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No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass Power Rankings (5th ed.)

1. Oklahoma City Thunder (Last Week: 1) OKC has a stretch of high-profile games this week, kicking off with Christmas day @ Miami, followed by home vs. Dallas (plus Dirk!) and @ Houston on Saturday night. They never no-show these … Continue reading

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No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass Power Rankings (4th ed.)

1. Oklahoma City Thunder (Last Week: 4) Everyone has a theory as to why the Thunder have been rolling without Harden, so I’ll add mine: Durant running the offense from the high post in crunch time is no longer an … Continue reading

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No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass Power Rankings (3rd ed.)

1. Los Angeles Clippers (Last Week: 1) Bledsoe. What a little monster. If you’d told me that the most impressive athletic feat of the Clips’ season would come from someone not named Blake, or Deandre, I’d have slapped you. But … Continue reading

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No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass Power Rankings (2nd ed.)

1. Los Angeles Clippers (Last Week: 5) You have to understand my skepticism about Vinny’s promise to run more this season. Every coach pledges improve their transition game in the summer months. Christ, Del Negro made that pledge in Chicago … Continue reading

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No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass Power Rankings by Kurt C. Scott (With a Brief Introduction by Jacob Greenberg).

Editors’ Note: On September 23, while discussing normal blog business, Kevin and I had the following discussion on Gchat: me: yeah   so does any blog do weekly league pass rankings?   like, 1-30 of the most watchable league pass teams   2 liners Kevin: That’s a good idea … Continue reading

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The Diss Presents: The First Annual NBA Analyst Awards.

Editor’s Note:  Kurt Scott’s back again to deliver The Diss’ First Annual NBA Analyst awards.  This is Kurt’s second piece on our humble little blog.  As always, you can follow Kurt on Twitter here. ***** It’s NBA awards season.  And coming off … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: The Pre-ACL Bulls. A Guest Post by Kurt Scott.

Editor’s Note:  The Diss is delighted to feature a guest post from Kurt Scott.  We wish it came under happier circumstances.  This is Kurt’s first contribution to The Diss.  He is a lifelong fan of the Chicago Bulls.  You can … Continue reading

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