Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the nominations for the awards were done exclusively by an internal committee, but we’ve had so much success allowing nominations from the… Read More The Fifth Annual Dubsy Awards
Derrick Rose Says He “Had To Be Selfish”…and He’s Right
Here’s a story we all forgot about in the wake of the Aaron Hernandez mess. Remember Derrick Rose, and his knee injury? Remember how many people were calling him a pussy because he wouldn’t play even after doctors cleared him? Derrick Rose himself has remained largely quiet about the situation, but the other day he… Read More Derrick Rose Says He “Had To Be Selfish”…and He’s Right
A Dubsism Breakdown of the Celtics’ Hiring Of Brad Stevens
A few days ago, when the Boston Celtics surprised the basketball world by hiring Butler University head coach Brad Stevens, a lot of people didn’t understand this move. that’s why we he here at Dubsism took a few days to really dig into what happened here so we could explain it to the six non-state… Read More A Dubsism Breakdown of the Celtics’ Hiring Of Brad Stevens
Before We Get Carried Away…The Miami Heat Are Not The NBA’s Newest Dynasty
I know you are going to be shocked by this, but here comes another Dubsism rant that flies in the face of popular opinion and the bilge being pumped out by ESPN. First, let’s be magnanimous. The Heat won their second straight NBA Championship last night, and for that, I only have one word. Congratulations.… Read More Before We Get Carried Away…The Miami Heat Are Not The NBA’s Newest Dynasty
