2011

May 13, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Thunder at Grizzlies (-2) The Oklahoma City/Memphis semifinal playoff series has provided fans with a little bit of everything. For starters, both team’s home crowds are arguably the best in the league. The enthusiastic, small market environment [...]

May 12, 2011 – Joshua Sexton To say Pau Gasol’s performance in the playoffs was a disappointment would be understating the issue. In ten playoff games, Gasol failed to reach his regular season scoring average of 18 points one time, and he only reached his regular season rebounding mark three times. There were reports circulating [...]

May 11, 2011 – Joshua Sexton The NBA playoffs can easily be compared to a masterfully crafted novel, with each game serving as a small part of a larger storyline that unfolds over a two month period. The players serve as the characters in the novel, whose talents, personalities and histories can elicit admiration or [...]

May 6, 2011 – Allen Moll Now that the San Antonio Spurs have had a week of rest and have had some time to figure out just exactly how they were unceremoniously bounced from the 1st Round of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, it’s time to start contemplating the future of the aging Spurs. While most [...]

May 04, 2011 – Joshua Sexton If there is one thing I took away from the Mavericks’ Game 1 victory over the Lakers it’s this: Dallas is a much deeper team than Los Angeles. Anyone could look at the statistics and be able to tell you the Mavericks had a better bench than the Lakers [...]

May 2, 2011 – Allen Moll Eight teams can now exhale, regroup, and attempt to move on. Now that all of the favorites like Boston, Los Angeles, and Miami have cruised in their opening round series and others like Atlanta, Chicago, and Memphis have made some sort of history by moving on, it’s time to [...]

April 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The star of Tony Allen is shining bright right now in Memphis Grizzlies nation, as he is playing an integral role in sparking the Grizz to a 3-1 series lead over the number one seeded San Antonio Spurs. But Tony is making waves today for his off court [...]

April 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Hey Kobe, we know you like calls to go your way. Who doesn’t? But c’mon man, while you are complaining, Chris Paul is schoolin’ your aZZ. Veterans should know to keep their head in the game, especially during the playoffs. P.S. – What’s with the pigeon toes? [...]

April 25, 2011 – Allen Moll It didn’t take long for Duke Blue Devils fans to have something to cheer about after their squad was un-ceremonially bounced a tad early from the NCAA Tournament a few weeks ago. [...]

April 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Today the NBA announced the one game suspension (Game 4) for both Zaza Pachulia of the Atlanta Hawks and Jason Richardson of the Orlando Magic. Pachulia and J-Rich were both involved in an altercation in the closing minutes of Game 3 (video after the jump). The league’s disciplinarian, [...]