Team to Beat

It looks like the Cavs will win the East, despite the Raptors being 2.5 game behind and nipping at Cleveland’s heels for much of the second half of the season. Once the playoffs do finally roll around, Kyrie Irving feels his squad is the team to beat. But he’s not just talking about the East. [...]

March 24, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It seems as though sports fans are always hasty to dismiss proven champions. I have fallen victim to this perilous habit as well. Defending champions are either too old, their previous championships were flukes of some kind or other teams seem primed to knock them off their pedestal. Last [...]

December 21, 2010 – Kevin Burke Last summer before the season began, Dwight Howard told The Hoop Doctors that despite the Miami Heat forming an Eastern Conference All-Star squad, and the Boston Celtics adding size on their front line, he felt as if his Orlando Magic were the best team in the East. Well, he [...]