When the season began, most people expected to see the Heat, Thunder, and (oops!) Lakers compete for a title. They expected to see the Bobcats struggle. This season, most people expected to see Kevin Durant and LeBron James in the MVP race. They expected to see Anthony Davis, Bradley Beal and Damian Lillard compete for Rookie of the Year. They expected to see guys like Manu Ginobili, Lou Williams and Jamal Crawford compete for the Sixth Man Award. People are smart. Some of
When interviewed back on October 1, Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague said he was most looking forward to using his team’s speed to create easy opportunities for transition baskets. “Speed kills,” said Teague. “And our team has a lot of speed.” Fast-forward three months, and it is apparent that Teague’s prediction was spot on. Atlanta’s speed has been deadly on both defense and offense. The Hawks rank among the league’s top teams in turnovers forced, assists and fast-break points. But nationally, nobody much
NEW YORK — If you are a Knicks fan and your highs and lows are determined by how your team fares, you are not going to feel better after reading this column. But read it you must. [Read more…]
There wasn’t a 50-point showing – heck, there wasn’t even a 40-point outing! – on Christmas this year, but the NBA provided a quintuplet of matchups that helped to put things in perspective through nearly two months of the season. SheridanHoops had an eye on the tube at all times. Below is an observation regarding the 10 teams who participated in the holiday’s hoops festivities: Boston Celtics: They might be hovering around the .500 mark through the first quarter of the season, but this
Really, it shouldn’t be a shock that a 10-14 team isn’t good. We’re past the point where that could be a huge fluke, right? [Read more…]
“Second free-throw, my goodness!” “I’m not sure what that was…Good Lord.” Not the most reassuring assessment of one’s free-throw shooting skills. Unfortunately for Appalachian State center Brian Okam, that is what happens when your shot falls 10 or so feet short of the basket. His shot made waves and is now viral. That wasn’t the case when New York Knicks guard JR Smith first sent out this tweet.
News broke early Saturday morning of a terrible tragedy that rocked the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. 25 year-old linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend at their home before taking his own life at the Chiefs practice facility in front of his head coach, Romeo Crennel, and general manager, Scott Pioli. [Read more…]
Big men Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs were named NBA Players of the Week on Monday. Horford ended LeBron James’ two-week grip on the Eastern Conference honor, leading the Hawks to a 4-0 record. He averaged 16.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists, including a career-high 10 assists in an overtime win over Washington on Nov. 21. [Read more…]
