2010

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 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 14, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Toronto Raptors sophmore DeMar DeRozan last night threw down a huge facial on the Charlotte Bobcats Tyrus Thomas. He cocks it way back on the way to the rim. Damn, this is so sweet. Notice ‘Air Jordan’ himself was in attendance for this one… [...]

December 15, 2010 – Joshua Sexton After splitting the first two games of their six game road trip, the Lakers beat the Wizards 103-89 Tuesday night. While a win against the Wizards is nothing to brag about, this one should allow Lakers fans to rest a little easier. For starters, Andrew Bynum made his season [...]

December 14, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious This week a Desoto County (Fla.) high school basketball player, pissed off with getting handed a technical foul and subsequently ejected, lost his marbles for a quick minute and attacked the referee. Certain to face charges of assault, TheBigLead.com was unable to track down the players name given that [...]

December 10, 2010 – Allen Moll With the ’10-’11 season already under way, it’s time to put into focus our 2010 Top 25 Player Rankings. Which player would you want to take the final shot with the game on the line? Who would you trust to run your high scoring offense? What superstar has the [...]

December 7, 2010 – Kevin Burke Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time. That’s the case for Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves. In his third year in the Association, Love spent the first two of those playing in the shadow of former teammate Al Jefferson. With Jefferson [...]

December 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Ron Artest last season was the Lakers hero in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was the old Ron Artest on defense and was the old 20+ ppg Artest on offense. So what happened over the summer? This season Ron Artest has barely [...]

December 7, 2010 – Allen Moll Coming into this season everyone seemed to be honed in and looking forward to the perceived 2 man race between Blake Griffin and John Wall for this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Second overall pick and last season’s NCAA POY Evan Turner and former Kentucky big man [...]

December 6, 2010 – Kevin Burke Pardon me, while I deviate from the usual format of Monday’s Weekly Knicks Notes, but it’s only fitting because things are anything but usual in Knicks country these days. This just in: The Knicks are for real. With yesterday’s win in Toronto, that gave the Knicks their 9th road [...]