As the NBA’s regular season continues to wind down and teams prepare to write the final chapters of their seasons, Tuesday night will go a long way in revealing the outcome of a few of our perennial favorites. It’s a story of two coasts: East and West. [Read more…]
Archives for April 2013
The 6 O’Clock News: Dwight says Lakers should win out; Babby gets extension; Wall supports Derrick Rose
Good evening and welcome to the 6 O’Clock News … This is a new daily feature on SheridanHoops.com, and if you want it in your inbox every evening (or afternoon, if you are on MDT or PDT) you can click here to sign up for our RSS feed. [Read more…]
Most Improved Player Rankings: Week 22
There are less than three weeks left in the NBA season. Three weeks. And I’m having a breakdown. It’s up to me to rank the Most Improved Players in the league this season, but I might as well be tasked with coming up with the goofiest Lopez brother, the dumbest “Real World” contestant, or the craziest old lady on “The View.” Here’s the thing: I just can’t decide which of the candidates have risen above the rest. There are so many players
Mighty Moke’s Free Agent Rankings (Version 5.0)
Busted brackets and baseball. That is what most sports fans are thinking about at the beginning of April. While the great majority of you guys and gals have been distraught over not correctly picking Wichita State to reach the NCAA’s Final Four, many have overlooked the fact that some of the NBA’s playoff races are getting more and more interesting with each passing week. And a bunch of our pending free agents have something to do with that. Josh Smith and his Atlanta
Abrams: NBA Futures Market Transitions Into April
With March Madness officially behind us and a little over two weeks left in the NBA regular season, the majority of sports gamblers turn their focus back to the NBA. Attacking the NBA futures market and NBA playoff odds before the regular season ends can be a very profitable way to walk into the playoffs. In this column, we are going to analyze some of the differences between what the futures market looked like a little over a month ago and
Podcast: Brian Geltzeiler joins Sid Rosenberg in Miami
Brian Geltzeiler joins with Sid Rosenberg on 640 Sports in South Florida and discussed tonight’s Knicks-Heat game, the Heat and Knicks individually, the Ty Lawson and Manu Ginobili injuries and the Coach of the Year race. [Read more…]
Zagoria: Imagining an NBA Draft with No Age Limit
This year will mark the 10th anniversary of LeBron James’s grant entrance into the NBA, when he wore an all-white suit (perfect garb for a Savior) to Madison Square Garden and was chosen No. 1 by the Cleveland Cavaliers out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio. Two years later, the NBA and the players union instituted the so-called “one-and-done” rule mandating that players had to be 19 years old and a year removed from their high school graduation class in
Morning briefing: 4.3.13: Bucks Nation is Rising
We told you yesterday why we are all Bucks fans — each and every person who loves basketball and loves rivalries. And yes, that includes you, Celtics Nation. We want to see your boys go up against the Miami Heat in the first round. Well, how about a little premature rejoicing? [Read more…]