As was alluded to in last night’s blog, tragedy struck Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale and his family over the weekend. The news came two weeks after he took a leave of absence from the Rockets bench citing “personal reasons.” His daughter, Alexandra “Sasha” McHale, passed away at the early age of 23 from lupus. Chris Wilcox, a backup power forward for the Boston Celtics sent his condolences via Twitter on Tuesday.
Regular-season games are must-see TV about as often as Raymond Felton shoots 3-of-19 in the field, but both certainly happened Monday night. The Nets turned back the Knickerbockers in overtime in the first game of their long-awaited, much-debated Battle of the Boroughs, and here’s what I got out of it: [Read more…]
Rebounding: Overall, it’s an extraordinarily underrated aspect in the game of basketball. The ball is shot at your team’s rim an average of 83 times in the NBA this season and in a game where possession is key, rebounding is golden. Enter six-team NBA journeyman Reggie Evans. This story has been written before, but it’s worth the rewrite after last night’s nearly unheralded 18 minute, 14-rebound performance in the first Brooklyn-New York game in any sport since 1957. [Read more…]
I’m filling in for our peerless, fearless editor-in-chief for this week’s edition – – which means these will be our Most Improved Rankings in more ways than one. This is perhaps the most difficult award for media members, because every season there are dozens of candidates and almost as many parameters for what constitutes improved. A case in point came last season, when the media clearly voted for the wrong guy. [Read more…]
Yesterday’s question wasn’t so bad, was it? Who knows when we’ll ever see Mr. Bynum in a Sixers uniform, but that is a topic of discussion for a future date. Here is today’s trivia question: Q: Who holds the NBA record for most blocked shots in a game by a rookie? [Read more…]
In the instant, overreactive world of sports, it’s always folly to make sweeping, long-term statements. For example, the Lakers started 1-4 this season and a few voices wondered aloud if the city of Los Angeles might become a Clippers town. [Read more…]
The biggest upset of the season? The Hornets, coming off a lopsided loss the night before (their seventh straight defeat) and at the end of four road games in six nights, had ‘no chance’ against the mighty Clippers. [Read more…]
