Posts by Steve McPherson

  • Mad Wolves

    David Kahn’s Mad Men Scouting Report

    Shortly after the Minnesota Timberwolves sent out a press release announcing that David Kahn’s contract as president of basketball operations was not being picked up for the 2013-14 season, Kahn appeared on KFAN FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities to talk about his tenure with the team. At the end, when host Dan Barreiro asked […]

  • Minnesota FC

    Come Together: The Remaking of Minnesota United FC

    On a still-wintry April 20, I filed into Minneapolis’s Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for the second game of Minnesota United FC’s first season, kind of. Although the name is new, the team — technically speaking — is not. Technically, they were the champions of the inaugural season of the North American Soccer League in 2011, […]

  • Dwight Howard

    How Tim Duncan’s Post Moves Resemble the Classic Video Game Bushido Blade

    Tim Duncan doesn’t make a lot of mistakes around the basket. In the first half of Sunday’s Game 1 between the Spurs and the Lakers, we were treated to the complete array of Duncan post moves. We think of the post as the place on the court where strength prevails, but Duncan is an example […]

  • Thrones

    The Game of Thrones–to–NBA Playoffs Translator, Book 2: Essos Conference

    If you missed yesterday’s romp through the Western Conference, then consider this link your message via raven. Eastern Conference Indiana Pacers Steve McPherson: Aha! This is where the Greyjoys come back. Sure, the Iron Islands’ main industries are fishing and pillage, not manufacturing, but the remote, barren life of Balon and his clan can’t be […]

  • GOTNBA

    The Game of Thrones–to–NBA Playoffs Translator, Book 1: Westeros Conference

    To read the Essos (Eastern) Conference translator, click here. Steve McPherson: As darkness sweeps the land, a lone figure works by dim light, trying to write one of those intros where it seems like he’s talking about Game of Thrones but then he’s really talking about basketball. Like one of those promos for a Transformers […]

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