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May 1st, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Chris Paul or Kobe Bryant? This will be the only time I write about the potential candidates for MVP, as the award gets too much hype and generally isn’t as important to the players as it is to the media. First off, there are only two real candidates this [...]

April 30th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Did last night signal the end of an era for the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns? An era possibly defined by 5 straight years of domination throughout the regular season each followed by playoff let down after playoff letdown. I do have to give both teams credit for fighting [...]

April 28th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water This whole DeShawn Stevenson/Soulja Boy vs. Lebron/Jay-Z fiasco is getting old, and fast. There is something really unsettling about the fact that a player of such mediocrity as DeShawn Stevenson can dominate the NBA media during playoff time by simply attempting to call out a player with some of [...]

I don’t know about the rest of the basketball community, but every time I see the NBA 2008 playoff bracket updates my eyes take a second look at the Detroit-Philadelphia series. No matter how many times I saw the 76ers leading the Pistons 1-0, tied 1-1, and now the 76ers leading the Pistons 2-1, it [...]

April 24th, 2008 – Dr. Dime As the 2006-07 NBA season drew to a close, Sam Mitchell defied all the odds signing his second NBA head-coaching contract with the Toronto Raptors. Why was this signing so improbable? Let’s take a look at Sam’s last three seasons with the Raptors. In 2005-06 Mitchell was voted by [...]

This has got to be one of the greatest NBA seasons I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. From the off-season trades that brought together the powerhouse “Big Three” in Boston, to the perennial powerhouse Pistons showcasing Deeee-troit Basketball once again, to the emergence of the LA Lakers and New Orleans Hornets as the shocking [...]

Suns-Spurs Playoff War 2008 – by Dr. Dime Were you among the masses who thought the race to the playoffs in the West this year was one of the most exciting you have ever seen? Get ready for Playoffs 2008! The NBA is about to hit an all new level of excitement and fan uptake. [...]

Superman, The Diesel, The Big Aristotle, Shaq Daddy, M.D.E. (Most Dominant Ever), Wilt Chamberneazy, The Big Deporter, Shaq-Fu, and most recently his self-imposed nickname – “The Big Cactus”. Not only Mr. O’Neal himself, but fans and critics alike, have failed to mention one more possible nickname, “Mr. Intangible”. Shaq is like a magnet for the [...]

Every NBA Fan knows that Kobe Bryant is one of the most prolific scorers in NBA History, and along with Allen Iverson is probably the best scorer we have seen since “The One”, Mr. Michael Jeffrey Jordan himself. So after 11 full NBA seasons, now playing in his 12th, why has Kobe never won the [...]

April 4th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious What is going on with Mr. Pat Riley? Let’s go back in time to the 2003-04 season for a minute. The Miami Heat, with Wade, Odom, Butler, and Eddie Jones were a pretty solid team. Dwayne Wade in his rookie season was averaging pretty decent numbers (17 ppg, 4.5 [...]