Kevin Burke

December 22, 2010 – Kevin Burke Can I bother you for just second? I need you to stop what you’re doing and applaud those ladies from UConn. Last night they won their 89th consecutive game in a 93 – 62 route over #20 Florida State, which was their 53rd win of at least 30 points [...]

December 22, 2010 – Kevin Burke Having a good inside-outside tandem is crucial for success in the NBA. Especially when they know what each other is going to do before they do it. For years, that was the case in Phoenix with Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire. They were quietly one of the best big-small [...]

December 21, 2010 – Kevin Burke Last summer before the season began, Dwight Howard told The Hoop Doctors that despite the Miami Heat forming an Eastern Conference All-Star squad, and the Boston Celtics adding size on their front line, he felt as if his Orlando Magic were the best team in the East. Well, he [...]

December 20, 2010 – Kevin Burke Last week I took a break from Monday’s Weekly Knicks Notes, but if I did scribe one you would’ve read me go on and on about how great the Knicks are. I would’ve bored you into unconsciousness with how they’ve turned the corner and how they can give any [...]

December 17, 2010 – Kevin Burke A few years ago, Celtics coach Doc Rivers was almost fired because he wasn’t generating enough wins for the team. He was spared his job and was brought back. That summer General Manger, Danny Ainge was able to attain Ray Allen and then Kevin Garnett a few weeks later. [...]

December 16, 2010 – Kevin Burke I have an undeniable appreciation for all things sports, but to me there’s nothing more beautiful to watch than the game of basketball, especially when it’s played well. Everything about the game is truly a joy to witness. Having said that, there is one thing that I absolutely cannot [...]

December 9, 2010 – Kevin Burke They say the game has changed. They say it’s not what it used to be. That’s true, however not because of the reasons you’re thinking, but because we, as basketball fans, were without arguably the most exciting basketball game ever. Unless you’ve been in hibernation, you know that NBA Jam [...]

December 7, 2010 – Kevin Burke Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time. That’s the case for Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves. In his third year in the Association, Love spent the first two of those playing in the shadow of former teammate Al Jefferson. With Jefferson [...]

December 6, 2010 – Kevin Burke Pardon me, while I deviate from the usual format of Monday’s Weekly Knicks Notes, but it’s only fitting because things are anything but usual in Knicks country these days. This just in: The Knicks are for real. With yesterday’s win in Toronto, that gave the Knicks their 9th road [...]

December 3, 2010 – Kevin Burke Who else is glad that’s over? LeBron James finally made his much anticipated return to Cleveland last night and all of a sudden it feels like the first day of the rest of our lives as basketball fans. It now means that the “What do you think about LeBron [...]