On a special Tuesday night the NBA featured two nationally televised games. The Boston Celtics looked to continue their winning ways without Rajon Rondo and the Lakers looked to get over the .500 mark against their rival Oklahoma City Thunder. Russell Westbrook had other plans for LA, though. [Read more…]
The Miami Heat made franchise history Monday night with a 97-81 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Heat won their 15th consecutive game, a franchise record. Of all the great players in Miami’s young history – Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal to name a few – none have been able to string together a streak like this. [Read more…]
At this point, chances are that you’re well aware of the Jeremy Lin story if you’re reading this article. If not, welcome back from Pluto. [Read more…]
MIAMI – At this moment, this is probably the best Miami Heat team ever. This Heat team, with superstar forward LeBron James playing as though he’s the best player in the world, and superstar guard Dwyane Wade playing as though he’s still a top-three player in the world, might be the best the franchise has ever seen. [Read more…]
It’s March. And for those of us basketball junkies, that means it’s the most glorious month of the year. March is filled with sneaker-squeaking, pizza-scarfing, mini-hoop jamming madness. It’s a time when we fill out brackets until the blood from our paper cuts advance to the Sweet 16. We place an inordinate amount of self-worth into our clicker skills, hear buzzers sounding in our sleep and showcase Usain Bolt speed in media timeout fridge runs. [Read more…]
Yesterday’s question wasn’t too difficult, but today’s is a tricky one. Here it is: [Read more…]
The Atlanta Hawks will have truckloads of money under the cap this season, and most believe that GM Danny Ferry has his eyes set firmly on Dwight Howard. But if you’re Mark Cuban, and Chris Paul let it be known that he wanted to come play for you and with Dirk Nowitzki, do you make a run at him? Or would you go out and try to use the available cap space on, say, Al Jefferson and Brandon Jennings? We don’t know
Brian Geltzeiler joins Sid Rosenberg on 640 AM in Miami to discuss the Heat, Pacers, the Knicks and the Western Conference playoff run. [Read more…]