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Posted on May 4, 2008
The New Orleans Hornets dispatched the Dallas Mavericks in such a fashion that it was the final straw for Avery Johnson's job as coach for the Mavericks. The San Antonio Spurs didn't have a huge threat in the Phoenix...
Posted on May 2, 2008
Utah was thinking sweep when they went home up 2-0. I mean, come on, let's face it, we're talking about the NBA's best home team and all they needed to do was just do what they were supposed to...
Posted on April 26, 2008
Phoenix fans are seething; the frustration has gotten to a level that probably borders on what most Americans have for President Bush--ok, maybe not that bad, but considering the amount of wins this team has piled up in the...
Posted on April 23, 2008
Ahh, how things change so quickly in the NBA. Yao Ming went down with a season-ending injury. The Houston Rockets went on a winning streak after that is one of the best all-time in the NBA. So then, what...
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 14, 2008
Let's face it. People are talking up that the Golden St. Warriors must beat the Phoenix Suns tonight to stay alive in the western conference playoff race. The problem is that it just doesn't have to do with this...
Posted on April 10, 2008
I just simply can't get my arms wrapped around the Western Conference playoff race. I mean, here you have two teams in the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors that have played absolutely wonderful basketball all year and yet...
Posted on April 2, 2008
You could feel that it was going to happen. Late in the game, Peja Stojakovic, who is eight on the NBA all-time three point shooting list, was 1 of 10 from the field. Normally, the sharpshooter would have already...
Posted on March 31, 2008
The Clippers have had, well, another Clippers-like season. Basketball's version of the Chicago Cubs just can't seem to get things going despite actually making some decently shrewd moves off the court. What has really been the biggest problem has...
Posted on March 30, 2008
19=the number of wins the Minnesota Timberwolves have this year. 46=the number of wins the Utah Jazz have this year. 2-1=Minnesota's record against the Jazz Huh? Seriously? Yep. And to lose the way they have, not even being close...
Posted on March 27, 2008
The Phoenix Suns knew they were running into a tough run when they looked at their schedule--even though they had won seven straight and actually made the Shaquille O'Neal deal look palpable, they knew going into the Palace and...
Posted on March 13, 2008
And here, in March, I would have thought I would have probably posted at least a handful of times about #1 draft pick Greg Oden--before he went down with a season ending surgery (before his season began). But since...
Posted on March 7, 2008
In a story on CBS Sportsline, it is discussed as to whether the Golden State Warriors will let draft steal Monta Ellis go like they did Gilbert Arenas, when due to salary cap restrictions, they could not offer what...
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 28, 2008
It's usually not a surprise for teams to get rid of players that aren't performing very well. Usually this is done pretty unceremoniously, a piece of paperwork and a blurb in the transactions section of the newspaper. But an...
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 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
The Spurs read the writing on the wall. The West was going after big names and they were going after simply, BIG. With the Phoenix Suns getting Shaquille O'Neal and the Lakers getting Pau Gasol, the Spurs already have...
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 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 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 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 24, 2008
To be able to coach the Los Angeles Clippers takes a man's man, much like coaching the Memphis Grizzlies is as well. To coach them for 4 years is just...welll..suicide. But for a coach like Mike Dunleavy Sr., it's...
Posted on January 23, 2008
Like that play on words? Yeah, me too! Ok, enough about me... The Kings were raining down threes like they were going out of style--and they were hitting them. 15 to be exact. And all the New Jersey Nets...
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 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 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 May 31, 2007
Yipes. The next time I doubt the Spurs, kick me in the face. Ok, not the face...too much of a problem area already--how about the shin? That'll work.... Tim Duncan and Tony Parker lead a balanced attack over the bewildered...
Posted on May 25, 2007
So maybe it "wasn't" an upset over Phoenix. San Antonio, continuing to play their patented style of game against the Jazz, have leaped out to a 2-0 lead in the series, and it looks like Utah could be worrying about...
Posted on May 16, 2007
We all thought it was certainly something to see the Warriors top the seemingly invincible Dallas Mavericks in round one, and rightfully so; Golden St. had played lethargicly during the regular season, and no one thought their depth and game...
