Pat yourself on the back. Do the self-five. Pound your chest. Hell, play some pocket billiards if you’re into that sort of thing. You deserve it. Because the 2014-15 NBA regular season is over. And you made it. Now it’s off to the playoffs, which begin Saturday. And thank heavens for the brief respite in [...]
April 17, 2015
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Power Rankings
J.R. Smith would like to teach Kevin Love a lesson in teammate support. Asked about LeBron James’ triple-double performance in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Monday night win over the Detroit Pistons, Smith waxed MVP status, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “Who? The real MVP?” Smith said, his message echoing to the sellout crowd of 20,562 who were [...]
April 14, 2015
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Blogs
The Los Angeles Clippers are fighting for playoff position in the tremendous Western Conference, relying on the three-headed monster of point guard Chris Paul, power forward Blake Griffin and center DeAndre Jordan to lead the way. However, the NBA’s second-most prolific scoring unit can only engineer a postseason run if its perimeter specialist remains on [...]
March 30, 2015
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Blogs, David Kenyon
Good lord, the NBA playoff picture is a mess. Last week’s power rankings aren’t irrelevant, but they kind of are. The top- and bottom-most teams tend to stay put, but it’s the other 20 or so teams sandwiched in-between them that keep moving up and down, then up, then down, the ladder. In the Western Conference, [...]
March 25, 2015
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Draymond Green isn’t going anywhere. Sometimes, as higher-profile players approach unrestricted and restricted free agency, people like to craft urgent narratives that prove or suggest those same higher-profiles players or going to leave. The same has been happening with Green and the Golden State Warriors. At season’s end, Green with hit restricted free agency, where [...]
March 18, 2015
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A 25-34 record shouldn’t be good enough for eighth place in the playoff picture, but the Indiana Pacers surely don’t care that the collectively mediocre Eastern Conference means they hold that position. And it’s not their responsibility to make excuses for it, either. Sunday night, the Pacers knocked off the Philadelphia 76ers 94-74, using a [...]
March 2, 2015
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Blogs, David Kenyon
On Thursday night, LeBron James was simply unstoppable in the Cavs 110-99 victory over the league leading Warriors. Stephen Curry and company couldn’t handle the best player on the planet, as they were handed their eleventh loss of the season. James exploded for a season-high 42 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while also outscoring both [...]
February 27, 2015
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Highlights, Hoops TV
The basketball World just saw an impressive 3 point shooting performance by Stephen Curry on All Star weekend, as Curry scored an incredible 27 points in the Final round, to take home the 3 Point Shootout Saturday night. Curry’s performance has furthered the debate as to if he will become the NBA’s best shooter of [...]
February 17, 2015
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Offbeat
Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Zach LaVine, destroyed the NBA Dunk Contest in the same way that Stephen Curry destroyed the 3-Pt Shootout. It wasn’t even close. He was a perfect 100 in the first round with two 50 point dunks, then easily handled Oladipo in the finals. Wow, this kid is a leaper, and he’s super [...]
February 14, 2015
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Highlights, Hoops TV
Is it just me or is this year’s three point contest the event to watch at this year’s all-star weekend in New York. As a shooting guard I’ve always personally loved that event as much as the dunk contest, but with the decline in popularity of the dunk contest, rookie game, and even the all-star [...]
February 5, 2015
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