NBA Playoffs

March 30, 2012 – Dan Favale The trade deadline is barely two weeks past and the playoff brackets have not yet been decided, but the NBA is already looking ahead toward free-agency, specifically with regards to the future of Steve Nash. [...]

March 28, 2012 – Dan Favale Most of the players on the Phoenix Suns’ roster would be lost without Steve Nash, except Marcin Gortat. Nash has led the Suns into playoff contention, bringing out the best in everyone around him, and that includes Gortat. [...]

March 25, 2012 – Dan Favale Amid a lockout-shortened schedule, the NBA has been witness to a litany of unbecoming basketball. As the Atlanta Hawks and Utah Jazz came to show us though, that’s not always a bad thing. By now, you, the NBA faithful are fully aware of what transpired Sunday night. The Jazz [...]

March 21, 2012 – Dan Favale The Heat continue to win—14 straight at home, in fact—but lately, it has been far from pretty. Leading up to the NBA All-Star Game, Miami was exuding a level of dominance that many didn’t even know their big three led squad was capable of. Double-digit margins of victory became [...]

February 14, 2012 – Dan Favale Out the gate, the Utah Jazz were one of the biggest surprises in the league, but now, a painful reality has begun to set in. [...]

February, 2012 – Dan Favale After acquiring Raymond Felton on draft night, the Portland Trail Blazers seemed poised to make a legitimate championship push this season, yet that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. The Blazers started hot, but have cooled off to the point of frigid over the past ten games, dropping to [...]

May 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Each week, The Hoop Doctors will poke a little fun through cartooning at the latest discussions at the proverbial ‘water-cooler’ regarding the NBA and its characters. We hope you get a couple of laughs along the way, and if you are thinking about writing us hate mail [...]

May 16, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Inevitably, there are going to be playoff series each postseason that end sooner than expected, as was the case in the Mavericks’ sweep of the Lakers. When the Mavericks take on Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, they will have had eight [...]

  May 14, 2011 – Allen Moll With this year’s Eastern Conference Finals set to be an all out slugfest between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, many Bulls fans are apparently still bitter over Lebron James’ “Decision” to “Take his talents to South Beach” rather than play alongside Derrick Rose in Chi-Town for the [...]

May 13, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Thunder at Grizzlies (-2) The Oklahoma City/Memphis semifinal playoff series has provided fans with a little bit of everything. For starters, both team’s home crowds are arguably the best in the league. The enthusiastic, small market environment [...]