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Harden Week: A Very Special Fridays With Fenrich
rss feed widget Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian: Among other things this season, James Harden has been a gloriously shaggy, bearded prism. Hold him up to the light, and sparkling new narratives pour out. One of those narratives that has slowly unfurled throughout the season is how Harden represents the … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Reading Between The Lines
Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. This week Kris and I worked on the Hickory-High Question Of The Week. Ian: You’re starting a book club and the first selection is the classic Phillip K. Dick novel, ‘A Scanner Darkly.’ Which four NBA players do you invite to join? Kris: 1. Joakim Noah: By … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Make Way For Dunklings
Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian: In honor of All-Star weekend and the impending slam dunk contest, I thought we could talk dunks. Does the dunk contest hold any interest for you? What are few of your favorite slam dunk memories? Kris: In short, no: the dunk contest doesn’t hold any … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Evolutionary Transitions
Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian: Last week it was reported that the Maloof brothers had agreed upon a deal to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle-based ownership group with plans to move the team to the Pacific Northwest by the 2013-2014 season. Over the weekend another group, with plans … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads
Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian: We’re rapidly approaching the half-way point of this NBA season. What are a few of your favorite moments? Who have you really enjoyed watching? Who makes you change the channel searching for re-runs of the Cosby show? Kris: Favorite Moments – It’s strange, when I think … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Clipper Ships And Peppermint Sticks
Fridays With Fenrich is a weekly feature here at Hickory-High, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian – As of Monday evening the Los Angeles Clippers have won 17 games in a row. Over that span they’ve scored at the league’s second-most efficient pace, 111.0 points per 100 possessions. They’ve also had the league’s second-stingiest defense, allowing just 95.0 points per … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: Love-ing The Present
Fridays With Fenrich is a new weekly feature here, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Kris - It’s a time of confusion for Wolves fans: On the one hand, a smooth and finely manicured hand, the Spanish heart throb that is Ricky Rubio emerged from the icy lakes and freezing forests of the Minnesotan wilderness on Saturday and looked exactly like the basketball savant we remember from last year … Continue reading
Fridays With Fenrich: The Greatest Spurs Ever Played
Fridays With Fenrich is a new weekly feature here, the aggregation of an extended, week-long email conversation on a single basketball theme, between myself and Kris Fenrich of Dancing With Noah. Ian – I was on Daily Dime duty for the Mavericks and Kings Monday night and sadly had to follow the overtime barnburner between the Spurs and Rockets through my Twitter feed. As the Spurs were putting the finishing touches on their win, … Continue reading
