In honor of Tennessee-Martin legend Lester (Done Ruthless) Hudson’s 42 points (8 triples) 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 swipes, and 2 swats against Tennessee Tech in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tourney (Tuesday evening), not only will I try to do 42 pushups consecutively, I’ll also attempt to put in 8 hours of academic studying between Wednesday morning and midnight Thursday.

Almost a month ago—I’m not a professional analyst, yet—I wrote Should I stay or should I go? and proclaimed Jamont Gordon and Bill Walker, among others, would stay in school.
Well, they didn’t.
Walker’s decision wasn’t a big surprise, but Gordon’s was. But even more surprising was the college departures of George Hill and Luc Richard Mbah A Moute and the withdrawing of Ty Lawson, Chase Budinger and the nearly 24 year old Lester Hudson.
The league will have an official list out later on Tuesday.
Below is a list of the guys who were undecided going into …read more

Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw the Celtics outlast, completely out shoot and utterly out hustle the Lakers in the 2nd half. This was surely not the start the media favored Lakers had in mind, nor was it what Stephen Kersey had in mind over at Hoops Fantasy.
Unless, of course, Kersey believes the Celtics can be beat four straight times?
During the game I was making my way through both rosters and began to think– who is going to have a similar impact in the league as a Paul Pierce? Luke Walton? Derek Fisher? Glen Davis?
Are …read more