Tag Archives: National Basketball Association

Chris Myers: Charles Barkley Interview

. Source:The New Democrat  Now we are talking about Charles Barkley the basketball analyst, which I think he does a great job as and even one of the best NBA analysts in the business right now. And we are also … Continue reading

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NBA-TV: Charles Barkley, Sir Charles at 50

. Source:The New Democrat  Charles Barkley can’t be completely written about in just a few posts. The man is now fifty-years old and you spend weeks writing articles and spend years writing books and producing films and doing interviews about … Continue reading

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ESPN SportsCentury: Dr. J Julius Erving

Source:The New Democrat  If you think about Dr. J as the dunker and watch all of his dunking highlights and that is all you know about him from mostly a basketball pop or hip hop culture perspective, what you know … Continue reading

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Lakers Dynasty: The 1987-88 Los Angeles Laker Back to Back

Source:The Daily Journal The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s were a great dynasty for several reasons and more reasons because they had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earvin Johnson and Pat Riley as their head coach and Jerry West as their general … Continue reading

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R. Smith: Video: ESPN 30 For 30: Without Bias, The Life of Len Bias

. This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Journal on Blogger I was ten years old in June 1986 in San Jose, California I believe at my uncle Stan’s house with aunt Susan. My dad took me and my … Continue reading

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ABA History: Video: HBO Films: The History of the ABA

. This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Journal on Blogger, December, 2012 The old American Basketball Association is not that different then the old American Football League. The National Basketball Association had around 16-18 clubs, in a country … Continue reading

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NBA-TV: The Detroit Pistons Reign of the Late 1980s Early 1990s

Source:The New Democrat  I don’t know if there’s been a franchise that had a team of an era that better represented the city they represented than the Bad Boys Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s early 1990s. Detroit is the … Continue reading

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NBA: Unforgettable Moments: The Jordan Rules

Source:The New Democrat  The Jordan Rules was a Detroit Pistons defense that was designed to stop the great Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls. It was created by the great Pistons point guard Isaiah Thomas and one of the Pistons … Continue reading

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TYT Sports: Video: Rick Strom and Brett Erlich: Top 5 Lakers of All-Time

Derik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger You could make a very good case that both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Earvin Johnson are … Continue reading

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Hal 15 Greer: 1965-66 Baltimore Bullets: The Tall Men of Baltimore

Source:The New Democrat  The reason the Bullets left Baltimore in 1973, I believe, for Washington is the same reason Baltimore doesn’t have an NBA franchise now of their own:  their arena. They didn’t have a modern major league sports arena … Continue reading

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