Blogs

December 21, 2010 – Allen Moll There is just no denying that Washington Wizards center Javale McGee is one of the most physically gifted big men in all of the NBA right now. Standing at a wiry 7 feet tall and weighing in at 260 lbs, Javale possesses the skill set of a small forward [...]

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 20, 2010 – Alex Rosencutter With the first All-Star ballot results released Thursday, I am truly disappointed. People always talk about the corruption of the BCS rankings and how messed up it is. Why not talk about the corruption of the voting process for the NBA All-Star game? The players who are truly deserving [...]

December 20, 2010 – Joshua Sexton In this edition of the purple and gold blog, we will be recapping the Lakers’ games against the Pacers and Sixers. In addition, we will analyze the elusive “switch” theory, and look ahead to the Lakers’ Christmas Day game against the Miami Heat…. and we will say farewell to [...]

December 20, 2010 – Allen Moll Now that the NBA season is nearly a third of the way completed, the league is beginning to separate into the haves and have nots. While basketball is a team game, every club needs to get some pretty outstanding production from their star players in order to remain at [...]

December 20, 2010 – Allen Moll Every member of Jayhawk Nation and college basketball fans in general could hardly wait for December 18th to finally arrive. That’s the date that everyone circled on their calendars when Kansas’ top recruit Josh Selby, fresh off a 9 game suspension to begin the season, was set to make [...]

The New York Knicks are better than expected, 16-11, 6 games behind Boston. 8-2 last 10 games.  They had won 7 games in a row before losing to the Boston Celtics at the hands of a late Paul Pierce jumper.  Also, they have one of the best records on the road this season at 10-4. [...]

December 18, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap NBA.com reported today that the Washington Wizards were close to a deal with the Orlando Magic that would see the two teams swap Gilbert Arenas for Rashard Lewis. We are now hearing that the deal is done and the trade will go through as originally described. It shouldn’t be [...]

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 17, 2010 – Allen Moll So far this season the Shaquille O’Neal experiment in Boston through the first 20+ games has been a success as the big man has provided a much needed post presence in the absence of the injured Kendrick Perkins. While for the remainder of his continuing career, Shaq will always [...]