More Than A Fan is Growing
The New Guys Growth is a very important word at More Than A Fan, so we’re very excited to announce some additions to the MTAF family. Our readers will soon be seeing posts from Dominic Anselmo, Mark...
View ArticleThis Season’s NBA MVP? Three Letters – LBJ
by Ryan Isley With just a handful of games left in this shortened NBA season, it is looking more and more like the MVP of 2011-12 is going to come down to Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Miami’s...
View ArticleNBA and NHL Playoff Predictions
As a post Mother’s Day present, I asked my mother, who, contrary to the generalization, fed my love for sports, what to write about today. My mother doesn’t know much outside of her native Indians,...
View ArticleSame Old Issues for LeBron James
Surprising enough, this is not a column bashing LeBron James. I am at peace with him moving on. I am still rooting against him, not because of my hatred for him, but because I would love to see Dan...
View ArticleThe True NBA Finals, a Round Early
It happens sometimes in major sports where the most intriguing match-up for the Championship, does not always end up being the Championship series. The best example of this in recent memory is the...
View ArticleRooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals
Today is a big day. Ryan and I will be recording the podcast, and we have so much to talk about that there’s no way we’ll get to it all. Manny Pacquiao lost in a decision that further destroyed boxing,...
View ArticleMore Than a Fan Podcast #22: NBA Finals and Hating LeBron James
Tonight’s podcast is feisty. Well, Ryan is feisty, and that makes me feisty. We didn’t argue (a lot) today, but we disagreed. We attack the NBA Finals as fans instead of stat-heads for once. We reveal...
View ArticleMiami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder – An NBA Finals Game One Running Account
by Ryan Isley There are strange NBA Finals and then there are strange NBA Finals. The 2012 NBA Finals has to rank among one of the strangest in recent memory, if only for the rooting habits of two...
View ArticleThe Heat, a team no one respects.
The media infatuation with the soap opera that has been the Miami Heat has puzzled me throughout these playoffs. I have never seen a team that has the best player in the world, with an additional two...
View ArticleThe Road to the Finals for the Thunder and Heat Goes Through the NBA Draft
By this point in the proceedings of this year’s NBA Finals, some NBA writer somewhere has covered just about every angle imaginable. Cleveland fans hate LeBron James, Seattle fans hate the Thunder, and...
View ArticleSticks and Stones Break Carl Crawford’s Bones
I would like to think that if Officer John A. Perreault had a chance to take back his actions of July 5th, 2012, he would. I’d like to think that he made an ‘innocent’ mistake, and that when he called...
View ArticleBring Delonte Back Home
I specifically remember where I was when Delonte West was traded away from the Cleveland Cavaliers. I was walking up the stairs of Progressive Field when the news illuminated the scoreboard just below...
View ArticleIs James Harden an Elite Player?
Sometimes before you realize what you have you must first let it go and see how much you miss it. That is what I am doing with my weekly Off-Base Percentage post this week. But also, the Oklahoma City...
View ArticleShould Brandon Roy Have Come Back?
Every sport has that athlete who cannot tell when his/her time is up in his/her career. The NFL had Brett Favre. The MLB may have Roger Clemens. But is twenty-eight year old, Brandon Roy the National...
View ArticleSome Examples of the “Right Price” for Anderson Varejao
Cleveland fans keep asking: “What is the “right deal” for Anderson Varejao?”. The debate rages on as to whether or not trading Andy is the right move, but those who say that Andy can go are all...
View ArticleThe Lakers Cometh
This is going to hurt. It might be time to stop eulogizing the Lakers. I don’t think I ever truly believed they were done, but I was holding out hope that this was the year they went into full...
View ArticleSerge Ibaka Crossed the Line
For guys, there are certain things that you simply don’t do to another guy unless your life is in mortal danger. Given Serge Ibaka’s display in Sunday’s game against the L.A. Clippers, I’m not sure he...
View ArticleThe NBA’s Stretch Run
If I had a nickel for every time someone talked about these few weeks as the “best sports time of the year” I could use those nickels to take a class on how to start a column without an overused phrase...
View ArticleMarch Madness!! (Just Kidding – It’s the NBA)
March Madness means almost none of you are interested in a coherent and interesting column on the National Basketball Association, even if you could find someone that can write one. In that spirit, I...
View ArticleThe East, The Commish, The Lakers, and The Tiger
I’ve had running arguments for years with various friends, brothers, enemies, dogs, empty hotel rooms, etc… on which collection of historical NBA players would comprise the best team. With that in...
View Article
