All eyes are on Boston tonight, where Stephen Curry $10700 and Draymond Green $8200 attempt to extend their incredible record to 24-0. Normally we’d include Klay Thompson $6800 as the third Musketeer, but he’s questionable with an ankle sprain. [Read more…]
On this date in 2006, the NBA announced that it would cease using the new synthetic ball (in use since the 2006-07 season began), and revert to the leather one. [Read more…]
The Los Angeles Clippers’ tumultuous season – at least by their standards – continued on Thursday when they lost to the Chicago Bulls on the road 83-80. It didn’t help that the team lost Blake Griffin due to a flagrant foul 2 while guarding Taj Gibson in the third quarter, but the Clippers had major droughts at various points of the game, managing to score just 11 points in the second quarter and 19 points in the third quarter. The worst part about
Jabari Parker and Julius Randle have several things in common. Both were lottery picks in the 2014 NBA draft – Parker going second to the Milwaukee Bucks, Randle going seventh to the Los Angeles Lakers. Both were one-and-done college stars from powerhouse programs – Parker from Duke, Randle from Kentucky. Both were supposed to be among the legitimate contenders for Rookie of the Year. Unfortunately, both suffered serious injuries that ended their rookie seasons shortly after they began and put them on
Tonight’s four NBA games aren’t all equal. In real life, the Hawks at Oklahoma City and the Clippers in Chicago are far more significant. [Read more…]
DeAndre Jordan’s one and only weapon on offense is dunking the ball, and he does it better than just about anyone else his size with his freakish athleticism. Knowing this, players around the league rarely look to defend him when he is airborne. Why? They don’t want any part of getting posterized by the big man, especially after seeing what happened to Brandon Knight some years ago. Enter Wednesday night, when Greg Monroe instinctively decided to position himself to take a charge
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” -Peter T. McIntyre [Read more…]
For the last three years, the Philadelphia 76ers have embraced the philosophy that one way to win big is to lose big. So it makes perfect sense that on Monday, their youth movement continued with the addition of a 76-year-old man. It is significant that Jerry Colangelo showed up in Philadelphia less than three weeks before Santa Claus. That likely answered the Christmas wish of many Sixers fans, because Colangelo no doubt arrives bearing the gift of common sense. Since becoming general