Nothing against the last few games of the NBA season, but everyone is waiting for the playoffs. Tonight’s big matchup between the Spurs and Warriors will be entertaining, but both teams are focused on bigger things. [Read more…]
After losing rather inexplicably to the Minnesota Timberwolves at home on Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors have little room for error in their quest for the best regular season record of all time. The Warriors are currently 69-9, meaning they would have to win their remaining four games in order to beat the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls record of 72-10. After losing two of their last three games – both at home where they were previously undefeated – and looking like a
The Most Improved Player Award did not irritate me until the seventh year it was awarded. That was in the 1991-92 season when Pervis Ellison won it. Three years earlier, Ellison was the No. 1 pick in the draft. To reward him as the most improved because he played well after underachieving for two years seemed to violate the spirit of the award. He was supposed to be good! In his defense, Ellison was bothered by injuries, but while he was
The Masters gets under way at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and you could win a million bucks at DraftKings. Enter today! My picks, including Bubba Watson $11400 and Jason Day $11600, were posted here on Monday. [Read more…]
J.R. Smith has been known as a bit of a wild-card character during his tenure in the NBA, but the one thing he could always do through it all was the ability to shoot with plenty of range. It’s probably even fair to say he’s underrated in some respects when it comes being recognized as a sharp shooter over the course of his career, if not scrutinized for his tendency to chuck away. Smith is currently 17th on career 3-pointers made with
The team that passed on Stephen Curry oh so many years ago got beaten in the NCAA championship game by what else? A 3-pointer. You have to believe the folks at Davidson, especially one particular ex-student, took a little extra gratification from Kris Jenkins’ title-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer that lifted Villanova over North Carolina. Because it was Davidson, you may recall, that benefited most from the decisions by North Carolina and Duke to take a pass on the player who
The NBA regular season is winding down, MLB has just begun and the biggest professional sport this week is golf. The Masters gets under way at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday morning, and you could win a million bucks at DraftKings by entering a huge fantasy tournament. [Read more…]
Monday was a rare off night for the entire NBA, with the spotlight placed exclusively on the NCAA’s title game in Houston between North Carolina and Villanova. [Read more…]