Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues I don’t imagine Donald Sterling will be in attendance tomorrow night when the Clippers and Warriors play Game 5, and I expect Sterling’s team will put up a much better fight than they did Sunday in Oakland. But you know what else? I think the Clippers are finished mentally as a result of the Sterling scandal, and I am using that theory as
We’re only one week in. Sunday, April 27 differed from the norm with a pair of relatively lopsided victories and home teams winning three of four affairs. Nevertheless, the 2014 NBA Playoffs managed to sneak in another road team victory and what can only be described as an unforgettable affair between No. 4 and No.5 seeds. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
In the midst of one of the best opening rounds in NBA playoff history, this weekend was marred by the alleged cruel words of shamed Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. There isn’t much use in rehashing Sterling’s comments, but if you have not read the coverage and are trying to play catch up you can find them here. While this put a serious black mark on a weekend set up for marvelous basketball — which we still did get, by the way
In what surely would be a failed attempt at objectivity, I searched the Internet to see if there was any way I could give Donald Sterling the benefit of the doubt. I have to admit I was giggling at the premise. Sterling has a long and glorious history of idiocy, so any attempt to paint him as a party wronged in his current racist controversy — or, in fact, any of his controversies — would be spectacularly futile. But miracle of miracles,
Our partners over at TiqIQ did an interesting piece on how the Mavericks are killing the Spurs at the box office that we thought was interesting. It’s pretty amazing that a team with the history and success have the second lowest price NBA Playoff tickets. Also, interesting, the lowest price belongs to the Pacers, which means that the two lowest ticket prices on the secondary market both belong to number one seeds. Here’s an excerpt from piece the piece on
On Thursday night, Philips Arena opened its doors for the Atlanta Hawks first home playoff game of the 2014 NBA postseason. After having stolen home court advantage, the air in Atlanta was heavy, of course it was humid—welcome to Georgia, but it was heavy with hope and expectation. All week long, ever since the Hawks 101-93 Game 1 road victory in Indiana on Saturday, the talk among locals has been upset. Not just a game; the series. The team’s confidence only served to
It’s a shame that in the middle of the playoffs, the NBA news is dominated by Donald Sterling’s racist comments. As Chris Sheridan writes, Adam Silver didn’t exactly do a great job of handling it. One of the responses I don’t get in the wake of this whole thing is people questioning his girlfriend’s motivation. She didn’t coerce him into going off on a racist tirade. It’s not just the comments that are unacceptable, it’s the attitude that creates them. Racist
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues OK, so I have now learned my lesson about keying all of my fantasy teams to one player. And unless that player goes off like LaMarcus Aldridge, it is a risky proposition. I put Luis Scola on all of my teams Saturday in DraftStreet’s two-day fantasy contests, believing that Pacers coach Frank Vogel would utilize the Argentinian forward/center in place of the ineffective Roy