Looking to identity and subsequently acquire what’s missing in your life? You’ve come to the right place. NBA power rankings are here. Before we begin, there is one housekeeping note: What follows is not the direct result of records alone. There will be lottery teams ranked higher than playoff teams and everything in between. Power [...]
St.John’s Guard Rysheed Jordan shares more than just a last name with the greatest basketball player of all-time. He also shares a number in 23. And even that’s not it. As we saw this weekend, Rysheed Jordan also shares the ability to jump seemingly through the roof for dunks. Watch as Jordan skies over his [...]
Goodbye, All-Star discussion and NBA trade deadline. Hello, playoff race. It’s that time of year again. The focus is on the playoffs and various position-jockeying that’s going on. This week we have a lot of movement to cover, from the Blazers’ slump, to the Spurs’ mounting cankers, to the Thunder’s improbable surge, to the Sixers [...]
The LSU Tigers really haven’t been an elite college hoops program since the days of Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Jackson, and coach Dale Brown in the early 1990’s. Over the past decade, the school has sent a number of players to the NBA ranks like Glen “Big Baby” Davis, Brandon Bass, and Marcus Thornton, even though [...]
Stand up, folks. Stretch. Bend. Flex. Make old-folk noises. The NBA trade deadline is finally upon us. This implies two things: First, real, live basketball is about to begin again. Fist-pump it up. Second, the rumors are flowing like vodka and tequila and gin and rum and whiskey during J.R. Smith’s weekend-long vacation from the city of Cleveland. Navigating those [...]