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Posted on April 30, 2008
Caron Butler was talking some hard smack--well, maybe not hard smack, but he was kind of prophetic--near the end of the game, after Butler had made an amazing drive on Lebron James with 4 ticks on the clock, he...
Posted on April 29, 2008
Boston was looking to have a little R & R after they saw the other series in the Eastern conference looking like they were going to go to at least 5, 6, maybe even 7 games. I mean, here...
Posted on April 28, 2008
Detroit had felt a little disrespected--ok, a LOT disrespected. Here were the Philadelphia 76ers, who not only were not even thinking playoffs just three months ago, now up 2-1 on the Pistons and holding a double digit lead at...
Posted on April 19, 2008
Tim Duncan doesn't shoot three pointers. Generally doesn't need to. With his dominant inside game and the San Antonio Spurs' game plans, he doesn't really have to go outside of the lane much at all. So when he hit...
Posted on April 8, 2008
So, the NBA may limit the age of players that enter their league....again...In the last collective bargaining agreement, the age limit was imposed that players must be 19 to be in the league, which basically was a compromise to...
Posted on March 11, 2008
No disrespect to Oklahoma City. This is a town who did wonderful things for the Hornets while New Orleans was down and out due to Hurricane Katrina. They welcomed the NBA franchise with open arms and did a very...
Posted on March 10, 2008
One would think that such a tech-savvy guy like Mark Cuban would love the blogosphere. One would also think that that a guy who seems to be so anti-establishment would embrace everything that is pure about blogging. One would...
Posted on March 9, 2008
Recently, Kevin Martin scored a career-high 48 and his team lost. Now, Nate Robinson scorches the nets for 45 and his team loses. Are we seeing a trend here? Well, maybe two games is not enough of a sample...
Posted on March 8, 2008
Kevin Martin was sssssssssssssmokin'. Dropping 48 on the hapless Minnesota Timberwolves, one would think the next line of this post would be a Sacramento King victory. However, that is not the case. I know, I know, what's the world...
Posted on March 6, 2008
The Miami Heat are deplorable. They have zero chance of making the playoffs, they have been down since the beginning of the season, and they will almost certainly have one of the best chances at getting the highest lottery...
Posted on March 4, 2008
Theo Ratliff has been in a bunch of big trades and transactions. The problem is, he hasn't been the big name in any of them. With deals that brought Kevin Garnett to Boston, Rasheed Wallace to Detroit, Dikembe Mutumbo...
Posted on March 3, 2008
Could the Toronto Raptors have any MORE injury issues?? After having several games with T.J. Ford out and some intermittent issues with Andrea Bargnani, now they have to face at least a week out from their All-Star Chris Bosh,...
Posted on March 3, 2008
Sure, both of the teams looked very different than the last time they met. Sure, the big name players had more support than they normally did. But the outcome was something the Mavericks didn’t expect when they lost to...
Posted on March 1, 2008
No one ever doubted that the teaming of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony wasn't going to provide some big numbers offensively. What the big question dealt with was whether there would be enough shots to go around. While they...
Posted on February 27, 2008
After going out and signing Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in the offseason, the Boston Celtics could have very easily just sat back and watched the wins pile up. While that was a great plan initially and the Celtics...
Posted on February 26, 2008
I discussed very recently the huge streak the Houston Rockets were going on, and they still are on it--12 in a row. But with a stress fracture that has ended Yao Ming's season, including the playoffs, there is a...
Posted on February 25, 2008
Bobby Jackson was traded to the Houston Rockets a few days ago. The book on Jackson is that he not only provides veteran experience, but has been a big time spark off the bench for several teams. In his...
Posted on February 24, 2008
As we all know, Gilbert Arenas likes to talk--ALOT. For a while now he's been discussing a March 2 return to the Washington Wizards from a nasty knee injury that caused him to have surgery in November. While Arenas...
Posted on February 22, 2008
Larry Bird has had to endure a lot of things as president of basketball for the Indiana Pacers. Not only has the team continued to wallow in the middle of the pack to the cellar in the eastern conference,...
Posted on February 21, 2008
Both players say that the feud is over. To see the game last evening, though, you would have thought that Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were the worst of enemies. O'Neal was making his debut with the Suns, fresh...
Posted on February 20, 2008
In 1972, The Phoenix Suns played the Milwaukee Bucks in an outdoor preseason in Puerto Rico. Now, they get an encore next preseason against the Denver Nuggets. The game will be played in Indian Wells, California, and will be...
