Zachary Kaltz is an outstanding human being
kj on Jun 30th 2008
The title of this post is my meager way of thanking Mr. Kaltz for supplying the nifty new banner at the top of the blog on a pro bono basis. Hopefully, some future employer/potential date/creepy stalker will Google his name and be suitably impressed by his graphical work.
Thanks a bunch, Zach. The Pantheon [...]
Neitzel feeds himself to Wolves
kj on Jun 30th 2008
Drew Neitzel will play for the Timberwolves’ summer league team next month in hopes of making the Minnesota roster. I’m not up to speed on the nuances of the NBA contract system, but I assume the fact he hasn’t actually signed a free-agent contract with the team isn’t a positive sign for whether the Wolves [...]
Neitzel goes undrafted
kj on Jun 27th 2008
For anyone who hasn’t taken the time to scour the draft list from last night, Drew Neitzel went undrafted. As noted by Joe Rexrode (and previously asserted here), this may be for the best, as Neitzel will be able to find the best fit for an NBA team to try out for over the summer.
The [...]
Special Edition NBA Draft Day Graph plus Coffee Talk
kj on Jun 26th 2008
Thursday Morning Links
Drew Neitzel has worked out for nine NBA teams.
MSU is currently #1 on Keith Appling’s list.
Tom Izzo gets interrogated by 8-year olds.
Special Edition NBA Draft Day Graph
College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com
MSU players drafted during the Tom Izzo era:
2000: Cleaves (1st round; 14th pick), Peterson (1; 21)
2001: Richardson (1; 5), Randolph (1, 19), Hutson [...]
Around the Big Ten: Slim-Pickings-in-June Edition
kj on Jun 25th 2008
Most of our Big Ten blogging brethren are devoting all their attention to that sport with the oblong ball these days, but there have been a few interesting basketball-related posts:
Black Heart Gold Pants posted a nice rundown of Iowa’s basketball roster for next season. My take after reading the post: Iowa will have players who [...]
A couple Drew Neitzel links
kj on Jun 23rd 2008
The NBA draft is Thursday night. Based on this interview with NBA.com from last week, after working out for the Timberwolves, Drew Neitzel hopes to be drafted somewhere in the low 40s. Minnesota has the 31st and 34rd picks, so maybe there’s a slight chance Neizel goes early in the second round–or the Wolves are [...]
Twelve more inches to get the extra point
kj on Jun 23rd 2008
SI.com’s Luke Winn has a good piece up looking at the probable impacts of the longer three-point line next season. The line is being moved back a foot–from 19′9″ to 20′9″. I thought we’d take a moment to speculate on how the rule change is likely to impact our Spartans.
The simplest way to [...]