NEW YORK — When you are playing devil’s advocate and you cannot even get through a devil’s advocate question, you know you have struck a nerve. Especially if the subject of your line of questioning immediately goes on the defensive the way Knicks coach Mike Woodson did Sunday afternoon when I tried to play devil’s advocate in the interview room. [Read more…]
It was supposed to be over when Dwight Howard got traded to the Lakers. But the speculation over where Howard will ultimately wind up still hasn’t ceased. Today’s top story discusses the prospect of Howard reuniting with his AAU teammate, Josh Smith. Where? That is up to you, the reader, to figure out. [Read more…]
Chris Sheridan joins WFAN with John Jastremski to discuss Sunday’s matchup with the Heat and Knicks and a few other things NBA related. [Read more…]
Kobe Bryant had a stroke of genius Friday morning after being knighted with a new nickname, “vino,” which will replace his long-tenured and patented reputation as the “black mamba.” [Read more…]
If you didn’t spend all night watching every NBA game (technically impossible, unless you have a heck of a DVR and do not require sleep), you can get caught up in less than a minute with SheridanHoops’daily feature, Five Fast Facts. It was another Friday night packed with NBA action. Milestones were set, records were broken and LeBron somehow became more impressive. He is still the front-runner for the leagues Most Extraterrestrial Player. [Read more…]
Around the NBA Nobody is doubting Josh Smith’s talent. But in a contract year, you better show it. [Read more…]
When the New York Knicks signed Tyson Chandler to a four-year, $58 million contract, some folks raised their eyebrows with a skeptical mind. Indeed, it was a rather handsome contract for a player that went through a variety of injuries, had a number of seasons consisting of inconsistent play and wasn’t recognized as a perennial double-double machine (sexy to the eyes of many owners). Even with his invaluable contributions as a starting center for a championship team in the Dallas Mavericks
Have the Knicks regressed to the mean? From here, it kind of looks that way. No doubt they are a good basketball team. But since beginning the season with a blistering 18-6 record, the Knicks have gone just 10-9 and enter play February 1 as the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Still, with just three games separating the Knicks from the sixth-seeded Atlanta Hawks and the trade winds swirling around the NBA – you know, with it being February and all