Posted on February 19, 2008
Yeah, yeah, we know, Jason Kidd is Mr. Everything, blah blah blah. He's a future hall of famer and the Mavericks will get some one who can lead them to a title right now. Great. But--I understand that the...
Posted on February 17, 2008
Dispelling a huge myth, Dwight Howard has proven once and for all: Big Men Can Fly. At 6-11, Howard soared to the 2008 Dunk Contest Title in New Orleans, riding a slew of props, including teammate Jameer Nelson and...
Posted on February 16, 2008
It's official--the Sacramento Kings are in full rebuild mode. In a multi-player deal with Atlanta, the Kings sent veteran guard Mike Bibby to the Hawks for four players, three of which have expired contracts at the end of this...
Posted on February 15, 2008
Hakeem Olajuwon was one heckuva ball player. He even had to change his name from Akeem to Hakeem because he was so good (ok, that's a lie). Still, "The Dream" was and is a Houston icon, despite the fact...
Posted on February 14, 2008
Here I am reporting on all of these big things happening with Jason Kidd going to the Mavericks again and BOOM!--Just like John Madden would say--the deal has hit a snag and maybe even been totally blocked. Why? Some...
Posted on February 13, 2008
Jason Kidd trade rumors had been swirling for...well, forever. The New Jersey Nets haven't had a really great team for a while despite the level of talent that has been there and the expensive contracts that followed. So, with...
Posted on February 12, 2008
Ok, not for you fans that watch the game, it's actually been halfway decent the last couple of years. Likewise, the dunk contest has been more than enjoyable. As for the other three-ring circuses, well......that's another post :) What...
Posted on February 11, 2008
When someone takes a little time off, it is generally for rest and relaxation. Unfortunately in professional sports, taking time off usually means something not good; for Sam Mitchell, it is because his wife's father passed away in Atlanta....
Posted on February 10, 2008
So,everybody is on their high horse about Shaquille O'Neal going to the Phoenix Suns, and one of the things people have constantly gone back to is that he is "old" relatively NBA speaking, and his injuries are much too...
Posted on February 8, 2008
Honestly, who woulda thunk it? For years, the NBA had only US teams and was a US game. But the day the Toronto Blue Jays won the world series in 1992, a bid was made to the NBA for...
Posted on February 7, 2008
> Ok, so I went on my not-so-mini rant yesterday about Shaq going to the Suns and what a bonehead move it was. For Steve Kerr's sake, I hope I am wrong. But I got that sneakin' feeling.... However, it...
Posted on February 6, 2008
Shaquille O'Neal for Shawn Marion and change. Suns and the Heat. Wow. This would have been something a few years ago. Now, it's just weird. First of all, why would the Suns even think about this? It's like adding...
Posted on February 5, 2008
Yes, we all know that certain players, when not with their teams, have an extremely detrimental effect on their progress. Others' absence is not so much--even if they are a great player--because of the other players on the team....
Posted on February 4, 2008
Giving away Pau Gasol was a big deal. Letting Damon Stoudamire go to the Spurs really wasn't. But now with the trade of Stromile Swift to the Nets for Jason Collins, the Grizzlies are making it clear: they are...
Posted on February 1, 2008
Sure, there were several players involved in the mass swap between Memphis and the Lakers. But no one will deny that the biggest coup of the deal was the Lakers getting Pau Gasol, the versatile seven-footer who should really...
Posted on January 31, 2008
There are a TON of talented guards out there. But are there as many that are as versatile as Deron Williams? I mean, come on, let's face it, the majority of guards out there are usually very slippery fast,...
Posted on January 30, 2008
Boy, have the Raptors missed T.J. Ford. After missing the last 22 games due to a hard hit from Al Horford which re-aggravated a "stinger" that has been an off and on issue with him since 2001. At that point,...
Posted on January 29, 2008
If you didn't think the New Orleans Hornets were going to be good this year, you obviously haven't followed basketball very closely. But if you were to say that the Hornets would be one of the top teams, if...
Posted on January 28, 2008
The split was uber-nasty. Chris Webber and Don Nelson...It was close to the Sprewell-Carlesimo feud from a while ago (remember the scratch marks on Carlesimo's neck?). While it left a bitter taste in Warriors' fans mouths, there is a...
Posted on January 21, 2008
Ouch. Keeping the Rockets under 100 is a pretty decent feat, but when your team can't break 90, that equals a big L. And this "L" put the Sonics at 11 in a row. Of course they've struggled over...
