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Decade of Draft Disasters (NBA)

October 5, 2020

MikeDropSports summarizes some of the worst NBA draft decisions that teams have made over the last 10 years. Some of these decisions were knowingly bad at the time and some are just hindsight bad. Considerations: [read more]

Why New York Sports Do Not Suck

July 22, 2021

Last year, around March, I published an article about how New York sports sucked. The main takeaway was that New Yorkers have recently spent more time celebrating draft picks, free agency, and firings more than [read more]

NFL Coaches in the NFL Draft

July 16, 2021

Of the 32 active NFL head coaches, 5 were previously drafted by NFL teams. Kliff Kingsbury, Cardinals Before the Ryan Gosling lookalike coached Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech, where he [read more]

Why Michael Jordan is Forever Connected to the 2004 NBA Finals

May 18, 2020

Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals, the first championship of the post -Jordan era and year one of the Lebron James era. Even though Michael [read more]

MikeDrop: Julian Edelman is Not a Hall of Famer

July 15, 2021

Recently retired wide receiver Julian Edelman is a legend. This is a guy who played quarterback in college at Kent State and was drafted by the Patriots in the 7th [read more]

Cincinnati is the Worst Sports City in America

October 1, 2020

Cincinnati, Ohio is a beautiful city. But the sports scene is ugly. In fact, I’d argue it’s the worst sports city in America right now. Cincinnati has 2 major pro [read more]

Why Kobe and Lebron Never Faced Each Other In NBA Finals

February 17, 2020

The two best players in the post-Michael Jordan NBA world are Kobe Bryant and Lebron James. These two spent 13 overlapping years (2003-2016) in the league. During this stretch, one [read more]

Worst NBA Draft Day Trades In the Last 5 Years

July 14, 2021

A look back at some of the worst trades made during the NBA Draft, since 2016. Some of these were bad at the time, some of these are bad in [read more]

Knicks Draft History: Connections to 2021 Picks

June 29, 2021

After a surprising run to the playoffs in 2021, the New York Knicks are set up nicely to add some more pieces this summer. It starts with the Draft, as [read more]

NFL Quarterbacks as Avengers Superheroes

April 22, 2019

Avengers: Endgame hits movie theaters nationwide on Friday April 26. With the NFL Draft also this week, we combine the NFL with the superheroes and identify which quarterback would be [read more]

How High School Basketball #1 Recruits Have Fared in NBA

December 7, 2020

Playing in the NBA is really tough. It’s even tougher when you have been the best player on your team your whole life. In this article, I look at all [read more]