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Original Knick Ossie Schectman Recalls Scoring NBA's First Points

By Chris TomassonJan 22nd 2010 – 4:30AM

In 1988, Ossie Schectman, then a mere 68, picked up the phone at his Florida home. On the line was somebody from the NBA. Schectman wondered what the call was about. He had played one season for the New York Knickerbockers in 1946-47 in the Basketball Association of America, which would become the NBA. But it wasn't as if...

Rebuilding the Cleveland Browns: Better, Stronger, Faster

By Ryan WilsonNov 21st 2009 – 10:00AM

The Browns returned to Cleveland in 1999, but they have been a perennial expansion team ever since. For some reason, 2009 seems worse than previous seasons. Maybe it's Eric Mangini's blinding incompetence, or the fact that Brady Quinn is to the quarterback position what JaMarcus Russell is to the quarterback position....

The Ben Gordon Documentary: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You?

By Matt WatsonOct 30th 2009 – 7:45PM

Even though Ben Gordon has played a handful of preseason games in front of lackluster crowds at the Palace and one regular season game on the road wearing Pistons red, white and blue, it wasn't until his name was announced to a sold-out crowd at Detroit's home opener Friday night that he was officially welcomed to the team...

FanHouse Preview: Pistons

By Matt WatsonOct 14th 2009 – 12:00PM

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season. Everything that could go wrong for the Pistons did last year, from front-office blunders (the Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson trade), indefensible coaching decisions (three guards and Tayshaun Prince as a power forward?) to a rash of injuries (only...

The Blazers Want Their Cake and for Jerryd Bayless Not to Eat It

By Matt MooreJul 11th 2009 – 11:40PM

On this episode of the Young And The Cap Flexible...In our last episode, we clued you into a potential deal that would send Carlos Boozer to Chicago, Kirk Hinrich to Portland, and Tyrus Thomas to Utah, among other moving pieces. The deal was refuted by several sources, but ESPN's sticking to their guns that the deal is on...

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