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Eisenberg: Why the Hawks are good, and why nobody cares

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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

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The Bernucca List – Edition 34

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My apologies for not posting this for its usual Thursday run. High school basketball season has started, and as a JV coach, it is a busy time. Reader Brian Rivel is making a name for himself. For the second straight week, he provided the first correct answer to the most recent addition of The Bernucca List. [Read more…]

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$1,500 League Today For SH Readers & DFBBC Satellite Tourney

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Today we have a Sheridan Hoops special event just for you high-rollers. It’s $10 to enter, with $1,500 in prizes, limited to 167 teams. First place is worth $325, second $250, third $200 and the top 16 finishers win cash. Click the logo to enter; it closes at 7pm EST tonight. After a couple of unlucky weeks, I had a good Tuesday, cashing consolation prizes in four different leagues. Finished 43rd of 1116 in one $2 tournament to win $10 and

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Fan Duel Diary: Clean Slate in Week 4

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Three weeks of playing in daily leagues has taught me one thing — it’s definitely not as easy as it looks. I’ve tried various sizes of leagues: 3-player, 5-player, right up to large tournaments. A $10 shot in the dark each Friday in the $5,000 qualifying tournament for the $150,000 DFBBC Final eats up ten percent of the budget; I tend to play in $1 and $2 contests with a few forays into the $5 level. When LeBron James plays, I’ve used

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Gibson: LeBron Is “Cursed” and Clutch All At Once in Atlanta

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ATLANTA — Sometimes you can be close and still smoke your cigar.  Take LeBron James’ Friday night against the Hawks, for example. Tonight marked the twentieth time in James’ career that he finished either an assist or a rebound shy of a triple-double.  But with 13.7 second left, nine assists to his credit and his Miami Heat up 91-89, LeBron rose up for a jumper that hit nothing but white nylon on its way down. Another triple-double would have to wait.  That’s

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SH Blog: Redick, Lillard prove valuable in opening week

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Were there enough highlights from the first week of the NBA season for you? James Harden’s surreal first two games. The Knicks’ phenomenal ball movement. LeBron James’ assist to Ray Allen for a game-winning four-point play over Denver (Pat Riley had to be grinning away). Along with the other top stories of the week, the Dwight-less and rebuilding Orlando Magic skated through their first two games of the 2012-13 season against the Nuggets and Suns, respectively, in large part to the play of

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SH Blog: Looking at the Harden trade one week later

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The James Harden trade is a week old now, and while the book is obviously not yet written on what it’ll mean for everyone involved, we have a bit of a clearer picture than we did last Sunday. Harden has looked like a true superstar in Houston, dropping 82 points over his first two games, including a career-high 45. The outlook for the Thunder is a little more murky, but they haven’t shown a disastrous dropoff so far. We’ve got several

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Five reasons to feel positive about the Atlanta Hawks

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(This is another in a series of 30 guest columns that will run in October, when optimism reigns supreme across the NBA. The theme will be “Five Reasons to Feel Positive About … ” We encourage you to follow the authors on Twitter and visit their sites. – CS) The Atlanta Hawks spent the last seven years developing a contender in the Eastern Conference and the last five cultivating a core of Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Al Horford and Marvin Williams. Dubbed

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