The San Antonio Spurs have won 9 of their last 11 games, currently rank 8.5 games back from the top playoff seed with only 2 games separating them from the 4th seed. The Spurs roster, crafty and veteran-saturated, is making its move in the final stretch as if it where a thoroughbred horse stealing a [...]
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Vince Carter claimed in article by the Orlando Sentinel that he is not concerned about being inducted into the Hall of Fame. He’s a scoring machine. A natural talent. Arguable the world’s greatest dunker of all time. But none of these intangible qualities that Carter possesses has ever lead to any significant results in the [...]
Sunday, March 14, 2010
When discussing Shaun Livingston over the past 3 years following his debilitating February 26, 2007 injury the words “gruesome injury” followed by the inevitable “he was so talented” have become monikers leading to a laundry list of “what ifs” regarding how his career might have panned out. Well, what if Shaun Livingston becomes the starting point [...]
Friday, March 12, 2010
Gilbert Arenas is the latest NBA player changing his jersey number next year. By ditching his now infamous “Agent Zero” namesake and jersey number 0, he will join LeBron James wearing jersey number 6 next year. Arenas is ardently attempting to shake his old reputation, and start anew in 2010-11. This move to number 6 is [...]
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Allen Iverson’s tumultuous year of being in and out of lineups for the Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers this season, while coming to face the reality that he is no longer a starter grade player in the NBA any longer, is apparently just the beginning of his problems. In the midst of his daughter Messiah’s mysterious [...]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
LeBron James has officially filed the paperwork required to notify the league of his intent to change his jersey number from 23 to 6. The move comes months after LeBron had made waves of this action back in November when he begin initiating the “Entire League Must Retire Michael Jordan’s Number 23” movement. Well, that’s [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
Jason Kidd made one of the better head’s up basketball plays in recent NBA history. With 1:37 remaining in the 4th quarter, down by two points, 95-97, Jason Kidd noticed Mike Woodson standing on the court, and decided to drive into him. Kidd caught him with an elbow to make sure the referees noticed within the [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
A tweet by J.E. Skeets linked me to breaking news, learning the following: Former NBA All Star Alvin Roberston has been charged with sexual assault and the trafficking of underage children for the purposes of forcing them to have sex. Robertson is currently being sought out by police in Texas. 7 others have been apprehended and [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
Every once in awhile we hear die hard sports fans making sport analogies crossing over multiple sports, somehow attempting to link a touchdown comparatively to a grand slam, or a no-hitter to a perfect score in bowling. You know what I am talking about, right? The point is, these stretch-of-the-imagination comparisons of sports apples and oranges [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Shaquille O’Neal of the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a severely sprained thumb during the first half against the Boston Celtics, and did not return. This is a huge blow for the front court of the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaving them depleted in the middle. The injury occurred after O’Neal pump faked Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who then jumped into [...]
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