Memphis Grizzlies

May 14, 2012 – Dan Favale Chris Paul is the epitome of playmaking, the embodiment of unselfishness, and, the lesser acknowledged, poster-boy for good intentions gone awry. Paul can take over games almost on command, but his reluctance to do so is somewhat troublesome. The point guard is incredibly unselfish—too unselfish. He dribbles for far [...]

May 8, 2012 – Griffin Gotta By Wednesday, the first round of these 2012 NBA Playoffs could already be over and done with. Between tonight and tomorrow, every series stands at 3-1 with the team in control having a chance for the knockout blow. It’s a little strange to see how uniform the grip on [...]

April 17, 2012 – Griffin Gotta In the grand scheme of things, you could say fretting so much over who will sneak into the Western Conference playoffs as the eighth and final seed is misspent energy. [...]

April 17, 2012 – R.S. De France Is Bynum the Best Center in the NBA? After Andrew Bynum led the Los Angeles Lakers to victory in overtime against the defending champion Dallas Mavericks, many are wondering if Bynum has become the best center in basketball. Bynum scored 23 points and pulled in 16 rebounds on [...]

April 13, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Before we get to the weekend, a quick word on the Miami Heat and the “statement game.” Clearly, last night’s inability to overpower the Chicago Bulls’ bench unit is not going to look good on the resume, seeing as how they may need to defeat these Bulls — with [...]

February 28, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Now that we’re set to begin the season’s second act, the NBA has graciously lowered the price of all forms of its League Pass product. By graciously, it should be noted, I mean gracious like raising the overall price of League Pass for a lockout-shortened season and now only [...]

February 10, 2012 – Griffin Gotta This week brought us one of the more perplexing questions of the NBA season thus far: Is it better to be an All-Star reserve or Jeremy Lin? Right now, you could make the argument that the mythology surrounding Lin is on another level than that of being named to [...]

December 16, 2011 – Allen Moll Unfortunately for 6 year NBA veteran Rudy Gay, he missed out on his Memphis Grizzlies improbable Playoff run last season, when they took the OKC Thunder to 7 games in the Western Conference Semi’s, because he went down in January with what turned out to be a season ending [...]

May 16, 2011 – Joshua Sexton In Oklahoma City’s Game 7 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon, Russell Westbrook recorded the first triple double in a game seven since 1992. Westbrook finished with 14 points, 14 assists and ten rebounds. Scottie Pippen accomplished the feat in a 1992 conference semifinal game against the [...]

May 6, 2011 – Kevin Burke Injuries are a part of the game and everyone is susceptible. But even so, it’s tough not to feel bad for guys that get hurt, especially towards the end of the season with something still left to play for. On February 15, Memphis’ Rudy Gay [...]