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Peter Vecsey
Peter Vecsey of the New York Post is the most prominent basketball columnist in the world. He has covered the NBA for the past 30 years, and has been an expert analyst on both network and cable television in the United States. His inside information and access to the league's top players, coaches and executives have helped earn him recognition as one of the "Most Powerful People in Sports" by The Sporting News.
For Peter Vecsey's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 14, 2011
Stern right to stop original CP3 deal
Only once during four decades of covering pro basketball do I recall a team that became almost whole in a forced trade by its franchise player . . . and that took two seasons after Milwaukee agreed to relocate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (and Walt Wesley) for Junior Bridgeman, Brian Winters, David Meyers and Elmore Smith.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 7, 2011
Paul trade to Knicks not happening
Congratulations to David Stern: Here were are, into December, and not one team has been eliminated from contention or contempt, heavy on the contempt slant.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 27, 2011
Dr. J sale conjures up memories
For someone who did Julius Erving's bidding for almost three decades, it warmed my innards to see so many others still have the touch.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 15, 2011
Team approach difference for Dallas
Moments before Game 6 began, it became self-evident the NBA Finals would soon conclude in a "Dead Heat." No performer with any pride would dare try to follow Marc Anthony's unparalleled interpretation of the national anthem.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 8, 2011
Walsh says time right to move on
Donnie Walsh's most sacrilegious compadre predicts his semester break in Indianapolis will not agree with him.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jun 1, 2011
Walsh set to remain with Knicks
John Calipari couldn't believe his awful luck when he stepped into an almost empty hotel elevator a week ago in Sarasota, Floriday, (site of the Dick Vitale Gala) and the door closed before he recognized its lone occupant.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 25, 2011
Brooks impresses veteran coaches
The buzz name on the lips of the coaching civilization that migrated here in flocks Friday night from all over the country and helped raise over $1 million for cancer research at the sixth annual Dick Vitale Gala — picking up where Jimmy Valvano left off 18 years ago — was not those being honored.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 18, 2011
With veteran squad, Celts keep Rivers
So my opinion (contrary to citing a source; incredible how many English-speaking and, I assume, reading people don't know the difference) concerning what Doc Rivers was doing and what he would do was incorrect.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 11, 2011
Road ahead won't be easy for Lakers
Oh, but it's weird and it's wonderful; here we are, forsythia is on sale for 50 percent off, and we're on the threshold of talking about "next season" regarding the Lakers instead of "next series."
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 4, 2011
Spurs paid price after running into confident Grizzlies at wrong time
The beauty of the NBA's best-of-seven playoff format is the best teams almost always advance from the first round.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 27, 2011
D'Antoni failed to adjust game strategy
Given the physical and emotional condition of Carmelo Anthony and the Inferiors coming into Game 3, was there really any doubt Knicks fans would wake up with tears on their pillows and pain in their hearts?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 20, 2011
Bulls' Rose clear selection for MVP
It's time to break up this space's monotony and cast votes instead of aspersions.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 13, 2011
Walsh likely on way out with Knicks
James Dolan's reluctance to pick up Donnie Walsh's $5 million option for next season the moment the Knicks qualified for the playoffs says it all about where this shadowy situation is headed.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Apr 6, 2011
Despite adding Williams, Nets have big issues
NEW YORK — Some impure thoughts before they become outdated or suppressed:
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 30, 2011
Billups a real liability for Knicks
NEW YORK — Chiming in at a minus-17 against the Bucks, Chauncey Billups was a "moot point guard," coins column chondriac Richie Kalikow.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 23, 2011
Wilt's feats dwarf Love's 'record'
NEW YORK — What were the odds of Kevin Love's double-double streak ending at 54 with a resounding thud against an escort service like the pedal-to-the-metal Warriors?
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 16, 2011
Return to Pacers could be in cards for Walsh
NEW YORK — Larry Bird, who has sold his Indianapolis home and is moving back to Florida where his son plans to finish college, GM David Morway and coach Frank Vogel are on the precipice of becoming ex-Pacers, it says here.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 9, 2011
Riley getting restless as Heat come unwound
NEW YORK — There are plenty of losses throughout a season and then there are coach-killing losses.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 2, 2011
Nets roll dice with acquisition of Williams
NEW YORK — For five months, beginning with a clandestine, late September night meeting between general managers Billy King and Masai Ujiri in a back room at New York City's Ritz Carlton, the Nets pursued Carmelo Anthony, only to get outbid last week by the Knicks, who surrendered the last piece demanded by the Nuggets — Timofey Mozgov — rather than chance losing him to New Jersey.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 23, 2011
West's son provides insight into legend's life
One of the things I loved most about my father was him being unafraid to show me his faults once we became coworkers.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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