Rajon Rondo is going to get suspended by the NBA (Stu Jackson will make the decision) for instigating the brawl against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night that spilled into the stands. How long should that suspension be? [Read more…]
Regular-season games are must-see TV about as often as Raymond Felton shoots 3-of-19 in the field, but both certainly happened Monday night. The Nets turned back the Knickerbockers in overtime in the first game of their long-awaited, much-debated Battle of the Boroughs, and here’s what I got out of it: [Read more…]
Rebounding: Overall, it’s an extraordinarily underrated aspect in the game of basketball. The ball is shot at your team’s rim an average of 83 times in the NBA this season and in a game where possession is key, rebounding is golden. Enter six-team NBA journeyman Reggie Evans. This story has been written before, but it’s worth the rewrite after last night’s nearly unheralded 18 minute, 14-rebound performance in the first Brooklyn-New York game in any sport since 1957. [Read more…]
The team sitting atop the Western Conference standings this morning is the Los Angeles Clippers. Ever heard of them? [Read more…]
As the Brooklyn Nets (with a five-game winning streak) get set to take on the Los Angeles Lakers on the road tonight, their newly built home court will be occupied by a few players who will be in the discussion for the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. And if Otto Porter of Georgetown does to No. 1 Indiana what he did against UCLA, he will have officially stolen the spotlight from Shabazz Muhammad. [Read more…]
Forget small ball. The NBA’s best team plays bully ball. The Memphis Grizzlies don’t have a fleet of sharpshooters standing on the arc. They don’t have a stretch 4. They don’t have a dual point guard backcourt. Heck, their shooting guard can’t even shoot. [Read more…]
Have you ever had high expectations for something only to be let down? Ever have high expectations for the weather? Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul has…and he is disappointed.
