If you punch an opposing player, you get an automatic suspension. If you smack an opposing player in the neck, do you incur the wrath of Stu Jackson? Kevin Garnett will find out soon enough after he hit Knicks forward Bill Walker in the neck with an open-handed smack after missing the potential game-tying jumper in Boston’s season-opening loss to the New York Knicks. Walker had to be restrained from going after Garnett, who may have been fouled on the final attempt. Television
Archives for December 2011
Offshore power rankings: Odds to win title
Merry Christmas, all. Lots of feedback on yesterday’s inaugural preseason power rankings, with positive vibes coming out of Chicago (No. 1) and Memphis (No. 4), vitriol spewing from Jersey (No. 30). Of course, one man’s opinion is just an opinion. But there are others who take the relative strengths and weaknesses of the 30 NBA teams more seriously, because they have money riding on it. Many of those folks are offshore, spending today’s holiday on the beaches of the tiny islands where their
Power Rankings: Preseason edition
The NBA season begins tomorrow, and those who have been reading his site regularly know where I stand on the Clippers (unconvinced) but probably didn’t know I am higher on the T-Wolves than probably anyone not named Glen Taylor, and I am so down on the Eastern Conference that I have filled spots 25-30 with them in the inaugural SheridanHoops power rankings. Feel free to express your admiration, grief or grievances in the comments section, and you can look forward
SheridanHoops staff predictions
// You received a sampling of my NBA picks yesterday in this video I produced for the CineSport network, and today the U.S.-based columnists from SheridanHoops.com are adding their voices. So without further ado, here are our guys’ picks for Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, Coach of the Year, Eastern Conference championb, Western Conference champion and NBA champion: JAN HUBBARD MVP: Chris Paul Rookie of the Year: Kemba Walker Most Improved: DeAndre Jordan Coach of the Year: Gregg Popovich East champs: Miami
Gibson Column: Krstic, Weems among Euroleague’s best
BARCELONA — After nine weeks and 108 games, the final session of the Euroleague’s regular season tipped off with four Top 16 slots still empty, and eight teams vying to fill them. Fenerbahce Ulker bested Cantu 83-76 and Bilbao took care of Caja Laboral 77-72, leaving the Basque powers out in the cold after seven straight trips to the quarterfinals. In Group B, Zalgiris tucked Ty Lawson and their organizational turmoil under the rug long enough to end Zagreb’s season with an 87-76 victory, while
Hamilton column: D’Antoni on hot seat
NEW YORK — The city that never sleeps is also the cauldron that never cools. At least, that’s the case when Knicks fans don’t have your back. Welcome to the world of Mike D’Antoni. After three full seasons as the coach of the New York Knicks, D’Antoni is 103-143, has one playoff berth, zero playoff wins, and the hottest coaching seat in the NBA. Maybe even in all of professional sports. From day one, Knicks fans have never fully embraced D’Antoni or his
Kobe Bryant expects to play Sunday
As you can see from that video, it was a quiet night in the NBA as the final two exhibition games were played, Denver defeating Phoenix by 25 points despite playing without Nene, Ty Lawson, Al Harrington and Rudy Fernandez, and Atlanta defeating Charlotte by 17 despite a combined 0-for-7 performance off the bench by Tracy McGrady (0-for-4) and Jerry Stackhouse (0-for-3). So, ready or not, the 66-game NBA season is about to begin. And when then quintupleheader happens Sunday, Kobe Bryant
Predictions: Bulls will win title; Kemba Walker will be ROY
I am on the Bulls bandwagon, I think they’ll play (and defeat) the Thunder or the Grizzlies in the NBA finals, I think the MVP debate is shaping up this preseason as a three-way race between Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Derrick Rose, and I’ve got Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Bobcats as my Rookie of the Year. The rest of the columnists at SheridanHoops.com will weigh in with their predictions tomorrow. Here is more on my 2011-12 season predictions: //
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