AGRI Biz

After examining five players the Sixers should draft recently, it's time to go the opposite direction—looking at players the Sixers should absolutely not draft at No. 6. (This draft slot assumes that there's no funny business with the lottery this year.) Let's review: First and foremost, the Sixers are in dire need of a shooting guard that can, well, actually knock down a long-range jumper every once in a while. ...

  The Lakers have now played the Utah Jazz in the NBA Playoffs three years in a row.  In all three years, the Lakers have won the first two games at the Staples Center.  However, they lost game three to the Jazz the last two years when the venue switched to Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City. But this year it was different – barely.  The Lakers eked ...

There aren't any words that will make Utah Jazz fans feel any better tonight.  None. Utah did everything right in Game Three, yet they still fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in front of a raucous home crowd.  The Jazz now face a historically insurmountable 0-3 deficit and are all but done for the 2009-10 NBA season.  On a night where the Utah bench provided a spark courtesy ...

  I literally couldn’t believe my eyes. In the 1 minute span of time between the actual play, my yelling at the screen and the replay, I was spending every ounce of energy I had trying to rationalize what had transpired. Then when the replay flashed across my screen, I grew even more disgusted. With under 10 seconds on the clock and the Lakers inbounding the ball, clinging to a 1 point lead, ...

It's a love-hate thing. You can love the drama of the NBA Playoffs, but you can also hate some of the drama found therein. The best things are why you keep watching, even if it is grudgingly after your team has been ousted. The worst things make your hand twitch towards the remote, or even walk away momentarily until they pass. The good makes you go "Did that just happen?!" The bad ...

Over the past 12 years, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett have been two gigantic pillars helping to hold up and increase the popularity of the NBA. Sunday could be a date when the changing of the guard becomes official. Duncan is in danger of being swept out of the playoffs by the Phoenix Suns, while Garnett has to face an energized and physically superior player in Lebron James. ...

Disappointing, embarrassing, disturbing, and disgusting. These were all words that were muttered by respective members of the Cleveland Cavaliers fan base after the team's poor showing in Game Two at home. After laying a big goose egg in Game Two, the Cleveland Cavaliers must make a statement in Boston on Friday night. This statement will have to show the analysts, doubters, and the rest of the NBA that the Cavaliers are really ...

the All-NBA teams were released today, and the composition of the first team should come as no surprise, unless you are the most casual NBA viewer, and even then it would be hard to make that claim if you couldn't recognize any of these players. Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Dwight Howard comprised the first team, and regardless of what order you choose to place them in, ...

Everybody knows the elite duos in the league, sure. You have Kobe/Pau, Parker/Duncan, Nelson/Howard, and so on. However, there as so many future lethal duos in the league that have the potential to be far better than any of the above listed. You think Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook can be a better duo than Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce? How about George Hill and DeJuan Blair? ...

"There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later." -Mignon McLaughlin That quote makes you wonder what's going on inside the head of Steve Nash, who, at 36, continues to play basketball at a high level despite being one of the NBA's old guys. Only nine players in the entire league are older than Nash. ...