If you haven’t read enough trade break-down yet, good friend Trev Smith and I did a brief, Grantland-style e-mail exchange discussing the trade from the Toronto perspective. That correspondence is below. Blake: The board approved it. Colangelo stays. This is my first thought. Trev: I have always liked Jose as a person, on and off [...]
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Rudy Gay Trade – E-Mail Exchange
Posted: 31st January 2013 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
Nothing like starting your work week off with a jolt, I suppose. Hollywood’s team is in the business of making headlines, and hiring Mike D’Antoni over presumed-favorite candidate Phil Jackson is just the latest move in Lakerland that will launch a thousand blog posts. Still, even if we as fans are conditioned to expect dramatic [...]
Live Blog – Trev and Blake on the NBA Draft
Posted: 29th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
Trev and I had planned to do a more traditional Live Blog together, but being on crutches prevented me from joining Trev in Toronto. Instead, we used G-Chat to facilitate our discussion. I was going to tidy it up, but it’s about 7000 words and I don’t have that kind of patience. So, comb through [...]
E-Mail Exchange: Trev and Blake on NBA Conference Finals
Posted: 8th June 2012 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
After Oklahoma City vanquished the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, Trev and I got emailing to show Simmons and Gladwell how it’s done. We hit a delay late on Thursday, but it was for the best as it gave us the chance to discuss LeBron’s magnificent series-saving Game 6 against the Celtics as well. [...]
E-Mail Exchange: Trev and Blake on Raptors, Celtics, and Lakers
Posted: 28th January 2012 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
As is becoming semi-regular of late, Trev Smith and I went back and forth on some NBA items via email, and I’ve tidied it up to pass off as an actual piece of writing! We touch on the Raptors in the face of the Andrea Bargnani injury, how to build the team from here through [...]
Lengthy Email Discussion on the NBA, Part 2
Posted: 3rd December 2011 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithSo Trev and I got talking when the NBA announced that an agreement had been reached on a tentative deal. It started to get detailed, so we formalized it a bit and decided to turn it into a piece for the site. 7500 words later, we thought it was time to split it into two [...]
Lengthy Email Discussion on the NBA
Posted: 3rd December 2011 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
So Trev and I got talking when the NBA announced that an agreement had been reached on a tentative deal. It started to get detailed, so we formalized it a bit and decided to turn it into a piece for the site. 7500 words later, we thought it was time to split it into two [...]
Brief E-Mail Exchange on the NBA Finals
Posted: 21st June 2011 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithComments Off
Trev and I had a quick e-mail exchange the other night talking about the NBA Finals and a few basketball-related things in general. I did a quick edit and, as an attempt at motivation to post something else sometime this year, I decided to (kind of) clean it up and post it. Enjoy.
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I’ve never kept it a secret that I’m a huge Rashad McCants fan. It should be no surprise, then, that I wanted to pass on this phenomenal ESPN story on McCants by Chris Palmer. Check it out. And remember, real recognize real, so stay familiar.
A Detailed E-Mail Exchange About LeBron and The Heat
Posted: 10th July 2010 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Trev SmithWhat follows is an e-mail exchange between Blake Murphy and Trevor Smith on Friday and Saturday, following The Decision on Thursday. It was extremely painful to edit due to the e-mailing format, so please be forgiving. We also probably left out a dozen thoughts we each have, so please also share your thoughts, as everyone [...]