Campaigning for NBA awards has become an actual thing. Take the Charlotte Hornets, who are backing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist for Defensive Player of the Year (he won’t get it). Take the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are publicly supporting Andrew Wiggins’ Rookie of the Year case with custom-made socks. Take the Houston Rockets and general manager Daryl Morey, [...]
April 10, 2015
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Oh, look, it’s the Spurs. The time-biding, age-shirking, logic-looting, championship-chasing, demonstratively dynastic Spurs. Remember when we were worried about them? Yeah, me neither. Yours truly was never worried about them. Yes, I’m patting my self on the back. A few bold blockheads thought they were done. Believed they were finally too old. Could see injuries [...]
April 8, 2015
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It’s almost time for us to say goodbye to another year of NBA Power Rankings. The NBA’s regular season is winding down, which means we’re nearing a point of farewell. Never fear, though, because that point isn’t here just yet. We still have the playoff race and, equally important, the MVP chase—or, as it’s now become, [...]
April 3, 2015
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The Warriors wouldn’t be where they are today without their All-Star point guard Stephen Curry, who continues to dazzle the entire basketball world with his basketball talent each game. On Tuesday night against the Clippers, Curry took a critical step towards surpassing the player, just a couple short years ago, widely considered as the clear [...]
April 1, 2015
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Need a reminder of just how irretrievably crappy the New York Knicks are this season. Okay, here it comes. Per Bleacher Report’s Adam Fromal: [tweet https://twitter.com/fromal09/status/582648483322048512] Holy. Freaking. Shit. Entering Monday night, the Knicks are a very Knicks-ian 14-60. James Harden and Stephen Curry are the league’s top-two win-share accumulators; they each have more than [...]
March 31, 2015
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Good lord, the NBA playoff picture is a mess. Last week’s power rankings aren’t irrelevant, but they kind of are. The top- and bottom-most teams tend to stay put, but it’s the other 20 or so teams sandwiched in-between them that keep moving up and down, then up, then down, the ladder. In the Western Conference, [...]
March 25, 2015
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Fuhgettabout March Madness. The NBA playoffs are almost here. Sure, you could watch college kids, some of them highly touted Association prospects, soak up late-winter, early spring spotlight as they sap 30 seconds off the 35-second shot clock trying to score, only to usually not score, en route to securing or losing a national championship [...]
March 19, 2015
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Draymond Green isn’t going anywhere. Sometimes, as higher-profile players approach unrestricted and restricted free agency, people like to craft urgent narratives that prove or suggest those same higher-profiles players or going to leave. The same has been happening with Green and the Golden State Warriors. At season’s end, Green with hit restricted free agency, where [...]
March 18, 2015
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Golden State Warriors fans probably owe New York Knicks owner James Dolan a hearty thanks. It’s not enough that the Warriors destroyed the Knicks in New York on Saturday night, winning 125-94 while the boys in orange and blue basically did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. No, that loss was yet another reminder of [...]
March 16, 2015
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Looking to identity and subsequently acquire what’s missing in your life? You’ve come to the right place. NBA power rankings are here. Before we begin, there is one housekeeping note: What follows is not the direct result of records alone. There will be lottery teams ranked higher than playoff teams and everything in between. Power [...]
March 13, 2015
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