Let me start off by saying that I work with the National Basketball League of Canada as their director of statistics and player clearances. Essentially that’s the nuts and bolts of what a sports league does. A player needs statistics, it’s like his personal resume of skill. For Franklin Session, this resume has a nice…
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NBL Canada Season 7 Starts Saturday!
Seven years ago, I joined up with a brand new professional basketball league. I provided stats and other duties for this nascent hoops circuit, and I haven’t looked back since. And that’s a good thing. This Saturday, the National Basketball League of Canada commences its seventh season with a league-high ten teams – four in…
Read MoreA new adventure for a former Albany Patroon
For the past six seasons, I’ve operated as the statistician with the National Basketball League of Canada. For the last four of those seasons, I’ve worked in one capacity or another with David Magley, a member of the 1983-84 Albany Patroons championship squad. Two of those years were when Magley coached the Brampton (Ontario) A’s,…
Read MorePhil Jackson and the Peter Principle
According to all reports, Phil Jackson will step down as president of the New York Knicks today. And thus, at that moment, the Peter Principle is proven once again. Let me explain.
Read MoreGet an Albany Patroon to run your sports league
I have never shied away from my love for the long-departed Albany Patroons basketball team. Two championships, five regular-season titles, and a slew of NBA players and coaches came from our little Continental Basketball Association team. And today I want to take a moment and salute one of those former Patroons and his successful involvement…
Read MoreMy NCAA Tournament overall pick to win is… Kentucky Wesleyan!
In the past, I’ve avoided participating in the NCAA basketball tournament “bracket madness” game. Personally, I think the setup punishes mid-majors who have to participate in “play-in” games just to make the round of 64 – especially when the SWAC and the MEAC conference champions have to play against each other for the right to…
Read MoreThe NBA G-League? No. No no no no no no no…
Point of order. As you know, I work with the National Basketball League of Canada, a professional basketball league with talent equivalent to the National Basketball Development League, also known as the NBA D-League. The D-League has been nicknamed the D-League ever since its construction in 2000. That’s almost two decades. Well … next year…
Read MoreRoyce White: Breaking through anxiety like a bolt of lightning
If you’re a pro basketball fan, you might have heard of Royce White. He was drafted in 2012 out of Iowa State by the Houston Rockets (first round, 16th overall), who hoped that the 6’8″ power forward with gigantic hands would help build the team for years to come. Unfortunately, Royce White was dealing with…
Read MoreNBL Canada begins its sixth season
Six years ago, three men – Vincent Bernier, Ian McCarthy and Andre Levingston – broke their teams away from the independent Premier Basketball League and formed a new professional basketball circuit, the National Basketball League of Canada. I joined up with them for the 2011-12 season, and have remained with the NBL even after those…
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Celebrating “Mr. 40 Day” in Chicago
Tony Bennett is a star with the National Basketball League of Canada, where he helped the Windsor Express earn a 2015 NBL championship. Prior to his NBL years, he starred in the Premier Basketball League and in the Continental Basketball Association; and while in college, he helped Bradley University advance to the Round of 16…
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