Posted on January 17, 2008
Damon Stoudamire wants a new place to play. The Suns need a backup point guard. It's like Reese's peanut butter cups, right? The perfect combination? Maybe. The rumor mill has produced that Stoudamire could be traded to the Suns,...
Posted on January 16, 2008
Last year, they took the NBA world by storm, defeating the big bully Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA playoffs in one of the most improbable series in a long time. This year, though, they started...
Posted on January 15, 2008
Lebron scored 101! Yey! Did he beat out Wilt Chamberlain for the most points scored in a game?? Nope. He scored 101--on the highway. Celebrating his 23rd birthday on December 30, Lebron James was pulled over near Medina, Ohio,...
Posted on January 14, 2008
POW? What, are we in the middle of a Batman comic? ZANG ZE BOW! POW! CRASH! Alright, enough hearkening to much simpler times. When I say POW, I mean Player of the Week. And for the week of Jan...
Posted on January 13, 2008
NBA Excitement. Can you feel it? Jerry Stackhouse, who has been a great role player from the Mavs, hit the buzzer beater to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers by 1 in LA. Check it out below: I love this...
Posted on January 12, 2008
The Chicago Bulls most valuable player can arguably be named as Luol Deng. Averaging almost 18 points a game and just shy of 7 boards per contest, Deng is the sneaky-quick forward that really has allowed for guards Kirk...
Posted on January 9, 2008
The Miami Heat's team symbol is a basketball that seems to be on fire going through what appears to be a rim. However, when you look at this season, the rim is more likely to be viewed as a...
Posted on January 8, 2008
The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA's version of the Bad News Bears. Not only are they getting beat, but they are getting their tails whipped. Who answers for that? Well, for one, Kevin McHale, the team's VP of operations,...
Posted on January 7, 2008
The Nuggets beat up on the Sixers this weekend. After the game was over, Allen Iverson beat them up a little more. After he shot 14-of-25 in Denver's 13 point victory over Philly, when asked about the Sixers, Iverson...
Posted on January 6, 2008
It was kind of odd how it all went down. The Grizzlies have been mired in another losing season, and the front office was looking for some answers. And mysteriously, Damon Stoudamire was put on the inactive list, and...
Posted on January 4, 2008
Chris Bosh has done it all on the court, and now he's done it in a hilarious video asking fans to vote for him! I think this is absolutely classic. First of all, many fans who only know the NBA...
Posted on January 3, 2008
Reports from the LA Times note that Lamar Odom claimed he meant no harm to Celtics guard Ray Allen, which resulted in a one-game suspension and $120,441 in lost salary. "I wasn't trying to hurt him. I was just...
Posted on January 2, 2008
The Nets haven't exactly been playing outstanding ball the entire year. Despite having perennial all-stars Vince Carter and Jason Kidd on their squad, New Jersey has been stumbling around .500 for a while now. However, in Orlando tonight, the Nets...
Posted on January 1, 2008
Ok, so that was a little corny for an opening line. But, hey, you're here, so...stay a while! After the media darling Portland Trail Blazers had won 13 in a row and finally had the streak snapped by the Utah...
Posted on December 30, 2007
Ok, so you all know I decried Scott Skiles' firing. Number 1, I just plain like the guy. Number 2, he's done what he can with a team that was in the abyss when he came there. And Number 3,...
Posted on December 28, 2007
After having a week off and having to suffer through the idea that they were on a three-game losing streak, the Toronto Raptors came into San Antonio with one thing on their mind: try to end the streak now. However,...
Posted on December 27, 2007
With less than a month until the All-Star voting ceases, there is a clear favorite now overall: Kevin Garnett. Brought back from the depths of basketball purgatory which is Minnesota, Garnett now is playing much more enthusiastic, passionate, and has...
Posted on December 26, 2007
All of the big names were sitting in the waiting room for the NBA draft. Oden, Durant, Brewer, Jianlian, Law, the list goes on and on. While these guys were sure to get NBA big bucks and big playing time,...
Posted on December 25, 2007
When the NBA schedule was released, NBA and TV execs drooled over the idea of having a Christmas day matchup between the number 1 and number 2 draft picks in Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. Of course, that never happened,...
Posted on December 24, 2007
So....Scott Skiles is getting fired before Isiah Thomas? Geesh. Nice Christmas it should be for the Skiles family. Nice classy move, John Paxson. And here I thought you had more intestinal fortitude. Guess not. Yes, the Bulls should be doing...
