When the McDonald’s All-American Game tips off March 28 at the United Center in Chicago (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.), basketball fans will get to watch 24 future stars before they head off to college. Of course, one of the more intriguing angles to this year’s game is that several of the players selected this past week have yet to pick a school, which ramps up the excitement leading into the game. Below are the SheridanHoops.com Top 5 uncommitted senior prep stars. What do they
NEW YORK – Back in 2008, while many of his classmates were lining up internships at investment banks, researching graduate schools, or worrying about successfully fulfilling Harvard’s renowned Moral Reasoning course requirement, Jeremy Lin was preparing to make NBA history. On weekdays during the spring semester of his junior year, Lin recalls his early morning workouts with then assistant coach Kenny Blakeney. At 7 am, while most of his classmates were rolling over in bed, Lin had already had a light breakfast
On Friday afternoon, I got an email from the NBA Store shamelessly plugging a Jeremy Lin jersey. Jeremy Lin certainly has made the most of his opportunity, and you can’t blame the NBA for trying to make the most of Jeremy Lin. But the cynic in me viewed the shameless monetization of a week-long fad as some sort of hex that surely would knock the Knicks neophyte off his cloud and bring him hurtling back to reality. Wrong again. Lin had his best
We are running another free fantasy basketball contest tonight ($350 prize pool), and with 24 NBA teams in action there will be plenty of players to select from. A piece of advice. Choose wisely. I made one bad choice last night in a tournament, and it cost me a chance to finish in the money. I have been playing fantasy hoops for 15 years, the type of league in which you pick a team at a live auction, then spend the season trying to
Last June, the Dallas Mavericks were on top of the basketball world, while the Minnesota Timberwolves were at rock bottom. Less than eight months later, the teams are separated by two games in the standings, and it’s hard to tell which club is better. The Mavericks (15-11) and Wolves (13-13) meet for the third time this season in Friday’s best NBA game. Minnesota has won the first two, easily handling the defending champions. If the Wolves win again, they will be one
csprtContainer(); Who was snubbed when the NBA All-Star reserves were selected? How intense is Linsanity in New York? What is the best game of the weekend, and why? CineSport’s Brian Clark and Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com discuss.
With their backs against the wall, Israel’s Maccabi Tel-Aviv kept their Euroleague chances alive with a resounding 75-60 home win against Italy’s Bennet Cantu. After struggling in both the Israeli league and the Euroleague over the past several weeks, Maccabi turned a corner in the third quarter, displaying the brand of basketball that propelled them to an excellent first round of the Euroleague. While many were anticipating former Maccabi point guard Doron Perkins’ debut with Cantu back in the familiar Nokia Arena,
NEW YORK — Linsanity has carried over to the secondary ticket market. The Los Angeles Lakers are making their annual visit to Madison Square Garden this evening, and people trying to score tickets have a different motivation than usual this time around. Instead of paying premium prices to see Kobe Bryant, they are forking over extra dough to see Jeremy Lin (whose popularity is probably about third right now among New York athletes, training only Eli Manning and Derek Jeter.) Since Tuesday, when