Riddle me this: If I were to ask you which NBA team could eviscerate the leagues most respected defense, the Chicago Bulls, for 103 points – an offensive efficiency that’s seven points higher than the average mark of the league leading Oklahoma City Thunder – a handful of teams might come to mind. [Read more…]
While we get ready for Lent, Valentines Day and the All-Star break, SheridanHoops.com presents five interesting items from the previous evening’s NBA games. Six games were on the schedule on Monday night. The Spurs won without their “Big Three” in Chicago, the Nets ended their losing streak in Indiana and seven was the luckiest and unluckiest number in Charlotte. [Read more…]
Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams will miss the next two games, tonight at Indiana and Wednesday vs. Denver, due to synovitis (inflammation of ankle joint linings) in both ankles. [Read more…]
While the East Coast continued to dig itself out of the snow, the West Coast hosted the Grammys. Never one to play favorites, SheridanHoops.com presents five interesting items from the previous evening’s NBA games. Eight games highlighted the NBA schedule on Sunday. The Knicks fell to the Clippers in New York, the Heat won their fifth straight behind a scorching hot LeBron and the Celtics continued their winning ways without Rondo. After winning “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year” at
As winter storm Nemo made it’s way through the Northeast, athletes everywhere were impacted. Several NBA and college teams were forced to delay their travel plans Friday night, including the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and San Antonio Spurs. [Read more…]
“If you don’t see Brook Lopez play a lot, this is why he made the All-Star team,” explained a hyped up Jim Spanarkel, the YES Network color commentator, after Lopez blocked Jodie Meeks’ shot attempt from the weak side. “It’s plays like that at the defensive end of the floor – it’s not that they were non-existent – but they weren’t Brook Lopez of a couple years ago.” That play – and statement – so adequately sums up Brook Lopez’s season
Taking leads from the greatest minds in the Western hemisphere, we awake you with five interesting items from the previous evening. Five games hath the NBA on cinco de Febrero. The Rockets tied an NBA record, the Lakers continued their dominance over the Nets, the Pacers crept closer to a franchise record, and Samuel Dalembert played the greatest game of his career. Yes, Samuel Dalembert. “Hats for bats, keep bats warm…Gracias…” [Read more…]
For athletes, statements are like free throws: you can make all you want because nobody is playing defense. On Monday, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol lined up on opposite ends of the court – Howard with Stephen A. Smith and Gasol with T.J. Simers of the L.A. Times — and took some freebies. Only, they just weren’t physically at the free throw line. Let’s take a look at what they said, and what they were saying. [Read more…]