For more of our 2014 NBA preview, click here. Following the news that Steve Nash is out for the entire 2014-15 season with another one of those dad-type injuries, there was really only one option: talk about Kobe Bryant. Here’s a thing about me – I don’t enjoy watching my favorite teams play in […]
The Kobe Bryant Crossroads: What’s the best move for his legacy?
October 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
D-Fish & J-Kidd: A Word Regarding Those Who Have Never Coached
October 22, 2014 By 2 Comments
In no other sport do first time head coaches enter the league with absolutely zero overall coaching experience. Why the NBA cherishes the name over X’s and O’s. In what professional sport can a player retire, and within a few months be considered, and ultimately selected, as the head coach? If you guessed the NBA, […]
Rewriting Sports History
August 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Here’s how winning (or winning more) can change a career. Five athletes who could benefit from rewriting the sports record books. 5. Ken Griffey, Jr. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 13-Time All-Star 1997 AL MVP 10-Time Gold Glove Award Batting average .284 Hits 2,781 Home runs 630 Runs batted in 1,836 When Ken Griffey, Jr. first appeared […]
Spinning the “Could Have Been” Wheel
July 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Three cautionary “what-if” teams from the past twenty years Although Jim Armstrong already outlined some of the better known “what-if” teams from the last two decades, here’s a look at three more that had unlucky bounces, unfortunate events, or just plain incompetence derail their bright futures and thwart their chance at greatness. 2011-12 San […]
Musings From a July that we Won’t Soon Forget
July 13, 2014 By 1 Comment
It’s Sunday evening, the 13th of July and my sports mind is reeling from 72 hours of full 360 degree LeBron-mania media immersion. In a way, I feel similar to how I felt in April when the NBA and NHL playoffs were in full swing and Bubba Watson was torching his peers at Augusta. April […]
The Slighted Spurs
June 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ignored by a generation for nearly a decade and a half, the Tim Duncan-led Spurs may have won more than a Championship with their impressive win over the Miami Heat. Finally. Walk around a shopping mall, NBA arena or any public place that may feature young NBA fans and you will never see a piece […]
The Greatest Basketball Player No One Ever Knew
June 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Imagine being at the top of your profession for the better part of a decade, only to fade into oblivion and leave no lasting legacy. Sadly, due to a confluence of factors, Shareef Abdur-Rahim is the rare case of a player who dominated his profession (basketball) for nearly a decade, only to be categorically forgotten […]
2014 NBA Postseason: 5 West Questions
May 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
After the excitement of Round 1, the playoffs seem have hit their stride. Sadly, LeBron and the Heat seem to have found a stride of their own, just one win away from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the 4th consecutive season. The West, however, seems to be a little bit more up-in-the-air. I decided […]
NBA Playoffs Preview: A Lesson in Hip-Hop (Part II)
April 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
If you missed Part I of our NBA Playoff Preview from yesterday, go ahead and check it out now. Before we dive into the Western Conference playoff preview, let’s start with some personal history. My adolescence was spent in the heyday of streetball’s peak, when two of my greatest affections, basketball and hip hop, formed […]
NBA Playoffs Preview: A Lesson in Hip-Hop (Part I)
April 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The end of the NBA regular season is always exciting. It signals the end of the spring semester in college and the beginning of summer. It’s one of my favorite times of the year, when the best teams and players in the NBA actually start trying in EVERY game, not just some of them. I […]
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