0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 6/10/2016
The West Coast Baseball Association launched in May, 1946 and folded in July, 1946. But there is much more to this story, the players, managers, owners and the 6-team Negro League in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego that was gone far too soon. Follow along with updated entries on this […]
0 comments by Josh Young on 6/6/2016
Ever since I can remember, summer basketball camps has been a part of my annual routine. For years, I attended my father’s camps as well as other camps throughout the region. I’m a strong advocate that kid’s should attend a camp in the sport of their liking in the summertime. Camps provide a measurement for […]
0 comments by Dustin Dobbs on 6/5/2016
One of the ways the Cleveland Cavaliers can be advantageous against the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 and in the NBA Finals would be to slow them down.
0 comments by Dustin Dobbs on 6/1/2016
On the eve of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, we take a closer look at a quick hitter a few teams like the Warriors go to often as a secondary action. It is tough to guard when you have shooters like Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson setting screens and […]
0 comments by Josh Young on 5/29/2016
When my little brother texted me yesterday afternoon and told me that there were a couple of tickets left for Game 6 in OKC, I knew we had to get them. I mean, a chance to watch our home team clinch a berth to the NBA Finals was enough motivation. Unfortunately, the game did not […]
0 comments by Josh Young on 5/24/2016
“If you can play, they’ll find you.” It’s the exact statement that my father would always say to me in high school. See, I attended a VERY small Christian school where college coaches weren’t exactly lining up at the door of our basketball games. As a matter of fact, I graduated with only 16 people […]
0 comments by Josh Young on 5/23/2016
I wanted to start this blog to document my journey and tell some of my story of how I got to where I am. I am not a writer by any means, but I look forward to what’s in store. My word that I seek to embody is consistency. I believe it is vital if […]
0 comments by Dustin Dobbs on 4/29/2016
This season, the Portland Trail Blazers had 3 of the most explosive guards in the NBA in Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum (Most Improved Player), and Allen Crabbe (6th Man of the Year Candidate), as they were 1 of 5 NBA teams to have 2 guards in the top 25 in points off screens. Crabbe made […]
0 comments by Dustin Dobbs on 4/28/2016
This play from Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics caught my eye this season because of its simplicity and effectiveness. This BLOB is a quick-hitter Boston runs often and when executed perfectly, is a great action to get a shot. With Coach Stevens at the helm, the Celtics finished 2015-2016 ranked 3rd in the NBA […]
0 comments by John Townsend & Wendell Maxey on 4/21/2016
If anyone has watched me during NBA games at my regular seat behind the bench, I usually get the question – what are you doing? People see me observing the game and keeping notes, but they don’t know the work involved from quarter to quarter and how that translates to helping a player with their […]
0 comments by Bill Evans on 3/14/2016
I had dabbled in football cards a couple of years earlier – yielding a 1976 Topps Walter Payton rookie card, among others – but my first foray into set collecting was 1979 Topps baseball. I was nine. This was years before Cardageddon, circa 1987, when the glut arrived and the cardboard became worthless (fitting that […]
0 comments by wendell maxey on 3/4/2016
I was freelance writing with USA Today back in 2010 while living in Portland and covering basketball, the NBA and Portland Trail Blazer when I received an email from author, Kyle Keiderling. Kyle was preparing to release a book on the late Hank Gathers that February, telling the story about his rise from the rough […]
0 comments by Wendell Maxey on 3/2/2016
My 9-year old daughter, Piper, didn’t want to hear the story again. Neither did my wife, Emily, for that matter. But this morning at breakfast as my 6-year old daughter, Stella, was reading a school book about pigs, I couldn’t help but think about my dad and something he taught me back in high school […]
0 comments by Gino Pilato on 2/11/2016
A year ago today, I made the official jump. I moved away from the media side of the basketball landscape to the business and operations end of the spectrum. It has not been easy, but it has certainly been rewarding. The thought of turning back and giving in entered my mind often, especially in those […]
0 comments by John Townsend and Wendell Maxey on 2/3/2016
Thank you very much to those who reached out with questions on shooting and player development since the last Knock It Down blog post. It’s always great to talk basketball and share what I’ve learned working as a shooting coach the last 26 years, with 8 of those years working in the NBA. I look […]
