http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12184 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:21:10 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12184 It's alright, I'm slowly replacing it by going on eBay and buying a box of cards occasionally and it's actually pretty fun opening those packs and reliving that part of my life. Also I'm seeing where you can buy the Hollander books used pretty cheap online and my wife got me this http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-v/dp/0740748475 chunk of awesomeness last Christmas so that took care of that.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12183 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:14:43 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12183 Man, sorry to hear that, Trev. It really sucks that you lost all that cool stuff.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12182 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:09:24 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12182 I used to love reading those books before the season started and then rereading them again after the season. I think I had something like 1989-1998. Unfortunately one of the many things lost in Hurricane Rita including every Slam Magazine from Issue 1 to whatever they where up to in 2005, every Calvin and Hobbes book put out, and every Hoops Basketball card from 1989-1995.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12179 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:23:43 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12179 Some things never change.
In the report about Jerry Reynolds: "[Reynolds] certainly got the cold shoulder from Don Nelson, who hardly ever uses rookies very much."

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12176 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:30:07 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12176 Great find, Neil! Love the notes on Buck Williams. That was back when the term "Power Forward" meant "interior bruiser who gets all over the boards" and had no real expectation of major point production.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12174 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:14:04 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12174 John Hollinger's reports at ESPN are basically the modern equivalent, mixing humor with serious analysis. In fact, from an objective standpoint Hollinger's stuff blows anything Hollander did out of the water, but for nostalgia's sake we all still look back fondly on those Hollander Handbooks.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343&cpage=1#comment-12173 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:45:38 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3343#comment-12173 Awesome. Reading Hollander again makes me wish he still made such reports. I also read the 1998 handbook, which I believe is the last one made, and twelve years later, I still find myself referring to in my mind. Is there any internet equivalent?

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