Gee, who’d have thunk this Jeremy Lin thing couldn’t last? Whatever it was, an Asian-American version of Cinderella as NBA star with a global audience and perhaps just a little (or a lot) of New York tinsel and hype, it’s just a basketball story now. Since averaging 24 points and shooting 53% over 11 games with the Knicks winning nine, Lin dropped to 14 and 33% over the last four, of which they lost three. Of course, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony, who
Sheridan’s Sunday Power Rankings
One week ago, people around the NBA were debating who would be the runner-up to LeBron James in the MVP race. A week later, and we’re wondering who he’ll throw the ball to next at the end of a tight game. Anybody got Joey Crawford in their office pool? Seriously, the King needs to rule when it comes down to taking the last shot, but he looks like he wants to abdicate. I realize he is having his best season ever statistically,
Heisler’s Wednesday Power Rankings
Arf. Thankfully, with compressed seasons, we get fewer Dog Days, the period between the trade deadline and the NCAA Finals when few people who aren’t in the NBA, covering the NBA or saddled with season tickets, pay any attention to the NBA. With this season’s trade deadline 18 days after the All-Star Game instead of the usual four, the league has reaped the unintended benefit of cutting two weeks of Dog Days, which will be filled with trade rumors centering on Dwight
Sheridan’s Sunday Power Rankings
My long introduction strike enters its second week — partly because Heisler wrote long again in his intro last Wednesday, and partly because I am pressed for time this particular Sunday morning in Orlando because I am playing soon in the Li Ning media basketball game, preparing to knock down 3s like Ryan Anderson. So here are your weekly Sunday rankings, and if you are patient and read every single word, you will find a money-making opportunity buried amongst these 2,000
Heisler’s Wednesday Power Rankings
Let’s see, what happened before Jeremy Lin? It’s hard to remember that far back. I think there was a lockout, after which New Orleans traded Chris Paul to the Clippers, who then began eclipsing the Lakers with some highlight dunk that Blake Griffin fired in over the heads of the Thunder. Meanwhile, in the East, the Bulls got off to a great start, before Derrick Rose started getting back spasms. Then came Jeremy…. No, this isn’t another one of those stories gushing about him,
Sheridan’s Sunday Power Rankings
You aren’t getting a long intro from me this week. I am on a long intro strike after Heisler said he was going to be the short-intro guy but instead has morphed into the long-intro guy in his Wednesday power rankings. Perhaps I’ll readjust after seeing what Mark does this coming Wednesday. So here they are: RANK TEAM THE RUNDOWN LAST 1 HEAT (24-7) LAST WEEK: 4-0 THIS WEEK: 3 games KEY GAME: SUN vs ORL Lately, it has been like watching Mike Tyson back in the glory days of his early boxing career: How quickly will
Heisler’s Wednesday Power Rankings
It seems like only yesterday when we were wondering if there would be a season. Now it’s almost half over. Doesn’t time fly? Actually, it can’t fly fast enough. If the truth be known, NBA seasons are largely rehearsals for the real deal in spring. With this one starting so abruptly and so late and proceeding so sloppily, we’re not talking about one of the more memorable regular seasons, assuming there is such a thing. OK, there is, if it’s one with Wilt Chamberlain scoring
Sheridan’s Sunday Power Rankings
Jeremy Lin had a nice week, to put it mildly. Nobody in New York talks about Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire anymore. So they Knicks are biggest risers in this week’s rankings, right? Wrong. (The Mavericks and Rockets are). Let’s see how Lin’s game works when the max-paid ball stopper and Mr. Apostrophe return. I’m all for the Linsanity, and Friday night was the first time in eons Kobe didn’t receive the most adulation in his annual visit to MSG. But let’s not get