4th Quarter

One benefit to Kyrie Irving’s departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers: We get to see a more aggressive LeBron James down the stretch. Not that James has been particularly passive late in games through years past. He’s always struck a nice balance. His first inclination is too pass, so he often does, and he’s spent the [...]

Isaiah Thomas is truly having a magical season for the Boston Celtics. He is the go-to player and closer for one of the better teams in the NBA. We have already broken down the historical ramifications of his performance this season when compared to other NBA players of his size (he is 5’8″) and how [...]

June 12, 2012 – Kevin Burke Last season proved to be a transcendent year for the National Basketball Association. On the heels of the much heralded summer of 2010 free agency class came one of the most anticipated campaigns in the League’s history. [...]

March 26, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors If you’re a Lakers fan and were skeptical about Mike Brown before, then you’re probably fed up with him now after benching Kobe Bryant in the 4th quarter last night. As you can imagine, Kobe isn’t that thrilled. When a reporter asked if it was correct to assume [...]

January 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Chris Bosh in a recent interview with GQ Magazine, may be calling in to question the ‘order’ of things in Miami. [...]

In late game situations recently, LeBron hasn't come through for the Heat. Should Wade have the ball in his hands more in these scenarios? [...]

March 1, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious Today’s Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers battle in the desert was a heavyweight battle. Shaquille O’Neal vs. Kobe Bryant. It was just one of those games that really lived up to the hype. Unfortunately for Lakers fans, the Suns came out on top behind 33 huge points from [...]

December 22, 2008 – Dr. J-Water The Miami Heat are winning ball games again. The Heat are 14-12 and are currently 6th in the Eastern Conference. A couple of years ago you would be saying ‘so what? That’s not that great’, but given the low expectations for the Heat coming into this season with all [...]

December 5, 2008 – Dr. Dime Kevin Garnett hates to lose. Kevin Garnett can be intense about it. If this is that obvious to me, you’d think his teammates would have quite a good handle on Garnett”s personality. Or maybe Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis of the Boston Celtics is just a sensitive guy…..maybe he really [...]