Perkins, Hamilton, Silva join SheridanHoops

I have added three new writers to the site. Please welcome aboard:

CHRIS PERKINS (Tuesday columns) — A sportswriter with 20 years of experience, Perkins was there the night Miami Heat teammates Jason Williams and Antoine Walker argued with each other on the court for so long they incurred a delay of game warning. Perkins was also in the Heat locker room the night angular forward Rasual Butler donned Shaquille O’Neal’s winter coat and paraded around like a 5-year-old wearing his father’s over-sized clothes. That’s the beauty of the NBA – you never know what you’ll see. In the previous nine seasons covering the Miami Heat, Perkins has covered some of the most interesting NBA personalities of the past decade: Pat Riley. Shaquille O’Neal. Gary Payton. Alonzo Mourning. Dwayne Wade. LeBron James. Prior to that, it was a variety of sports and teams — the Miami Dolphins, University of Texas and University of Miami, among others – for the Palm Beach Post, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Through all the NBA Finals, NBA All-Star games, Super Bowls, World Series, Final Fours and college football bowl games, he still finds it gratifying to be at a plain old Tuesday night Heat-Warriors game. It doesn’t have the glitz and glamour of, say, Heat-Lakers, but it’s the NBA. You never know what you’ll see.

MOKE HAMILTON (Friday columns) — Moke is the Lead NBA Writer for CHARGED.fm and will be writing a weekly column on the New York Knicks. He recently graduated from the Maurice A. Dean School of Law at Hofstra University and made a name for himself covering the 2011 NBA Lockout for SNY’s TheKnicksBlog.com. Today, Moke serves as TKB’s resident NBA Cap Analyst and contributes insightful commentary on all things related to the team. Though he lacks “corporate” writing experience, Moke has dedicated his academic development to understanding and studying the business of the NBA. While studying at Columbia University, he wrote an award-winning academic thesis on Income Inequality Amongst NBA Players Based on Race. And now, as a law school graduate specializing in Labor and Transactional Law, Moke brings his insight and basketball knowledge to SheridanHoops.com. You can also read some of his work on BleacherReport.com, where he has been a regular contributor. Moke is New York-born and New York-bred, but manages to walk the fine line between excited fan and disinterested observer.

CHRIS SILVA (Saturday columns) — A Chicago resident, Chris began covering the NBA in 2005 as a member of the Detroit Free Press sports staff. He covered the Detroit Pistons for three years before moving on to the Oklahoma City Thunder, where for 2 1/2 seasons he served as the team’s in-house beat writer, ran the Website, contributed to game broadcasts, got a grasp on all-things multimedia and even won a Society of Professional Journalists award in the magazine feature writing category. He’s now an editor for Playboy.com in Chicago, where thanks to new ownership he’ll soon be a starving writer as he contributes content on the Chicago Bulls, et al, to SheridanHoops.com Chris has contributed to Chicago magazine, Yahoo! Sports’ ThePostGame.com, ESPN.com, ESPNChicago.com, and also ghostwrites for a couple of pro athletes. He can be reached at [email protected].