NBA Playoffs

James Harden and Jeremy Lin have transformed the Houston Rockets into a playoff contender. A couple years from now. Despite an impressive three game stretch that has seen the Rockets go 2-1, Harden average 35.3 points and Lin dish out 7.3 helpers, Houston is not playoff-bound. Not this year. I love a lot of the [...]

September 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The New Orleans Hornets are going to be exciting to watch this season. But will that excitement, courtesy of their re-tooled roster, be enough to carry them into the postseason? Now, most would say no. After all, as talented a core as Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and [...]

September 11, 2012 – Dan Favale The Portland Trail Blazers are an enigma. Portland went from title contenders to clawing for a playoff spot to a bona fide lottery team in 66 games last season. And to make matters worse, it’s unclear whether the Blazers have enough pieces in place to turn it all around [...]

June 8, 2012 – Dan Favale LeBron James foiled the Boston Celtics’ plan to advance to the NBA Finals Thursday night, but moving forward, will his perpetual prowess be enough? [...]

June 1, 2012– Dan Favale There’s a certain stigma that has plagued the NBA for years, one that dictates all players are not treated equally. And it’s time for a change. As I watched the Heat surpass the Celtics to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals, I couldn’t help but consider how [...]

May 31, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The 2012 NBA Playoffs second round was intense. Of course the Spurs did their now usual sweep show, and the Thunder got by the Lakers relatively unscathed. But in the East we saw some instense battles between the upstart Pacers and the Heat, as well as the Sixers [...]

May 24, 2012 – Dan Favale For Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, the day of reckoning is finally here. Again. After another early postseason exit at the hands of a deeper roster [...]

May 23, 2012 – Dan Favale The Miami Heat-Indiana Pacers game Tuesday night left Roy Hibbert feeling as if LeBron James and Dwyane Wade had an NFL-like bounty system of their own. [...]

May 21, 2012 – Dan Favale The Miami Heat are notorious whiners, specifically LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, and Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers isn’t okay with that. I’ve ripped apart Granger before, but there will be none of that here. As much distaste as I’ve expressed for some of Granger’s actions in the [...]

May 17, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s not easy being a red-headed basketball player. If you were a youngster thinking you were against all odds to make the NBA as it is, try having red-hair. I can count on one hand how many NBA players over the past decade have been red-heads. Personally, I [...]