Posted on December 23, 2007
While the Phoenix Suns are not exactly known as defensive stalwarts (actually, if you said that you'd probably be laughed at more than Dane Cook), they still have been up and down in terms of the defensive improvement over the...
Posted on December 21, 2007
Alonzo Mourning is one of those guys that every owner should want to have on their teams. He's a great guy, a team player, and is arguably one of the toughest who have played the game. Who else has been...
Posted on December 19, 2007
There was a news breaking article about the Charlotte Bobcats. They made a big trade? Nope. Beat a huge team? Nope. Actually won a game? Well, they've won a few, but no, not this time. The AP article headline: Jordan...
Posted on December 18, 2007
Who woulda thunk it? Portland had the number one pick in the NBA draft--and they went with Greg Oden. And then, just like that, the microfracture snap of his leg meant he was out for the season. Ah, such is...
Posted on December 15, 2007
The sports world basically stood with mouth agape this week as senator George Mitchell came out with his report on those who had been linked either by purchases or actual drug testing to be using steroids and other illegally banned...
Posted on December 14, 2007
Usually, the word "ugly" and Phoenix Suns don't go together. But in their 103-98 win over the Utah Jazz, it was exactly that. The high-flying, run-and-gun team got down to the nitty-gritty style of play alot of other teams do...
Posted on December 13, 2007
In something that wasn't too much of a surprise to fans of the NBA, the Lakers retained Phil Jackson as their head coach and are giving him 24 million to stay another 2 years. My question is, why? Sure, the...
Posted on December 11, 2007
Is Jamaal Tinsley the David Copperfield of the NBA? Not because of the Magic he does on the court--more like the things he gets away with off the court. After his third run-in within 1 year dealing with nightclubs, guns,...
Posted on December 10, 2007
After getting Chris Bosh back this weekend and the rousing victory against the Houston Rockets, the Toronto Raptors got even better news--Andrea Bargnani is back from his knee injury. Bargnani had been out for more than a week from the...
Posted on December 9, 2007
No one ever thought that Chris Bosh was the end all be all for the Toronto Raptors. But those people also would agree that the team without Bosh was certainly not as good or close to what they could be....
Posted on December 7, 2007
Fans of the NBA love drama--and it couldn't get any better than the Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves game. Like the scene out of "Hoosiers", Joe Johnson took the ball around the key and pulled up from 18 and---nothing but...
Posted on December 6, 2007
What happens when your team faces huge sexual harassment charges and you have a coach that no one can stand? To boot, what happens when the team itself is just plain--bad? Well, in the case of the New York Knicks,...
Posted on December 4, 2007
Coaches in the NBA can sometimes be a dime a dozen. There are a select few that stay the course throughout a long period of time, but there are an even fewer amount of coaches that stay with one team....
Posted on December 3, 2007
Yipes. It's one thing to lose a great player, it's another to lose two of your team leaders and a valuable role player. All of those are gone this evening when the Raptors face the Charlotte Bobcats, who are a...
Posted on November 29, 2007
Just a day after Lebron James and the Cavaliers took down the then once-defeated Celtics, they were embarrassed by the Detroit Pistons 109-74 behind Rip Hamilton's 18. Now, keep in mind that King James sprained his finger in the 2nd...
Posted on November 28, 2007
With the Big Three versus "The Chosen one", the stage was set for a great game. And it didn't lack its dramatics--evidently during the pre-game warmups Kevin Garnett and Lebron James had some not-so-subtle statements to each other, and even...
Posted on November 27, 2007
Yes, there's some abstract meaning to the title of the article, although it's not all that abstract. Minnesota has fallen--get it??"Timberrrrr"--like what a lumberjack yells when a tree is going down? Hello? Is this thing on??? And the team has...
Posted on November 26, 2007
What in the h-e-double-toothpicks is going on with Miami? Perennially a force in the East, especially with getting Shaq several years ago, the Heat look like a playground team. Think it's because Dwyane Wade has only played half of the...
Posted on November 25, 2007
It's not as if the Jazz have been playing bad ball, but still, with Deron Williams nursing a toe injury, many thought that perhaps they were a little under their potential--and they were right. Williams came back from the injury...
Posted on November 24, 2007
Despite a huge game by Chris Bosh, who tied a career-high with 41 points, the Raptors couldn't pull an upset on the road against the mighty Cleveland Cavaliers, who rode the wave of Lebron James' triple double in edging the...
