2011

February 4, 2011 – Kevin Burke In D.C. this season, there has been so much attention paid to John Wall’s arrival, Gilbert Arenas’ long awaited departure from the club, and JaVale McGee’s participation in the dunk contest that many haven’t realized how the Wizards are actually performing on the court. The Wiz are now 13 [...]

February 3, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were the first team to reach 40 victories. After Monday night’s loss to LeBron James and the Miami Heat, Cleveland became the first team to reach 40 losses this season. Obviously, everyone knew the Cavaliers were going to struggle this season after losing the [...]

February 1, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It appears Phil Jackson will officially be hanging it up at the end of this season. Since as early as last summer, Jackson has said this will be his final season coaching in the NBA. However, Jackson is somewhat known for having a hard time staying away. After his [...]

January 31, 2011 – Kevin Burke Does anybody remember when O.J. Mayo was on the cover of countless magazines back in the day? He was barely in high school when he was coverboy for a myriad of basketball print publications. He took that hype to the University of Southern California where he played for one [...]

January 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors As we head into the weekend with one of the most exciting double-headers of the regular season on national television, we couldn’t leave you without a video preview/promotion for the Heat vs. Thunder game. These two teams are showcases more highlight reel plays than anyone in the NBA [...]

January 28, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Unfortunately, there is no football this weekend. Unless you are one of the few people who enjoy watching the Pro Bowl. While next weekend’s match-up between the Steelers and Packers is on many sports fan’s minds, there are two can’t miss NBA games taking place on Sunday. ABC is [...]

January 28, 2011 – R.S. De France Even though the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin is in his second year with the team, he is technically considered a rookie. Griffin’s tremendous rookie season got me wondering where he ranks among the best rookie power forwards (PF) of all-time in the NBA. Beyond the eye-popping, oxygen-sucking, [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll For those of you who don’t already know, Earl Boykins has the distinction of being the 2nd shortest player in NBA history, right behind former Hornets standout Mugsey Bogues(5’3). The diminutive guard measures out at a miniscule 5’5 and weighs only 135 lbs but he doesn’t let his size [...]

January 27, 2011 – Joshua Sexton During Tuesday night’s win against the Utah Jazz, Lamar Odom sank one of the more impressive shots of the season. It is a shot one would normally see during a game of H-O-R-S-E. As Odom was driving baseline, he was bumped by Utah’s Francisco Elson. After Odom heard the [...]

January 27, 2011 – Allen Moll When all is said and done and Boston Celtics great Paul Pierce finally does hang it up sometime in the future, there’s no doubting that his #34 jersey will join the many other Celtic greats like Bill Russell, John Havlicek, and Larry Bird up in the rafters at TD [...]