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SH Blog: Cavaliers guard duo impressive in win over Clippers

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have finished a combined 40-108 the past two seasons. Despite their growing  pains following LeBron James’ departure, Cavaliers fans have an intriguing team moving forward. Cleveland won its first game of the season against Washington but arrived in Los Angeles after a two-game skid in which they lost to Chicago by 20 and to Milwaukee on Brandon Jennings buzzer-beating triple with 0.7 seconds left. Such is life for a talented yet youthful team: There will be surreal highs and

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Harden, Jennings are NBA Players of the Week

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Last week, James Harden did get a contract extension and Brandon Jennings didn’t. This week, both received NBA Player of the Week honors. Harden, who received a maximum five-year, $80 million extension from the Houston Rockets after being traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder, won for the Western Conference. Called a “foundational player” upon his arrival in Houston, Harden began living up to that billing by averaging 35.3 points and leading the Rockets to a 2-1 mark. Harden had 37 points and

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Tweet of the Day: Damien Wilkens

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Football is one of those things that can evoke so many emotions. Anger, rage, excitement, joy, confusion—pretty much any emotion that you can think of, football has it. Sometimes the funniest reactions that you get from football fans is the reaction of the conspiracy theorist. The conspiracy theorist is the person that is looking to assume that something fishy is going on because one or more players on a team is not playing up to par. Today’s conspiracy theory comes from Philadelphia 76ers

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Five reasons to feel positive about the Milwaukee Bucks

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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) Having witnessed just one meaningful playoff run in the past two decades, Milwaukee Bucks fans inevitably seem to fall somewhere between perpetually optimistic and hopelessly cynical. And while the month of April

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SH Blog: Kobe and Nash show great promise against Warriors, Howard wants to be “Iron Man”

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In Sunday night’s preseason game between the Lakers and the Warriors, we witnessed something that may take a while to get used to: Steve Nash was running the floor alongside Kobe Bryant in a Lakers uniform. If you’re not a Lakers fan, what we saw was bad news because Nash – as he always does – made the game look so darned easy for everyone else. The Warriors actually blew the game open for a 110-83 victory and showed promising

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Sheridan: Lakers are Most Improved; Rockets are “Bobcat material”

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// I am not alone in calling the L.A. Lakers the Most Improved Team in the NBA, and I have gone so far as to say I believe they can win 70 games. (Thanks to all of you who have voted in our polls for how many games the Lakers and Heat will win.) But what about the other end of the spectrum? My pick is the Houston Rockets as the team Most Likely to Resemble the Charlotte Bobcats. That’s what happens

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Milwaukee Bucks Offseason Moves & Analysis

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UNDER CONTRACT: G Monta Ellis, F Ersan Ilyasova, G Beno Udrih, C Samuel Dalembert, F Drew Gooden, F Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, F Mike Dunleavy, F-C Ekpe Udoh, G Brandon Jennings, F-C Larry Sanders, F Tobias Harris, C Joel Przybilla, G Marquis Daniels DRAFT PICKS: F John Henson, G Doron Lamb FREE AGENTS: None MOVES: The Bucks made an excellent draft-day trade, moving extra pieces Shaun Livingston, Jon Brockman and Jon Leuer to Houston for Samuel Dalembert and a swap of first-round picks.

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Preseason playoff picture: Eastern Conference

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We already told you who we believe will make the playoffs in the Western Conference.  The picture in the Eastern Conference is a bit different. Just like the West, the East has six teams that are locks to play in May. They are the defending champion Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, who last season weren’t in (a) Brooklyn or (b) the playoffs. You can find whatever real or imagined faults you’d like with those

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