March 23, 2012 – Griffin Gotta As the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight get whittled down to the Final Four this weekend, the NBA is a little over a month from the beginning of the postseason. Or, as rest days and scheduling are considered, “normalcy.” College basketball’s playoff system crams so many games into about a [...]
March 23, 2012
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March 1, 2012 – Dan Favale The Oklahoma City Thunder, at least until the Miami Heat play, are owners of the NBA’s best record, yet there remains serious doubt as to whether this squad is a legitimate champion contender. While the Thunder boast a 28-7 record, the ambiguity that haunts them is not undeserved. Kevin [...]
March 1, 2012
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February 23, 2012 – Griffin Gotta By now we know Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee has the wingspan of a pterodactyl and freakish athleticism that lends hope to believe he’ll one day make a difference in the NBA. Then things like this in the video below happen, substituting any idea of progress with the hope [...]
February 23, 2012
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February 16, 2012 – R.S. De France After a 3-3 Grammy road trip, the Los Angeles Lakers, 17-12, looked glad to be home, but their legs looked tired as they struggled to beat the Atlanta Hawks, 18-11, Tuesday night, 86-78. Although the Lakers were successful when they stuck to Coach Mike Brown’s strategy to force [...]
February 16, 2012
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January 30, 2012 – Dan Favale Heading into the 2011-2012 campaign, we knew that we were in for an array of inconsistencies, but no one could have predicted what a roller coaster ride the Los Angeles Lakers have turned out to be. [...]
January 30, 2012
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January 24, 2012 – Dan Favale The Orlando Magic seem to be rolling, and then reality sets in, as it did in their 87-56 lost to the Boston Celtics Monday Night. One day the Magic look like bonafide championship contenders, and then the next, they make you wonder why Dwight Howard hasn’t requested to be [...]
January 24, 2012
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November 7, 2011 – Allen Moll Even though it’s been a while since the Golden State Warriors have been to the NBA postseason, they seem destined for good things with former league great Mark Jackson now at the helm and possessing an All Star caliber backcourt [...]
November 7, 2011
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October 7, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh By far one of the most interesting players of the last two decades of NBA basketball has to be Daron “Mookie” Oshay Blaylock. A perrenial starter, Blaylock was on the court for tip-off for 800 of the 889 NBA games he played in and finished with career averages of [...]
October 7, 2011
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August 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Details are becoming clearer as to why Crittenton put himself in this situation… A former NBA player who is accused of shooting an Atlanta woman to death appeared to be retaliating for being robbed of $55,000 worth of jewelry, police said. Javaris Crittenton, who was suspended from the [...]
August 31, 2011
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August 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yes, the same Javaris Crittenton that was involved in the Gilbert Arenas locker room gun scandal, is now wanted on murder charges and has yet to be apprehended by authorities. Crittenton is wanted for the shooting death of Jullian Jones, a 23-year old mother of four. Authorities don’t [...]
August 26, 2011
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