Ironically as I was checking up on game 4 of the Western Conference Finals the Beatle’s song “Here Comes the Sun” was playing on my computer. I couldn’t imagine a better song coincidentally playing while Phoenix gave the Lakers all they could handle awhile evening the series to 2-2 tie. I guess what really substantiates this [...]
Monday, May 24, 2010
Amare Stoudemire played his finest basketball game of the 2009-10 season during game 3 and it could not have arrived at more important moment for the Phoenix Suns. He has faced controversy due to his discord laden comments directed towards Lamar Odom after game 1. This season has shown us how Amare has persevered past many [...]
Friday, May 21, 2010
Not only is he talking smack to Lamar Odom and not backing it up, not only is he trying to keep his mother out of jail, but now Amare Stoudemire can add yet another new skill to his ever-expanding list of talents within his repertoire: NBA Western Conference Finals game 3 ticket salesmen. Stoudemire revealed via [...]
Thursday, May 13, 2010
LeBron James is a superhuman-insane-we -really-broke-any-possible-or-conceivable-mold type basketball player. He won this years MVP award in convincing fashion. We all know this, or should know this, or eventually will come to know this. The thing is, James is also the most important piece in my argument as to why the MVP award should:Be awarded with heaviest [...]
Saturday, May 8, 2010
When you get it wrong, you really get it wrong. My prediction of the Phoenix Suns chances against the Spurs have not only been shattered into smithereens, but the Suns are now on the verge of completing the exact “bizarro” version of my prediction, and eliminating the Spurs with either a clean sweep, or by [...]
Monday, May 3, 2010
Steve Nash has a hurt hip. Tim Duncan has ailing knees. There are many things that could be written in an attempt to elaborate the potential outcome of this second round Western Conference playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns, but no other factors will have a larger impact. Steve Nash and [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Brandon Roy returned to action this week inspiring and reviving his Portland Trailblazers playoff hopes. In his return, the Rose Garden played the theme music to Rocky, and the Blazers pulled off a 96-87 victory. All was good in Blazerland. Roy had returned, albeit to a bench role, and the Blazers had tied the series [...]
Monday, April 19, 2010
Expectations that the Portland Trail Blazers would have any chance in the playoffs after Brandon Roy was sidelined with microscopic surgery on a torn meniscus were slim to none. However, in game 1 Andre Miller matched Steve Nash nearly point for point and assist for assist, giving Blazer Nation hope while leading a Portland attack exposing [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
Amare Stoudemire’s name scorched the NBA trade rumor talks this All Star Weekend. An otherwise lackluster weekend featured the NBA Slam “Flunk” contest, a boring game of horse ending in a 3 point shootout, and the rookies emerging victorious over the sophomores in the Rookie Challenge. The most excitement came from, other than a 7-player trade [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Amare Stoudemire is a hot name isurfacing n trade rumors with just under 2 weeks remaining before the NBA trade deadline. The New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and a handful more teams are rumored to be investigating what it will take to acquire Stoudemire. For certain teams, landing Stoudemire represents a scenario [...]
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