Shaq has landed in Minneapolis

Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamire, NBA

Most of our shoot around practice this morning covered how we were going to contain Shaq, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire. The early part of this season was frustrating to say the least because we were ahead in many of our games going into the 4th quarter and then it seemed like somehow we disintegrated … Read more

Shaq has landed in Minneapolis

Shaq, NBA, Mean Streak, Terry Porter, Minneapolis

Most of our shoot around practice this morning covered how we were going to contain Shaq, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire. The early part of this season was frustrating to say the least because we were ahead in many of our games going into the 4th quarter and then it seemed like somehow we disintegrated … Read more

Dusting off the Keyboard

Timberwolves, Kevin Love, UCLA, stitches , tooth popped, Shaq, Shaq

This past monday we had a bunch of the Timberwolves players in town all together to finally play some pickup ball together with a lot of the new guys. Yes, this was the first time that I got to meet Kevin Love. The man who used to terrorize my Stanford Cardinal basketball team in his … Read more

Mike Montgomery to Cal Berkeley!

email, hijacked, Gmail, Mike Montgomery, UC Berkeley, head mens basketball coach

Sometimes even the unthinkable can happen. When I arrived at our NBA shoot-around today I learned that Mike Montgomery was going to be name head mens basketball coach at Stanford archrival: UC Berkeley. Of course I called him to congratulate him but it went to voicemail right away so I left him a message–I left … Read more

Miami Heat in Town

Shaq, Garnett, Miami Heat, Miami Uniform,, NBA

Tonight we play against the Miami Heat once again here at home. They key to beating Miami is trying to find a way to slow down Shaq. I use the term “slow down” because there’s no way to stop Shaq from having an impact on the game. He is too talented of a player. Tonight … Read more