The Top 5 ‘What If’ Teams Since 1995

In sports we often lament injuries, blown calls and other circumstances that influence the outcome of games, series and even seasons. After taking you through the Top 5 ‘What If’ players since 1990, whose careers were derailed by either drugs or injuries, I dig into the top 5 ‘What If’ teams. These teams had all […]

Nash vs. Kidd – Who’s had the Better Career & Who’s the Better Point Guard?

Before you skewer me for writing about the NBA in mid-August, when I clearly have been neglecting the NFL, which commences in just over two weeks, know that I’m doing this because I need to get the NBA out of my system. Frankly, right now I’m just more excited about the NBA than the NFL […]

Top 5 ‘What If’ Players since 1990 – Careers Derailed by Injuries or Drugs

In sports we banter so often about the shot that didn’t drop or the call that was never made for our team…both occur within the field of play that altered the outcome of a game. We also inevitably discuss injuries…turned ankles, torn knee ligaments and bad backs, that stymied championship contenders and leads to the […]

Ray Allen vs. Reggie Miller – Who’s Had the Better Career?

As I write this on August 6, 2013, Ray Allen is fresh on every NBA basketball fan’s mind. He just capped an unforgettable 2013 playoffs with a corner 3 dagger that tied Game 6 of the Finals in regulation with 5.2 seconds left. This will go down as one of the top 25, if not […]

Top 10 Worst Knicks Acquisitions since 2000

My 6th grade self could have never imagined that the Knicks, a proud and decorated franchise, would have fallen so far, so fast. In the year 2000, the Knicks had been coming off of two Finals appearances in the previous six years (1995 & 1999) and were two games from making that three appearances in […]