This has been a unique season in terms of NBA coaching firings. There are always coaches who buy it somewhat early in the season (think Paul Westphal last season for Sacramento.) Typically those firings are reserved for particularly heinous starts to the season (think Lawrence Frank with the 2009 Nets). [Read more…]
It’s a little over a month until the trade deadline. Is it just me, or does it feel like that really snuck up on us? [Read more…]
Second-chance points are one of the keys to winning (which the Miami Heat will eventually have to learn), which leads us to today’s question … [Read more…]
Congratulations to “PaulinNYC” who won the $100 first prize in our Freeroll last night. Thanks to all 756 people who entered; my team was as high as 17th early, but faded to 58th. I did win $50 for a third-place finish in a $2 GPP, and became a grandfather at 11:30 p.m., so all in all, it was a pretty good night. [Read more…]
Lost among many stellar individual performances in the NBA on Friday, but nearly as impressive, “PaulinNYC” won the Freeroll and $100 cash, defeating 755 opponents without even using Kevin Durant. [Read more…]
The NBA draft is all about projections and potential. A generation ago, most NBA executives’ strategy was to compare prospects based on their collegiate careers. Then the Fab Five arrived at Michigan, and suddenly the process was flipped upside down. Underclassmen were scrutinized, analyzed and scouted thoroughly by NBA clubs who wanted to get the next big-time prospect. While prospects with high upside are intriguing, they come with more risk than upperclassmen. The lottery is annually dominated by underclassmen, primarily freshmen. [Read
Perceptions are often reality, regardless of what others would have you believe. Sometimes, however, celebrities have to fight misconceptions found in rumor mills and tabloid media. Friday, yet another example of a nice guy battling the tabloids.
Right now, The Bernucca List belongs to reader Ody P., and everyone else is just borrowing it. For the second straight week, last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was correctly answered by reader Ody P. Not to be confused with ODB or OPP, Ody P. correctly determined that the list was “players with 15,000 career points and 7,500 career assists.” [Read more…]
