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Do Any NBA Teams Have The Luxury Of A Break?
So, the Lakers and the Heat were tangling the other day and the Lakers were down pretty much most of the game. The game went into overtime and Twitter exploded with tweets of every kind talking about the game.
Some guys were going nuts that the Lakers might lose. Others were going crazy because the Heat [...]
NBA: Superstars Welcome and Farewell
Updates and developments in the NBA tend to move quicker than a Golden State Warriors fast break.
This past week in the league we have had some welcoming and some farewells. They all have to do with some of the most trend setting players in the sport today.
Thanks to social media we get a much [...]
NBA: Nothing But 4 (Injuries)
I was perusing some basketball news the other day and all at once I saw 4 injuries on my screen. These 4 guys aren’t the 4 most important people in the NBA–not by a long shot–but they are 4 injured dudes who are harbingers of bad news.
Who am I talking about? Michael Redd, Allen Iverson, [...]
Cavilers Get Back Ilgauskas After 30 Day Loop Hole
What does fair have to do with the NBA? A good majority of the fans believe that the NBA is rigged for the four biggest markets.
These are also the people who make outlandish statements; they make remarks like, “I would give it to Jennifer Aniston so hard she wouldn’t even know what day of [...]
Where’s The “Fun and Gun” Lebron?
The Cleveland Cavaliers were on a 3-game losing streak where the wind went out of LeBron’s sails. What made this team hit the “doldrums”, and what brought the “trade winds” back to Cleveland? A win.
I can’t think of something more annoying than watching a guy who doesn’t really like playing his sport unless he’s winning. [...]
NBA Trade Deadline: Who Got a Face Lift
[topsy_retweet_big]The NBA trade deadline is approaching, some moves have already happened and some are rumored to get done before the 11th hour.
Trading players in the NBA seems to be similar to buying and selling in the stock market. I have a vague understanding of Wall Street and only slightly better knowledge of trading contracts [...]
NBA Nothing But Ten: Special Recession Edition
David Stern says the NBA is going to lose $400 million this year. How convenient that they’ll be losing money right before CBA negotiations, eh? Either Stern is lying now or he was lying when he said the game was “back”. I aim to get to the bottom of this.
We’re going to discuss the Top [...]
NBA: Mid-Season Best, Worst, and Surprising Teams
[topsy_retweet_big]This weekend marks the midway point of the NBA season as the teams break for All-Star Weekend.
What really happens is a bunch of rich guys get together to commit adultery with cheap women they never intend to call again. Oh yeah, they squeeze in a meaningless game that resembles pick-up ball and probably has [...]
The General’s 5 Key NBA Games: Stop The Skid
The NBA has storylines galore as we head into the All-Star Break. Older teams are getting older. Younger teams are getting better. Contenders are nursing old wounds, and there’s one team that is seeing the end of an era.
I’m picking 5 “key games” that will weave a few interesting tales going into the All-Star Game. [...]
Kobe Bryant Among The All-Time Lakers
On Feb 1st 2010, Kobe Bryant scored a very fitting 44 points (West’s jersey number) to past Jerry West and become the Lakers all-time scorer.
Bryant has played through many ups and downs as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Granted the downs aren’t as bad as the woeful Clippers team that shares the [...]
February “Almost Madness”: Contenders and Pretenders
College Basketball is heating up with what I like to call “February (Almost) Madness”. I think John Calipari alone is “mad” enough for all of us. If he doesn’t win a title with recruits everything thinks he stole…he’ll never win one.
By the time March rolls around we’ll have conference tournaments galore and the inevitable rigmarole [...]
Nothing But Ten In The NBA: January 27th, 2010
The Cavs swept their season series with the Lakers, but LeBron says it doesn’t mean anything. Is he being coy or does he actually get it this time?
There hasn’t been much of a change in the Top 10—for me—since we last talked about this, but there are some interesting subplots brewing in the NBA.
The [...]
Jamal Crawford: Atlanta’s Ace-in-the-Hole
The Atlanta Hawks were down 4 points with 10 seconds to go against the Phoenix Suns when Jamal Crawford began to wave his magic wand…
The Hawks got within 2 points after Amare Stoudamire hit only 1 of 2 foul shots, and Hawks coach Mike Woodson called a timeout. He aimed to draw up a play [...]
NBA Nothing But Ten
The General’s NBA Nothing But Ten is a place where I will rank the Top 10 teams in the NBA in my not so humble opinion. No I don’t use a formula, I just call it like I see it. If you like formulas you can explain to me how one pundit’s formula has [...]
