The NBA snuck up on me. I have chatted with many of my buddies during the last couple of weeks and they all echo the same sentiments. I’m excited for the season if nothing else because this marks the beginning of an incredible six months in sports. The NFL and NBA overlap for 3+ months, […]
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 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 […]
5 Storylines I’ll Be Following Closely this NBA Postseason
April 13, 2014 By 2 Comments
Although March is widely regarded as one of the most exciting sporting months of the year, I argue that April nearly tops March from an excitement standpoint (I know, I know…this after we experienced 7 overtime games in the men’s NCAA Tournament, which tied an all-time record and a #7 seed beating a #8 seed […]
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