Generally, NBA teams do not use high picks to draft defensive-minded players unless those players are 7 feet tall. Everybody seems willing to take a major risk to get the next Dikembe Mutombo, but few want to gamble that they might find the next Tony Allen. Which brings us to Victor Oladipo of Indiana, whose draft stick is rising according to our own Joe Kotoch because of his defensive versatility and Indiana’s success. And at the next level, he may be a
You will not find any members of the Denver Nuggets on this list, which somehow seems unfair for a team that has strung together a 15-game winning streak that almost nobody outside of Denver seems to be aware of – what with the Miami Heat’s 25-game streak, the NCAA Tournament and the alarming number of recent meteor showers all providing worthy distractions. You may not even see George Karl as the winner of Coach of the Year when that award is
We are not here to applaud Stephen Curry for his 35 points Saturday in the Golden State Warriors’ 40th win of the season, a 101-92 victory over the Washington Wizards. We are here to mock him for making a bet with Wes Mathews of the Portland Trail Blazers, whose picture is now Curry’s Twitter avatar. [Read more…]
The Israeli Super League has been shut down by a strike led by Jewish players who want to see restrictions placed on the number of foreign players allowed to suit up for games. Negotiations were ongoing in an effort to resolve the dispute, which has forced postponement of Sunday’s scheduled slate of games, a.k.a. Week 22. [Read more…]
Chris Paul’s egregious flop against DeMarcus Cousins has earned him an official warning from the NBA. Paul became the 16th player to be warned or fined under the league’s new anti-flopping rules, which draw a $5,000 fine upon the second offense. [Read more…]
At a certain point in the next few days, you will get burned out from watching college basketball. Usually, it happens after the first two days when you realize your bracket has no chance of being the winner. At which point you tune back to your old faithfuls, like Tiger Woods at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, or the good, old NBA. There is an air of uncertainty as we head into this weekend’s games, and it revolves around the Chicago Bulls. [Read
We invite you to play in our March Madness bracket challenge. Click here to enter; there is a $15 sign-up fee, and the first prize if $75,000 from a $100,000 prize pool. Unless you are a hedge fund manager, you ain’t playing for that kind of dough in your office pool — and especially not for 15 bucks. Here are some tips courtesy of our partners at Sportsbook.com: [Read more…]