Now that we are knee deep in the second round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, we thought it was a good time to look back at the amazing highlights from the first round match-ups. We hope we got the key highlights down, but let us know if we missed one of your favorite plays or [...]
May 10, 2013
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Ever since J.R. Smith was suspended for elbowing Jason Terry during the Knicks – Celtics series, he hasn’t been himself. Smith earned Sixth man of the year honors for timely scoring and the ability to heat up quickly. However, since coming back from injury, he’s been anything but himself. His shooting has been abysmal. In [...]
May 9, 2013
Anou Enright
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Pau Gasol missed a bunch of games for the Lakers this year due to plantar fasciitis in his foot. But when he was on the court, he struggled to find minutes in D’Antoni’s offense. Needless to say, he wasn’t a good year for Paul. Not to mention the fact that trade rumors were swirling about [...]
May 9, 2013
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This morning Russell Westbrook held a press conference to talk about his injury. He has been hounded by reporters since he went down and required season ending surgery. Apparently holding a presser was easier than getting one offed with by dozens of individual interview requests. Westy talks about everything from how he’s coping with watching [...]
Yesterday, Denver’s George Karl was named NBA Coach of the Year as he led a very good Nuggets team to the third best record in the Western Conference. Despite not having a prototypical “go-to-man” in terms of offense, what they do works. And you don’t always need that go-to scorer as evidence by the 2003-04 [...]
May 9, 2013
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Granted, this isn’t a fashion blog. It’s an NBA basketball blog. But we just can’t help ourselves here. Russell Westbrook and Dwyane Wade have been making a splash with fashion during NBA playoff post-game pressers for a couple years now. But is this jacket Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade wore to the post-game presser last night [...]
May 9, 2013
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And you thought Dwight Howard was indecisive. Phil Jackson remains a sought after head coach. How could he not? He’s won 11 titles as a sideline stalker and in 20 years on the job, he’s never once coached a team to a record below .500. Teams want that type of resume in their locker room. [...]
Carmelo Anthony isn’t going to lose sleep over LeBron James not unanimously being voted the NBA’s MVP. Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe has been receiving plenty of criticism for choosing ‘Melo over LeBron as the league’s most valuable player, and Anthony, for the life of him, can’t seem to figure out why (via Matt [...]
Feel free to panic, but Kevin Durant won’t. After the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Memphis Grizzlies at home in Game 2 of the second round of the NBA playoffs, some folks were prepared to hit the panic button. To be clear, we’re talking about the same panic button the world was ready to [...]
The Denver Nuggets were one of the surprise stories of the NBA season. Although they are devoid of you would classify as a superstar, they have a bunch of guys that gel on the court and really play well together. In fact, they only lost 3 games at home all season long and earned a [...]
May 8, 2013
Anou Enright
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