NBA

December 20, 2010 – Alex Rosencutter With the first All-Star ballot results released Thursday, I am truly disappointed. People always talk about the corruption of the BCS rankings and how messed up it is. Why not talk about the corruption of the voting process for the NBA All-Star game? The players who are truly deserving [...]

December 20, 2010 – Joshua Sexton In this edition of the purple and gold blog, we will be recapping the Lakers’ games against the Pacers and Sixers. In addition, we will analyze the elusive “switch” theory, and look ahead to the Lakers’ Christmas Day game against the Miami Heat…. and we will say farewell to [...]

December 20, 2010 – Allen Moll Now that the NBA season is nearly a third of the way completed, the league is beginning to separate into the haves and have nots. While basketball is a team game, every club needs to get some pretty outstanding production from their star players in order to remain at [...]

The New York Knicks are better than expected, 16-11, 6 games behind Boston. 8-2 last 10 games.  They had won 7 games in a row before losing to the Boston Celtics at the hands of a late Paul Pierce jumper.  Also, they have one of the best records on the road this season at 10-4. [...]

December 17, 2010 – Kevin Burke A few years ago, Celtics coach Doc Rivers was almost fired because he wasn’t generating enough wins for the team. He was spared his job and was brought back. That summer General Manger, Danny Ainge was able to attain Ray Allen and then Kevin Garnett a few weeks later. [...]

December 17, 2010 – Allen Moll It would be an understatement to say that the LA Clippers’ Blake Griffin has been every bit as good as expected upon arrival in the National Basketball Association. No one really new just how explosive he would be after his pre-season ending patella tendon/kneecap injury ended his rookie campaign [...]

December 13, 2010 – Allen Moll No, it isn’t a misprint, a recycled bit, or a Vintage Video featuring T-Mac with the Magic. Not to be disrespectful, but who knew that former 7 time All Star, Tracy McGrady still had enough juice left in his surgically repaired knees to still serve up posterizing dunks? Things [...]

December 10, 2010 – Allen Moll With the ’10-’11 season already under way, it’s time to put into focus our 2010 Top 25 Player Rankings. Which player would you want to take the final shot with the game on the line? Who would you trust to run your high scoring offense? What superstar has the [...]

December 9, 2010 – Allen Moll Surely every Wolfpack fan is excited to have highly touted freshman CJ Leslie on campus this season as he has quite a resume as a highlight reel dunker in high school. But at the same time, another elite level frosh, point guard Ryan Harrow, is already making a name [...]

December 9, 2010 – Alex Rosencutter When thinking about the NBA in the 90’s, you think about the golden era. The game was filled with rivalries and future Hall of Famers and Commissioner Stern was on his high horse. You had rivalries like the Knicks vs Bulls, Knicks vs Pacers, Bulls vs Jazz, and Bulls [...]