NBA

January 25, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA season now roughly at the midway point, we are starting to get a better glimpse of just which rookies will be players going forward. After all the college season lasts approximately 30-40 games if you consider post-season play. Right about now is when these players muscles [...]

January 24, 2011 – Kevin Burke The roller coaster ride continues. This has been a season of streaks for the Knicks who suddenly look like they have forgotten how to score. I wonder if the swirling Carmelo trade rumors are getting to them? Housekeeping: Record: 22 – 21 Streak: L6 2nd place in the Atlantic [...]

January 24, 2011 – Joshua Sexton During TNT’s telecast of the Bulls vs Mavericks game on Thursday night, Reggie Miller gave his MVP front runners for the first half of the season. His five picks included: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Amar’e Stoudemire and Dirk Nowitzki. All five players are having great seasons, and [...]

January 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Alley-oop dunks, behind the back passes, point guard hops, and buzzer beaters are the name of the game this week in The Hoop Doctors Top 10 Plays of the Week video mash-up. Enjoy the replays and feel free to send us requests for next week… [...]

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January 20, 2011 – Joshua Sexton One of the biggest debates in the first half of the season has been whether Kevin Love and Blake Griffin should be on the Western Conference All-Star team. The two players are rising stars, and are arguably the best forwards in the conference. The big obstacle standing in their [...]

January 20, 2011 – Kevin Burke “You’d rather look good and lose than look bad and win.” Those epic words were spoken by Billy Hoyle to Sidney Deane once upon a time. Perhaps Billy wasn’t speaking just to Sidney, but rather an entire generation of basketball players to follow. While that may be a bit [...]

January 20, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol The blockbuster trade that would bring Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is officially dead. But probably not how you would have guessed…. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov told the team to end trade talks with the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy with how it [...]

January 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Last week we told you who will be participating in this year’s slam dunk competition. Blake Griffin is clearly the favorite and I’m still trying to understand the Brandon Jennings angle. Everyone not named Blake in this competition certainly has their work cut out for them. In fact, some are [...]

January 11, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Make no mistake, since Hedo Turkoglu left the Orlando Magic in the Summer of 2009 the team has missed his unique talents. What was not as obvious was the way Turkoglu has missed the Magic. After leading the team to the Finals in 2009, Turkoglu signed a contract with [...]