Defense

May 9, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James were named to the All-Defensive First team. Hard to argue with any of those selections. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the last three Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards, headlines the NBA All-Defensive [...]

February 2, 2011 – Kevin Burke In September of 2009, Bruce Bowen retired from the NBA after he was released by the Bucks. Among Bowen’s many accomplishments during his 12-year career include 3 championship rings with the Spurs, as well as being named to the All-NBA first or second defensive team 8 times. Those are [...]

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 [...]

November 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol When you look at the big three in Miami on paper, you can’t help but say wow, they are unstoppable. But even Superman had Kryptonite as a weakness. Not that i’m trying to be comparing the Miami Heat to the power of Superman, in fact they are far [...]

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 [...]

September 29, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Why not? Why the hell not? Pretty much every prediction for the 2009 season that i’ve read to date has the Denver Nuggets being the odd man out of the sure to be tight playoff race in the Western Conference. This is understandable, as they did just barely squeak [...]

July 25th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When most people think about the Phoenix Suns title chances, they figure their best chance may have passed them by. A lot of the Suns fans figure their best shot was the year they got ousted from the playoffs at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. Um wait [...]

July 2nd, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Yesterday Chris Duhon, currently of the Chicago Bulls, paid the New York Knicks a visit on the first day of his free agency. Duhon is unrestricted so he can sign with any team he chooses. Sources have said that the Knicks verbally offered Duhon a two year deal worth [...]

June 18th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Coming in to this game most of the discussions I heard regarding the game were about Kobe Bryant. Will he be able to extend the series for the Lakers? Will a win or loss affect his legacy in the NBA? Will Kobe be a passer, or will Kobe be [...]

June 16th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Well it wasn’t pretty now was it? But a win is still a win, and the season is still alive for the Lakers. Unfortunately for Lakers fans all of those questions regarding Kobe Bryant’s offensive performance thus far in this series have still not been answered. He did improve [...]