We have already covered this topic in detail in our latest around-the-NBA column, and it bears repeating here: Everybody who is an NBA fan — and that includes you, too, Celtics Nation — should be hoping the Milwaukee Bucks can catch the Celtics and finish in a tie, at the very least, for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. [Read more…]
Ice, ice, baby. Yes, it was a particularly fitting halftime act the Milwaukee Bucks booked Saturday night as they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder to drop even further behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Boylan’s boys dropped two games below .500 and three games behind Gang Green. Our hopes are fading, but the Bucks – losers of eight of their last 11 games – still have an outside chance to make up that ground and catch the
The Dipper is now No. 5. Next up is Michael Jordan at No. 3 on the all-time NBA scoring list. And Kobe Bryant moved into the No. 4 spot on the career points list while playing all but 23 seconds of a 103-98 victory at Sacramento that allowed the Lakers to keep pace with the Utah Jazz and maintain a half-game lead over the surging Dallas Mavericks in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western
Pat Riley dropped an “F-bomb” on Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge. “Danny Ainge needs to shut the f*** up and manage his own team,” the majordomo of the Miami Heat said in a statement of which he clearly took editorial ownership. “He was the biggest whiner going when he was playing, and I know that because I coached against him.” Riley’s missive toward Ainge came after the Celtics GM chastised LeBron James for his claim that the NBA and its officials don’t
If the Pacers are going to make a deep playoff run, they’re going to have to do it without Danny Granger. (Are they silently applauding at NBA headquarters? Nothing says “bad ratings” like “Catch the Pacers’ playoff game tonight.”) The Pacers announced Thursday that Granger will miss the remainder of the season to undergo surgery on his left knee. The decision was made after all Conservative (sic) treatment options could not alleviate the soreness Granger encountered After consultation among Granger, the team’s medical
Our man Moke Hamilton, who covers the Knicks and ranks free agents for this site, wrote a strong piece nearly two weeks making the argument that J.R. Smith should be given serious consideration for the Sixth Man Award. Smith would prefer to start, but he has kept his mouth shut and gone about his business without complaining — even while the likes of James White were getting inserted and then yanked from the starting five. [Read more…]
Well, we don’t have the Heat to gush over anymore. The streak was fun while it lasted, but it became so all-encompassing that many of y’all may have lost sight of the broader landscape across the NBA. [Read more…]
The best-kept secret in NBA scouting circles in a secret no more. Meet Giannis Antetokoumpo, a 6-10 point guard who already has signed to play professionally next season for Zaragoza in Spain. Yes, a 6-10 point guard, a Greek freak of Nigerian heritage who could end up being a first-round draft pick after putting on quite a show in the Greek national junior tournament attended by Bryan Colangelo of the Toronto Raptors and Masai Ujiri of the Denver Nuggets. [Read more…]