Another day, another change in the Doc Rivers to the Clippers deal, which is now a done deal. That should teach folks never to pronounce anything dead until rigor mortis sets in (insert your own zombie joke). [Read more…]
We have been listing Alex Len as the No. 1 choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers in our last two Mock Drafts. Almost every other draft prognosticator has Nerlens Noel at No. 1. So why does Joe Kotoch of SheridanHoops.com feel differently? Because he is more plugged in than some of the “experts” previewing the draft. The Len prediction was one topic of discussion in this interview with WNST in Baltimore. (RELATED: MOCK DRAFT 6.0) Listen to internet radio with Sheridan Hoops
The 2013 WNBA season is in full swing, as superstars are beginning to find their form and both contenders and pretenders are showing their true colors. While the year may be young, the course of the season for each WNBA player and team appears to have been set by their recent strings of success or failure. For a full breakdown of the past seven days, welcome to the third edition of the WNBA Week in Review.
The NBA landscape over the last week has been dominated by two things: the Finals, obviously, and the Doc Rivers trade talks (do they have a name yet? Doc-umentary?). But now it’s time to abruptly shift gears, from a thrilling final series to a wide-open draft class. In Joe Kotoch’s latest mock, it seems the Cavs have locked in on one candidate for the #1 pick — Alex Len, and can obtain Shawn Marion in a trade that would give
One piece of information that has not come out during the alive/dead/alive/dead Celtics-Clippers trade talks is Rivers’ motivation in wanting to leave the Celtics. It isn’t just that he doesn’t want to be a part of a rebuilding situation; it is because he has an intense dislike for point guard Rajon Rondo. [Read more…]
Chris Bosh scored zero points in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He was outplayed in the Eastern Confernce finals by David West and Roy Hibbert, depending on whether Chris Andersen or Udonis Haslem was playing alongside him. He appears to be a shell of the alpha dog who resided in Toronto until 2010. [Read more…]
Photo courtesy of Tim Reynolds of The AP When the playoffs began for LeBron James on April 21, he decided it was time to stop messing around with social media and focus on the task at hand: gunning for a second-consecutive championship. There would be no instagram shots of any kind. His boy Stephen Curry was lighting it up in the playoffs and shocking the world? Great, but you weren’t going to hear about it from James on
Less than one week until the NBA Draft, and all eyes are on Cleveland. The Cavs hosted all of the top prospects this week, and their board is close to finalized with Alex Len of Maryland goin No. 1 unless the pick is traded. Also, sources tell SheridanHoops.com the Cavs are in serious discussions to acquire Shawn Marion from Dallas in a lopsided trade that would allow them to move up from No. 19 to No. 13 in the first round by