Posted on November 22, 2007
We all knew the Suns could score, but geeez.....Making 18 of their first 21 shots, the Suns blazed to 80 first half points in a 127-111 victory against Sacramento. Even the Suns were surprised. Rolling off its sixth win in...
Posted on November 21, 2007
I know I am not giving breaking news here, nor any mind-shattering commentary, but I have said it once, and I'll say it at least a dozen more times until it happens--Isiah Thomas should be fired, and the sooner, the...
Posted on November 20, 2007
Well, Kobe Bryant wanted a new supporting cast--the Lakers are starting to give him one. Just a couple of days after the major suitor for Bryant, the Bulls, declared they were no longer going after him, the Lakers dealt Brian...
Posted on November 20, 2007
The Heat thought they were saving some money and getting some quality in picking up free agent Smush Parker from the LA Lakers this summer. Warning--cliche coming... You get what you pay for. Citing Miami's slow start, the rumor mill...
Posted on November 19, 2007
At the beginning, Bulls fans were clamoring--another upward descent of a team that was continuing to mature and become better, a pretty good draft, let's bring the season on! phhhhhbt. Like the air that went out of Al Capone's vaults...
Posted on November 18, 2007
No one is really surprised that the Boston Celtics have started out undefeated for the season. However, with the Orlando Magic at 8-2, they are not only surprising, they have the chance tonight to blemish that unbeaten Celtics at home...
Posted on November 16, 2007
Stephon Marbury has never been someone who anyone would ever regard as giving, a team player, and a good all-around guy. In the media, he's often been chastised by his me-first, seeming arrogance, and uninspired play. So when the news...
Posted on November 14, 2007
Ok, well, they are probably at the point of embarrassment. With a franchise record start to the season in futility, the Sonics still have 4 games on an east coast trip that could leave them at 1-11 or even 0-12...
Posted on November 13, 2007
At 6-2 now, the New Orleans Hornets had a special feeling about this year--but to be this good this quickly? In even defeating the Nets by a layup from Chris Paul to eek out a 2 point victory, the Hornets...
Posted on November 12, 2007
Even though we're only a few weeks into the season, there are some things that need to be brought up that are some "odd" things. Let's go... 1) Steve Nash--his scoring is out of this world!! And, naturally, this means...
Posted on November 10, 2007
When Orlando went out and grabbed Rashard Lewis this offseason, the public could sense that the Magic were making the moves to move them to the next level. When the failed hiring of Billy Donovan was finally over and done...
Posted on November 9, 2007
The US has been kind of lukewarm to taking an interest in Yi Jianlian; if anything, it's been more of a Britney Spears-in-a-fishbowl look at Yi, a "what will he do next" odd view of his life. For Yao Ming,...
Posted on November 8, 2007
I don't get it....The Hawks started out so sluggish and once again underachieving. Then they faced a brutal opening two weeks, but still--this was the team that was supposed to be on the up and up, but they just didn't...
Posted on November 7, 2007
Everyone's darling--the little engine that could--the epitomy of an underdog--all of these things describe last year's Golden State Warriors. After given virtually no shot of beating the big bully Dallas Mavericks last year and doing so in dramatic fashion, several...
Posted on November 6, 2007
The Chicago Bulls have obviously worked on their outside game with keeping vets Ben Gordon, Andres Nocioni, and Kirk Hinrich working the offense. They made the big move a couple of years ago in getting defensive guru Ben Wallace. So...
Posted on November 5, 2007
Just when the Raptors gained momentum, Ray Allen stepped up. And with a three pointer at the buzzer of overtime, took the Raptors down with a sweet jumper to win 98-95. While Kevin Garnett posted his second straight double double...
Posted on November 4, 2007
I understand that we all have witnessed some pretty great players in the span of about 20 years. With visions of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Reggie Miller, and as recently as Kobe Bryant, Tim...
Posted on November 3, 2007
Sure, it's not like they have beaten the huge teams of the NBA. But hey--starting out 2-0 was something no one thought the Pacers could do--maybe not even themselves. But showing heart by coming back from seven points down with...
Posted on November 2, 2007
Alright, we all knew Tracy McGrady has got "skeels to pay da beels". But he's always suffered the "underachiever" role in never really getting a team anywhere. So when T-Mac exploded for 47 points against the Utah Jazz, one has...
