Buckle your seat belts NBA fans, the playoffs are rolling now. This Spurs-Warriors series is going to be a wild ride if last night’s finish is any indication. Steph Curry played out of his mind, he single handedly built a big 4th quarter lead for the Warriors, some fans even left the building. Then, it [...]
May 7, 2013
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The New York Knicks dropped Game 1 to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday but moved a step closer to getting one of their weapons back in the fold. Amare Stoudemire scrimmaged during practice on Monday and barring any setbacks will return to action in Game 3 on Saturday. “The only way I wouldn’t be [available [...]
LeBron James knew who it was that didn’t vote for him as the NBA’s MVP, in a matter of speaking. He didn’t know specifically that it was Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe who voted for Carmelo Anthony, but when pressed about it, he said he had an idea that it was someone from “New [...]
It feels as if LeBron James has been in the NBA forever, but he’s only 28. Granted, this is his 10th season and was a teenager when he entered the league, but the guy is very much in his prime. James just won his fourth league MVP and could very well end up with the [...]
May 6, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Well, you can’t say you saw this one coming. The Brooklyn Nets will not be bringing back P.J. Carlesimo to coach the team next season, which means they’ll have to seek out their third head coach in the last year. Could Jerry Sloan be that coach? Deron Williams won’t rule it out (via Stefan Bondy [...]
We’ve been hearing that the Boston Celtics’ original “Big 3”, of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen, was too old to compete for a title almost as soon as the trio was put together prior to the ’07-’08 season. They immediately took that slight personally, becoming one of the Greatest NBA Champions of All [...]
May 6, 2013
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Allen Moll
The Chicago Bulls’ attempt to upset the Miami Heat was never going to be easy, but an excessive number of absences may make it impossible. Derrick Rose remains on the sidelines and Joakim Noah is essentially playing on one foot. We also know that Taj Gibson and Kirk Hinrich are banged up as well. And [...]
Over the weekend, LeBron James of the Miami Heat was named NBA MVP for the 4th time in his career. It’s scary because if you take a look at his career stats, LeBron seems to be getting better, as tough as that is to believe. Yesterday, we learned that of a possible 121 first-place votes, [...]
May 6, 2013
Anou Enright
Blogs, Kevin Burke
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has lofty goals for the Brooklyn Nets and they don’t include being eliminated on your home court in game 7 of the playoffs. He has visions of a championship in the near future and doesn’t think P.J. Carlesimo is the guy to lead them there. Although Carlesimo was the coach who [...]
May 6, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Derrick Rose has not played a single game for the Chicago Bulls this season and despite what he says that is unlikely to change in the second round against the Miami Heat. Rose told reporters after Chicago’s Game 7 win over the Brooklyn Nets that his imminent return was “still up in the air” but [...]